Last year on the 4th July I was in LA, spotting for the a full day for the first time and doing my first US Based trip. Well this year, since I had spent most of the last weeks of May/June travelling and would be spending the end of July/Beginning of August away, I figured it was better to just kick it at home and see what happens.
With no invites from friends for any parties and to be honest, was dying for a chance to just stay at home for once. That’s what I did. I took the opportunity to explore more of my own city. I took the bike down to the Burke Gilman trail early in the morning and took a nice almost 10 mile ride. It was nice to watch the city wake up by the water and not knowing where I was going was a bit of the fun. I just kept riding till I hit like 8km and then turned around and came on back.
After that I came home, did my laps in the pool since I have found that if I do it in the morning at 9am when the pool opens up, it’s usually empty and there are no children around. I was pretty angry on Tuesday when there was so many kids in the pool I couldn’t even get a single lap in without hassles. So the bliss of an empty pool at 9 in the morning was just amazing.
After a quick breakfast it was time to begin some fun (for me at least). A recipe had been teasing me for quite some time. To give you an idea of what kind of cake, heres a shot of me prepping the cake batters:
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And here they are prior to going into the oven
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Yes it’s a rainbow layer cake. An amazing cake that is 6 tiers tall, each a different colour. When frosted with a bright white frosting it lets the colours stand out brilliantly. The cake and frostings itself was nothing special. It was the assembly and the striking nature of the colours etc that make this cake a challenge and worth the effort. I played with Instagram Video a bit and uploaded it to youtube as well:
The cake turned out brilliantly and the guys at work were super impressed by it.. to be honest, I just loved seeing their reactions as only one of the staff knew what I was doing and she was super psyched to see it all come to light.
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I also took the cherries that I had picked last weekend and made my first attempt at jam. Mind you it was a messy effort but it was well worth it. I made a whole heap of jam and I tasted it today for the first time. It is not super sweet, it’s sugar free (used honey instead to help with the gelling) and what sweetness comes from the cherries themselves. Just the way I like it. Although on the day I wasn’t quite sure how it would turn out but i am quite happy with it.
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I finished off the day by working on a heap of photos in the backlog and just generally bumming around. I tried NOT to do to much work remotely from home but I did do a bit to make sure that I had a manageable Friday.
A quiet day, way better than my quiet attempt at a Saturday… but thats a different kettle of fish.