…..I love scarves
I received this challenge from my blogging friend Cee over at Cee’s Photography
Rules are
Today I challenge Jill over at Jill’s Art Journal. If anyone wants to play, feel free to jump in and start your own Seven Day Challenge.
I received this challenge from my blogging friend Cee over at Cee’s Photography
Rules are
Today I challenge Elizabeth over at Tea and Paper blog. If anyone wants to play, feel free to jump in and start your own Seven Day Challenge.
…..thanks Cee for hosting Share Your World
What do you consider is the most perfect food for you? (It can be your favorite food to something extremely healthy.)
My most perfect food would have to be grilled salmon and oven roasted vegetables. Not only is it healthy but it is also one of my favourite meals. For comfort food I would go with homemade macaroni and cheese but I tend to eat too much of it and any health benefits go right out the window.
Are you focused on today or tomorrow?
Since tomorrow never comes I’d have to say I tend to focus on today. That’s not to say that I don’t think about tomorrow but if I focused on it all the time I’d never get anything done.
If you could interview one of your great-great-great grandparents, who would it be (if you know their name) and what would you ask?
My great-great grandparents were born between 1828 and 1838 and died between 1908 and 1917. After more research I discovered the names of 8 great-great-great-grandparents. These were only the ancestors on my grandmother’s side. I know very little about my grandfather. These ancestors lived from 1789 to 1895.
I’m very fortunate to have photographs of my great-great-grandparents and I found one photo of my great-great-great-grandmother Karoline (nee Witte) Mewes. Karoline was born in 1814 and died 1895. The photo I have of her is with her adult son Walter Mewes (born 1840 and died 1917). It appears to have been taken when Walter was in his 30s or 40s. I’m assuming the family had money by how well they were dressed and the number of professional photos they had taken of the family. Walter was a very distinguished looking man, always with a cigar in hand. His mother, Karoline appears quite stern and dressed in somber dark clothes. She bore 6 children.
If I could interview Karoline I would ask her about her past and if she had help raising her six children. I would also ask her if she ever had any desire to have a career.
What inspired you or what did you appreciate this past week? Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination.
This past week I appreciate being able to get six family members together to celebrate their birthdays which all take place from Oct. 2nd to Oct. 17th. The birthdays span 89 years; the oldest being my father who turned 91 and my granddaughter who is two later this week. The other birthdays include my husband, my cousin, my son-in-law and his brother. 
….thanks Trablogger for hosting Mundane Monday
When a photo isn’t perfect there are lots of features in Apple Photo to help make changes, i.e., cropping, colour and light adjustment, straightening.
….celebrating with a Southern flair
This year we substituted turkey and stuffing with deep fried chicken, BBQ ribs and macaroni and cheese. We started the meal with curried pumpkin soup, served in the pumpkin shell and freshly baked corn bread. Our daughter hosted the meal and because there were 14 of us we decided to share the work with a pot luck meal. I brought the soup and bread and plum cake. Gaelan and Brendan cooked the meats and the mac and cheese. Other contributions included roasted potatoes, pasta salad, coleslaw, wine and meat and cheese platters as appetizers.
As you can see from the photos our granddaughter loved the pumpkin but she loved the soup just as much. Even my Dad who normally dislikes pumpkin pie enjoyed this soup.
The recipe came from a cookbook that my friend Janice gave me as a gift last Christmas. Her church, St. Philip’s Lutheran Church, collected soup recipes from friends and members of the church and created the book It All Begins With Soup and sold the cookbook as a fundraiser. This recipe is dead simple.
Curried Pumpkin Soup
1 large can of pumpkin puree
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 chopped onion
2 cloves of garlic
3 cups of chicken broth
1 Tbsp curry paste (more if you like spicy)
1/4 tsp. coriander, salt and pepper (adjust seasoning to your taste)
3/4 cup coconut milk (1/4 cup for swirls in the serving bowls)
Saute the onions and garlic in the coconut oil. Stir and cook for 5 minutes. Add chicken stock, paste and seasonings. Stir and cook until boiling. Cover and continue to boil for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add pumpkin puree and coconut milk. Whisk until smooth. Cook for a final 5 minutes before you puree the soup in a blender or food processor. Serve warm with a swirl of coconut milk in a bowl.
Mama Cormier 