A tiny, itsy-bitsy feeling of spring Do you remember? Only days ago I was lamenting and yearning for spring and what happens? Here it is: blue skies, nature bursting at all seams and rewarding us for our patience with warmth, colours, happy smiles all around, a full moon and a rejoicing Chica: High Noon Camelias Cherry Blossoms …
Liebster Blog Award
Liebster Blog Award – From Christmas to New Year Present What was your favourite Christmas present this year? Can you beat mine: Muriel of French Yummy Mummy offered me this lovely present just in time for Christmas: Thank you so much, Muriel, it has been more than a pleasure getting to know you in real life in …
The Inspiring Blog Award
An Unexpected Gift At The Right Time Thank you, Janine Ripper, my dear friend, you cannot begin to imagine how much this award means to me: a soft kick in the butt that I am a blogger and not a dreamer (or maybe a dream blogger?). And thank you for thinking me inspiring, we all have our moments of doubt …
Quo Vadis, Late Bloomers?
Looking Back: Late Bloomers After 2 Years Of Blogging Is it permitted to congratulate yourself on achieving the second year of blogging? Yes, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY, well done and thanks to YOU all who read my blog, comment on, support me and have become online friends. Huge blogger thanks! Some weeks ago I found a very interesting article and …
A Concept Of Time
At the beginning of 2012 I wrote a post The Idle Girl in which I told you about my projects for this year. Pinterest was a baby in diapers and look how that social platform took off. Amongst its new features are shared boards and secret boards now (I use one to file unread articles and pictures and find it very …
Old MacDonald Had A Farm Or Was This Animal Farm?
Or What To Do On A Lazy Sunday Walk Sometimes I love to go out for a long walk, just me, Chica, my dog and my camera. And my thoughts. Last Sunday was a grey day, low hanging clouds and the sun trying to win a losing battle with them. Rain hung in the air and the temperatures after a …
Waste Not – Want Not
“If you do not waste things, you are less likely to end up lacking” my grandmother often told me and I could not (or did not want to) figure out what she meant with it. When I read the fables of La Fontaine as a child I never liked The Ant and the Grasshopper, the sense of frugal living …
Grape Jelly And How To Use Your Home Grown Chillies
Have you noticed the new looks of my blog? Do you like it? The new “autumn” look so to speak and what would suit it better than an autumnal recipe? I picked the worst possible weather to harvest some grapes (uva americana or American grape, in Italy it is also called uva fragola as it has a taste reminiscent …
Construction Site
What do a blog and life have in common? When I was in the shower (I always have the best ideas there) this morning it occurred to me that our life is a work in progress, a construction site. My life – a construction site? Its course is not always running to our plans, wishes or dreams, circumstances …
Mango Chutney
{EAV:2c80cd866eb371ba} Monthly Mingle – A Taste of Yellow This post is my first contribution to Meeta’s Monthly Mingle, her lovely project of a virtual mingle which she has started many years ago. Jeanne of cooksister! hosts the July mingle in honour of Barbara Harris. I have not personally known Barbara of Winos & Foodies who recently lost her long battle against cancer. …