I spent some of the weekend cleaning out the pantry cupboard. We live in a rather tiny, but just the right size for us, flat. We have just one cabinet for storing everyday foods. It’s tight and it can be frustrating at times when looking for just the right thing. I find keeping it well organized very helpful. Also, it settles my soul to see things so neat and tidy.
It’s been quite cold here of late. It’s not been as beastly cold as some places but even still it’s rather uncomfortable for getting out of doors. Over the weekend I had to run and get a present for my granddaughter, Natalies’s 3rd birthday party and I also needed to get some marketing done. Other than that I stayed cozy and warm inside. I love to watch the morning or late afternoon sun come through the windows and shine in little patches in my living room. This old bureau was a gift from a friend of my husband’s and the chair used to be my mothers. Everything has a story. It’s rare that I buy new furniture.
I made the most delicious pizza the other night. I bought whole wheat pizza dough from the market added pesto, sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms, and a little chopped kale. I sprinkled a small amount of plant based mozzarella over it and baked it at 425 for about 20 minutes. It wasn’t completely plant based/vegan because there is parmesan cheese in the pesto but you could buy vegan pesto if you want to…or if you can find it.
Happy third birthday to my beautiful and sassy granddaughter, Natalie! Love her more than words can say!
From sundown on the 24th till sundown on the 25th was a Jewish holiday calledTu B’Shavat…loosely translated as the birthday of the trees.A day to celebrate the trees and in Israel, plant trees.The holiday isn’t always on the same day as it is based on the Jewish calendar.It is nowhere near tree planting weather where I am so to celebrate with my class full of toddlers I brought in a large branch that the wind had recently blown down. It was covered inlichen and very pretty. The children have been finger painting every day so I cut some of their pictures up into leaf shapes and we hung them on the branches at circle time. One of my students brought in a book titled Tu B’Shavat and we read that as well. We talked about things that the trees give us such as apples, oranges, mangoes and bananas. We talked about who lives in trees such as monkeys, squirrels, and birds. Then we sang Happy Birthday to the trees and we placed the branch on top of a shelf in our classroom so that we could see it all the time. It really does look pretty there.
I noticed a few comments in my spam folder which I have approved. Maybe that is all it will take to make commenting right again.
I have been having trouble with blogger so I decided to move over to my wordpress blog. I am trying to figure out commenting. I wasn’t able to comment on wordpress blog when I was using blogger but when I am using wordpress I am not able to comment on blogger blogs. When I have some time this weekend I am going to try to figure it all out.
a spirit of simplicity 