Summer please doesn’t go!!

Friday, March 15th 2013              

Summer is the warmest season of the year, in the Northern hemisphere from June to August and in the Southern hemisphere it is from December to February.

Summer is the warmest of the seasons lying between Spring and Autumn.

At the Summer solstice the days are longer and the nights are shorter and here I am in Sydney with Summer on my mind.

There are four seasons. Autumn apparently is the most popular, but if you want a positive: “Yes.” You’ll get it for Summer.

Summer is so good and there is also good ways to PARTY!

For example, you can visit the zoo. It is full of interesting animals like tigers and antelopes.  

·     Book or paper

·     Pencil and rubber

·     Black pen and coloring pencils

·     Laptop and your hands (all the times) 

Instructions  

To start off you can choose an animal in the zoo that you would like to draw, research and raise money for. You can go and sit and draw as you research finding out as much as possible while you write what they are doing. You can research such topics as food, habitat, lifestyle and birth and go back to that animal and see if anything has changed.

Secondly, you can go to the park have fun. Here’s a recipe for a picnic:

·       430ml (1 3/4 cups) fresh orange juice

·       430g (2 cups) caster sugar

·       Melted butter, to grease

·       250g unsalted butter, at room temperature

·       2 tsp. finely grated orange rind

·       4 eggs, separated

·       185g (1 cup) fine semolina

·       150g (1 cup) plain flour

·       3/4 tsp. bicarbonate of soda

·       260g (1 cup) Greek-style natural yoghurt

Method

Step 1

Stir orange juice and 215g (1 cup) of the sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes or until the syrup thickens. Set aside to cool.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 170°C. Lightly grease a 10x 20cm (base measurement) loaf pan with melted butter. Use an electric beater to beat butter, remaining sugar and orange rind in a small bowl until pale and creamy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Transfer to a large bowl. Sift over the semolina, flour and bicarbonate of soda. Add the yoghurt and stir until well combined.

Step 3

Use a clean electric beater to beat the egg whites in a large clean, dry bowl until firm peaks form. Fold one-third of the egg white into the semolina mixture. Gently fold in remaining egg white until combined. Spoon mixture into prepared pan. Smooth the surface. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Step 4

Use a skewer to prick the top of the hot cake all over. Pour the syrup over the cake and set aside to cool.

Hope you enjoy that recipe

A good game you could play is tug-a-war. I hope you have a fun time at the park.

Thirdly, be kind and 'fill a bucket' go to an elderly persons facility and share with them a talent.