Creamed Potatoes With Mixed Vegetables - Creative Monday Blog Hop

          I am a big fan of potatoes - creamed, baked, potato salad etc. I also like to try new recipes and recently I prepared creamed potatoes with mixed vegetables.

Ingredients
4 Medium Irish Potatoes
1 Tablespoon of butter
1 tin of mixed vegetables
1 teaspoon of salt

Method
1. Add 1 teaspoon of salt to water and bring to a boil
2. Put potatoes to boil until tender
3. Drain 
4. Cream Irish Potatoes with butter
5. Add mixed vegetables and stir
6. Serve hot

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A Wonderful Coincidence!

       

    I started this week with another anniversary of my twin sister Janine's death weighing heavily on my mind.  I was not even sleeping well and got up very early on Monday morning.  I headed straight to the internet to check my Yahoo Mail and immediately my eyes caught an email from someone with the name Janine!  It was from Janine Huldie who has a wonderful blog titled Janine's Confessions Of A Mommyaholic. She brought the good news that I had won her blogiversary giveaway! As you can well imagine I was thrilled.  I think this was such a wonderful coincidence. Thanks again to Janine for giving me this opportunity. I am glad that through blogging I have had the privilege of meeting a lovely person who has my twin sister's first name. Do go over and visit her blog. 

    
    Have you ever experienced a surprising coincidence in your life?  Did it bring you joy or something good? I certainly hope so.
    As usual I am linking with Friendship Friday hosted by Create With Joy and the other parties below:

Thursday Two Questions,Thursday Favourite Things,Thursday Thoughts Linky Party, Inspire Us Thursday Linky Party,Get Pinned (Link Up),Sincerely Paula's No Rules Weekend Blog Party,The Blog Strut Peacock Style,Ladies Only Blog Share Link Party,Friday Favourites, Friendly Friday,T.G.I.F. Linky Party, Aloha Friday Blog Hop,The Weekend Blog Hop,Weekend Reads, Weekend Wonders,Follow Who? Social Weekend Blog Hop, Lovin' The Readers Blog Hop,I Love My Post Blog Hop,Fun Friday Blog Hop,Make My Saturday Sweet,Let's Get Social Sunday,Show Off Weekend Blog Party,Freedom Fridays, Hearts For Home Blog Hop,Weekends Are Fun, Let's Be Friends Blog Hop, What To Do Weekends,Weekend Block Party and Super Sunday Sync.

Special Memories Of My Twin - Wordless Wednesday Linky

    It is not easy to be wordless this week. My friend Eleanor who attended Preparatory school and the final years of high school with my twin and  I sent me this message in an email and it has certainly lifted my spirit:-
" Our precious Lord, Who is keeping Janine safe and secure in Paradise until we eventually join her there, and Who will never stop comforting you, Mrs. Haughton-James and Richard, is the same God Who gave me the privilege of knowing Janine Petite Haughton-James: whenever I think of her (and of you), the words "pure-hearted", "sincere", "genuine", "kind", "gentle", "lady-like", " diligent'", "practical" and "efficient" come to mind."
Anyone who knew Janine will always remember her as a beautiful flower in God's garden"
    
    Welcome to Wordless Wednesday hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up your Wordless and not so Wordless photo posts. 

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Do You Know The Guinep? - Creative Monday Blog Hop

           I have a lot of fruit trees around. Last year my Lychee tree went down with Hurricane Sandy's onslaught so I am missing lychees or what are otherwise called Chinese guineps.  However the other type of guinep has been in abundance with one tree near to my home bearing heavily.  Many persons keep coming for more and more guineps and they are quite sweet too.  Do you know the guinep? Here are some pictures of a bunch of guineps and one showing the inside of the fruit.

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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 helps me to get feedback on a number of questions.   Which items fascinate you although you do not collect them? I love seeing teapots even though I do not drink tea.  My mom has several beautiful teapots.   She got this one over 65 years ago as a wedding gift.  I rarely go near it as I wouldn't want to be the one to break it!

   Here is one that she has had for over 30 years.  I like the shape and it features my favourite flowers, roses.

      As usual I am participating in Friendship Friday hosted by Create With Joy where the theme this week is Something Random.

Also linking with:- Thursday Two Questions,Thursday Favourite Things,Thursday Thoughts Linky Party, Inspire Us Thursday Linky Party,Get Pinned (Link Up),Sincerely Paula's No Rules Weekend Blog Party,The Blog Strut Peacock Style,Ladies Only Blog Share Link Party,Friday Favourites, Friendly Friday,T.G.I.F. Linky Party, Aloha Friday Blog Hop,The Weekend Blog Hop,Weekend Reads, Weekend Wonders,Follow Who? Social Weekend Blog Hop, Lovin' The Readers Blog Hop,I Love My Post Blog Hop,Fun Friday Blog Hop,Make My Saturday Sweet,Let's Get Social Sunday,Show Off Weekend Blog Party,Freedom Fridays, Hearts For Home Blog Hop,Weekends Are Fun, Let's Be Friends Blog Hop, What To Do Weekends,Weekend Block Party and Super Sunday Sync.

A Special Bell - Wordless Wednesday Linky

Gift from Japan that my late twin sister got over 30 years ago.

 Welcome to Wordless Wednesday hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up your Wordless and not so Wordless photo posts.

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Tribute To A Departed Cousin - Creative Monday Blog Hop

Kay Davitian

          This week on Creative Monday I pay tribute to my first cousin Kay Davitian who died on October 2, 2013.  She was very creative and made her mark in the fashion industry. A special time for her was when she got the opportunity to make her signature jumpsuits for jazz singer Carmen McRae, Hollywood actress Jane Russell and Frank Sinatra's mom. 
         When she lived in New York she worked for Ce Bon's Fashions on Broadway. Many of her designs were worn by TV and film stars and appeared in the New York Times.  A major achievement for her was when she became the first Jamaican woman to be hired by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
         Her career took her to many countries.  During her 15 year stint as quality control technician for Jones of New York she travelled to 50 of the 90 countries where they had operations. Kay also spent many years in Italy where she worked with top designers.
          In recent years she was the mentor to the designers on the popular Television Jamaica reality show Mission Catwalk. I always looked forward to her emails and phone calls.   Below are some of the beautiful kaftans that she made.

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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 helps me to get feedback on a number of questions.  Which song or quotation helps to lift you spirit when you feel down and out? I am asking this question as my first cousin Kay Davitian died last night.  One of my favourite quotations is:

  Where songs are concerned I like  "I Look To You' by Whitney Houston and 'You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban.

      As usual I am participating in Friendship Friday hosted by Create With Joy where the theme this week is Blogaversary. How long have you been blogging? I have been blogging for over 2 years.What was your first blog post about? A poem about the twinship that my twin and I shared. What is your favourite topic to blog about? The hobbies and interests that my twin and I had over the years. How many blog posts have you written?  I have published  497 blog posts.  How has blogging changed your life? It has helped me to focus on the good times that my twin and I shared and this has been an important part of my healing process. It is ironic that I am answering these questions at a time when I again face loss of a relative.

Also linking with:- Thursday Two Questions,Sincerely Paula's No Rules Weekend Blog Party,The Blog Strut Peacock Style,Friday Favourites, Friendly Friday,T.G.I.F. Linky Party, Aloha Friday Blog Hop,The Weekend Blog Hop,Weekend Reads, Follow Who? Social Weekend Blog Hop, Lovin' The Readers Blog Hop,I Love My Post Blog Hop,Fun Friday Blog Hop,Make My Saturday Sweet,Let's Get Social Sunday,Show Off Weekend Blog Party,Freedom Fridays, Hearts For Home Blog Hop,Weekends Are Fun, Let's Be Friends Blog Hop, What To Do Weekends,Weekend Block Party and Super Sunday Sync.

Fruity Goodness - Wordless Wednesday Linky

Fruit cocktails - The rare chance I get to enjoy peaches, pears and grapes

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The Pimento Flavour - Creative Monday Blog Hop

       I must apologize for posting later than usual but I was so sick yesterday afternoon and part of last night that it is good to be feeling a bit better to post this hop today.
     Pimento is being reaped on our farm and some are already dry.  As soon as it is cleaned I look forward to adding it to some recipes. I love the flavour of pimento and use the dried unripe berries when cooking rice and peas, soup, escoveitched fish etc. 
       The pimento tree was said to be discovered in Jamaica in about 1509. Another name for pimento is allspice as its versatile flavour and smell remind one of pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.  Allspice is a very important ingredient in the popular Jamaican jerk seasoning.  Have you ever used pimento when cooking?

Pimento drying in the sun

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