tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.comments2024-03-07T12:27:37.632+02:00Food & FamilyKithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2479125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-18781948650192936312017-02-04T21:07:07.663+02:002017-02-04T21:07:07.663+02:00Miss you!Miss you!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-66569185368281609512017-01-01T21:03:49.139+02:002017-01-01T21:03:49.139+02:00Hi Marcheline - I was just thinking that I should ...Hi Marcheline - I was just thinking that I should have posted something this holidays and wondering if you'd pop by anyway! Happy New Year! We are now the ones sweltering in the summer heat and getting ready for a week away at the river, before the year starts properly, school, work and the rest. Have had lots of family here over Christmas and stayed away from the computer. One of these days my blogging mojo will return! Hope 2017 is a great year for you! KxKithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-3415232145513962132017-01-01T20:24:24.343+02:002017-01-01T20:24:24.343+02:00HAPPY NEW YEAR KIT!! (Come back to us!!)HAPPY NEW YEAR KIT!! (Come back to us!!)Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-3329497351775204712016-12-09T08:54:46.504+02:002016-12-09T08:54:46.504+02:00Hi Jen, Wow thanks for following me all this time!...Hi Jen, Wow thanks for following me all this time! As I said in the post, I still love my blog and blogging and sometimes feel bad for not posting more often. Will definitely get some farm life at Christmas posts up this year. We have some blessed rain today after weeks of dry, hot sun and wind, with the whole of the Western Cape under water restrictions, so water from the sky all the more appreciated!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-14115992146900377532016-12-09T06:01:27.081+02:002016-12-09T06:01:27.081+02:00I am still reading! And been reading your blog fo...I am still reading! And been reading your blog for 8 years. I am not as active as before due to my previous job but I do make it a point to check on your blog once in a while. Looking forward to reading more of your writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-29580370899733783102016-08-01T23:13:03.741+02:002016-08-01T23:13:03.741+02:00Great news! Get him to make you one out of red an...Great news! Get him to make you one out of red and white, or white and silver, paper - and call it the Christmas Swan.Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-90941343447139713212016-06-20T08:51:26.224+02:002016-06-20T08:51:26.224+02:00I know, all that work gone up in smoke! But it wa...I know, all that work gone up in smoke! But it was made for that one moment of glory... and Leo said he'd made a bigger version and given it to his grandmother for her birthday, so the phoenix lives on!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-2200602695866177902016-06-20T05:32:17.478+02:002016-06-20T05:32:17.478+02:00As always, I vicariously enjoyed your midwinter fe...As always, I vicariously enjoyed your midwinter festival immensely, just as we here in NY are getting our air-conditioners out for the long hot summer. I don't think I could have put a match to that lovely origami phoenix for love nor money, it was AWESOME! Hope it rises from the ashes.Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-26427568111016169752016-05-05T05:46:32.642+02:002016-05-05T05:46:32.642+02:00I love sourdough but no one else in the family doe...I love sourdough but no one else in the family does. Yours looks yummy. Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-87122172222563533032016-04-24T05:24:41.827+02:002016-04-24T05:24:41.827+02:00NONSENSE! We will have none of this self-denigrati...NONSENSE! We will have none of this self-denigration of bread-baking skills here! Your bread looks awesome, and I bet it tasted like heaven. Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-86587967671368592232016-03-22T10:13:19.182+02:002016-03-22T10:13:19.182+02:00I'm already peering at the screen through spec...I'm already peering at the screen through spectacles! Though I use all my fingers to type. Will we still have desk top computers by then though, that is the question!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-69485463164451571052016-03-20T05:19:57.007+02:002016-03-20T05:19:57.007+02:00Well, I'm glad we still have each other. I ca...Well, I'm glad we still have each other. I can see us years from now, old and using spectacles to peer at the computer screen, typing with one finger, sending each other blog comments...Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-27158588161102879012016-03-14T11:52:46.989+02:002016-03-14T11:52:46.989+02:00I knew I could rely on you, Marcheline! Do hope yo...I knew I could rely on you, Marcheline! Do hope you're starting to feel better now, nothing worse than an endless winter flu. I think we need a Like button on our blogs - maybe we are getting the readers but they just don't feel like commenting. I know Facebook has made me lazy and all too likely to hit a button rather than come up with a well thought out considered comment!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-64394187987504472792016-03-10T20:19:07.186+02:002016-03-10T20:19:07.186+02:00Of course your faithful Marcheline is still here (...Of course your faithful Marcheline is still here (barely), awaiting new posts from you just like in the olden days! Have been home sick for over 2 weeks now, still coughing and running fevers, don't know when the damn bug will leave me alone, hoping soon before all my year's vacation days are used up. Well, keep on keeping on and I will be here reading just as long as you keep writing! By the way, don't feel bad - I'm also in rather a slump where readership is concerned, I used to have many regular readers and now if I get more than two or three comments on a post it's cause for champagne. Ah, well - I write more for my own memories and enjoyment than to be popular, so it's all good with me. My biggest challenge was not letting my blog be taken over by photos... still trying to get that perfect balance of sharing stories and sharing pictures.Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-76506037843486408162016-03-09T14:51:22.790+02:002016-03-09T14:51:22.790+02:00Please do! And I've "liked" you on F...Please do! And I've "liked" you on Facebook too in case some farm stories creep in there...Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12697458864156792015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-38775665173607818552016-03-09T14:32:15.947+02:002016-03-09T14:32:15.947+02:00Hi Anna, Thank you for commenting - it's lovel...Hi Anna, Thank you for commenting - it's lovely to know that I have some new readers and that you've enjoyed reading through the archives! That will inspire me to keep posting about life on the farm here.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-70062648960629778022016-03-09T13:44:07.414+02:002016-03-09T13:44:07.414+02:00Hi, I'm reading! I found your blog just before...Hi, I'm reading! I found your blog just before Christmas via googling for a rusk recipe, and read my way through your archives during the night feeds (small baby). Love your recipes, family life, festivals. I think you came along at just the right time for me as have been inspired to bring more celebration & fellowship into our lives... Hope you keep posting here. Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12697458864156792015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-23828206887055695612016-03-09T11:56:23.996+02:002016-03-09T11:56:23.996+02:00Many years later now the bed-time kiss has all but...Many years later now the bed-time kiss has all but disappeared from the teenager ritual, I just have to add the words that were shortly after added to the bed-time routine by Youngest,lest they be forgotten! The kisses and rubbing noses as described above,remained the foundation, then a forehead to forehead touch was added, followed by us both saying together "night, night, sleep tight, sweet dreams and all those good things, night night I love you." AS Jeanne said above, you never know when the last time is that you do thses childhood rituals. But there is a last time, sigh!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-21963971897130031382016-02-05T06:51:19.784+02:002016-02-05T06:51:19.784+02:00Hard to imagine what you describe, as we sit here ...Hard to imagine what you describe, as we sit here waiting for another snow storm... Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-25632940961861112212016-01-22T06:46:12.929+02:002016-01-22T06:46:12.929+02:00We had a summer like that last year. It was misera...We had a summer like that last year. It was miserable. Weather is so weird these days! California, just to the south of us, is in the middle of severe drought and has been for 7 years, so I was really worried it was starting here but we're having a lovely wet winter as is our norm. Hope it keeps up! Hope you get a break from the heat soon. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-34842585916585077812015-11-16T19:50:34.494+02:002015-11-16T19:50:34.494+02:00This sounds DELICIOUS!!!! Mmmmmm.... thanks for t...This sounds DELICIOUS!!!! Mmmmmm.... thanks for the recipe!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-66014027701061890952015-11-02T04:43:45.979+02:002015-11-02T04:43:45.979+02:00Excellent and easy too. I've added a pinch of ...Excellent and easy too. I've added a pinch of dried fenugreek leaves for complexity Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390487946757019243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-41419622910618319022015-10-25T18:44:59.401+02:002015-10-25T18:44:59.401+02:00Buried under an avalanche of deadlines,.. and a se...Buried under an avalanche of deadlines,.. and a sea of strawberries needing picking and jamming and selling and doing something, anything with! I do have a post I wrote ages ago, just waiting for a photo to post it. Let me go find it now!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-63754101872816091042015-10-25T17:53:00.107+02:002015-10-25T17:53:00.107+02:00Where you at, girl?Where you at, girl?Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25059881.post-4332570538175503452015-09-02T19:51:04.790+02:002015-09-02T19:51:04.790+02:00Let me know how it turns out, Marcheline. It was a...Let me know how it turns out, Marcheline. It was a wonderfully therapeutic exercise - so many gorgeous smells as you roast each spice. The only thing that you have to be careful about is not letting the spices burn - the cumin spices took no time at all to toast, so in the end I went by smell, swirled them around in the pan and tipped them out as soon as they smelled right. Maybe this summer I'll try sun-drying them as well. Have fun!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.com