Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
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Apr 17, 2017

Day 2741 - Annual celebrations creating precious memories

This is the stuff that memories are made of.

The Easter Bunny left a little something for everyone

The best thing about annual celebrations like Easter, Christmas, Mothers Day, Fathers Day and birthdays is the memories that are created when you surround yourself with family and friends.

It's not the every day that sticks in our minds the most.  It's the special days where people put in an effort to be together.




Ever notice how so many of those memories involve a feast?

This feast was lovingly created by my mum (who is a hell of a lot more clever in the kitchen than I am).


Roast lamb

Roast vegetables

A beautiful table setting

Lemon and mint infused water

Easter decorations


A beautifully concocted dessert of steamed pumpkin pudding with maple syrup, cream and ice cream

The best part of this celebration was getting to spend time with my grandmother.  At 95 we don't know how much longer she'll be part of our memory creations.


Creating memories


Happy Easter everyone!

I hope created some precious memories of your own.  




Jun 10, 2016

The Ritual of Shelling Peas

The Ritual of Shelling Peas



I've picked peas from my little pea patch twice this week.

Then I sat down and shelled out the peas. I shelled out about three quarts of peas from the first picking and about two quarts of peas from the second picking.

If you've ever grown shelling peas, or English peas as some call them, you know it takes a bit of time to shell out that many peas.

And there is no way to hurry it up.  Well,

Dec 12, 2013

Lily of the Valley for Christmas

Lily of the Valley for Christmas

On the surface, the story appears to be that I happened to see some pre-cooled Lily of the Valley pips for sale and decided to order them and give them a try.

But actually the story of how I came to this point of planting Lily of the Valley pips a few weeks before Christmas so they will bloom for the holidays starts way back many decades ago when I was a little girl.

Every Sunday when I was