the days have been very cold and morgana and i finally made a few changes to our nature table to reflect that. king winter now sits on his throne and mother holle shakes out her feather quilt.
in past years we would always visit my parents by the seaside and my heart aches from missing that. i'm very thankful for the times we've had and we'll visit them soon in connecticut.
here's a more forest like scene . . more like where my sister is.
the travelers returned monday evening just in time for dinner as they were able to catch an earlier plane (their first plane was delayed because of snow at la guardia airport). i had made paleo cottage pie (inspired by san who made it last week i think!) and chanda did not realize that the topping was not potatoes until i mentioned it. i steamed a cauliflower until very soft and then added turmeric mustard and a little salt and pepper and a good amount of butter (the paleo ingredient called for ghee).
i then spread it on top of the filling which was onions, garlic, celery and carrots sautéed with ground grass fed beef. it then went into a casserole dish with the topping and under the broiler for about ten minutes. morgana walked in as we were eating and it was nice to be together again.
Looks yummy (the food) and the nature table is also very pretty. It must be hard not to see your parents at the seaside. Changes like that are always hard. After my beloved grandmother had died, I had the same dream every night for about a year that I would visit her in her beautiful apartment, but each time the apartment looked a bit different. I used to visit her almost every weekend when I was at the University of Bonn and it had become my home for the weekends. Now I do not dream that dream anymore, though. I have to decide what to do with our fish for lunch today. The girls are begging me to make potatoes with it. Veronika and Miriam have decided to fast like the grown-ups (no snacks and just one big meal and two smaller ones). That is quite impressive. I will go to church this afternoon with whoever feels healthy enough to go. I will shorten my German class in order to do that.
ReplyDeleteIt's so wonderful that you had that relationship with your grandmother. I never knew my grandmothers in that way but after having the girls I have desired it very much. You have beautiful memories. That's the funny thing. We have beautiful memories and aching hearts.
DeletePotatoes with fish sounds very good! That's so laudable of Veronika and Miriam to decide to fast. They grow so fast, don't they? I hope all went well with church :) xoxo
We all made it to church, although not quite in time because Veronika could not decide what to wear and so they arrived on campus (our meeting point) late.
Delete:) We often have problems like that here.
DeleteAw lovely to read about your paleo meal. I love the nature table just beautiful, hugs to you xx
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