A full pantry
on Nov 5, 2009 in cupboards tidy up kitchen Blissful Domestic homemaking ...or being prepared.We are a family of 6, a big family for european standards - and what to say for this corner of Europe standards! We need to be prepared and have a full pantry.Well, looking to several blog's well stocked cupboards, I reminded som...

Guy Fawkes
on Nov 5, 2009 in Guy Faukes Fawkes's father was either a notary or proctor of the ecclesiastical courts and later an advocate of the consistory court of the Archbishop of York. Edward's wife, Edith Blake, was descended from prominent merchants and aldermen of the city. Edward F...

Outdoor Wednesday
on Nov 4, 2009 in Outdoor Wednesday Who said we hardly have Autumn? It was hard to come but it's here. The air is nicer and the leaves are turning their colours.These beauties live in the garden of Monserrate, a very pretty garden we have here.Look at that. Looks like it came of a movi...

The pleasure of homemaking
on Nov 2, 2009 in Blissful Domestic laundry homemaking This last week I was not very productive. Homemaking is a thing I like so much but, for some reason, I coulfn't do much work.I didn't beat myself just because of that. I decided that it happened because it was my birthday week ( it was on 24 Oct. ) s...

Crumble time
on Oct 30, 2009 in apple crumble food It's foggy here. Cozy time. Good for baking. Maybe some apple crumble.This picture shows an apple pie my husband made some weeks ago. It was very good but, for me, nothing is better than crumble.So, crumble it is.

My birthday - part II
on Oct 29, 2009 in Birthdays Here it is the cake.I found a way of downloading those pictures I took with my new camera.My husband made me a dinner, very good, that had leek soup, a kind of beef welington ( with pork) with mashed potatoes and vegetables and ice cream for dessert.

My birthday
on Oct 28, 2009 in Birthdays On the 22 October it was one of my girl's birthday, as I posted before, and on the 24 was mine.I wanted to post here a picture of the cake and all but I couldn't find a way of transfering the pictues to my computer because I have a new camera!Yes, my...

15 !
on Oct 26, 2009 in children Birthdays In my house ther is always someone's birthday.Now it was the time of girl nº 2. She is 15 years old.

Slow Autumn
on Oct 21, 2009 in Outdoor Wednesday weather Here, in this corner of the world, the Autumn is coming slowly. We have flowers everywhere as it was spring or summerbut we can see the fallen leaves everywhere. The temperature has been quite high. Now is going a bit better and pleasent.We were dre...

21 years
on Oct 15, 2009Today is our aniversary.Thanks be to God.