tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post2430347275470087988..comments2024-02-13T07:39:19.810+01:00Comments on Being Here: Mainly making.ArtyZenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-8131349855037611272013-08-26T23:36:00.358+02:002013-08-26T23:36:00.358+02:00I think being able to make pots and dishes is a wo...I think being able to make pots and dishes is a wonderful skill to have, Ayak. I wish I could do that - or at least make something really useful! <br />The fig jam really is wonderful - I've done 7 jars of it so far and have some more to make tomorrow. And I've made a delicious cherry tomato sauce with courgettes too - I guess we'll have pasta with it tomorrow. FR has been busy too - ArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-26018893285574573442013-08-26T21:27:06.713+02:002013-08-26T21:27:06.713+02:00The cards are lovely. I wish I was good at making...The cards are lovely. I wish I was good at making things. The only thing I have been reasonably good at is making things with clay...pots and dishes, etc. This was a good pastime when we lived in Avanos (Capadoccia) because it was a pottery region with red clay from the river, so I was able to get my hands on some.<br /><br />Our figs are coming along nicely, I've had the first handful Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-48531751938572755692013-08-26T19:17:53.447+02:002013-08-26T19:17:53.447+02:00Thank you Penny. I wish you were nearer - I have s...Thank you Penny. I wish you were nearer - I have so many tomatoes, I could have given you some to dry...we honestly have far too many! Next year, I think we'll make more space for peppers and melons. So lovely to eat melon from the garden!<br />AxxxArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-57182364834632001322013-08-26T19:12:47.785+02:002013-08-26T19:12:47.785+02:00It's cooling down nicely, Annie...though it ge...It's cooling down nicely, Annie...though it gets pretty hot whilst making jam! It is probably my favourite EVER. And my tomatoes dried beautifully in the sun...I am very happy with my produce, I have to say. Thank you! AxxxArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-37101077055754063902013-08-26T18:08:09.425+02:002013-08-26T18:08:09.425+02:00That's the second time you've mentioned Fi...That's the second time you've mentioned Fig and Orange Jam ... stop torturing me with the thought woman, I'm drooling here! And those tomatoes look pretty yummy too!! I think I may need to move to Spain!Annie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-59011016718515087722013-08-26T15:38:41.968+02:002013-08-26T15:38:41.968+02:00Yours and Romy's cards are wonderful, Annie, a...Yours and Romy's cards are wonderful, Annie, and I would be the one to buy the chocolate one, knowing exactly which friend to give it to (if I didn't eat the chocolates myself, that is). What a great activity to be involved in. <br /><br />Our garden plot has also been abundant! We've eaten, given away, and harvested cherry and Roma tomatoes galore. Yours look so very delicious. I donPenny O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665025558373015362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-27670759104863784882013-08-25T23:51:40.543+02:002013-08-25T23:51:40.543+02:00I warn you now, Perpetua... it's as addictive ...I warn you now, Perpetua... it's as addictive as blogging was to start with only costs more to do! Masses of ideas swirling round the head all the time and then the need to buy more and more stuff to put them into practice!<br />We have had SO much from our neighbours it's incredible. We took them some of our cherry tomatoes this evening and I've made sure some of my jams have the ArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-24726722897660989122013-08-25T23:25:48.520+02:002013-08-25T23:25:48.520+02:00The cards are beautiful, Annie, both yours and Rom...The cards are beautiful, Annie, both yours and Romy's. I have a friend who makes the most lovely cards, and I've often wanted to have a go, given the price of even the most ordinary-looking cards in the shops. Perhaps I ought to get some of the makings....<br /><br />As for those sun-dried tomatoes and the thought of fig and orange jam, as well as your harvest abundance of gifts from yourPerpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-78069153725817620992013-08-25T21:24:27.459+02:002013-08-25T21:24:27.459+02:00I'm sure it will catch on here too, Annie. I h...I'm sure it will catch on here too, Annie. I have a really good idea for Christmas cards with little chocolate trees that I hand pipe. Great idea about sunflower seeds though ours are showing no signs of producing any seeds at all - they've been drooping for quite some time but no seeds are forthcoming. I shall stay hopeful...<br />You've had a very busy summer, haven't you. It ArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-53494765581073246972013-08-25T20:43:18.817+02:002013-08-25T20:43:18.817+02:00The cards are lovely - Turks didn't send cards...The cards are lovely - Turks didn't send cards in the past but all of a sudden, it is the in thing to do. The ones with chocolate are a great idea - how about some with seeds for the garden when your sunflowers have gone to seed. I can't wait to finish work so I can start doing crafty things again. (9 days to go!) BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-48011830419154669662013-08-25T18:17:30.883+02:002013-08-25T18:17:30.883+02:00The expats here do buy cards - from our local Brit...The expats here do buy cards - from our local British shop. I shall put a few of ours in there and see what happens. I'm definitely going to do some chocolate Christmas cards...<br />I'm short of blogging material, which is why I posted so many cards! But we are having a lovely summer and not altogether pleased that the end is now in sight and school is beckoning again. <br />I made ArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-8932279958990334662013-08-25T15:49:24.569+02:002013-08-25T15:49:24.569+02:00The cards are lovely. I don't know whether the...The cards are lovely. I don't know whether there is much of a card sending tradition in France, but the cards on sale in local shops are dreadful. I know a couple of English women who have started up small scale businesses selling hand made cards...probably, mostly to ex pats who cannot find what they want in the usual shops. using Mateo's map is brilliant.<br />As for the tomatoes....andJanicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-881580770922473202013-08-25T13:55:25.954+02:002013-08-25T13:55:25.954+02:00Two of my children 'have' to draw - they g...Two of my children 'have' to draw - they get withdrawal (ha, hadn't meant the pun!) symptoms if they don't have a pencil in their hands. It's such a shame if children don't get the opportunity to express themselves in a creative way. Like you, I wasn't sporty and hated team games, but love swimming and walking and used to do yoga every day. Prefer making cards these ArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-48126645790876812872013-08-25T11:26:07.052+02:002013-08-25T11:26:07.052+02:00Brilliant!!!
Here in the UK I'm just a little ...Brilliant!!!<br />Here in the UK I'm just a little rattled by by the huge promotion of sport in the media - there's hardly a mention of this kind of creativity as an activity for children. And I hear from teachers & schoolchildren that Art is being squeezed out of the curriculum too. Like you creativity of all kinds has always been a way of life for me. OK, I was never very good at nillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733433402466612700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-62397484787936461522013-08-25T10:34:27.268+02:002013-08-25T10:34:27.268+02:00Well, take it from me, summer has been good and I&...Well, take it from me, summer has been good and I'm so sorry you've missed it this year. However, I think an excess of good kind friends sounds like the perfect sort of excess to have. <br />There's still some summer left - enjoy what's left. <br />AxxxArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-46854924620254820822013-08-25T07:34:39.154+02:002013-08-25T07:34:39.154+02:00I seem to have missed summer...too busy running fr...I seem to have missed summer...too busy running from one job to another.<br /><br />But I have had a superb excess of good kind friends to see me through it all.Helen Devriesnoreply@blogger.com