I was so excited to be at the Louvre. The extensive collection was so special. It was fantastic to see all of the paintings and artifacts I have seen so often in art books and documentaries.
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The range of Lint chocolate avaliable at the Galeries Lafyete was quite amazing. Needless to say I was as happy as a chocoholic can be in such situations. So I purchased one block of Darck lint chocolate with lavender and Blueberries. It was truly lovely.
How do we pass the time on a flight from Kiev to Berlin? Paul and I play Gin Rummy for two. “My magic hand” has an uncanny knack for winning every game. We enjoy the blissful game for but a while and just as Paul is on the verge of a depression, we stop. I would also like to emphasize that this trend has been going on for 6.5 years! We need to play a new two person card game.
A COMPETITION: a mystery prize for the person who has a suggestion that works!
This sketch “Black Gloves Dining” was drawn in the dining cart of a train heading from Berlin to Freiburg. After all, gloves need to eat too.
My two sketch books (art journals) and pencils are my gateway to creativity. I write down ideas , develop artwork and refine my skills. As all of my key art resources are in storage, I am focusing on Sketch book art. This image is the title page of my journal. This poster (shown as a cross section) was inspired my my visit to the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin.
I faced quite a challenge. What do do with the left over cherries? Why make a breakfast to remember of course. I bought pastry from the super market and cut the circles of pastry out and placed them into a greased muffin tray. Next I brushed melted butter over the pastry of each tart. I cut and de-seeded the cherries, and placed them on the pastry, lightly drizzle fine strands of honey over the cherries. Bake in the oven. When they came out of the oven, I drizzled 25yr old balsamic vinegar over the top. Serve with a esspresso. A Divine Breakfast.
The start of summer is the season for berries. Wow. The best part is being able to buy a whole tub of fresh sweet rasberries and some juicy white cherries. This makes for one happy lady! Chow down.
Sunday morning Paul and I decide to go out for coffee and pancakes. We sit down at one of our usual cafes. We open the menu to look for pancakes, to our horror there are no English translations to be seen (there usually is). Instead we find the Russian word with a transliteration underneath- Blintzes ???. This gave us no clue to what the menu list was. It could have been raw pig fat and liver for all we knew. I take out my trusty Russian & English dictionary to look up the word. Yes we have pancakes!! Crisis avoided. I enjoyed having cherry and chocolate pancakes for breakfast.
As you may have heard, I injured the ligaments in my knee in April (it’s very easy to fall down here). The good news is that it’s getting better. I am now using a walking cane instead of crutches. This also means no operation! Today was the last day of school, so we are planning for our summer holidays. We will be visiting Uncle Scott in Berlin, Paris and provincial France, then on to Milan. So we are looking forward to that. It will be much easier moving around with my cane than with crutches (also handy for hailing a taxi).
I am in the land of Chinotto, Caffe and Pasta, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Am I really here? I could wake at any moment. I hope I don’t wake until the plane home on the 19th. I am here with a friend from work Victoria, to participate in an intensive study course of the Early Childhood centres in Reggio Emilia. This has been one of my dreams for eight years. Keep checking out my blog as there is more to come.