Home is where the heart is

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Hoje deixo-vos umas imagens que fazem parte dos meus sonhos e da casa que um dia gostaria de ter... Apesar de ser citadina, gosto da calma dos jardins, do sossego do lar e da liberdade que conseguimos sentir quando estamos no campo. Lanchar no jardim, lavar as mãos em água fresca, dormir uma soneca na cama de rede, uma noite à luz das velas... Encontro essa inspiração nas imagens da Decorative Country Living.

Apaixonem-se pelo campo!

Credits: Decorative Country Living

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Today I'm showing you some pictures that represent my love for country living. Although I am a city girl, I also love some aspects of country life, such as having tea in the garden, washing our hands with fresh water from a jug, snoozing in a hammock and spending the night by candle light... Decorative Country Living makes me dream with that and much more!...


Fall in love with country life!

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Sunday Bike Ride

Do you ever feel that winter is never going to end?  We have felt like this and our winters are really very mild.  Just cold and rainy.  We get almost all the year's rain in a three month period from June to August.

After a wet and windy winter, however, Sunday felt like spring.  It was warm and sunny and breezy. We were even able to dry the washing outdoors.

I finally got around to finishing pruning the roses (we have 16 in our front yard alone) and my husband took the younger boys for a bike ride along the river into town.  They usually buy an ice cream once they get there but sadly the kiosk was shut so they rode all the way back again.  

Today was cold and wet and wintry again but we have the memory of beautiful, sunny yesterday to remind us that spring is almost here. 

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Cake delight

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Adoro bolos e decoração de bolos. Que vos parece esta ideia para enaltecer a beleza de um bolo? Eu sou suspeita, até porque gosto imenso das cores e a mesa que estou a preparar para a festa de aniversário das minhas sobrinhas vai ser baseada nestes tons... Onde a encontrei? No melhor mercado virtual do mundo - o Etsy.

Credits: KikiLaRu

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I love cakes and cake decor. What do you think of this garland idea to enhance your cake's beauty? I loved it and most of all it matches the colors that I chose for my niece's birthday table... Where did I find it? In the best marketplace in the world: Etsy.

Enjoy!

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Hung Parliament

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. 

Abraham Lincoln(1809 - 1865)

Australians have awoken this morning to the news that we still don't know who our new Prime Minister will be.

Rather than get into any political analysis, I thought I'd share a couple of spoofs of the Australian political situation. 

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Pretty in pink

Isn't she? I would definitely buy one of these. First time I saw these beautiful lamps was here. Then they crossed my path again here. Then here. And here. So many paths and crossings! Is it a sign? :-)

Oh, the pink one with that golden inside is my new obsession!

Credits: Nika Zupanc

I love lamps. And pink lamps in particular, or so it seems! :-)


Have a nice weekend!


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Backyard Harvest: Cos (Romaine) Lettuce

I found out for the first time today that the type of lettuce we call cos is what Americans call romaine.  I have wondered what romaine was every time I read about it in a recipe!

I like cos lettuce because it has a stronger flavour than iceberg and grows better in dry conditions than many other varieties of lettuce.  It is the variety traditional used in Caesar salad.

  Rather than buy seedlings, this year I sowed cos lettuce seeds and they have germinated well in quite cold conditions.  Sometimes I pick a whole plant if the seedlings are growing too crowded but mostly I pick the leaves rather than the whole plants.  The young leaves are lovely mixed with rocket (arugula) in a simple green salad.

In the past (in Melbourne) I found cos to cope better with frost than other lettuces - but we don't suffer from severe frosts so I can't guarantee this for all situations.

I think salad is going to be on the menu at our red house quite a lot over the next few weeks!

What did you harvest this week?

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Bugged

This bug keeps appearing around our house.  He appears on people's pillows.  He appears on people's plates.  Especially mine.

Once he even showed up in a bowl of chocolate brownie mixture that I was preparing.  That really made me scream.

I know he's plastic.  And I've seen him dozens of times.  Yet somehow, he always gives me a shock, every time he pops up - which is probably why he does keep popping up.

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