Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Prints for the Lounge

House decoration is very nearly done. So much so that rather than thinking about tearing down wallpaper and filling holes or making things out of wood and other things, we're now thinking about putting up pictures.

So I made some art for the lounge, we have a green theme going on, so some trees were in order.

This one is from closer to home - the Bluebell Woods:


And this one is from a bit further afield - the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia.

Up Red Creek in the Dolly Sods Wilderness, to be precise.

Did these in photoshop based on some of my photos, just ran them through the 'by numbers' filter a few times until they looked cool.

You can see the rest of our decoration efforts on Flickr...

Cocktails!


The scene - new year's eve. The place - my kitchen. The ingredients, half a bottle of ameretto liqueur and some cherry coke.

A cocktail, thinks I, harnessing the power of almonds and cherries....

To recreate my moment of clarity - here is how to do it...

Fill a tall glass with ice. Add a couple of maraschino cherries (and some syrup from the jar), next, chuck in a good double measure of ameretto.

Top up with Cherry Coke.

I call it a Bakewell Tart.


Piccie - Tarts by pikaluk.