I've been baking and loving Baked's new book Baked: Explorations. Whisky Pear tart (and galettes with the leftovers) has been a huge hit around the office at Zoo, and unmentionable amounts have been consumed at home. We've both been picking fruit like mad as we keep discovering additional and previously unsuspected fruit trees hidden around the yard. The count so far is 11 plum trees, two apricots, a cherry and a lemon tree. Seems like we must be doing something right, because they've all had an overabundance of fruit this year! We have also been in crazy jam mode, and I think this year's plum jam may even rival last year's amazing jewel-red jam. Suitably, we've been sketching jam labels and stocking up on some very awesome hexagonal jars - pictures to follow when we actually get them sorted...

Apart from that, life has been workworkwork. We're both starting to fray around the edges a little, so it might be time for a holiday soon... whenever we actually have time!

Only a few of our family and friends were so lucky as to receive one of these incredibly limited edition prints (because damned if we're doing that again for awhile) but if you missed out and want on next year's Christmas List, just drop us a line and you can go on the spreadsheet (yes, there's a spreadsheet).