This blog is for the appreciation of Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian Alpine Skier. Also for those who want to go off topic from Aksels' blog. www.aksellundsvindal.com
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Brotherly Love
It's always nice to spend time with your sibling. There's nothing like a bond between brothers...or sisters.
Sorry I have been away so long. I hope everyone is doing well & had a great weekend. I'm gonna go back & read the comments from the previous blog to see what I've missed.
@Dana What do you think about motorcycles instead of bicycles? You could both ride on one motorcycle? Hold onto his chest and hug on his back? I like the interactive aspect of this novel.
@Corinna Glad you are almost back to 100%! Stay dry! :)
@Mel I'm glad to have you back! I think your sweet Ella-May keeps you busy!:)
@Corinna I don't know what kind of quince jam you ate, but mine it's not sour at all! It's the first time when I hear about quince jam that is sour.
@Giffy To ride a motorcycle is my dream since I was a teenager! LOL So I'd be happy to put my arms around The Doctor's athletic body and hug him tight!!LMAO
I think there are several nasty coughings around. Mine was also mysterious!
After the antibiotics did not help at all, I told the docter that I was coughing since last August with some good weeks between, and may be it is a kind of mixture between allergy (hay fever) and perhaps kind of virus!
So I have got a cortison injection what all allergic person get, what the doctor told, to get immune of allergies. At the same time the injection cured a terrible rash over the wole body that I have got after the antibiotics.
Immediately after the injection I felt much better, and at the moment I am quite ok.
Sorry Girls, could not speak about that when I was ill. Felt to terrible!
@Nicoletta Oh, yes, I do prepare elderberry jam, I didn't mention it bc I thought you and the girls don't know about it! LOL And I like it very much not just for its taste but also for its great color! As I know, elderberry jam is good for some stomach diseases. I'm a bit surprised that you know about it!!:))
A nice day to all of you, mu dear friends!! Kisses & Hugs to everyone!
@Corinna I made elder flower syrup in May, it was delicious!!! Haha! We make it by ourselves too, it's very easy! 10-12 elder flowers, 2-3 lemons, 1kg sugar and 8-9 l of water! With a wooden spoon mix the ingredients twice a day and after 3-5 days (depends how warm is the place where you keep it) we strain it, pour it in bottles and keep it in the fridge. Do you make it the same?
How do you feel? How was your day at work? I hope you're fine, my dear! Hugs!
@corinna. & @dana. I know it is because of the difference in climate between Europe and Japan, but I always long for dana's pantry. We don't have such a many berries. Or we don't have the custom to " use " them. btw, my e-mail address starts with johannisbeere and many of my Japanese friends think it is a code. ... ;-))), bc they don't know it !
@Nicoletta. so, it will be almost one year that you've suffered from a mysterious cough. But cortison seems to work well and I think it's a good news !
@Nicoletta. & @corinna. The weather looks wild there ! The weather here is not wild, but terribly hot night and day. I can't mention the typhoon is wild, bc it's the normal item in Japan.
Many people here suffer from the heat exhaustion, bc our governments ask us to save the power, which means the government wants us to set higher temperature of the air-conditioner than usual years. But I decline it, bc I don't like to be ill. I think I'm WILD ! ... ;-)))
@Ekaterina Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you have elderberry in Japan too. Check this link and see if you recognize them! In Romania you can find them from plains to the mountains, they are ordinary shrubs.
@dana. The speedholic naturally chooses the motorcycle. Giffy is right ! The dream since your teen-age comes true ! Don't loose your hands on his back !
Do you know who Busty Heart is? I saw her in a Romanian tv show yesterday and now is there again! This woman is AMAZING!! She smashed beer cans and melons and she broke a baseball bat and 7 tiles with her boobs!!!:)))
@dana. and to where will the envelope which a beautiful stamp on be delivered ? ... ;-))) To the lake ? to the hut? mmmmm I'm sure Giffy decides the best destination !
yes ! you can cook me !
Thanks for the link. I tried it, but I failed. You're not wrong, my dear dana, but I think Japanese people prefer them to look as a decoration and would not eat. I don't know why, I guess the sugar was too precious for us and we didn't know how to get the honey. Now the situation is totally different from the former times, but I think we missed the opportunity to make them get ready for eating. But the life in the mountain areas and in the country might be familiar with them. In Tokyo, even blueberry I buy is the imported item.
Have a nice evening, my dear dana ! I'm going to bed. Kisses & Hugs ! from my baby sis & me !
We have in our markets all kind of fruits and vegetable imported, but as I told you, I prefer the local ones, even if they don't look as good as the others, but they are tastier and healthier! I'm not talking about oranges, bananas, kiwi, mango etc. I heard on the radio a producer who said that we export a lot of honey in Japan, bc it's a very good market!
Good night, my dear Ekaterina! Sleep well! Grrr!!!LOL
You're right, elder flowers are very beautiful and they smell so nice! My grandma (from my mom) was very good in making all kind of jam and "confiture" and I liked to stay by her side to watch her making jam, pies, cookies... She taught me to make elderberry jam! There are so many tastes and smells I remember from my childhood!:)
Sorry, I don't know what "rose hip" is!!! Do you mean rose petals??
Wish you a beautiful evening, my dear Nicoletta! Kisses!
Haha! thanks for the link, now I know what you mean! No, I don't make rosehips jam, I buy it, it's easier!! :)) But we collect them and dry them to make tea in the winter, they have a lot of Vit.C.
10-12 elderblossoms 3-4 lemons (in quaders) a bucket of water (lol i think it is something about 5 liters) citric acid (as a powder) and sugar but don´t ask me how much (i think about 1kg like yours)
then we let it stand over 24 hours and then you have to put it into some pots to boil it then you can fill it into bottles and drink!
@Nicoletta. Thanks for your attention to them ! Nicolettchen !
We didn't even imagine that they won against Germany and Sweden. The women's soccer is not so popular in Japan as the men's. But Nadeshiko (撫子）Japan is famous. Nadeshiko Japan is the nickname for our women's national team of soccer, while men's nickname is Samurai Japan. Nadeshiko is a name of the small pink flower of Dianthus and it is often just called as " pink " in English according to my dictionary on my desk. *pronunciation* NArcissus, DAy, SHIft, COmpany. We think they will get the silver medal next Sunday, bc the American team is superior to us. *the result so far against them* WIN --- zero LOST -- 23 DRAW -- 3 The final game starts at around 3:30 in the morning on Monday here, so I can't sit up. But it's the biggest topic here today and the extra edition of newspaper was issued in Japan.
Thanks again, my dear Nicoletta for taking notice of Nadeshiko Japan !
@Corinna & Giffy I've been working like crazy. I've been rearranging my room & putting everything in totes, I gave Ella a hair cut(I'll post pics soon) & working on getting blankets made for my friends that are having babies. People are breeding like crazy around here. 6 or 7 of my friends are pregnant or just had a baby.
@Nicoletta & Dana It's good to be back!
@Ekaterina Ella May is doing well. She thinks she's bigger than she is. Her & Princess(my sisters dog) like to play together. I took her over to my friend Kellis' house last week & she played with her new puppy Piper & her dog Wesley. It was so cute. Piper is a little smaller than her & Wes is probably 5 times bigger than her.
@nicoletta die reporterin will nur mit 100 euro von köln ans nordkap! und jetzt ist sie 700 km davor und ich glaub es geht morgen erst weiter! es war dann werbung und dann kam was anderes!
Maybe my brother in law can once buy it in Germany because my sister lifes right at the border to Germany (in Schaffhausen).
I have seen 10 min. of the Northcap trip, now I think it is finished, commercial and things for a loooong time!
Anyway, thanks Corinna! Always when I hear the word Northcap I definitely get shiny eyes! HaHa
In 1996 we were flying from Zurich to Helsinki, and from there we travelled by coach through parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway to reach the famous Northcap! It was a wonderful trip, the weather was excellent, exactly the way like Aksel said!
We had extremly nice warm weather for 10 days! Sunny, sunny, sunny! Was an amazing trip and of course the sight at the Northcap was beautiful, not one cloud in the sky! As I remember it was at the End of May, beginning of June, and we couldn't sleep a lot during the nights because of so much sun, so we sleept during the extremly long driving hours, like in the film. But we had a lot of amazing excursions and enjoyed Scandinavia at its best.
Love till now everything what has to do with the North! Maybe therefore I am here, as well as on ALS blog! LOL
@nicoletta i think there will be a second part tomorrow evening!
you can buy this drink in a pharmacy!
a friend of my mom is from finnland! and my sister in law was for a "au pair" in norway in stavanger!but she doesn´t stay the whole time there, bc her guest family build a new house and then they didn´t had enough money to pay my sister in law! so she got back home earlier, but before she got back home, my brother visit her and they had a great time in the fjords, do you know that the "dav" " deutscher alpenverein" have huts in norway and you can go from hut to hut trough the fjords!
@Mel Welcome back! Doesn't anyone know what is causing all these babies? LOL! I know you just changed the photo and post but there's a really good one today! ;) It was worth the wait. His sunglasses are too dark to see his cell phone in this one. Love the flag in the background. I think his future is so bright he has to wear shades. Anyway, thanks for all you do. Bet your room looks great! I'm going to be in Columbus to pick up my Sister tonight.
@Corinna Have a great trip. Happy wind surfing. I am going to my reunion this weekend! It is supposed to be hot there so glad we are going to a water park.
@Dana Haha! Busty Heart. No, I've never heard of that and I am almost afraid to look it up. I will be thinking about the motorcycle trip and come up with something for next week. How do you feel about boat trips and summer cottages? Maybe Busty Heart can go overboard and use her bust as floatation device?
@Ekaterina I love the name of your soccer team, Pinks! That's wonderful! I wish them well. The US girls are doing well...I don't think soccer was invented yet when I was their age. Haha!
@Nicoletta I think we use rose hip for tea and for flower arrangements both. Glad you are feeling better finally. A year is a long time to cough.
@Mel. Ella looks enjoying her social life with her friends ! so, she got " summer cut " ! My baby sis doesn't need it, bc she has short hairs, but I know it.
It may be Japanese English, but we generally call it " baby rush " or " baby boom ". However we have less babies year by year. In 2003 in Japan, the number of the dogs & cats, which are carefully kept by a family like my baby sis, exceeded the number of the kids throughout the nation. It has been our nation's problem for years.
@dana. @corinna. @Nicoletta. Although I don't get the fresh ones in Tokyo, I like the rosehip tea and often take it. I is called the tea for the beauty in Japan, so it's so popular here.
It has been one of my favorite things to see various kinds of berries during my vacation in Germany. I sometimes think it's a kind of the sightseeing for Japanese tourists. ... ;-))) So I propose @dana can start the new business to let them stay in her pantry. It will be surely successful !
Thanks for the pic, that one is gorgeous. The scenery in the North is absolutely breathtaking!
So you know a lot about the North from your friend/family! I believe we are closer to the North that we think first! HaHa
Spontaniously It comes to my mind I had for a short time a Finnish nanny when I was 4 years old. I remember I could count to 10 in Finnish at that time!
@Giffy Have a wonderful family reunion, my dear Sis! I'm sure you'll have a great time together!
@Corinna Wish you a nice trip to Italy! Have good weather and lots of fun!
@Ekaterina What a beautiful name for your women football team, Nadeshiko-Pink!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for them! Haha! You're very ingenious, I like your business idea about my pantry, but I'm afraid that I have to give to each visitor a jar of jam as a souvenir and in this case I'll have my pantry empty in a few days!! LOL I remembered that I have to tell @Giffy that we treat our guests with dulceata, water and a coffee only when they come just for a short visit, otherwise we invite them for the lunch, dinner... we put on the table everything we have, to make them feel good in our house! LOL And who hasn't dulceata offer coffee, cookies, wine, palinca, beer, ice cream in summer hot days! :))
@Mel It's so nice that many of your friends have or will have kids! I think you have to make so many blankets for all of them!!!LOL When do you move out with your friends in the new house? I can't wait the pic of the new look of Ella-May! LOL
@Nicoletta I think The Doctor will take me out to ride the bike, the motorcycle, will drive me with his Audi, and we'll float on the sea with his boat!!! Hahaha! But every thing at the time, step by step! But Giffy must find out that I can't swim!! So I hope she will take care of me! I might need mouth to mouth resuscitation! LMAO
Wish you all a beautiful weekend, beside your family, friends, pets! I just want a not so hot weather, but it seems I'll not be so lucky, the weather forecast warned us that we'll have a terrible hot next three days, about 37-40*C!!!! Pray for me, please! LOL
@dana. yes, that's right. If I were you, the same. It seems we're both not good at business. ... :-)))
But the high grade of the best hospitality of Romanian pepole promises the success in tourism.
btw, I recognize you have the heat in summer. I have a question, dana, how much is difference between the highest temperature and the lowest temperature a day in Romania ? In Japan, for example, it's like the highest temperature 36℃ and the lowest temperature 30℃ a day in summer. It's not every day, but usually we have the lowest temperature over 25℃ and the highest temperature over 30℃ for about 50 days.
Then, dear dana, don't hurry ! ... ;-))) You can learn how to swim from the doctor. You are allowed the flutter kick hand in hand in the deep water.
It's been hot & hot here. I look forward to my vacation in Germany in August.
Have a pleasant ( if possible ... ) and healthy ( drink water ) weekend, my dear dana ! Kisses & Hugs !
@dana. Do you often have a watermelon ? It's my family custom to eat watermelon twice or 3 times a day during summer, bc it is said to be good for the hot season. Several kinds of melons might be OK, but watermelon is recommended. So in the fridge in my kitchen, there is always the cut watermelon ready to eat anytime during the season. I always buy the whole and make it ready to eat.
@all ladies here and travelling ! Hope you enjoy a beautiful summer weekend ! Kisses & Hugs !
My dear Ekaterina, the difference between the lowest and the highest temperature is almost like in Japan, the lowest is around 22-25*C and the highest around 35-37* or even more, especially in July and August. Not every day, of course. But these days more countries in this part of Europe have very high temperatures, till 40*C. We too! And the is very uncomfortable, we're melting!:) I drink a lot of water and I try to stay inside as much as possible, you know the heat is not the best friend of my thyroid!:)
Ooooh, I'll be more than delighted if The Doctor will teach me to swim!LOL I forgot to tell @Giffy that she sent me biking, but she didn't realized that I was wearing a dress in her novel so I need some sport shoes for biking, I can't wear high heel shoes riding my bike! LOL
We use to eat watermelon almost daily, is very refreshing and we like it very much, more than other kind of melons. But, again, I prefer to wait Romanian production of watermelons, bc the imported ones have no sugar, no taste. But now we can find Romanian watermelons in the market, so it's great!
Hope you and your little sister are fine and the heat doesn't harm you in any way! Take care of you both, my dear Ekaterina! Wish you and your family a beautiful and not so hot weekend! Kisses & Hugs!
@dana. I worry that it's so tough to spend summer without the air-conditioner in Romania, dana, however it's the best not to have it and think about other ways to get the coolness. In Japan we have much longer summer than yours, so it is indispensable here. But I know it's getting hotter and hotter even in Europe in summer. It was terribly hot in Germany in 2003 and I slept at night in CHANEL #5 in Bayreuth in early August that year. Of course it's the only one-time experience for me. ( believe me ! ) Please take care not to be melted, dana !
Do you have the imported watermelon !? ..... yes Europe is the continent. We don't have the imported watermelon. As for fruits, the most of the tropical fruits is the imported items, but generally speaking other fruits is all domestic products except some seasonal items, like American cherry. We have the Japanese cherry, but it's a different kind.
Hope you enjoy YOUR watermelon on weekend, my dear dana ! and My baby sis and me hope you get some cool wind from the outside at night for a good sleep ! Wishing You, Tudor, your dad, zorro & Mishu have a less heat rest of this summer !
Our summer begins in the end of May and ends in September most of the times. But we have the highest temperatures in July and August, sometimes even in June. The hotels on the Black Sea seaside open at 1 May. Now, when is very hot, we drink a lot of water, take many showers a day and eat cold watermelon and ice cream! LOL Hope I do not melt!:)))
We import all kind of fruits, not only the tropical ones! Strawberries from Spain, melons from Turkey, apples from Poland, tomatoes from Italy. All are bred almost artificial and have no flavor and taste. But they look much better than ours. I buy imported ones in the wintertime, but now I prefer our products.
Yes, by night I sleep with the window wide open, it's cooler and I feel the scent of lime blossoms in the neighborhood! It's magnificent!
Thank you, my dear Ekaterina! Hope you'll have a beautiful weekend too! Love!
@dana. Almost the same again, dana ! Our summer starts from late May and autumn comes in late September or in October, usually. And the highest temperature is concentrated on mostly in July & August.
It's so nice that you have plenty of orchard at your home and in your neighborhood ! To my regrest, we don't have it, and the outside air is still too warm at night and it's not practical to open the window to let the air in. It seems Campina is better place than here to live !
Talking about the fruits, our strawberries, apples, melons, tomatoes are completely our own product with a short history. We learned how to cultivate those fruits and vegetables about 100 years ago from European and American people. And I remembered things about other fruits. We mostly import oranges and grapefruits, and some lemons from the CA, USA. Grape is our own and import some from Chile in winter. Grape is also my favorite.
btw, do you have also imported meat in Romania ? We have our own product, but we also import the meat. Beef from the US & Australia. It's cheaper than our product and good taste. I think we're going to buy more imported foods, bc our government cannot control the contaminated foods after 3.11.
Have a restful evening, my dear dana. Good night !
Sorry I have been away so long. I hope everyone is doing well & had a great weekend. I'm gonna go back & read the comments from the previous blog to see what I've missed.
ReplyDelete@Ekaterina
ReplyDelete@Mel
Welcome! Very happy to have you back!
@Corinna
It was at 20.15 at ARD, but I didn't find it in the Mediathek!
Here the link:
http://www.daserste.de/erlebniserde/archiv.asp
Perhaps you can bring it to work?
Wisch you a pleasant evening/day or a good sleep!
ReplyDeleteKisses & Hugs!
@nicoletta thanks for the link!
ReplyDelete@ekaterina i´m nearly fine again! but much better and nearly on my 100% back!
how are you!?
heidschnucke are this
http://www.graue-gehoernte-heidschnucken.de/assets/images/Heidschnucke102.jpg
it is a special kind of sheep!
@dana and ekaterina i also like the orange jam! maybe dana you can find recipe for it! and i also think i want to stay in your pantry!
@dana i have taste quince jam last week and it was so sour! real sour, more sour then a lemon or lime!
@mel what have you done in the meanwhile! have you enjoyed the weather?!
here it was today real hot over 30°C and the weather forcast says heavy thunderstorms with storm and hail for tomorrow afternoon!
the german weather service gave just right now a tornado warning out, for the southwest and west of germany!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dwd.de/warnungen
this is for bavaria
http://www.br-online.de/wetter/action/wetterwarnungen/alerts.do
@Mel Thanks Mel! We missed you. Been camping?
ReplyDelete@Dana What do you think about motorcycles instead of bicycles? You could both ride on one motorcycle? Hold onto his chest and hug on his back? I like the interactive aspect of this novel.
@Corinna Glad you are almost back to 100%! Stay dry! :)
@Mel
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to have you back! I think your sweet Ella-May keeps you busy!:)
@Corinna
I don't know what kind of quince jam you ate, but mine it's not sour at all! It's the first time when I hear about quince jam that is sour.
@Giffy
To ride a motorcycle is my dream since I was a teenager! LOL So I'd be happy to put my arms around The Doctor's athletic body and hug him tight!!LMAO
@Corinna
ReplyDeleteTake care with your coughing!
I think there are several nasty coughings around. Mine was also mysterious!
After the antibiotics did not help at all, I told the docter that I was coughing since last August with some good weeks between, and may be it is a kind of mixture between allergy (hay fever) and perhaps kind of virus!
So I have got a cortison injection what all allergic person get, what the doctor told, to get immune of allergies. At the same time the injection cured a terrible rash over the wole body that I have got after the antibiotics.
Immediately after the injection I felt much better, and at the moment I am quite ok.
Sorry Girls, could not speak about that when I was ill. Felt to terrible!
Last night we had also big thonderstorms with a lot of lightning and havy rainfall!
ReplyDeleteIt was very warm 33 degrees the whole day, and we expected the storms.
Today it is still rainy, but not cold.
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteGlad you are fine and not serious happened to you.
I am sure you are looking very much forward to Bayreuth! Very funny you received the tickets from Zurich-Mulligen!!
@Giffy
ReplyDeleteWriting the novel with interactive parts, nothing better than that, Giffy,I like it so much!!!
Also if you bring persons into the story that we love, and we know very well!
Love your writing style, Giffy! Funny, sexy, exiting and entertaining!
Keep up the good writing mood, Giffy! LOL
@Dana
ReplyDeleteHope you feel good, dear Dana!
Can't wait until the motorcycle ride with the doctor! You will have so much fun, Dana!!!
Btw, do you prepare also elderberry jam, Dana?
@All
Have a beautiful day, my Ladies! Kisses all around!
@Nicoletta
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, I do prepare elderberry jam, I didn't mention it bc I thought you and the girls don't know about it! LOL And I like it very much not just for its taste but also for its great color! As I know, elderberry jam is good for some stomach diseases.
I'm a bit surprised that you know about it!!:))
A nice day to all of you, mu dear friends!!
Kisses & Hugs to everyone!
@nicoletta thanks god i have no cough! and also better today then yesterday!
ReplyDelete@dana have you have try elderbeery syrop? but from the blossom and not the beery! it is real tasty!
and with a splash of prosecco you get this!
http://www.nidromarkt.de/ebay/ablage/NIDROMARKT/spirituosen/holunder.jpg
real tasty!
@dana oh i forget to say we make the elderbeery syrop by our self!
ReplyDeletehttp://file1.npage.de/008885/69/bilder/glitter_und_gold_cranberry_plakat.png
@Corinna
ReplyDeleteI made elder flower syrup in May, it was delicious!!! Haha! We make it by ourselves too, it's very easy!
10-12 elder flowers, 2-3 lemons, 1kg sugar and 8-9 l of water! With a wooden spoon mix the ingredients twice a day and after 3-5 days (depends how warm is the place where you keep it) we strain it, pour it in bottles and keep it in the fridge. Do you make it the same?
How do you feel? How was your day at work? I hope you're fine, my dear! Hugs!
@Mel.
ReplyDeleteHi,Mel ! Glad to see our dear Host's Post !
How is dear Ella May ? btw.
@corinna. & @dana.
ReplyDeleteI know it is because of the difference in climate between Europe and Japan, but I always long for dana's pantry. We don't have such a many berries. Or we don't have the custom to " use " them. btw, my e-mail address starts with johannisbeere and many of my Japanese friends think it is a code. ... ;-))), bc they don't know it !
@Nicoletta.
ReplyDeleteso, it will be almost one year that you've suffered from a mysterious cough. But cortison seems to work well and I think it's a good news !
@Nicoletta. & @corinna.
ReplyDeleteThe weather looks wild there ! The weather here is not wild, but terribly hot night and day. I can't mention the typhoon is wild, bc it's the normal item in Japan.
Many people here suffer from the heat exhaustion, bc our governments ask us to save the power, which means the government wants us to set higher temperature of the air-conditioner than usual years. But I decline it, bc I don't like to be ill. I think I'm WILD ! ... ;-)))
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'm wrong, but I think you have elderberry in Japan too. Check this link and see if you recognize them! In Romania you can find them from plains to the mountains, they are ordinary shrubs.
http://www.google.ro/search?q=elder+flowers+images&hl=ro&biw=1000&bih=571&prmd=ivnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=46kdTsTPH8Tz-gaL19XVCA&ved=0CBkQsAQ#hl=ro&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=elderberry+images&oq=elderberry+images&aq=f&aqi=g-L1&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=28162l31305l0l13l12l1l0l0l3l213l1587l2.8.1l11&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=846df03d5930e3ee&biw=1000&bih=571
Haha! So your "codename" is CURRANT!!! Nice!
@dana.
ReplyDeleteThe speedholic naturally chooses the motorcycle. Giffy is right ! The dream since your teen-age comes true ! Don't loose your hands on his back !
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteBe sure I will stick to him like a stamp on the envelope! Haha!
@Giffy
ReplyDeleteDo you know who Busty Heart is? I saw her in a Romanian tv show yesterday and now is there again! This woman is AMAZING!!
She smashed beer cans and melons and she broke a baseball bat and 7 tiles with her boobs!!!:)))
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteYes, nearly 1 year of coughing!
I didn't even realize, so I hope sincerely that is enough for a while!
@Dana
Careful, Dana, we know that you are good at using glue! HaHa
@dana.
ReplyDeleteand to where will the envelope which a beautiful stamp on be delivered ? ... ;-)))
To the lake ? to the hut? mmmmm I'm sure Giffy decides the best destination !
yes ! you can cook me !
Thanks for the link. I tried it, but I failed.
You're not wrong, my dear dana, but I think Japanese people prefer them to look as a decoration and would not eat. I don't know why, I guess the sugar was too precious for us and we didn't know how to get the honey. Now the situation is totally different from the former times, but I think we missed the opportunity to make them get ready for eating.
But the life in the mountain areas and in the country might be familiar with them. In Tokyo, even blueberry I buy is the imported item.
Have a nice evening, my dear dana ! I'm going to bed.
Kisses & Hugs ! from my baby sis & me !
@dana.
ReplyDeleteI checked another site to be sure.
In Japan we use them in the flower arrangement.
Good night.
@Dana
ReplyDeleteLove all the pictures of elder berries! They look so beautiful, also the flowers!
I think in general berries look nice, and the colours are beautiful!
My grandmother was very good in making jam and all these preparations of fruits, like you use to do, Dana.
As I was very little, I was watching what she did! Long, long time ago!
She was very skilled! Elder berry jam was one of her specialities!
I have an other idea, do you prepare rose hip jam, Dana! Should also be very healthy! I remember my 2nd grandmother prefered it!
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteGood night, Ekaterina!
Yes, you are right, also here, in special flower shops they add little berries or the flowers of berries to make a special impression!
Have sweet dreams, Ekaterina!
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteYes, Giffy will find the best destination!:))
We have in our markets all kind of fruits and vegetable imported, but as I told you, I prefer the local ones, even if they don't look as good as the others, but they are tastier and healthier! I'm not talking about oranges, bananas, kiwi, mango etc.
I heard on the radio a producer who said that we export a lot of honey in Japan, bc it's a very good market!
Good night, my dear Ekaterina! Sleep well! Grrr!!!LOL
@Nicoletta
ReplyDeleteThis time I'll not use glue, promise! LOL
You're right, elder flowers are very beautiful and they smell so nice!
My grandma (from my mom) was very good in making all kind of jam and "confiture" and I liked to stay by her side to watch her making jam, pies, cookies... She taught me to make elderberry jam! There are so many tastes and smells I remember from my childhood!:)
Sorry, I don't know what "rose hip" is!!! Do you mean rose petals??
Wish you a beautiful evening, my dear Nicoletta! Kisses!
@Dana
ReplyDeleteSorry Dana, I ment rose hips!
http://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+rose+hips&hl=en&biw=1016&bih=569&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=tdIdTr6WFsXo-gbSxozZCA&sqi=2&ved=0CCcQsAQ
Wish you a very pleasant evening, dear Dana!
@Nicoletta
ReplyDeleteHaha! thanks for the link, now I know what you mean! No, I don't make rosehips jam, I buy it, it's easier!! :))
But we collect them and dry them to make tea in the winter, they have a lot of Vit.C.
@dana we make elder flower syrop out of
ReplyDelete10-12 elderblossoms
3-4 lemons (in quaders)
a bucket of water (lol i think it is something about 5 liters)
citric acid (as a powder)
and sugar but don´t ask me how much (i think about 1kg like yours)
then we let it stand over 24 hours and then you have to put it into some pots to boil it then you can fill it into bottles and drink!
@Dana
ReplyDeleteI had also the feeling, rose hips jam is rather an exotic one! HaHa
Preparing tea of it, looks nice, Dana!
@Ekaterina
Congratulations to the Japanese women team!
They plaid amazingly against the Swedish team! And last week the won already against the German women!
Was real fun to watch the match yesterday! The rather small Japanese women are very quick and they seem technically very strong!
It is now the big question, how wins the World Championship?
@Corinna
Some people drink elder berry juice as a kind of therapie. I think it is very healty,a lot of the drogists recommend it!
@All
Have a happy day!
@Nicoletta.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your attention to them ! Nicolettchen !
We didn't even imagine that they won against Germany and Sweden.
The women's soccer is not so popular in Japan as the men's. But Nadeshiko (撫子）Japan is famous. Nadeshiko Japan is the nickname for our women's national team of soccer, while men's nickname is Samurai Japan. Nadeshiko is a name of the small pink flower of Dianthus and it is often just called as " pink " in English according to my dictionary on my desk.
*pronunciation*
NArcissus, DAy, SHIft, COmpany.
We think they will get the silver medal next Sunday, bc the American team is superior to us.
*the result so far against them*
WIN --- zero
LOST -- 23
DRAW -- 3
The final game starts at around 3:30 in the morning on Monday here, so I can't sit up.
But it's the biggest topic here today and the extra edition of newspaper was issued in Japan.
Thanks again, my dear Nicoletta for taking notice of Nadeshiko Japan !
Have a pleasant afternoon !
Kisses & Hugs !
@nicoletta you can take "holler" how we call it in bavaria as something against a cough or a cold! it helps! you should drink it then warm!
ReplyDeletehave you ever tried this
http://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/1448081249659438/Hollerkuecherl.html
this is so tasty!
i found this for the hot elder berry
http://www.google.de/products/catalog?q=hei%C3%9Fer+holunder&hl=de&prmd=ivns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=610&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=2841814764662394095&sa=X&ei=zuseTrOeHcqb8QPb-93PAw&ved=0CF4Q8wIwAQ
@Corinna & Giffy I've been working like crazy. I've been rearranging my room & putting everything in totes, I gave Ella a hair cut(I'll post pics soon) & working on getting blankets made for my friends that are having babies. People are breeding like crazy around here. 6 or 7 of my friends are pregnant or just had a baby.
ReplyDelete@Nicoletta & Dana It's good to be back!
@Ekaterina Ella May is doing well. She thinks she's bigger than she is. Her & Princess(my sisters dog) like to play together. I took her over to my friend Kellis' house last week & she played with her new puppy Piper & her dog Wesley. It was so cute. Piper is a little smaller than her & Wes is probably 5 times bigger than her.
@mel when do you move out? how does it goes on with the house?
ReplyDelete@nicoletta do you get pro sieben? maybe you should watch it now! there is a trip up to the Nordcap!
@Corinna
ReplyDeleteThanks, Corinna!
I am watching!
@nicoletta die reporterin will nur mit 100 euro von köln ans nordkap! und jetzt ist sie 700 km davor und ich glaub es geht morgen erst weiter! es war dann werbung und dann kam was anderes!
ReplyDelete@Corinna
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link of the elder berry drink!
Maybe my brother in law can once buy it in Germany because my sister lifes right at the border to Germany (in Schaffhausen).
I have seen 10 min. of the Northcap trip, now I think it is finished, commercial and things for a loooong time!
Anyway, thanks Corinna! Always when I hear the word Northcap I definitely get shiny eyes! HaHa
In 1996 we were flying from Zurich to Helsinki, and from there we travelled by coach through parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway to reach the famous Northcap! It was a wonderful trip, the weather was excellent, exactly the way like Aksel said!
We had extremly nice warm weather for 10 days! Sunny, sunny, sunny! Was an amazing trip and of course the sight at the Northcap was beautiful, not one cloud in the sky! As I remember it was at the End of May, beginning of June, and we couldn't sleep a lot during the nights because of so much sun, so we sleept during the extremly long driving hours, like in the film. But we had a lot of amazing excursions and enjoyed Scandinavia at its best.
Love till now everything what has to do with the North! Maybe therefore I am here, as well as on ALS blog! LOL
Wish a very nice evening/day to all!
Hugs & Kisses!
@nicoletta i think there will be a second part tomorrow evening!
ReplyDeleteyou can buy this drink in a pharmacy!
a friend of my mom is from finnland!
and my sister in law was for a "au pair" in norway in stavanger!but she doesn´t stay the whole time there, bc her guest family build a new house and then they didn´t had enough money to pay my sister in law! so she got back home earlier, but before she got back home, my brother visit her and they had a great time in the fjords, do you know that the "dav" " deutscher alpenverein" have huts in norway and you can go from hut to hut trough the fjords!
http://www.visitnorway.com/ProductImages/TellUs/TellUs_3737_85_large.jpg
my brother was also sitting on this stone and had his legs in the air!
@all I WISH YOU A GREAT AND GOOD AND HOPEFULLY SUNNY WEEKEND! I GO DOWN TO ITALY TOMORROW AND I WILL BE BACK ON SUNDAY!
ReplyDelete@Mel Welcome back! Doesn't anyone know what is causing all these babies? LOL! I know you just changed the photo and post but there's a really good one today! ;) It was worth the wait. His sunglasses are too dark to see his cell phone in this one. Love the flag in the background. I think his future is so bright he has to wear shades. Anyway, thanks for all you do. Bet your room looks great! I'm going to be in Columbus to pick up my Sister tonight.
ReplyDelete@Corinna Have a great trip. Happy wind surfing. I am going to my reunion this weekend! It is supposed to be hot there so glad we are going to a water park.
@Dana Haha! Busty Heart. No, I've never heard of that and I am almost afraid to look it up. I will be thinking about the motorcycle trip and come up with something for next week. How do you feel about boat trips and summer cottages? Maybe Busty Heart can go overboard and use her bust as floatation device?
@Ekaterina I love the name of your soccer team, Pinks! That's wonderful! I wish them well. The US girls are doing well...I don't think soccer was invented yet when I was their age. Haha!
@Nicoletta I think we use rose hip for tea and for flower arrangements both. Glad you are feeling better finally. A year is a long time to cough.
Everyone have a great weekend. Miss you already!
Lindsay Vonn and Justin Beiber at 2011 ESPY
ReplyDeletehttp://www.universalsports.com/photos/galleryid=532769.html#photos+lindsey+vonn+2011+season
A song by Justin Beiber: Somebody to love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOI4OF7iIr4
I'm learning this dance when I get home...
@Mel.
ReplyDeleteElla looks enjoying her social life with her friends !
so, she got " summer cut " ! My baby sis doesn't need it, bc she has short hairs, but I know it.
It may be Japanese English, but we generally call it " baby rush " or " baby boom ". However we have less babies year by year. In 2003 in Japan, the number of the dogs & cats, which are carefully kept by a family like my baby sis, exceeded the number of the kids throughout the nation. It has been our nation's problem for years.
looking forward to the pics of Ella May !
@Giffy.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend, my dear Giffy !
and thanks for the nice words for our team !
@dana. @corinna. @Nicoletta.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I don't get the fresh ones in Tokyo, I like the rosehip tea and often take it. I is called the tea for the beauty in Japan, so it's so popular here.
It has been one of my favorite things to see various kinds of berries during my vacation in Germany. I sometimes think it's a kind of the sightseeing for Japanese tourists. ... ;-)))
So I propose @dana can start the new business to let them stay in her pantry. It will be surely successful !
@corinna.
ReplyDeleteHave a happy time in Italy !
@Nicoletta. @corinna.
The summer in the north must be very beautiful ! I suppose the air is so fresh there !
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteThanks for telling us the name of your women soccer team, dear Ekaterina.
You can be sure, I will cheer for Nadeshiko Japan (Pinks) on Sunday!!!
@Mel
It is amazing that so many of your friends are pregnant!
Didn't you tell us you lost the power in that region for a while, Mel?
How big will Ella May be when she is an adult? Do you know it already, Mel?
@Corinna
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pic, that one is gorgeous. The scenery in the North is absolutely breathtaking!
So you know a lot about the North from your friend/family! I believe we are closer to the North that we think first! HaHa
Spontaniously It comes to my mind I had for a short time a Finnish nanny when I was 4 years old. I remember I could count to 10 in Finnish at that time!
Have a wonderful time in Italy, dear Corinna!
@Giffy @Dana
ReplyDeleteI am very much looking forward to the motorcycle trip, boat trip, or do we end in the waterpark? LOL
@All
Have a great weekend!!!
Hugs & Kisses!
@Giffy
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful family reunion, my dear Sis! I'm sure you'll have a great time together!
@Corinna
Wish you a nice trip to Italy! Have good weather and lots of fun!
@Ekaterina
What a beautiful name for your women football team, Nadeshiko-Pink!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for them!
Haha! You're very ingenious, I like your business idea about my pantry, but I'm afraid that I have to give to each visitor a jar of jam as a souvenir and in this case I'll have my pantry empty in a few days!! LOL
I remembered that I have to tell @Giffy that we treat our guests with dulceata, water and a coffee only when they come just for a short visit, otherwise we invite them for the lunch, dinner... we put on the table everything we have, to make them feel good in our house! LOL And who hasn't dulceata offer coffee, cookies, wine, palinca, beer, ice cream in summer hot days! :))
@Mel
It's so nice that many of your friends have or will have kids! I think you have to make so many blankets for all of them!!!LOL
When do you move out with your friends in the new house?
I can't wait the pic of the new look of Ella-May! LOL
@Nicoletta
I think The Doctor will take me out to ride the bike, the motorcycle, will drive me with his Audi, and we'll float on the sea with his boat!!! Hahaha! But every thing at the time, step by step!
But Giffy must find out that I can't swim!! So I hope she will take care of me! I might need mouth to mouth resuscitation! LMAO
Wish you all a beautiful weekend, beside your family, friends, pets! I just want a not so hot weather, but it seems I'll not be so lucky, the weather forecast warned us that we'll have a terrible hot next three days, about 37-40*C!!!! Pray for me, please! LOL
Kisses and hugs!
@dana.
ReplyDeleteyes, that's right. If I were you, the same.
It seems we're both not good at business. ... :-)))
But the high grade of the best hospitality of Romanian pepole promises the success in tourism.
btw, I recognize you have the heat in summer. I have a question, dana, how much is difference between the highest temperature and the lowest temperature a day in Romania ? In Japan, for example, it's like the highest temperature 36℃ and the lowest temperature 30℃ a day in summer. It's not every day, but usually we have the lowest temperature over 25℃ and the highest temperature over 30℃ for about 50 days.
Then, dear dana, don't hurry ! ... ;-))) You can learn how to swim from the doctor. You are allowed the flutter kick hand in hand in the deep water.
It's been hot & hot here. I look forward to my vacation in Germany in August.
Have a pleasant ( if possible ... ) and healthy ( drink water ) weekend, my dear dana !
Kisses & Hugs !
@dana.
ReplyDeleteDo you often have a watermelon ? It's my family custom to eat watermelon twice or 3 times a day during summer, bc it is said to be good for the hot season. Several kinds of melons might be OK, but watermelon is recommended. So in the fridge in my kitchen, there is always the cut watermelon ready to eat anytime during the season. I always buy the whole and make it ready to eat.
@all ladies here and travelling !
Hope you enjoy a beautiful summer weekend !
Kisses & Hugs !
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteMy dear Ekaterina, the difference between the lowest and the highest temperature is almost like in Japan, the lowest is around 22-25*C and the highest around 35-37* or even more, especially in July and August. Not every day, of course. But these days more countries in this part of Europe have very high temperatures, till 40*C. We too! And the is very uncomfortable, we're melting!:)
I drink a lot of water and I try to stay inside as much as possible, you know the heat is not the best friend of my thyroid!:)
Ooooh, I'll be more than delighted if The Doctor will teach me to swim!LOL
I forgot to tell @Giffy that she sent me biking, but she didn't realized that I was wearing a dress in her novel so I need some sport shoes for biking, I can't wear high heel shoes riding my bike! LOL
We use to eat watermelon almost daily, is very refreshing and we like it very much, more than other kind of melons. But, again, I prefer to wait Romanian production of watermelons, bc the imported ones have no sugar, no taste. But now we can find Romanian watermelons in the market, so it's great!
Hope you and your little sister are fine and the heat doesn't harm you in any way! Take care of you both, my dear Ekaterina!
Wish you and your family a beautiful and not so hot weekend!
Kisses & Hugs!
@dana.
ReplyDeleteI worry that it's so tough to spend summer without the air-conditioner in Romania, dana, however it's the best not to have it and think about other ways to get the coolness. In Japan we have much longer summer than yours, so it is indispensable here. But I know it's getting hotter and hotter even in Europe in summer.
It was terribly hot in Germany in 2003 and I slept at night in CHANEL #5 in Bayreuth in early August that year. Of course it's the only one-time experience for me. ( believe me ! )
Please take care not to be melted, dana !
Do you have the imported watermelon !?
..... yes Europe is the continent.
We don't have the imported watermelon. As for fruits, the most of the tropical fruits is the imported items, but generally speaking other fruits is all domestic products except some seasonal items, like American cherry. We have the Japanese cherry, but it's a different kind.
Hope you enjoy YOUR watermelon on weekend, my dear dana ! and My baby sis and me hope you get some cool wind from the outside at night for a good sleep ! Wishing You, Tudor, your dad, zorro & Mishu have a less heat rest of this summer !
LOVE !
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteOur summer begins in the end of May and ends in September most of the times. But we have the highest temperatures in July and August, sometimes even in June.
The hotels on the Black Sea seaside open at 1 May.
Now, when is very hot, we drink a lot of water, take many showers a day and eat cold watermelon and ice cream! LOL
Hope I do not melt!:)))
We import all kind of fruits, not only the tropical ones! Strawberries from Spain, melons from Turkey, apples from Poland, tomatoes from Italy. All are bred almost artificial and have no flavor and taste. But they look much better than ours. I buy imported ones in the wintertime, but now I prefer our products.
Yes, by night I sleep with the window wide open, it's cooler and I feel the scent of lime blossoms in the neighborhood! It's magnificent!
Thank you, my dear Ekaterina! Hope you'll have a beautiful weekend too!
Love!
@dana.
ReplyDeleteAlmost the same again, dana ! Our summer starts from late May and autumn comes in late September or in October, usually. And the highest temperature is concentrated on mostly in July & August.
It's so nice that you have plenty of orchard at your home and in your neighborhood ! To my regrest, we don't have it, and the outside air is still too warm at night and it's not practical to open the window to let the air in.
It seems Campina is better place than here to live !
Talking about the fruits, our strawberries, apples, melons, tomatoes are completely our own product with a short history. We learned how to cultivate those fruits and vegetables about 100 years ago from European and American people. And I remembered things about other fruits. We mostly import oranges and grapefruits, and some lemons from the CA, USA.
Grape is our own and import some from Chile in winter. Grape is also my favorite.
btw, do you have also imported meat in Romania ? We have our own product, but we also import the meat. Beef from the US & Australia. It's cheaper than our product and good taste. I think we're going to buy more imported foods, bc our government cannot control the contaminated foods after 3.11.
Have a restful evening, my dear dana. Good night !