One of the things I was doing in February was moving. I'm in a new house now sharing with I think 4 others. I've been here a month now and still haven't seen everyone who lives here. They are all med students so they stay pretty busy and the house is very quiet. This is a picture of my room just after I had dumped all my stuff. It is looking better now ;)
I went up to Scotland with my boyfriend for a wedding and we stayed at his parent's house. These are just a few pictures from his backyard. They have a fantastic view of the surrounding area.
They also have some cute ducks, and chickens :)
Best of all two cats! One was super friendly and the other very shy. They are both orange and white like this one.
For the church's walk in march we went to Hayfield. Someone in the area has a sense of humor. We found a couple of interesting signs along the way...
Not sure if this sign is legible at this size. It says...
Private
No Parking
The last car that parked here is still missing
A view of the path we were following. We had been concerned it would be cold that day. I was wearing about 4 layers. But ended up taking the jacket off...as long as the sun was out.
Sheep, in the UK! Shocking stuff ;)
You can let me know what you think, but I see two buffalo when I look at these hills...
We had a Mardi Gras party at church. I've never celebrated it before so when I was googling it quite a few sites listed King's Cake as being THE traditional food. I spent most of the day making this cake. I don't think it looks great, but there wasn't a scrap left for me to take home so clearly it tasted good enough! I thought it tasted alright but wasn't anything special in my mind.
Basically, the dough has to rise like a bread, which is why this took all day. Then I have a filling of brown sugar, raisins, and pecans and roll the dough up and curl the end together. The ends didn't quite stay together but it still achieved a round shape so I'm satisfied with that part of it at least.
There is also suppose to be a baby hidden inside the cake, but I skipped that part. I didn't want to be responsible for someone accidentally choking or something. Plus I didn't have a plastic baby on hand to hide in the cake...
