tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21788260503860836092024-03-12T16:12:09.103-07:00Slender NettlesMy Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-71535974001891647972022-12-05T03:00:00.002-08:002022-12-05T03:00:16.255-08:00<p> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Good Good Good morning.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The day feels so frosty cold without a single lick of frost. I was walking through the paths of the park this morning when it dawned on me about the old wassailing song. I always lived in a place that by December was ice ice cold and freezing and aside from the pine trees there wasn’t a bit of green in sight so I never felt those beautiful words “here we come a wassailing among the leaves so green”. you know that scene in little women when they’re hand in hand and hip to hip and singing so gleefully! And oh how i wished that those words made me feel so gleefully but i was just cold with no green leaves. And anyways I understand it today. In the park on a Victorian path and the leaves are all so green. the hedges are green and some trees are still green and there’s so many varieties of green pine. And all those years of wanting that song to mean something seemed to finally happen. Especially since my sweet sister had just left from a lovely visit. And now I think of her and the green green leaves and how happy and laughing we were and its like a little bit of that little women dream came true this week. Who would have thought a longing for a Christmas song about wassailing would be a forever long mission for a particular particular sisterly December morning where its cold but not too cold and your noses are pink and you’re smiling under branches of green and a belly full of warm wassail.</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Anyways it’s portrait painting today and I have these two candles i bought without a candle stick so that i can make them myself and I’ve been listening to fleet foxes over and over and over and i think I’m going to make some candlesticks inspired by some of their songs after ive worked on portraits for so long that my eyes hurt! I hope you have a lovely day today. I hope that you might have some obscure little childhood wish that comes to fruition this week. Or at least just a little bit of magic comes your way. Gosh its been so long. Like typing out to an old friend. I don’t even know how to get into my old account its been so long! So if you’re even reading this at all its by the grace of some winter miracle and even that is a little bit of magic all in itself!! Goodbye dear friend.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYnaVmIrIPphBXTo-sCvu4ODugXKRiY6Pp4aJp5MKNs5chdmRSjMoFA3jFALSnI_mKKfCcCw8pIEKUwVl_0muZSm3NbtlrtjfKNckOvd0XrWqW6l_sWlwmATRkGyEYtfoQ1eZPME-uW62oJCzKBotnZNknMmps0dZOHeaTqv_XO5nWEZypDgKoZQOkg/s4032/2CEF2AA0-4FA8-4655-B982-E35015F03AA1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYnaVmIrIPphBXTo-sCvu4ODugXKRiY6Pp4aJp5MKNs5chdmRSjMoFA3jFALSnI_mKKfCcCw8pIEKUwVl_0muZSm3NbtlrtjfKNckOvd0XrWqW6l_sWlwmATRkGyEYtfoQ1eZPME-uW62oJCzKBotnZNknMmps0dZOHeaTqv_XO5nWEZypDgKoZQOkg/s320/2CEF2AA0-4FA8-4655-B982-E35015F03AA1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">P.S. Sorry for all the typos and little i’s. My fingers were too cold and pink to work and I like to just write things and send them right off into the world unedited! I just like it better that way.. its the same with my husbands poems! I always prefer the first drafts. They just seem so pure and i like unintentional and mistakes and things. I don’t know it just feels more authentic in a way. How have you been? Is anyone still there? Hello if so!</div><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>My Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-68510996439510712752017-08-12T17:27:00.001-07:002017-08-12T17:27:17.714-07:00Blackberry Scones with Rose Petal Sugar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not much of a real recipe post as this is simply just a modified version of the one I've been using for years of the lovely Smitten Kitchen's creamy dream scones. You can find it <a href="https://smittenkitchen.com/2006/11/dream-a-little-dream-of-scone/" target="_blank">HERE</a> .<br />
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An extremely simple recipe of which I like to get down and dirty with where the only tools used are my hands and bowl. My father and I would always mash doughs about with our hands and I've become quite nostalgic for the process. The recipe I used is almost exactly the same, only because of the juicy sliced blackberries I wound up using only about 1/3 cup of cream.<br />
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For the tops I sprinkled rose sugar onto each scone. A 10 second chore that required picking up a handful of our rose's afternoon dropped leaves and mixing them with sugar with the mortar and pestle until everything was ground together. Mint leaves were sprinkled on top to garnish. I LOVE the color of this dough.... It looks like an earl grey dream.... another scone following the same recipe that just requires the steeping of earl grey with the cream, then cooling again before mixing in. Baked with the added crisped brown it became a color inspiration and after I type this up am likely going to be painting a dress of the same tones! :')<br />
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I hope you get inspired to play around with Deb's recipe, replacing the cranberries with whatever you fancy and adjusting the amount of flour and cream till its at that perfect scone consistency.<br />
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<br />My Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-45478657768170061532017-07-30T16:28:00.002-07:002017-07-30T16:32:51.064-07:00Lammas BreadLammas is upon us and we've chosen to celebrate on this beautiful warm sun filled Sunday. Corn husk dolls are made, bread is baked, a big garden harvest is had, and feast prepared with whatever the groundhog hasn't taken for himself. We give thanks to the sun, thanks to this season, and thanks for this delicious food!!!<br />
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I wish I could say I had a recipe for this bread... but the truth is that I simply do not! It was all.. a bit of yeast here... a bit of oats there... some brown sugar.. warm water.. a splash of buttermilk, and enough flour to get a good wet dough consistency. I made this in my great grandmother's small corn bread skillet.. so to replicate a similar bread, I'd take your favorite easy peasy bread recipe and make a third of what the ingredients call for in the case of a small skillet... Or if you have a larger skillet, adjust it to what feels right. My all time favorite bread recipe I found here: " <a href="https://www.alexandracooks.com/2012/11/07/my-mothers-peasant-bread-the-best-easiest-bread-you-will-ever-make/" target="_blank">My Mother's Peasant Bread </a>" . I have made this recipe 300 times over. So much so that the very act of it is imprinted in my hands and I can seem to conjure it up at will whenever bread needs to be made. I highly recommend you write this recipe down and tuck it away in your most treasured recipe book or box or tin!<br />
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(So here is the bread! First pictured is the wet dough so you can get a feel for the consistency topped with the tomatoes and herbs. Pictured after is the warm browned bread currently driving my nose to wheat heaven. I topped it with even more herbs then and also some grated cheese!)<br />
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This was a no knead wet dough stirred about with nasturtiums, rosemary, lemon thyme, tomatoes, oats, basil, sage, and chopped pumpkin flowers.<br />
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I let my dough rise for an hour outside, covered, in spotted sunlight for warmth. ( it's a cool new england day here ). And when it was ready I floured my surface and hands and without punching down the dough.. just letting it gently slide to the flour.. I took my floured hands, formed the dough into a disc, and placed it in my grandmother's lightly oiled skillet. I drizzled some olive oil on the top, topped it with even more nasturtiums and herbs and sliced some cherry tomatoes for the top. I'd previously set the oven to 400 degrees and then baked it till a nice golden brown. While warm I topped it with a bit of grated Dubliner Cheese. It's still cooling as I write this and the scent is driving my stomach absolutely mad! I can't wait to cut into it with some smoooooth butter and cuddle up next to my husband for some poetry, many a candle, and a good game of Scrabble!<br />
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My Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-73730937907473307832017-07-29T13:01:00.000-07:002017-07-29T13:01:00.487-07:00July 29th, 2017Well, it's happened again! Amongst cottage mess and moving things around I had my camera tucked away for quite some time. Dusted it off this month and was able to take some more photographs. This year has flown by... I can't believe it was November last I wrote when it feels like mere weeks ago. Amidst a snow storm this winter we found out we were expecting with a much longed for and much treasured little girl.. The first trimester wiped me out with sickness and feathers that felt like lifting oak trees... within a blink of an eye it seemed to be May and its been smooth sailing ever since. However I did seem to get much behind on work.<br />
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We planted our garden.. we watched flowers grow.. we take many a trip to the local farmers market.. we stay up laughing playing games and eating cheese and watching archeological digs. Things have been so slow.. so calm.. and so happy. I feel as if I'm in the prime of my life. Pregnant I feel the most beautiful I've ever felt.. the most healthy.. the most balanced.. the most joyful. I warn Brian to be prepared because I feel I could do this 15 times over. I so can't wait to meet her.. Her nursery is ready.. her clothes are folded.. her shelves filled with fresh weekly flowers from the pond.. Just a little while now.. When the leaves are golden and the air smells of pumpkins and the squirrels are gathering their last acorns.. she'll be in our arms and our hearts couldn't be more happy and excited.<br />
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A few months ago I planted this pumpkin patch for her in hopes to have the house filled with bright orange lanterns upon her arrival ( just around Halloween!)<br />
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The nasturtiums and cleomes are THRIVING! The Hollyhocks ( my favorite) lasted al but two weeks and didn't care for our cottage soil and wisteria shaded sun not one bit! Next year it will be simply just cleomes and roses for the front. A great big splash of them. Although it was nice to fiddle around and see what works best for this ground. Luckily I'm in a never ending supply of rabbit poop fertilizer!! And the pumpkins and the roses LOVE it so.<br />
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Frog Pond of course is looking lovely as always. I so prefer and a grey summer day... A green autumn I call it. And the reflection in the pond was such a cool dusty lavender. A perfect day indeed.<br />
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Getting closer and closer to First Fire... the holiday in between Halloween and Thanksgiving for us. It is on this day, when the last leaf has fallen, when we stare out to miles and miles of naked forest and give thanks for all the life it has brought us and say farewell to the tree spirits that are off to a winter's sleep. Its filled with food and stories and song and whiskey. And that evening we light our first fire of the season. You're of course welcome to join in this celebration if you wish it!</div>
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I am quite the slow reader, but have selected this book, Ireland's Women, Writings Past and Present with works selected by Katie Donovan, A. Norman Jeffares, and Brendan Kennelly as my next read. And on the cover is one of my all time favorite portraits of Lady Lavery by her husband Sir John Lavery. I try to paint it in someway and in some different form of medium each year.</div>
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The water levels around here are so low and I do hope the frogs and fish and other animals that drink from this water will have a safe winter.</div>
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I went out to the meadow today. To look out onto the forest. I meditated and twirled. Twirling is such a special feeling to me... I feel my spirit drifts so far away sometimes... and when I go out to an open space like this and twirl... it truly feels to me as if I am spinning it back in... taking all my surroundings in with it. I feel a part of everything when I dance in nature and it is more healing to me than many things.</div>
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The forest was bustling with chipmunks!!!! Out for a late harvest I imagine, they were leaping and climbing and squeaking all over the place! This kind gent was nice enough to let me get close for a photo all though we did play a bit of ring around the rosy for a while to finally get it. If chipmunks can giggle I'm most certainly sure he was joining me in the laughter.</div>
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I'm a huge fan of our neighbors barn and beehives. Everything seemed to be blanketed in bittersweet and it was just a lovely sight. I do love a grey day.. the sun can block so much out for me sometimes and I feel as if there is just so much more to see when it's cloudy.</div>
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Well! That is all for now. It was a wonderful morning!!! Below is a video of my little day if you'd like to see... I am so very fond of the words to this Opera.... I'll play them here and hope you'll enjoy them! It's a song titled "The Lonely One in Autumn" by Gustav Mahler.</div>
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Every blade of grass stands frosted.</div>
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The sweet fragrance of flower has passed;</div>
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A cold wind bows their stems low.</div>
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Soon will the wilted, golden petals</div>
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My heart is tired. My little lamp</div>
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I come to you, trusted resting place.</div>
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Yes, give me rest, I have need of refreshment!</div>
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I weep often in my loneliness.</div>
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Autumn in my heart lingers too long.</div>
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Sun of love, will you no longer shine</div>
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Took off on a solo adventure to one of my favorite places in the Quiet Corner. It's always such a great escape and delight to get tucked away into the the most comfortable corner of Ms. Bridge's Pantry. I'm always sure to bring a favorite book and order my usual order with their wonderful celtic music playing, their yellow wallpapered walls, and the cozy decor. It's a true pleasure each time I go. And as a bonus it is tucked away into the woods next to two of my favorite antique shops.<br />
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Their tea room is always warm and cozy. The fireplace is lit, the leaves outside are bustling. Their store front here is filled with UK treasures from clotted cream to teas, candy, and biscuits.<br />
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Just down the street is the amazing Roseland Cottage!!! I actually have not visited this place yet as I was saving it for a special occasion, however I got lost on my way to the nearby park and wound up right in front of it as I pulled over to see where exactly I was. Such a beauty and I cannot wait till the end of next spring when all the local folks get together dawning white clothes and play croquet out in the yard!</div>
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It was a lovely drive home and I was lucky enough to follow the moon most of the way. Coming home to this sweet girl of mine is always a treat. Now that my heart and mind are filled with such inspiration of this lovely day its off to draw up a little something in my little room. Wishing you all a pleasant weekend!!!!!</div>
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November has come, but Hallowtide celebrations are still happening here. Feasts, with a hard days work in between. Watching the jack-o-lanterns cave, watching the weather go from a snowy winter to spikes of hot humid days filled with bright red trees. I've been illustrating a lot of my days here around the cottage and hope to keep up this series! </div>
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The forest is filled with berries and the way the trees look with the falling sun looked so beautiful by our stream that I had to go out and take some photographs! Also, my grandmother sent this jacket to me in the mail and requested that I send her some photographs. I love its soft velvet and the way it looks like it could have been made years and years ago. She's always sending me the nicest little packages and I am so incredibly grateful! A wonderful woman that deserves much celebration!!! </div>
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The meadow by our house and just next to frog pond always takes my breath away. Just through the trees is a path down to another stream where I collect golden rod and joe pye weed by the bushels!!!!<br />
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Our November home. This little place holds everything that I hold most dear. A house of rabbits, indeed. I think sometimes if you squint just right you can see giant rabbit ears sprouting from the top.</div>
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And of course Lady Saoirse our pride and joy.</div>
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I hope you all had a pleasant halloween and are enjoying your early November!!!</div>
<br />My Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-55929004881775650392016-11-01T14:15:00.002-07:002016-11-01T14:15:24.179-07:00November 1stHello all,<br />
What a year it has been, and I do apologize for my absence. It’s the completion of my first year as a full time artist and I am still trying to find my rythym and balance. I have dreams of Monday, sketching, Tuesday, Painting, Wednesdays, shipping, Friday’s write a little blog. But alas, it is quite all over the place and I haven’t written since July! It was a lovely summer... it really seemed to come and go so quickly... It feels like yesterday that the violets were blooming. I saved some along with some rose petals from the summer garden. I placed them between paper towels and put them in the freezer so that I can break them out for those mid winter blues one oft time gets. I snowless winter can do that to me.. and I so hope New England will be coated in a thick white blanket of snow for the majority of this one! I am surely going to try and post more!!!! I’ve struggled because everytime I work on a craft, or whip up a recipe I am so happy and in the moment that I hate to break from it by styling for a good photograph.. But I suppose the few of you that do read this wouldn’t mind seeing the reality of a good kitchen mess in real time! I shall give it a go.. and hope to see you more often! For now I hope you will enjoy the very few pictures I did manage to catch on my camera! I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween... and even though winter doesn’t come for some time yet, I still always celebrate its coming on the first of November. Soon we will be celebrating our personal holiday of First Fire! Where we say farewell to the tree spririts that will soon fall asleep for winter, we plant bulbs into the ground for spring blooms, sing old folk songs, and drink whiskey around the very first fire of the season with our animals gathered all around. I’m hoping for a good many things this winter... like finally starting a sure schedule and sticking to it and to start making my own clothes! Have you any hobbies you’d like to start or keep up with while you are stuck cozy inside for winter?<br />
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My Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-69244273093583811072016-06-11T11:13:00.003-07:002016-06-11T11:26:17.625-07:00Thistlequick Wild Rose Petal Jam RecipeDear Reader,<br />
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'Tis been a while, hasn't it?<br />
The summer has come and it is full in it's beauty and warmth. The path to frog pond is absolutely covered in wild rose blooms. On a rainy walk to the lily pads, the heat and moisture was so heavy, it brought all the scent from those lovely rosebuds out drifting into the air. I have never smelled such a sweet scent in all my days. It was as if Ms. Jo Malone herself drifted her perfumed spirit this way and sprayed her rose scent all down the woody lane.<br />
Well, I just had to do something with these roses. And so a few days later when the sun had dried up the dew, I and my colander went out to harvest as much wild roses as we felt suitable.<br />
I wasn't sure what I'd prepare... perhaps a facial cream.. perhaps a flower essence... ah but the full moon was so far away.. I perused my pantry to see what I had and decided on a wild rose petal jam. It takes so little.. and always with a most lovely result. My husband has settled quite sturdily into a breakfast habit of toast and jam. It is toast and jam every day! I thought, how lovely it would be to make a little gift for him and so the making of the jam began.<br />
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I could say that I made this recipe as I went along... or I could say that my two rabbits, The Thistlequicks whispered it into my ear.. And so this recipe is dedicated in their rabbity honor.<br />
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2 cups washed wild rose petals</div>
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2 cups sugar</div>
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2 cups water</div>
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5 tablespoons pectin</div>
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1 teaspoon lemon</div>
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1 boiled and sanitized mason jar and lid</div>
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(this recipe makes approximately 10 ounces of jam, so can accordingly as you see fit! with small jars for friendly gifts, or a large one all to yourself!)</div>
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1 boiled and sanitized spoon for ladeling</div>
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best plucked right in the morning, go out and collect your wild rose petals.</div>
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Once back in your kitchen, wash your petals and place them in a bowl to be covered. </div>
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Take your first cup of sugar, and sprinkle it about the roses, mixing and coating them. </div>
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Cover your sugary petals and place them in your fridge to sleep overnight.</div>
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In the morning, you will surely have a most delightful smell to wake you!</div>
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Take your 2 cups of water and bring it to a boil. </div>
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Add your sugary petals and let it boil and steep for just a few minutes.</div>
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In a separate bowl mix together the remaining cup of sugar, and your 5 tablespoons of pectin.</div>
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Add them to the boiling mixture slowly and stir.</div>
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Let it boil until the mixture begins to get nicely.</div>
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Get your sanitized jar and spoon ready!</div>
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And pour your lovely concoction into the jar. It is at this point where you can seal your jars if you'd like. I didn't for I knew that this delight would be gone in a flash! But you might want to if you've made small batches for friends.</div>
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I do hope that you will enjoy!</div>
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To add a bit of kitchen witchery. While stirring your boiling mixture.. picture a most lovely and overgrown rose garden.. picture your most beautiful summer day... invoke love... invoke beauty.. invoke peace..</div>
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As it cools.. surround it with beautiful objects and candles.. give thanks for your garden.. for the earth for providing such beauty for you to cook from.</div>
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When you eat your jam.. be it a dollop for your yogurt... spread over buttery toast... or made into thumbprint cookies.. I hope that it brings you that beauty and fills your day with magic and tranquility.</div>
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A lovely 66 degree spring day! It's always so pleasant, those first days of spring, going outside without a coat. A new little freedom it seems to give. Nothing is bursting with blooms yet, but the energy in the air is electric!! You can just feel the vibrations of every plant getting ready to burst with green and blooms. <br />
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Oliver Winterbottom is feeling a bit cooped up lately. He so loves to run around on days like this, but due to hawk attacks to the hens ( we lost another this week ) I wanted to keep him safe inside. He loves to munch on violets and clovers, so when they start to bloom I will be sure to bring in a goody basket for him! Since the chickens have been kept in their run the past couple of days, it's given the crocuses some time to thrive! The whole ground would have been covered in them if it wasn't for the hens hungry beaks! So happy to have this little bundle with us!<br />
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Oh how happy I am! Since we've moved into this tiny cottage, I've been making use of space where I could find it to do my work. Shipping supplies kept in the black bag, paints in the green, art under the bed, and brushes in the closet. The routine of setting up and putting away became quite monotonous. I woke up today along with the final straw and after many many hours of tidying, packing, boxing, and shoving, I now have a real live work space!!!<br />
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The upstairs was unfinished for months, mostly full of belongings and boxes that needed to be kept away from the bunny ( in particular his teeth!). In fact I don't even have any pictures of the before on account of how reserved I felt about it. <br />
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It's not your normal desk and chair, but having had a severe case of the Japanese-Blues ( as I call it... I so wish there was a word of homesickness for another place.. something stronger than miss... perhaps there is one.. do you know it?) I became quite fine with having a comfortable floor space.<br />
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Having gone to bed pinterest-ing away all the ideas in my head, I woke up, threw off the covers and got straight to work. I am pleased with the way it turned out!<br />
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I christened the new space with an amazing hot bowl of Oyakodon ! And of course the cat was very interested as well. If you happen to be interested too.. I went ahead and added the recipe down below. I'm not sure if you've ever seen " <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/cookingwithdog" target="_blank">Cooking with Dog</a> " on YouTube, but I highly reccomend it! They are one of my all time favorite channels and I have cooked so many delicious meals from their recipes!!<br />
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A great dish to make, especially if you have your own trusted source of backyard hens that lay deliciously golden yolks!! What I made isn't TECHNICALLY Oyakodon which literally translates to "parent-and-child" donburi. With lack of chicken, I added tofu as a replacement and cilantro as a replacement for lack of parsley, much to my rabbit's shagrin.</div>
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If you can't find Dashi Stock near you, not to worry! I was able to try my best to recreate it by adding 2 tbsp Vegetable stock. I then added a 1"x3" piece of kombu to the simmering liquids and then removed the kombu before adding the egg. </div>
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<br />My Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-46178886441914601392016-03-13T23:13:00.001-07:002016-03-13T23:40:41.509-07:00My Great Grandmother's Story<div class="yiv4263489467" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457908790060_4343" title="Page 1">
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">WILLOW TREE<br />by Esther Evans Wood 1938</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Her cheeks were flushed to the delicate pink, as a young bride’s at the alter, her mouth was soft and trembling, as a girl about to surrender her first kiss. The blueness of her eyes and the whiteness of her hair made one think suddenly of a small patch of blue sky peeping through a pile of snowy clouds.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Pardon me, Madam, but I understand that this was once the home of Colonel John Bythewood,” she said in a silvery voice.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“yes, madam, many years ago, though. Won’t you come in?” She ushered the ancient one into an immense living room which was a profusion of antiques. “you may relax for awhile, “ she offered, noticing the paleness that had overcome her visitor, “and then I will show you some things that might be of interest.”</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Tell me as much as you know bout him,” urged the old lady. She was a little out of breath in her eagerness. “I left here soon afeer the Civil War.” A shadow of apprehension flitted abross her countenance.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Well, ask you know he had a beautiful daughter, but a foolish one,” began the lady. “Strange, thisColonel Bythewood went all thru the Civil War without receiving a scrath, then died three years later form a broken heart.”</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Yes, my dear lady, a broken heart,” continued her companion. “His daughter, Martha, to whom he was completely devoted after his wife’s untimely death, fell in love with a young man named Joseph Perrine. They had made mud pies together when they were children, and of course, it was quite natureal for them to fall in love when they had outfrown childhood. This pleased Col. Bythewood greatly at first as he was not only extremely fond of Joseph but also bore the highest regard for his faily. However when the Civil War broke out, Joseph , to the amazement of Col. Bythewood and his own family, joined the Union Army. This, to Col. Bythewood, was the unforgivable sin. He demanded that his daughter case the young man out of her heart. Of course, this was easier said than done, but Martha made an attempt to forget him by allowing herself to become temporarily enamored by a young Confederate Officer, Emerson Wood.<br />Through her father’s encouragement, Martha submitted to a proposal by him to announce their engameent as soon as the war was over.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“So, as it was told to me, on the iven night, the house was decorated as gayly as Col. bythewood’s conscience would allow, and tho every heart was saddened by the blow of defeat, an effor was made by everyone to enjoy the evening. The ladies dressed in the best of the silks they had saved from the ravages of War. And there was music and dancing.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457908790060_4483">He searched for her everywhere. Of course, you know, in those days it was quite difficult to trace anyone. Some people thought they had escaped to France; otherwise, Joseph would hav ebeen tried for murder. That must have been the reason why Martha never communicated with her father. She probably feard the law would trace Joseph thru her. Anyway, her poor father died three years later... they say, from a broken heart. But before he died, he made out a trust for her, which was to exist for fifty-years, in case she should ever come back. If she didn</span>’<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457908790060_4484">t return in that time, the money was to be turned over to some worthy enterprise.</span>” She went to the window and looked out. “Col. Bythewood is buried under that great willow tree, beside his wife.”</span></div>
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What a lovely snow filled week it has been here in New England. So much painting has been done while curled up in the house! The power was out for a few days and it was so lovely to be back in sync with the sun. Usually finding myself up quite late into the night painting away, it was quite the challenge to try and get things finished before sunset (5:00 pm my time). So much time was spent by the fireplace finishing up some final touches next to my rabbit and the cat curled up in my lap. When the big snow came it was the wonderful, glorious, sticky kind. It stuck to the trees like cotton candy. All was wonderful until nature decided to prune the trees of the village. I had a moment in the early morning while standing out in the yard and all I could hear was the cracking of falling trees all around me. Huge limbs split and fell from up high. We were safe in the cottage, but a tree fell in our little road wrapped in live wire, delaying my trip to the post office for deliveries.</div>
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Oh how I love the snow!!! It has been such a dream to see it there out my little bedroom window just waiting to be played in. We are to get 5 more inches today and I just can't wait!!! It's been a dream of mine to build a Victorian snow lady. So here's hoping the snow we get today will be splendidly sticky as well!!</div>
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My Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-84185913059605013872015-12-18T19:17:00.004-08:002015-12-18T19:17:37.735-08:00Stationary!After years of only selling originals I am starting to branch out into the world of prints... first starting off with note cards. I now have Sleepweed and The Hermit paintings available as 5.5" by 4" note cards with matching envelopes! I am quite excited about them! How strange and lovely it is to see your work printed to paper.<br />
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I am proud to announce the very new birth of Tinkerigge Dolls of Thistlethwaite Manor, a home for lost souls. A collection of ghost dolls and wool works crafted from the wool of Cotswold, Wensleydale, and Merino sheep. I have been hard at work creating multiple characters and animal friends and am filled to the brim with this new adventure! I couldn't wait to tell you the news! It is all a part of the dream of working with wool, story telling, creating art, and someday having my own sheep farm. I hope that you will enjoy what is to come and that you might stop by for a story or two!<br />
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<span id="goog_613989431"></span><span id="goog_613989432"></span><br />My Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-78297756474398214072015-12-01T15:15:00.003-08:002015-12-01T15:30:37.519-08:00Ghost DollsHello to you on this fine December day! It has been quite toasty in the cottage and it has been so lovely to take early morning frost strolls with visits to the christmas ferns.<br />
Saoirse still wishes she could go outside and is getting even more curious each day. Oliver has finally shed his summer coat and has turned a nice dark grey color with some lovely light marbeling.<br />
In my life, I always treasured Halloween and it has always been my favorite Holiday. I don't know if it is because I am getting older and feeling more maternal or if it is just because I often find myself missing my family, but I am so excited for this Yule! The cottage is being strewn about with (faux) fur blankets, the oven is a blaze, and the critters are getting quite cozy as well. A garland I fastened of pine hangs above the rafters, and a wee little tree lights up the corner. I love the comforting feeling of the color of the red ribbons and the warming glow of twinkling lights. I am feeling quite inspired by cold red noses and big wooly coats and feel that they will certainly be showing up in some new works! I do wish I was able to create these pieces a head of time so they would be ready for the Yuletide season, but I simply can't paint snowmen in the autumn. Perhaps I will just have to save them for next year!<br />
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My nights lately have filled me with such excitement!!! A new favorite hobby, I am sure! I have taken to creating these little ghostly victorian and edwardian dolls. How wonderful it is, to be all cozy in a mound of quilts just needling away! My heart is so full just thinking about it and can't wait to get back to them after I complete this post! It is like bringing my Little Ladies to life and I just love it!<br />
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And today, even better news! I have finally found a good a trusted source for my wool fibers! A lovely woman who lives in the south of Wales and rescues Wensleydale sheep. The most beautiful of coats they have!<br />
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I have ordered them as hair for my dolls and they will come in a silken yellow, dark greys, a hand stained lavender, and a beautiful auburn. I cannot wait to receive the package and get straight away to making more! I am starting to get a feel for exactly how I want the facial expressions to be and can't wait to add more detailing to each piece in the future. I will, of course, also be doing custom dolls if ever anyone is interested!<br />
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I do love to make custom pieces.. mostly because I know that my little ladies do help me in times when I am feeling low. People always ask why their faces look so glum and I think it is because sometimes it is more helpful just to have a friend who feels the same way that you do too.<br />
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Candlelit evenings in bed watching Little Women and listening to music while crafting them up has been a great joy in my life. Ollie is not allowed upstairs for it is not yet "bunny proof" and so Saoirse tries to keep good company, but mostly she just tries to eat whatever I may be working on.<br />
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Someday I will find a place for all these books so Ollie can come up to this part of the house while I wool... but in the meantime, he sure makes the Best of companions while sitting under my chair while I paint downstairs.<br />
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I am feeling luckier with each day. I am so grateful for my family, which I was able to visit with this Thanksgiving, and am so grateful for these lovely critters and cottage.<br />
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<br />My Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-72247129170809160832015-11-18T13:27:00.000-08:002015-11-18T13:32:14.992-08:00NovemberHow quickly the leaves have faded!!! I couldn't help but to get out my camera on this spooky day. The pumpkins are ready to go to the soil, but I am trying to keep Halloween around for as long as I can!<br />
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I have been keeping quite busy in the cottage, what with Saorise
causing mass chaos and the bunny and hard at work on paintings. I have
started to take in Little Lady portrait requests each week and my weeks
have been full of swirling dresses, pups, and little kittens to draw. I
have made a big change in the way I do things and it has really made me
even more passionate about my work. I've started to really get into
making my own stains from plants around the cottage and have upgraded to
a much sturdier paper which I enjoy tearing myself for each piece's
correct size. And inspired by the old ways of packaging I have upped it
up to ribbons and wax seals and vintage photographs to go out with them.
I am so happy with the results! This week will be spent with family,
but it will be so strange to be away from my solidarity and craft. I
suppose that I will not be able to keep away from the little
illustrations and will be doodling away with any chance I get. I hope to
be getting prints made soon of some more recent works! My Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-47681637306948110872015-11-18T13:12:00.005-08:002015-11-18T13:18:45.531-08:00Summer at TinkerriggeHello to you! I know that the weather is no where near green and bright, but I have good news! I have found my camera cord and so all of the lovely July photographs that have been stored away are finally up! I do hope that you will enjoy them and that these summer photos will help to warm you up! It is amazing how quickly things go.<br />
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What a wonderful day it was!! The hens at Tinkerrigge were so active and friendly. It was a pleasure to draw them as they checked out my notebook and pecked at the grass around the home. Many woodchucks must love the ground beneath us and the little resting spot I found was as soft as a pillow. We took off for to Woodstock today to our favorite little antique shop in the Scranton Antique Corner and grabbed some tea and sandwiches at Mrs. Bridges Pantry. I highly reccomend it!!! The Baroness Tea, the soup, and the Salmon Salad Cucumber tea sandwiches were so delightful!! I found another old broom which I seem to be collecting now-a-days and a beautiful art deco candle stick for the cottage. The park nearby was splendid and we spent the rest of the evening getting lost on winding farm roads. The lighting was perfect and I pinched myself multiple times just to make sure that yes, this really is where I live. I don't think I ever want to leave!</div>
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My Nightengalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448378406231070254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178826050386083609.post-72318113922931503232015-10-11T17:20:00.002-07:002015-10-11T17:26:52.676-07:00Another Beautiful New England DayI'm I still can’t believe that I get to live in such a beautiful place. Tonight the cottage was all lit up and so were the bright orange in the leaves. I took a small stroll to the pond by our home and enjoyed watching the golden ferns sway by the grey pond. The trees shone so brightly as the sun did its final setting.<br />
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This weekend was a perfect one! First, Tinkerrigge had its first visitor and her company really filled our hearts. I was almost envious of the little bed I made for her by the fireplace on the couch. And it has really got me thinking about making our own bed to put down there like in other old cottages you see. The question of having children in the cottage has been coming up and with only one bedroom.. I do believe we could make it work! </div>
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We drove out to Woodstock, Connecticut and had a wonderful time doing a bit of antique shopping. I found some lovely little copper pots so that I can get started on making my own paints and am so excited to cook them over the fireplace!<br />
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We had so much food! It was feast after feast! And I hope to maybe post along some recipes if you’d be interested!<br />
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The cottage we’ve moved into is just completely out of my dreams. I couldn’t think of a better space! 16 chickens live on the property and we are soon to get goats! The main house was built in 1694 and was built before the city was even erected. It is so quite and lovely. The leaves are starting to turn now and walking down the dappled roads, it looks like something straight from a New England post card. There is a large pond just down the path and it is filled to the brim with lily pads. In the summer there are so many frogs you can hear them from the cottage.<br />
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The whole house is encased in beautiful stone! With chunks of garnite, geodes, and glass. When the light hits them the glitter so beautifully! Apparently in the mid 1800’s a woman went stone crazy and masoned the entire home! My favorite part, aside from the fireplace, is the outside chimney. If you look closely you can see where her beautiful messy stone work comes to a stop.. apparently her husband said she was up too high on the ladder and hired professional mason’s to do the rest! So at the top of the chimney you can see the break from messy into perfect masonry. It always gives me a little laugh. From time to time Oliver, my rabbit, will dig and dig at the stones only to reaveal very old newspapers from the 20’s to the 70’s. We even found a clipping of the Black Dahila case stuffed into a cranny of the stones!<br />
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The upstairs is so creaky and you can see through the floor boards to the bottom. This caused for a very funny evening when I dropped my glass of water and it soaked the chair in the living room!<br />
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Oliver is doing well, and we have added a new family member! I little kitten named Saoirse. She is so fearless, and so full of energy. Even when I turn on the vacuum she stands her ground quite well.<br />
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I’ve been busy working away at my table and have really got into my new medium of wool. I have truly fallen in love with it. The first time I held wool to needle, it was love at first sight!<br />
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