Monday, July 4, 2011

Life is Beautiful



IMPOSSIBLE THINGS HAPPEN EVERY DAY !

Alice Laughed, "There's no use in trying", she said. "One Can't believe in Impossible Things!"
"I dare say you haven't had much practice", said the Queen."When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as Six impossible things before breakfast!" ~ Lewis Carrol
 

Friday, June 24, 2011

Tamatoe Jam




  • 1 kilo tomatoes 
  • 1 kilo  sugar; ( I used a little less)
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract;
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice;
  • 3/4 cup apple juice

  • Put tamotoes in boiling water for awhile. Remove and peel and core the tomatoes. Cut in small junks




  • Combine sugar and tamatoes in a heavy medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often.


  • Add the vanilla extract, lemon juice, and apple juice. Stir. 


  • Uncover and gently boil the mixture for about two hours over low heat. Stir occasionally for the first 90 minutes. Stir frequently for the last 30 minutes to keep the jam from burning.



  • The volume of the jam will reduce by half. It will darken in color and the tomato chunks will shrink. The jam is finished if it is syrupy when a little is placed on a cold plate. 

    Talula and Kitsykat






    THE SERENITY PRAYER

    GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
    TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
    COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
    AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

    LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
    ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
    ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
    TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
    AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
    TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
    IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
    THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
    AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
    FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
    AMEN.

    --REINHOLD NIEBUHR