Roast pumpkin and dahl soup for twenty

Today I have dual tasks

to create a soup for 20 people for my sons's retreat

to mind my two grandchildren

First things first - off we go to purchase the ingredients for the soup.  

Granddaughter on her purple scooter

Little grandson with his trusty pink toy stroller,

(thats what is so great about having a bigger sister - you get to use all her toys.)  Now who would think to buy a little boy a pink toy stroller?

Man on a mission

He absolutely loves this toy and insists on taking it everywhere. Nothing is allowed to be carried in it though - its strictly for pushing.

It takes quite a long time to get the ingredients and get them home - at one crossing I had to hold the pink stroller, screaming child and guide the purple scooter to safety as well as the shopping.  I can't stop laughing and wonder will we ever get home, there are two more crossings to go.

Roast pumpkin and Mung Dahl soup

Coaxing out my creativity

How can I be more creative?  I am doing a great blog class with Suzi Poland and I want to encourage myself to come out more. I have a new garden where I am planting vegetables herbs and flowers - all so new for me. This is my favourite antique indian wooden bowl and I wrote live share cook in flowers but its too hard to see.

Live Share Cook

My photography will just have to get better - there is so much to learn.