Showing posts with label gift. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gift. Show all posts

Monday, April 26, 2010

Hen House


Yesterday most of my sisters in law, myself and my husband's father's wife (yes it is confusing but aren't all families?) made an 10 hr drive roundtrip out to Eastern Washington to welcome the newest sister in law to the family.  This is the first wedding shower I have ever been to. I didn't even have a Hen Party 12 years ago when I got married (what a bad call that was, you should've of seen the loot). We played games, we drank some wine, we ate some cake and then as a parting gift we were given some eggs.

I am going to call these eggs, Eggs On Steroids, which ironically they weren't. They are free range, naturally fed, mix breed, well loved and taken care of Chickens that made these eggs. What a difference an environment makes! The yokes are even more vibrant and larger than the organic, cage free ones I get in the supermarket (hmm, makes you wonder?). The colours of the shells were amazing, ranging from dark brown, light pink and varying shade of turquoise. I even got to meet the birds briefly (they were a little overwhelmed  and a little shell shocked by the army of Carroll's touring their homestead).



What better way than to wrap up a celebration of new beginnings, with the ultimate symbol of new beginnings, new life and well (no pressure) fertility.

photos by me...

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

A gift that stings...

Him: Here, the guy at the market was selling these.
Me: Thanks I will get my gloves.

My sweet husband has been utterly consumed by writing his thesis: PhD in Neuro Science, but that isn't necessarily what he does. Another one of those long stories. Regardless his brain has been very left sided lately. So it was kinda nice that when saw some stinging nettles he thought of me and not how the the stinging mechanism works.

To follow a Stinging Nettle & Ricotta Ravioli to die for: photos by me.

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