It's Alastair's 9th birthday tomorrow. Here is a recent photo taken by John when he and Iain took Ishbel and Alastair to a local museum a couple of weeks ago.
Today was a wet day today so nothing for it but to do what my mother would do - get out the baking tins and the beaters.
I decided to dig out the Chatelaine (magzine) book of about 1957 and make a chocolate cake from scratch. I am quite pleased with the result - a Spiderman Cake for Alastair. The recipe starts in the bottom left column and runs on to the top right column. This recipe really works; not too big and is made with sour cream (or in my case I used yogurt that I had in the fridge).
I had fun making Alastair a card. I like Andy Warhol' s image of running shoes - very Alastair! And as luck would have it, there are 9 in the poster!
My attempt at an Andy Warhol Che Guevara type poster was not successful. I simply have not got an good image of Alastair, a least an image that takes blocks of colour. Another time; another poster.
