This week’s Mystery photo – where in the world are we?
Last week’s picture were from a very snowy day in Zermatt, Switzerland. No sign of the matterhorn there on that day… but it was Oh! so lovely…
So this week we stick with the snowy pictures…. where do you think we are in the top photograph? Ponder about it for a minute or two….
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There have been SO many t-shirt remodels on Pinterest, that I thought I'd give one a try my own way. I found the most gorgeousss colored shirt at A.C. Moore today (for less than $4!) and I knew that this would be The Shirt. I got an extra large so I could make a dress (I'm short, so it works for me, if you're tall, you would make a long shirt, or add a layer to the edge of the shirt to make a dress).
Jaw-droppingly good news.
The vagaries of the Blogosphere “Awards” have eluded me since I began blogging here at WordPress. But now, it seems my little blog has been accepted into the fold of those who have been nominated for awards. I have Jayde-Ashe over at The Paperbook Blog for this kind nomination.
I am so thrilled!
Liebster is German for ‘favourite’ or ‘dearest’ and there are a few conditions in accepting this award:
The Liebster Award is an award for blogs who have less than 200 followers. ( That’s me – just)
The recipient must then pass the award on to new bloggers who also have less than 200 followers, to promote their blog to your readers. ( So here goes)
1. I have travelled to Scandinavia 3 times and Asia six times. If I could, I would happily live in Denmark or Sweden and holiday in Norway but my heart is still Australian.
2. I used to love watching horror movies, and still occasionally do.
3. I really dislike commercial TV and rarely read Women’s magazines, unless I am waiting in a line for the supermarket checkout.
4. I much prefer foggy, rainy, cold and overcast weather to the heat of midsummer.
5.I think education is the most important thing in life.( not necessarily formal schooling)
6. I used to live in a house that was previously inhabitated by followers of black magic.
7. I could easily live entirely on seafood, bread and the odd berry for the rest of my life.
8. I moved house 8 times in four years, and then have lived at my current address for almost 30 years.
9. I plan to take up kayaking and competition shooting when I retire from paid work.
10. I have never seen Ayers Rock and don’t intend to.
11. I was once part owner of a hippie commune.
3. Korpijaakko
5. Nina Joan
7. Hillaaspman
8. Karins Fotos
11.Cocoaupnorth
1. Where is your favourite Holiday destination?
2. How much time do you spend on technology?
3. If you had your time over again, what would you do differently?
4. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
5. What is your favourite book?
6.Give five words that others might use to describe you?
7. How do you relax?
8. What is your greatest contribution to the planet so far?
9. Best experience from childhood/School years?
10. What general piece of advice would you give to the youth of today?
11. Do you speak another language beside your native tongue?
This has been a fun activity. Thanks again to Jayde-Ashe for the nomination. I hope I can direct some traffic to her fab new blog: The Paperback blog as a gesture of thanks for nominating me for this award. Please stop by and say hello to her!
Will my nominees accept this award and take up the challenge? That is something my head will ponder about today….
I don't know about you, but I keep just about everything that I think can be turned into some sort of craft! Whenever I use up gift cards, or any kind of plastic card that I receive, I always keep them. I've used them to help flatten Mod Podge bubbles out, and to get perfectly straight lines while tracing, or making my own stencils, and I've also covered them in scrapbook paper and made them super cute!
It's so embarrassing to admit, but if I were on a desert island and I could only have one meal it would definitely be a cheeseburger and fries, and chocolate cake, of course. I really only said the cheeseburger and fries for health purposes because I would want to eat a protein and vegetable before I indulged in chocolate cake.
I have had this small tin of crab meat in my pantry for (mumble,mumble) quite some time now. I really did not know what I was going to use it for. I think it was originally destined for a party, with other Swedish sandwich cake ingredients, but things did not work out between them, and so the crab meat, was left on the shelf… literally!
So, inspiration hit me one night when hubby and I were on our own, no family to cook for and decided on a light meal to end the week. And I was blog hopping, and found Will Cook for Smiles : Hot Crab Dip.
http://willcookforsmiles.com/2012/07/hot-crab-dip.htm
As one always does, I have altered the recipe slightly, serving it cold, and adding some extra vegetables for crunch. I like crunchy celery, cucumber and capsicum eaten fresh. Plenty of Vitamin C and fibre this way.
But credit goes to Will Cook for Smiles for the essence of the recipe. She baked hers in the oven, whilst I often prefer my seafood cold, so I didn’t. It is totally agreeable either way.
It is just your own preference….
Here is what I mixed to make this superb light meal/appetizer/dip/wine & cheese accompaniment.
Ingredients:
130 g crab meat
40g spreadable Philly cream cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup mayo
2 stalks of spring onion, finely chopped and diced.
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tblspn lemon juice
1/4 cup of shaved Parmesan cheese, to mix in
1/4 cup of shaved Parmesan cheese, for topping
salt & fresh cracked pepper
Optional Extras if serving it cold:
1/2 medium Yellow and Green Capsicum, chopped & diced.
1/2 small Lebanese Cucumber, chopped & diced.
Celery – only if you like it very crunchy
Method for serving cold:
Mix all ingredients together. Serve with crackers, fresh bread or baguette.
To serve Hot:
1. Preheat the oven to 170 degree celsius
2. Combine all the ingredients, top with the second 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese.
Bake 20 minutes
Delish! It was hard to stop nibbling this more-ish mix with my water crackers!
Next time I will serve it hot with some fresh salad and a secondary dish, but that is something to ponder about later.
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