Hi Everyone, this has been an exceptional week for great reading. Here's your weekly round-up of great posts from all over the world.
Food and Culture:
Here's a two-for-one: commentary on the cultural differences and perceptions between London and Paris, and a mouth-watering recipe for Lemon Mousse-- or Mousse au Citron, from Sally.
This recipe from Nicky for a Sicilian Salad with oranges and nuts is definitely on my "to make" list, hoping the sunny flavors will help me transcend the very grey English weather we've been having still.
I have a new favorite food and travel blog! I love Andrea's photography, and she has been posting some great recipes for using wild foods that are around at this time of year. On my list to make this week: Dandelion Frittata. We actually made fritters with dandies from our back yard yesterday, and they were really good!
Farm Animals:
OK not technically from the farm, but this post about a childhood duck and PETA was hilarious! (Contains "language," just so you know...)
Vicarious Travel:
I have been so fascinated by all of Amanda's posts about Iceland-- what an incredible place! The post that really caught my attention this week was about her visit to The Blue Lagoon, a steamy, therapeutic pool of milky blue sulfur-rich waters.
Well, what are the chances of coming across two really great pieces on Icelandic hot springs on the same day? This post by Brittany describes a much more wild hot spring adventure-- one that required hiking through the mountains, and leaping over streams of boiling water. Now I really, really want to go to Iceland!
Something Pretty:
Let's just take a moment to go see some exploding flowers. Happy Spring!
Inspiration:
My idea of Utopia is taking place in Berlin, at the Princessinnengarten. Don't miss the outdoor banquet table!
Expat Life:
I have read so many good posts on TCKs lately. This one comes from Kristy, in Qatar. Be sure to read the comments, as well.!
Well, that sums it up. I really enjoyed talking food with you this week on my post about our French groceries. Have a very nice Sunday, and I'll see you back here again soon!
Food and Culture:
Here's a two-for-one: commentary on the cultural differences and perceptions between London and Paris, and a mouth-watering recipe for Lemon Mousse-- or Mousse au Citron, from Sally.
This recipe from Nicky for a Sicilian Salad with oranges and nuts is definitely on my "to make" list, hoping the sunny flavors will help me transcend the very grey English weather we've been having still.
I have a new favorite food and travel blog! I love Andrea's photography, and she has been posting some great recipes for using wild foods that are around at this time of year. On my list to make this week: Dandelion Frittata. We actually made fritters with dandies from our back yard yesterday, and they were really good!
Farm Animals:
OK not technically from the farm, but this post about a childhood duck and PETA was hilarious! (Contains "language," just so you know...)
Vicarious Travel:
I have been so fascinated by all of Amanda's posts about Iceland-- what an incredible place! The post that really caught my attention this week was about her visit to The Blue Lagoon, a steamy, therapeutic pool of milky blue sulfur-rich waters.
Well, what are the chances of coming across two really great pieces on Icelandic hot springs on the same day? This post by Brittany describes a much more wild hot spring adventure-- one that required hiking through the mountains, and leaping over streams of boiling water. Now I really, really want to go to Iceland!
Something Pretty:
Let's just take a moment to go see some exploding flowers. Happy Spring!
Inspiration:
My idea of Utopia is taking place in Berlin, at the Princessinnengarten. Don't miss the outdoor banquet table!
Expat Life:
I have read so many good posts on TCKs lately. This one comes from Kristy, in Qatar. Be sure to read the comments, as well.!
Well, that sums it up. I really enjoyed talking food with you this week on my post about our French groceries. Have a very nice Sunday, and I'll see you back here again soon!
Thank you for this tasty "tapas" spread - I appreciate how you include lots of good stuff to chew on. (:
ReplyDeleteHurray! I'm glad you have enjoyed these reads, Valerie!
DeleteOh dear. Daffodil brought up painful memories of another duck.
ReplyDeleteMy husband's sister and her husband's first house included a pond. The pond came complete with a duck, who they named Saturnin. He was a beautiful, white duck like Daffodil (hmmm, I guess technically, he was a drake). Not having any children yet, Sophie and Simon lavished love on the duck, and delayed his move into the miniature barn/very large garden shed that was his winter home. Alas, one night, there was much squawking, and chain link fence or not, a fox made it through a hole, and carried off Saturnin. Only a few white feathers and spots of blood remained.
Truly, I've never gotten over it. Their pond was never the same...
I guess the moral of the story is that ducks often meet unhappy ends.
Oh, dear-- that is really sad! You are right about those poor ducks... Chickens, too. We are going to be getting chickens next weekend, and have been told that there are still some foxes in this residential area, and we need to keep an eye out. I haven't heard anything about racoons yet. We will be keeping them in a very sturdy garden shed at night, so hopefully we can give them good, long lives!
ReplyDeleteWe had a fox visit our garden in Geneva... it would gorge itself on cherries from our cherry tree, and then... well, then the cherries would come out again... Most smelly!!
ReplyDeleteHens are wonderful! Amelia will have great fun with them! Do you know which breed they will be? Some breeds are far more social than others.
We haven't decided yet on the breed. Our neighbors have chickens, and they are really sweet-- they come over to the fence and chat with me while I'm pulling weeds... We had two chickens in Portland a few years ago. Something happened to one of them, and the lone chicken started following me around everywhere I went. When I cam near her, she would huddle down so I could pick her up... When I was inside the house, she would sit right outside our glass kitchen door where she could keep an eye on me. Really sweet. Also, no raccoons here!
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