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Share Your World – 2014 Week 38

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….thank you Cee for four more thought provoking questions

If you could be a tree or plant, what would you be?

I think I would be a grand old sugar maple. I would provide shade in the summer, beautiful colour in the fall, shelter from the wind in the winter and in early spring delicious maple syrup.P1030425

If you could have a servant come to your house every day for one hour, what would you have them do?

I would love someone to come in and wash my floors and clean my bathrooms.

If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would you get?

It would have to be cheese. All varieties.

What was one of your first moneymaking jobs (other than babysitting or newspaper delivery)?

At 14 I worked in my parents’ milk store. I did that until I was held up and forced to empty the till. I was 16 at the time. Soon after, my parents gave up the store and opened up a fabric and sewing machine store.

Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I’m grateful for spending time with my oldest daughter and getting out for a run with her last Saturday.

This week I’m looking forward to going to the cottage for the last time this year. We’ll be closing up the cottage because my husband is making brunch for the kids the following weekend and soon after will be  going in for his thyroid surgery. The following weekend we’re hosting the family Thanksgiving dinner.

I’m also looking forward to the Railpath Fun Run this Sunday.

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Real “Baby” Carrots

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….and all their lovely imperfections

Last weekend we pulled the remaining carrots from out garden. It was difficult to see the fruits of our labour amidst all the greenery that grows above ground.

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After a thorough washing, I removed the leafy stems and put every tiny misshaped carrot to the side. There were red, yellow, white and orange carrots in the mix and some were smaller than my baby toe. No matter. They were sweet and tender and when I put them into the measuring cup I had almost 8 cups of a very edible and nourishing vegetable.

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Tonight some of those carrots made their way into our stir fry. Tomorrow I’ll probably take some to school and eat them raw with some humus dip. Yum!

Over at Colline’s Blog, Colline wrote a similar article about food waste and included a video called Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables. I thought it was excellent and decided to share it with you. This is how France tackled the problem of food waste. Ingenious!

 

A Fruitful and Musical Day

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….ran 4.4k, walked over 11,000 step, and enjoyed the Junction Market and Music Festival

I started my day with a trip to my daughter’s house and we both walked to the Railpath and started to run for 45 minutes. Next week we’re both doing the Railpath Fun Run. I was hoping to run at least 5k in 45 minutes but I only managed 4.4k. For those of you living in Toronto there’s still time to register.

All proceeds from this race will benefit The Stop Community Food Centre.

After our run we got in the car and drove over to the Junction to meet up with K who rode there on his bike. I actually didn’t even know that the music festival was on. Nice surprise but it did make it more difficult to find a place to park. We luckily found a spot on a side street and we walked over to the Farmers’ Market.

It was a gorgeous day but for some reason the wasps were everywhere, especially around vendors with food. I’ve never seen it quite so bad. We sat in a cafe by the window and the wasps came right into the coffee shop. We decided to ignore them and luckily none of us got stung.

The market was very busy and we bought some beautiful kale and green and purple peppers from Wheel Barrow Farms. One of the unique things that we saw on Saturday was a mobile cafe. I wonder how much one of those cost? I should check out the website on the side of the truck.

A few musical acts were set up on the side streets but the big show didn’t take place until later in the day. All in all it was a great day.

Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge – Week 30

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….Cee always inspires me to look for the unusual when I shoot photos

Join in on the fun and post your favourite odd ball photo and let Cee know you want to share your photo(s).

Today we cleaned up the garden and instead of throwing  away the small and misshaped carrots I created art with some of them (here). The best part is when you’re done you get to eat it. I wouldn’t let my husband nibble on some of them because I may come back later today and create some more art but in the meantime I took photos of some of the misshapen little gems.

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