Meaningfull Poem

Today I came accross this meaningful poem and decided to share it with you:

I didn't give you the gift of life
But in my heart I know
The love I feel is deep and real,
As if it had been so.

For us to have each other
Is like a dream come true!
No, I didn't give you the gift of life,
Life gave me the gift of you.
- Unknown

Bubbles

IT IS STARTING TO ITCH BADELY AGAIN!!!
CA COMMENCE A ME DEMANGER SERIEUSEMENT!!!

Qui a la nouvelle version de blogger? how has the new version of blogger?

Je n'ai pas de compte google...je dois donc un créer un n'est-ce pas? Est-ce bien?

I don't have a google account...I would need to create one, right? Is it good?

Please give me your feed back...merci de me donner vous impressions.

Friday afternoon at Auntie Dolly's

Après une délicieuse soupe aux courgettes (du potager) faite maison etc. on est parti à l'aventure avec les chiens (Pashmina et sa meilleure copine Luna...une labrador noir...chienne de Dolly) dans le jardin.

After a delicious home made courgettes (from the garden) soup etc. We went for an explore around the garden with the dogs (Pashmina and her best friend Luna...Dolly's dog, a black lab).


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Goan Prawns

Last weekend we had friends over and one of the dishes I made was sensational. I did it again last night and it has become one of our favourites. Here is the receipe from Madhur Jaffrey. It is simple to prepare but you need fresh prawns. If for some reason you cannot find good quality prawns you can do it with haddock or salmon and chop them in 11/2 inch cubes.



Ingredients for 4 people

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon bright-red paprika
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 tablespoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablesppon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt or taste
100ml water
2 tablesppons olive oil
1/2 teasspoon brown mustard seeds
1 large shallot, cut into fine slivers
2 garlic cloves, cut into fine slivers
400ml can of coconut milk
450 g (1LB) medium-sized raw prawns, peeled, de-veined and rinsed

1) Put the cayenne, paprika, turmeric, coriander, cumin, lemon juice, salt and water in a bowl. Mix well to form a smooth paste and set aside. You can prepare this paste in advance of cooking the curry.

2) Put the oil into a large, deep frying pan and set it over a medium-high het. When it is very hot, put in the mustard seeds. As soon as they begin to pop - a matter of seconds - add the shallot and garlic. Cook, stirring, until they are golden brown. Stir in the spice paste and bring to a simmer. Turn the heat to medium-low, then cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes.

3) Add the coconut milk and prawns and bring to a simmer over a medium-high heat. Once the sauce is bubbling, turn the heat low and simmer, uncovered, until the prawns have just turned opaque. I did sprinkled the dish with fresh coriander leaves but it was not stated in the receipe. It is just that I LOVE fresh coriander and the added colour makes the dish look prettier. Serve immediately.

Serve with plain rice.

Bon Apétit!

Happy Week-end!

Enjoy!

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LOST

Mark and I just finished watching Season II of Lost a few weeks ago...I cannot wait until season III comes out which I guess won't happen until next summer.

Below is the Season III promotion video.

Spooky!

Mark et moi venons juste de finir la Saison II de Lost il y a quelques semaines...J'ai hâte que la saison III sorte mais ce sera pour l'été prochain.

Ci-dessous la promotion video de la saison III!


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Qui connait se livre?

...Et si oui qu'en pensez-vous? J'ai assez envie de l'acheter...




Voici le commentaire trouvé sur www.Amazon.fr:

Sujet : Célestine est toute bizarre. Elle voudrait tout savoir sur sa naissance, mais n'ose pas le demander à Ernest, l'ours qui l'a recueillie et qui l'élève.
Commentaire : Ce livre aborde le sujet intéressant de l'adoption. Il traduit très bien l'inquiétude de l'enfant qui se demande d'où il vient, et celle du parent qui sait qu'il devra dire la vérité tôt ou tard. Cependant, il y a dans ce livre quelque chose de très choquant : est-ce que, sous prétexte de dire la vérité, on peut dire à un petit enfant qu'on l'a trouvé dans une poubelle ? Toute vérité est-elle bonne à dire, à n'importe quel âge ? Quel dommage, car l'ensemble du livre est excellent, et les illustrations magnifiques --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

Présentation de l'éditeur
Ernest s'étonne, Célestine est bien silencieuse tout à coup. Cela ne lui ressemble pas. Célestine voudrait savoir... mais quoi ? Célestine voudrait savoir d'où elle vient. Où Ernest l'a-t-il trouvée.

Aloupatha Athipatha / Alloopatha Athipatha!

Ca veut dire quoi?

What does it mean?

Mimi ne dit rien stp...merci!

Superbe campagne pour les calins / Neat add for hugs

To be watch until the end! A voir en entier

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Halloween Pictures

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November is Adoption Awareness Month!

Today marks the beginning of Adoption Awareness Month.

I will write more about it soon...

Happy Halloween!!!

Pictures will follow.
Les photos vont suivre.

Madonna: a hijacking

One of my fellow blogger,Sandra, who writes very well and for whom I have tremendous respect put into words exactly what I wanted to say about the Madona scandal.

Below is part of her post and if you click on this link you will find the entire post...

Happy reading!
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I think it's important to mention that the die-hard anti-adoption people LOVE this sort of situation. With the media being total pinheads about adoption in general, the anti-crowd jumps in immediately with their garbage to hijack the story and set the agenda in a way that they hope will cast all adoption in a negative light.

There are many out there ... look to Austrialia for some of the most vociferous ... whose entire goal in life is to remove the option of adoption from the world.

It is vital that those supporting adoption ... those of us who understand deeply the consequences of institutional life and hopelessness because our kids remind us every day of what could have been ... fight these nuts with everything we have and realize that the news we are getting has been manipulated to make adoption look evil, immoral, etc.

Remember this before swallowing news versions of events hook, line and sinker: people who would deny all children a loving adoptive family are hoping you'll take the bait.

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Pashmina

Puisqu'elle s'est sentie un peu délaissée ces derniers temps...voici la plus belle dans la race canine...Notre Pashmina Nationale!


Since she felt a little left out these days...here she...the most beautiful of the K9 race...Our little Pashmina!

NO COMMENTS!

Honestly what do you think of this??? Honnêtement que pensez-vous de ceci?

In this week's issue of the very "respectable" British weekly magasine called "The Spectator" there was an article about the "Richie's scandal" by what I call a "So-called journaliste" named Melissa Kite.

Never mind, the "Scandal", never mind what the gossip magasines have to say about these celebreties...I could not care less...

Below the quote of the last paragraph of her so called article:

"In years to come, when we in the West have evolved a little, we will come to see cross-border adoption as we now view the slave trade. In 20years' time, maybe a lot less, we will look back and say "do you remember when rich people used to get babies from Africa? My God, did that really happen?" It would be better still if we woke up to this outrage now".

Dans le très respectable hebdomadaire anglais le "Spectator" de cette semaine, il y a un article sur le scandal de la famille "Richie" écrit par la soit disant journaliste Melissa Kite.

Je m'en fou du scandal, je m'en fou des ragots sur les stars que les magasines doivent étaler pour vendre leurs torchons mais là...c'est autre chose. Ci-dessous la traduction du dernier paragraph de son soit disant article:

“Dans les années à venir, lorsque l’ouest aura évolué un peu, nous verrons les adoptions inter-frontières (internationales) de la même manière que nous voyons aujourd’hui la traite des esclaves ! Dans 20 ans, peut-être beaucoup moins, on regardera en arrière et l’on dira « Vous souvenez-vous lorsque les personnes riches allaient chercher leurs bébés en Afrique ? Bon Dieu, est-ce que cela c’est réellement passé ? »Il serait- mieux si l’on se réveillait aujourd’hui de cet outrage ».

Je souhaite des reactions de votre part...I would like some feedback from you guys!

It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

THINK BEFORE YOU PINK!

I asked myself this morning what have I done to help apart from forwarding a few e-mails?

My Dear Dear Cousin Veronike, battled for years with Breast cancer and eventually lost the war last December at the young age of 42. We miss her so much. She left us far too early and I would like to see things move on this front…make women aware. So I thought I would check some few web sites of companies who sent me emails advertising and asking me to open my wallet and make purchases so proceeds can go towards breast cancer research. I thought that some of the stuff could be nice ideas for Christmas gifts but then again I also wondered what do these companies do the rest of the year? This site has been making the rounds and it's worth a look.

"Philanthropy or hypocrisy?" You decide.

The same question again!!!

Question...

If I help you wash my car will you help me wash mine?
Si je t'aides à laver ta voiture vas-tu m'aider à laver la mienne?

Souvenir de Samedi soir

C'était magique pour Bhavishya samedi soir...devant toutes les bougies elle était en exstase et faisait "waow". Aussi elle a découvert les Bombay et Kashmiri mix et elle les adorent! Elle partage ce qu'elle a au point de présenter les plats aux invités en parfaite hotesse! mdr! Je suis fière d'elle.

It was magical for Bhavishya saturday night. In front of all the candles lite she would admire them and say "waow". She discovered Bombay and Kashmiri mix and adores them! She shares what she has to the point of passing the dishes to guests as a perfect hostess! LoL! I am so proud of her.

Pour info elle porte un habit traditionel du sud de l'Inde. FYI she wears a southern Indian traditional outfit.