tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post471327119087567087..comments2023-10-30T14:18:15.354+00:00Comments on Fan My Flame: Scenes of DomesticityGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-91385935559299041642011-12-03T01:05:58.577+00:002011-12-03T01:05:58.577+00:00I love Vermeer's Lacemaker and painted a copy ...I love Vermeer's Lacemaker and painted a copy of it for our dining room. It speaks to me in so many ways.Ingrid Midahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03609389355426171504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-39609574460870348562011-12-01T17:00:08.238+00:002011-12-01T17:00:08.238+00:00I love works of art depicting domestic life too, i...I love works of art depicting domestic life too, it always strikes a chord with me. And there's nothing more romantically domestic and homely than baking a Christmas cake is there! Extra wonderful that your girls provided the eggs, that's even more homely! Vanessa xxxdo you mind if i knithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515571548024816738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-38818340581284981872011-12-01T16:31:16.215+00:002011-12-01T16:31:16.215+00:00Your cake looks delicious! I've never actuall...Your cake looks delicious! I've never actually made a Christmas cake I'm ashamed to say. Initially this was because I never used to like fruit cake but now it's probably because I always seem to be on a diet! Lucy xxLocket Pockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689704503844595835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-63929664412586156582011-12-01T15:56:39.026+00:002011-12-01T15:56:39.026+00:00'fraid no Christmas cake made here but I am wo...'fraid no Christmas cake made here but I am working on raising the level of my domestic life to poetry.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410318976755292700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-75664976837824833322011-12-01T09:53:41.237+00:002011-12-01T09:53:41.237+00:00Thank you for sharing the pictures - it looks like...Thank you for sharing the pictures - it looks like it was a small, yet very inspiring exhibition. Not every day it gets noticed that even the domestic scenes can actually be pretty!Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10820738993300035463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-13643206948530300502011-11-30T21:33:56.209+00:002011-11-30T21:33:56.209+00:00Thirsty things those Christmas cakes, aren't t...Thirsty things those Christmas cakes, aren't they!! ;)<br />It does look good!greenrabbitdesignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562034074399686544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-74659040914025422072011-11-30T20:00:40.348+00:002011-11-30T20:00:40.348+00:00There is nothing quite like standing and really lo...There is nothing quite like standing and really looking at paintings and I also particularly like seeing how textiles have been rendered. No Christmas cake been made here - yet.............menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-76527969176600677452011-11-30T19:26:00.038+00:002011-11-30T19:26:00.038+00:00I had read about that exhibition and lamented the ...I had read about that exhibition and lamented the fact that the distance to see it is just too great but now I have, through your eyes. Thank you. Going back with a sketchbook sounds a fabulous idea but as for that cake.... It too looks fabulous but I've never made a Christmas cake ever and never eat it either. Can't stand marzipan and Mum used to make it when we were kids by fluffing up the icing about an inch thick with a fork. It was usually like concrete and put me off for life!LAC EMP 2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/01999825212820503519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-88865635013651429662011-11-30T18:40:31.258+00:002011-11-30T18:40:31.258+00:00The exhibition looks wonderful - there might have ...The exhibition looks wonderful - there might have only been 4 Vermeer paintings, but the one's you've shown us seem to have a similar 'look'.<br /><br />Your Christmas cake looks gorgeous - I was wondering about doing Delia's Waitrose one - I think you've convinced me!<br /><br />xJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159166921836676091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-66949257534273265872011-11-30T17:13:48.189+00:002011-11-30T17:13:48.189+00:00yummy looking cake Gina. it doesn't get eaten...yummy looking cake Gina. it doesn't get eaten in our house so I stopped ... shame really. mind you... I've been known to eat a whole pack of marzipan before it reached the cake lol.<br /><br />love those Vermeer paintings you posted, such an air of tranquility and peace to themCarol Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02764184430436142517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-54978115629745375272011-11-30T16:25:01.702+00:002011-11-30T16:25:01.702+00:00My husband doesn't like marzipan and icing so ...My husband doesn't like marzipan and icing so I only have to make a good fruit cake. I can almost smell yours and my mouth is watering.<br />Those paintings are wonderful. I marvel at Vermeer's amazing skill in painting so many different materials - lace, stone, wood, hair, skin etc. A delightful peep into other lives.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-89034622356098284152011-11-30T16:18:50.578+00:002011-11-30T16:18:50.578+00:00Sometimes the Girl's Mamgu only ices her cake ...Sometimes the Girl's Mamgu only ices her cake on Christmas day, and sometimes not even then...Izhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032407776491997007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-15669707177170141332011-11-30T16:03:01.558+00:002011-11-30T16:03:01.558+00:00I think I'll have to visit Cambridge very soon...I think I'll have to visit Cambridge very soon!<br /><br />I made that cake too at the weekend - and yes I'll probably be finishing it on Christmas Eve too!Suhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03104140914581346288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-79053950758373489542011-11-30T15:44:35.170+00:002011-11-30T15:44:35.170+00:00Planning to pop into town to see that exhibition t...Planning to pop into town to see that exhibition tomorrow - aren't we lucky to live near Cambridge.<br /><br />Your cake is looks perfect!<br /><br />Celia<br />xCelia Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.com