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 to get feedback on a number of questions. Do you have pets?  I have always had pets and over the years they have been dogs. At this time we have 6 dogs! Yes, 6 dogs!
  As usual I am participating in Friendship Friday hosted by Create With Joy where this week the theme is This Land Is Your Land. 1.  Which country are you from?  I am from the Caribbean island of Jamaica and have lived here all my life. 2. How much of the country have you visited?  I have visited most of the parishes. 3. Which part of the country you would like to visit next?  I would like to visit Negril. It is on the other side of the island from where I live and has several miles of lovely white sand beaches.

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Bird Figurine Series - # 35

  In high school Janine and I did sewing classes but we did not keep up with our sewing. This is one of the early bird figurines that joined our collection, a cute little blue bird figurine featuring a pin cushion.

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Relishing Spring - Wordless Wednesday Linky

                                                   

   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.

Oxtail In A Pressure Cooker - Creative Monday Blog Hop

        Before I share my recipe today I want to say Heartiest Congratulations to my blogger friend and the co-host of this hop, Clairejustine, for running the London marathon. Go Claire!  Go Claire!  I wonder if I should now take up running!:)  I am from Jamaica and we have so many good athletes.
        Now on to my  recipe. Every now and then I like to enjoy a meal that includes oxtail.  One of my favourite meals is oxtail with rice and peas, crushed Irish Potatoes, vegetable salad and fried ripe plantains. This is how it is prepared at my home.

Ingredients
4 lbs of oxtail
1 onion
stalk of escallion
2 cloves of garlic
1 dessertspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of tomato ketcup
some grains of pimento
black pepper

Method
1. Season oxtail with onion, escallion, salt and blackpepper.
2. Place oxtail in a pressure cooker.
3. Add water to cover oxtail fully.
4. Add pimento, butter and tomato ketchup
5. Cook for 1 hour.
6.  Add more water and cook for another hour or until tender
   

   

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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 to get feedback on a number of questions. Do you collect anything?  If not, what would you collect given the opportunity?  During our high school days my twin sister and I collected postcards and stamps.  Over 20 years ago we started collecting bird figurines which grew into a huge collection.  I do not see myself starting another collection but if I did it would be clocks. I love clocks!
    As usual I am participating in Friendship Friday hosted by Create With Joy where this week the theme is Catharsis. Nature has a way of lifting my spirit so today I share my poem titled Finding Peace Amidst Nature which was one of the early posts when I started this Blog.

                                                 

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Bird Figurine Series - # 34

  Once Janine and I decided that an item would become a part of our bird figurine collection it would take a permanent position in our display unit. This week I feature salt and pepper shakers which have never seen salt and pepper.  

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Oh! April Morn! - Wordless Wednesday Linky

   

   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.

Rice And Macaroni - Creative Monday Blog Hop

    Every now and then I try a new rice recipe.  This one included something that I like very much, macaroni.

 Ingredients

 Cooking Oil

 Pack of macaroni

 1 onion

 3 cloves of garlic

 2 lbs of rice

 4 cups of chicken broth

 Teaspoon of salt

Method

1. Heat oil and add macaroni.  Cook for  5 minutes or until macaroni is brown.

2.Stir in onion and garlic and cook for 3 minutes.

3.Stir in Rice.

4.Add chicken broth and a teaspoon of salt.

5.Cook for about 30 minutes.

                                                         

   Hello and welcome to Creative Mondays hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judy H-J's Thoughts where you can link up all your creative posts.

1. Link up your Crafty, Recipe, DIY, Fashion, Creative writing, Photo, Family Tutorials, Favourite, Helpful, Make-up, Outfit or anything creative posts here...

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5. We would love for you to follow some way by GFC,Google+,Facebook, Twitter or Email.
Happy Creative Monday and have a great week.     

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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 to get feedback on a number of questions. Do you have a hobby that you started as a child?  In our early high school years Janine and I started corresponding with pen-pals.  Today I still have several pen-pals but I mainly exchange emails now. I also keep in touch with some of Janine's former pals.
     As usual I am participating in Friendship Friday hosted by Create With Joy where this week the theme is Gardens. Do you have a black or green thumb when it comes to growing things? Do you currently have-or plan to start- a garden?  Are there any public gardens in your area that you would like to visit?  I would say that I have a green thumb. We have 3 gardens at our home.  There are no public gardens in my area.  I love flowers and would like to visit some public gardens in my country like Castleton Gardens and Hope Gardens. I visited Hope Gardens many years ago.

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Bird Figurines Series - # 33

     Do you have an item for a particular purpose but you refuse to use it in that way?  Well, there are several items in my bird figurine collection that fall in this category.  One of them is this swan which is really a candlestick.  Janine and I were thrilled when we received it as a gift many years ago. The pink reflection you see in the body is in fact a candle.  I am sure it would look beautiful lit but I don't plan on lighting it any time soon. 

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