International Musings

kia ora

(pronounced kia o ra)

Maori, literally meaning 'be well/healthy',

but translates into an informal "hi".

I really really like this graphics of the world and its peoples.

So many times we forget that we are all connected.

That's part of the reason I have enjoyed opening my blog with a "hello" or "Good day" in different languages.

Share it with a few people and chances are

you just might remember it!

I like this photo because it shows the world from a different perspective. Do any of you Americans own anything

(jewelry, clothing, scarf, etc.)

that shows the world NOT from the North American perspective?

How about you Europeans?

Do you own anything that shows your world

as NOT from the European angle?

Think about it!

Sooo.....

let's have some international fun today!

"world"



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with Art Nouveau alphabets

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Japan:

a simple Japanese shore scene

yoshitsune samurai

Garden staircase, Kyoto, Japan

recycled bottlecap magnet by inkspired

Canada

Here are some absolutely GORGEOUS gardens in Canada:

Butchart Gardens in Victoria, Canada

Halifax Public Gardens created in 1836



another Canadian Garden

"We want to raise our children

so that they can take a sense of pleasure

in both their own heritage

and the diversity of others."

- Mr. Rogers aka Fred Rogers

I would like to share with you

a wonderful, vintage set of paperdolls from OrigamiBears.

Here are the first four:

July 14th is France's Bastille Day.

Holland:

Dutch windmill

"The purpose of life is to listen -

to yourself, to your neighbor, to our world

and to God

 and, when the time comes,

to respond in as helpful a way as you can find...

from within and without."

- Mr. Rogers

Russia:

You can find this book on Amazon:

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Traditional Russian Babushka Dolls

also called Matryoshka Dolls

Make this your desktop computer background.

After a few weeks, you should recognize all of them!

Turkey:

Istanbul, Turkey

"Peace means far more than the opposite of war!"

 - Mr. Rogers

I will be doing more of the countries from this paper doll set

"10 Dolls from as Many Lands"

c.1934

on future blogs.

Have a super duper day!

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It's a Tulip time! with deviled egg recipes

Good day!

As I wait for my first tulips to bloom, I am impatient!

Other people's tulips have bloomed.

What, did I get slow learners?

"QUIET! bulbs resting."

a fun quote I have no idea where I found it!

So, today is a perfect Tulip kind of day!

Perhaps my tulip buds will get the message and actually bloom!

"I think of the garden after the rain;

And hope to my heart comes singing.

At morn the cherry-blooms will be white

And the Easter bells be ringing!"

- Edna Dean Proctor, 'Easter Bells'

Basic Deviled Egg Recipe:

1 doz Hard Boiled (Easter) eggs
1/2 Cup mayonnaise
1 Tbs yellow mustard
1 tsp white vinegar
Salt and Pepper to taste
Dash of Paprika

Here is an "Ultimate" Deviled egg recipe:

6 hard boiled eggs
1/4 Cup mayonnaise
1/2 tsp dill
2 Tbs finely chopped onion (I like to use green onions, including the green stems)
1 Tbs mustard
1/2 tsp vinegar
dash of Cayenne

Here is a sweet Danish paper doll:

"Flowers are the stars of earth -

Stars are the flowers of heaven."

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tulip fields in Holland

"I have a rock garden...

Last week, three of them died."

I have a few other outfits for this paper doll that I will be sharing in future blogs.

But we just had to have Miss Holland with our Tulip Time!

"Faith is putting all your eggs in God's basket,

then counting your blessings before they hatch."

- Ramona C. Carroll

c.1901

Shrimp Dilled Deviled Eggs

from Land O Lakes 'Treasury of Country Recipes'

6 eggs

1/4 Cup mayonnaise

4 1/4-oz. can deveined medium shrimp, rinsed, drained

2 Tbs chopped green onions

1 Tbs chopped fresh dill weed OR 1 tsp dried dill weed

Pinch of Pepper

1 Tbs lime juice

2 tsp country-style Dijon mustard

1/4 tsp hot pepper sauce

Fresh Dill Weed for garnish

Boil eggs. I don't give directions because I live in High Altitude country, so my boiling stuff is different than 'low landers'!

Peel eggs, cut in half crosswise.

Remove egg yolks, set whites aside. Place yolks in medium bowl; mash with fork.

Add mayonnaise, shrimp, onions, dill weed fresh or dried, see ingredients list. Add pepper, lime juice, mustard and hot pepper to yolks.

Stir to blend.

Spoon about 1 Tbs egg yolk mixture into each egg white; garnish with sprig of dill weed.

Since these are cut in half crosswise, they store and travel very easily in the egg carton the eggs came in. I prefer the cardboard type carton.

Refrigerate until served.

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"There is a voice that doesn't use words.

Listen."

- Rumi

Keukenhof garden tours, Amsterdam

Thanks for taking the time to share with me in this Tulip time.

Do you have a deviled egg recipe to share?

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