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Jam packed with extra sugar loaded weekend. . .

THREE CAKES: 2 Custom and One of those deliciously sinful Caramel and Chocolate Ombre Cakes. It made for a very busy Friday night, Saturday afternoon and Saturday after-hours.

Then add, apple picking @ Bilpin + helping Jan pack + cake deliveries = let me sleep in one morning... please?!

Early bedtime for me today...

Anyways, apple picking was awesome. We got there early enough this year to have our pick of Fuji, Jonathons, Delicious, Golden Delicious, Plums, Pears and Raspberries. Plus cider and juice! Then we went for viet in Cabramatta. It was a pretty long drive and morning and afternoon.

I was so tired by the time we made it home, I had to take a 30 minute powernap. They really do do wonders.

Then more cake decorating and going over to Ms Jan's plan to help for pack for London. It didn't really matter what my opinion was though... she just kept on going. Lol. She will run out of space so fast...

Sunday morning was all about deliveries to the inner west - the city side. Oh how I want to own a place there sometimes...

I also ate Oporto's out of hunger for the first time in probably a year. It tasted pretty shit. Should have gone maccas or kfc instead if i was going to go down the junk food route... oh wells. Must run tomorrow.

My new favourite place outside of Sydney, a leisurely 2 hour drive to the west... Bilpin!

Our go to for Apples now grows stone fruits, berries and cherries. So exciting. So with the announcement on fb, we quickly made plans to get there at 10 a.m. on Saturday and we did. Slightly anxious that there were already another dozen cars when we arrived and so the car park was already full (oh no!!! the cherries!!!).

But that's okay... cause everyone was just heading towards the orchards. And we didn't want to seem over-eager so we actually left the step ladder in the car  . . . but as soon as we step foot in... Justin went racing back to the car to retrieve it. HAHAHA WE WERE SUCH WINNERS.

Everyone was asking where we got it.. and we were like so smug... "We brought it." All the lil kids were so upset. bahahahahaha. Apart from the snails nesting on a bunch of cherries (lucky i didn't touch them, was Justin), it was super fun and they were juicy and sweet. We picked just under 10 kilos but I like to think we got the really good ones cause they were high up!

They open again in 2 weeks... perhaps we'll go again.

these days are so treasured as they are so rare. :)

got up nice and early for a bit of a roadtrip to richmond and beyond! BILPIN!!! apple picking!

not what i expected!


it was still a bit wet and the drive on the motorways was very boring. going up the mountain was cool though. very very windy road.

the orchard itself? well, if we (okay, maybe i) weren't such city chicks, probably would have found it normal. but it smelt cause of all the apples on the ground and the grass was quite long. so glad i was wearing joggers and not flats. good judgement. gum boots would probably have been even better.

it was lots of fun though.

there is nothing like picking an apple of a tree and eating it. SO GOOD.


one of life's must-dos, taken off my list. =)

lovely that our little niece and cousin came along too. fun fun oh and and we went to el jannah for chicken lunch. good but enough of that for a while. won't be back anytime soon!

i even came home and baked fresh apple pie (went down a treat at work today, so i was told) and even managed to do some work. like actual work for work...

busy busy me. <3