Bird Figurine Series - # 23

    I think if I had the chance to have another collection it would be seashells.  Many years ago my twin and I  saw a huge display of seashells in a hotel and it was so beautiful. My mother told me that when she was a little girl she used to collect seashells and her father would carry some for her whenever he went to Port Maria, the capital of our parish.  Well, the two birds below were made of seashells.  Janine and I were thrilled when we received them.

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Puppy Stares - Wordless Wednesday Linky

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From Tea Towel To Curtain - Creative Monday Linky

     Over the years my twin and I received many tea towels as gifts from pen-pals.  They never ended up in a tray.  In several instances we turned them into small curtains.  Below is one of our favourites. Many will not be surprised that it has on 10 birds. I have decided to decorate my room with it this year.

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Question Time

     Every weekend I will have a blog post where I ask and answer questions.  It is a good way for readers to get to know more about me and also help me get feedback on a number of questions. This week's question - Why did you start a blog?  I started blogging in March of 2011 as part of my healing journey in coping with the loss of my identical twin sister Janine. I saw it as a way of not only expressing my experiences but also focusing on the many interests, hobbies etc. that my twin and I shared. It has further helped me to cope with yet another loss, the death of my brother Sutcliffe in 2011. Through blogging I have learnt to find peace in nature walks, photography and so much more. In other words it is therapeutic. 
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Bird Figurine Series - # 22

        This week I feature some of the bigger bird figurines in my collection. The blue one was made by my cousin Karen who lives in Barbados.

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Blooming In The Sunshine - Wordless Wednesday Linky

Seasoned Rice with Sausages - Creative Monday Linky

Ingredients

1 tin of Vienna sausages

2 lbs of rice

Tomato Ketchup

1 Onion

Stalk of Escallion

Black Pepper or Hot Pepper Sauce

Method

1. Wash rice

2. Cut up Vienna sausages in small pieces

3. Put 5 cups of water in a pot

4. Add onion, escallion, hot pepper sauce and 4 tablespoons of Tomato Ketchup.

5. Put rice in pot.

6.Add sausages and stir

6. Cook for 1 hour

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Question Time

     

     Every weekend I will have a blog post where I ask and answer questions.  It is a good way for readers to get to know more about me and also help me get feedback on a number of questions. What do you drink at breakfast?  I am a big fan of cocoa and always have it with my breakfast. It seems to be an inherited trait as from research many of my ancestors on my father's side used to drink cocoa. My favourite brand is Roma Cocoa.

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Bird Figurines Series - # 21

    This week I feature some of the small figurines in our collection.  The first set is very special to me as my twin sister got them many years ago from one of her pen-pals.

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Let The Water Flow - Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop

  
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Gingered Chicken - Creative Monday Linky

     I think that ginger adds to the flavour of a number of recipes so recently I tried this one. It turned out to be delicious.

Recipe

1 Chicken

1 Onion chopped

Stalk of Escallion

4 pegs of garlic

2 dessertspoons of grated ginger

3 Tablespoons of Tomato Ketchup

1 Teaspoon of Sugar

1 Scotch Bonnet Pepper or Hot Pepper Sauce ( Optional)

Black Pepper

Salt to taste

Cooking Oil

Directions

1.Cut up chicken in small pieces and wash with lime and water

2.Season with ginger, onion, escallion, garlic, black pepper, tomato ketchup, sugar and pepper.

3.Allow to marinate for a few hours.

4.Cover pot bottom with oil and place chicken in when oil is hot

5.Cook for about an hour and a half. Every 20 minutes stir pot. Add a little water and cover it for the final 20 minutes.

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Question Time

      Every weekend I will have a blog post where I ask and answer questions.  It is a good way for readers to get to know more about me and also help me get feedback on a number of questions. Do you prefer to have a book in your hand or have you already adjusted to reading eBooks? I still prefer to have a book in my hand. Yes, smelling that book and turning those pages!:) Nevertheless I am facing reality that there are a lot of good eBooks out there so I had better enjoy some of them. That is just what I did recently. Two of them were ‘21 Days Of Gratitude Challenge’ by Shelley Hitz and ‘13 Ways to Get the Writing Done Faster’ by Linda Formichelli and Carol Tice.
      I have some more downloaded on my Kindle for PC that I hope to read soon. I love eating chicken and cooking it in different ways so I am already looking through the book ‘303 Chicken Recipes’ by Luke Wren. In the meantime I can’t wait to read ‘People Can’t Drive You Crazy If You Don’t Give Them The Keys’ by Mike Bechtle. I love that title!

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