Lyra Keys

Hugh's First Birthday Cake

2011-04-03T22:43:00.000-07:00

Arwen's barbie party.

2011-04-03T22:40:00.000-07:00

Scofield

2009-03-18T01:20:00.000-07:00

Family "reunion" cake

2008-10-21T11:53:00.000-07:00

We are a bit of a clingly family s othe mega reunion is once a quarter...i made a chocolate cake to die for but unfortunately i didnt take a pic of a slice......i still rock. inside it had 4 layers of dark chocolate ganache and ilala cream liquer and a hint of orange essence. you'd never tell.

More Cake!

2008-08-11T02:16:00.000-07:00

We made this one for Theo, there was limited decoration ingredients so we had to be extra creative...it was the funnest cake so far...
though most of it wasn't edible....there are like a million toothpicks in there and the animals are plastic.

2008-07-28T11:11:00.000-07:00

Lunar Jim

2008-07-23T01:15:00.000-07:00

We had a Lunar Jim/Space Theme for Arwen's birthday party...
Here's the cake I made...It was kinda like using playdough...but completely edible...

June's Forever Winner!

2008-06-18T10:27:00.000-07:00

When I told our neighbour I was making my own birthday cake she told me "that's sad". I so beg to differ, I'm a God.
Here's why:
I have the same birthday as Henry VIII, don't contradict me or I'll just kill you.
I have the same birthday as John Cusack...I must be just as hot.
I have Daniel
And I can make amazing cakes.
Worship me.

It's been what, 33 years?

2008-05-10T10:01:00.000-07:00

My Parents are celebrating their thirty-something-th anniversary today...
My mom's my absolute hero and I love my dad to bits.
I also cannot imagine living with the same person for more than thirty years and this puts them up on a really high admiration pedestal for me.
When I'm in a bad-ass mood I just drop into their room for 10 minutes and just watching them is the funniest, sweetest thing ever...Dad's always teasing her for her use of the English language or pronunciation and Mom's always spacing out, that is until she hears a phrase or even a word, interprets it in the strangest way and pops out with an irrelevant question...then she'll forget what she's saying mid-sentence and dad will be cracking up and she just looks bewildered...they are fantastic.
Anyway, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY PARENTS...
I Love You!
Kissey Kissey
XXX

Some of Amos's favourite things to help him not miss home so much;)

2008-04-21T08:54:00.000-07:00

It'll come down soon, no worries...

This one's for Daniel...the first picture is the only part I imprinted...after that it's pure talent baby...

2008-03-17T09:21:00.000-07:00

Here's something I dug up the other day...

2008-03-11T11:39:00.000-07:00

MULAN

Somewhere in the Chinese Dynasty,
Mulan, wed, was to be.
She was given a lucky bug,
Who decided to bathe in a coffee mug.
The lady was a pain,
So Mulan brought the Fa family to shame.
The Huns invaded her land,
They had many a big man.
Shan-Yu, the leader was he,
Drank a lot of tea, or was it coffee?
Evil deeds did this man,
For which many a man did hang.
The Chinese Emperor,
Sent a messenger.
Choosing from each house,
A man and his lucky mouse.
So Mulan decided to go,
But she let no one know.
For this was her life’s quest,
And she would do her best.
Mushu, the dragon lizard,
Who, indeed, was a wizard.
Awoke the ancestors with a gong,
Thankfully nothing went wrong.
He went to wake the great stone dragon,
Who unceremoniously crumbled beneath him.
He lifted it’s head,
And this is what he said:
It is I, the great stone dragon…
Did I mention I was the great stone dragon?
He went after Mulan,
By following the tracks of Khan (her horse)
To make a long story short,
She entered the fort.
A “hero” became she,
And took a liking to he.
And who is “he” you ask?
He was Chang Lee, who had a great task.
He dragged his bunch of lazy bums,
And supposedly defeated some Huns.
When they found “Ping” (Mulan) was a she,
They left her there immediately.
But to her surprise,
Right in front of her eyes,
The Huns popped out of the snow…like daises!
But to warn the others seemed crazy.
‘cuz she was jus too lazy.
To get to the point,
She popped by the local joint.
In the end the Huns were defeated,
And her name in history books was read.

Rina, Amos, Davey and Mari…..1998 (I think)

My Amos

2008-01-20T09:38:00.000-08:00

James McAvoy

2008-01-15T06:05:00.000-08:00

2008-01-04T10:16:00.000-08:00

Click on the link to download the book I've been writing forever...I'm Finally finished it!

Guess Model

2007-10-01T10:11:00.001-07:00

A letter to my beloved man-eating pony

2007-07-29T08:18:00.000-07:00

My finger, my finger
A chunk is missing from my finger!
Give it back, give it back
Cry beloved, cry!

And that is where I left off and went to bed, it was 2am…

Meli was kind enough to contribute another verse so here it is:

Alas alas i shall never get it back,
the chunk so dear, i'll forever lack,
have a care for the peice my finger needs,
when you watch the rest as it silently bleeds,
oh give it back, give it back,
die beloved, die!

Though perhaps if you are not clued in you may need some information here on what this pile of crap is all about yah?
Well, it all began when I was in Joburg for the N21 weekend seminar and we were staying at this estate that had rabbits, sheep, freaky looking chickens and a sweet-seeming pony. so I, i full confidence walked up to this pony and stuck out my hand to give it a little love and THE DAMN THING BIT ME! I should tell you the rest of the story where, after the beloved carnivore snacked on my finger, he then turned around and started advancing toward me butt first, intending, I am sure, to place a well-aimed, solid kick on my fragile body.
Ang firmly believes that it was actually ME that bit the pony and somewhere amidst the hubbub I managed to put all the blame on the horse.
I like to think the pony was a she, and a jealous she too…I’ve yet to figure out what it was jealous of (the list could be endless really) though I have a sneaking suspicion there may have been a HE pony somewhere in the distance, though I did not see him. In fact all I saw was a little ram and I’d rather not like to think about what that may suggest if you read too much into the situation.

June's Loser

2007-06-21T11:28:00.003-07:00

I am this month's loser...

I am turning TWENTY THREE this month, only highlight is that Thaddeus and I get to celebrate together...possibly on the road. Calvin has graciously elusified himself and gone to the FDTP for my birthday, we won't be speaking to him again.

Miguel: I'm going to give her a saucy spanking.

Leini: I have the runs, give me a moment...i'll be right back after this short break.

Jon: I'll make you a mean lemon cookie. (suddenly I don't feel so bad that calvin stabbed himself in the leg trying to get one of my cookies off the plate)

Juel: I'm Gowing to gwive you a ballewina class. I just have to call matthew, you know who maffwew is? maffew's my boyfwend, jon's my uncule, i love jon.

It's gonna be a GREAT birthday.

Caleb

2007-06-17T03:37:00.001-07:00

NEW! Lets just not notice that I didn't give this one a border.

Wentworth Miller

2007-05-23T02:43:00.001-07:00

Kghleyhrrr

2007-05-23T02:42:00.001-07:00

Crystal

2007-05-23T02:41:00.001-07:00

Daniel

2007-05-23T02:28:00.000-07:00

Me again

2007-05-20T09:23:00.001-07:00

Clive Owen

2007-05-20T09:22:00.001-07:00

Faerie

2007-05-20T09:20:00.003-07:00

Pixie

2007-05-20T09:20:00.001-07:00

Troy

2007-05-20T09:19:00.001-07:00

Darren Hayes

2007-05-20T09:18:00.001-07:00

Stuart Townsend

2007-05-20T09:17:00.002-07:00

Me

2007-05-20T09:17:00.001-07:00

Dan again

2007-05-20T09:16:00.001-07:00

Sharmini

2007-05-20T09:15:00.001-07:00