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Modern Country Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876033776851036157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826549428494781686.post-30435225312069783522014-09-01T15:02:00.001+01:002014-09-01T15:02:25.138+01:00ART AND PRIVATE COMMISSIONS <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Modern Country Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876033776851036157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826549428494781686.post-13230067822933711112014-08-28T15:57:00.002+01:002014-09-02T00:09:01.451+01:00ART, DESIGN AND DRAWINGS -GETTING BUSY WITH PEN AND PAPER ( AND WATERCOLOUR ) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #464749; font-family: Graphik-Web-Light, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); line-height: 21px;">Working in water colour, pen and ink and pencil drawing are a few of the things I have always loved .I am happy to say this year I have found more time to get this going again . It makes me very happy to do so.Today I would like to show you a few things I have been working on .Have a look and let me know what you think.I thought to get back into screen printing or mono printing and water colours.Maybe do some card designs and calendars .All ideas and suggestions welcome !! By the way you can find me now on Instagram.Here's the <a href="http://instagram.com/myauntagatha">link</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c0d13; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.599998474121094px;">But I had a bit of a scoop and picked up some really rather lovely and inexpensive delphiniums, scabiosa and thalictrum.They are now in a "holding station" out of the sun and get drenched every day in buckets of water, till</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c0d13; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.599998474121094px;">it's less hot and I can put them in the border.In the meantime I am catching up on the latest Donna Tart in my deckchair.I am sure it will rain very soon so I am making the best of the weather.After all, I live</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c0d13; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 0.9em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5em;">I only discovered this by chance .Houzz launches it's UK site now, so I checked on my profile and noticed the numbers.Quite amazing really.</span><br />
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Modern Country Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876033776851036157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826549428494781686.post-8015012496555665692014-07-13T00:59:00.000+01:002014-07-15T17:23:16.793+01:00MAUD AND MILLIE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Modern Country Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876033776851036157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826549428494781686.post-53124450733977282392014-07-11T19:56:00.004+01:002014-07-15T17:22:55.487+01:00THE HAMPTON COURT FLOWER SHOW 2014 -THE FLORAL AND THE ROSE MARQUEE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 18.141733169555664px;">I don't know about you, but I was rather stumped when I had to figure out what to buy someone for their 80th Birthday.I mean, what would you still need that you haven't got at that age ? A jumper? Or a bottle of wine? Been there , done that I reckon. The
personalised cushion I made in a few posts ago went down so well that I
decided to make another one for this really much older birthday boy- but then with a sort of motivational -sort of-quote - I came up with. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 18.141733169555664px;">I tell you, I reckon it was the best received present of them all ! Was he happy ? You can betya !</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 18.141733169555664px;">And whilst I was on a roll, and the Birthday cards for 80-years old I found were either, dull, boring or completely overpriced, I decided to make my own that would tie in with the cushion itself. No reason why you shouldn't either !</span><br />
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- it's a unique way to say how much you value the person you are
giving the present to.. here's my easy modern twist for a great present !
( and while you are doing your design, you may as well make a card as
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attach one fabric to another on the back of the letters , then iron the
letters to the cushion.If need be you can also as an extra measure,
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Add an image in fabric underneath the slogan , again using "
Bondaweb".Choose a slogan that is perfect for the person you are making
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made it for-proudly.Always better than anything you can buy for them . </span></div>
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Modern Country Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876033776851036157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826549428494781686.post-75463916480033511872014-06-30T14:13:00.000+01:002014-07-13T12:17:05.730+01:00WHY LAVENDER MATTERS-THE SMALL TORTOISE SHELL BUTTERFLY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">This
month I had the plan to write a short post about lavender and how great it is to use in as filling in small ( needle) cushions . And that it's</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"> a really </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">problem free plant, especially if you have a sunny corner in your garden. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">And also to urge you pick your own lavender as soon as you can so you will have a good supply of gorgeous smelling dried flowers for all your arty / crafty projects. ( </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">For instance, to make your own lavender water and other things like lavender sugar ) .</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">But seeing these small tortoise shell butterflies yesterday descending en masse and feasting on the open lavender flowers has given me pause for thought.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">I wish you would have been there .You could hear their wings flap slowly while they were drinking and they were going from flower to flower, sometimes hanging upside down , just to get the nectar out of the buds.It was just such a a life affirming experience.and to think if I would not have planted the lavender, and would not have left the flowers on, I would never have lived to see this happen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">Last year I picked my lavender as soon as the flowers opened, dried them ,and</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">I would , by all means, still urge you to plant loads and loads of lavender.It's a really easy plant and you can even grow it in a big pot on your terrace if you live in the city.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">But keep some flowers on the plant for the butterflies.It seems more and more butterflies seems to disappear and become extinct. There's a really good article about why butterflies matter <a href="http://bit.ly/1mzBv45">here</a> on the Butterfly Conservation website.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">A few good reasons which you can find there, for me at least are :</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">Conserving butterflies will improve our whole environment for wildlife.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">Conserving butterflies will enrich the lives of people now and in the future.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">The life cycle of the butterfly- from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis is one of the wonders of nature.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">Butterflies are beautiful.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">People love butterflies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">So keep on planting your lavender- but keep some flowers on if you can ! And leave a whole patch of nettles as well ( as I do as I am not that tidy ) as this seems to be attractive to them too. </span></span><br />
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Modern Country Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876033776851036157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826549428494781686.post-39795039176075459602014-06-30T11:26:00.001+01:002014-07-13T12:15:49.716+01:00CRAZY ABOUT TENNIS- A QUICK PRESENT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Modern Country Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876033776851036157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826549428494781686.post-63948144296503071212014-06-20T14:29:00.001+01:002014-07-13T12:14:35.845+01:00ROSES I HAVE LOVED-<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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year has been fantastic so far for our roses.Last year was terrible
- it was so very hot that the roses all dropped off or turned brown
.But this year is really astounding.So I thought to show you some
quick shots of my front garden and drive which I took last night
while my other half was dozing in front of the football on the telly
,The quality of the pictures isn't that great as it was getting dark
but it's just to give you an idea.Most of my roses are at the front
of the house and I always have some favourites that I plant wherever
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love the “ Albertine “ rose- it's such a good performer .It's got
a lovely delicate rose scent ( some quite vicious thorns mind you )
and it's a great climber . The flowers themselves are a lovely soft
pink colour when the rose is open, and the shape is like a rose on a
cover of a 1950's romantic novel- a bit like a mid-century summer
dress with a tight bodice and a wide skirt .The buds are a striking
rose-red before they open up. And a great contrast to the soft pink
flowers.I grow it on a rustic trellis attached to the front of the
house .The trellis I found discarded outside an old florist's shop .</span></span></div>
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love the “ New Dawn” rose, too, it's my mum's
favourite.Everywhere I live I plant one to remind me of her as we
both live in a different coun try and are so far away from each
other.It's a delicate rose, not so vigirous as the “ Albertine “
but the colour is a really delicate sort of pink, like the inside of the ear of a fluffy cuddly white kitten.</span></span></div>
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a white rose at the entrance of the drive that was a standard rose
with a lovely peach colour, but the standard died off, and the root
of it turned into a white rose with huge clusters of roses with a
lovely scent.So I can't tell you what rose it is, but it certainly
means to it's a good idea to leave your dead standard roses in the soil if it dies as
you never know what might happen.</span></span></div>
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“ Peace “ rose is one I inherited from the previous
owner/gardener, and it's a really gorgeous delicate yellow rose with
pink edges, just beautiful. Also a great favourite, I once had a
standard “ Peace” rose which my mother gave to me for my
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last rose at the front is “Teasing Georgia” - soft yellow, and
looking like one of those old fashioned roses you see on paintings..
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a glorious summer lunch you could do no better than by making a
staple that the Dutch people often order in their cafes and restaurants for
lunch: Russian Eggs.</span></span></span></div>
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decided to make this yesterday for my birthday when I had some
friends and family over and although the dish has a certain seventies
appeal, it really is rather tasty ( but not very slimming) and it went </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 0.48cm;">for the potato salad:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; font-size: large;">10 small pickled onions ( sweet /sou</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 0.48cm;">r )</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 0.48cm;"> 2 table spoons of Dijon mustard .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif; font-size: large;">Italian Prosciutto</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's how to make your potato salad:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Make some potato salad by boiling 1.5 kilo's potatoes that you have peeled and cubed. test if done, then drain and cool.Mix with one pot of mayonaise, 1 pot of chopped gherkins, 10 small pickled onions ( sweet /sour ) a small bunch of parley and 2 table spoons of Dijon mustard .Season to taste and arrange in the middle of a big serving dish.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Boil 4 eggs till they are hard-boiled ( about 10 minutes ), then cool under running water, peel and half.Scoop all the egg yolks out of your halved egg whites and put them in a bowl.Mix the egg yolks with some mustard, salt and pepper, mayonaise and parsley according to taste .Fill the egg-white halves with scoops of the egg-yolk mixture.Set aside .</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; font-size: large;">Place the potato salad in the middle of a big serving dish.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; font-size: large;">Place some rolled up Prosciutto on the edge of the serving disg , and arrange some of the devilled eggs on top, and the rest of the eggs on the 4 corners of the dish as you can see on the picture.Wrap your cooked chilled asparagus in the boiled ham slices </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 0.48cm;">and place at the edge of the dish , half on top of the potato salad ( use the picture for guidance how this should look ) Fold your salami like a little cone and place a few on the top , in the middle of the potato salad.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Arrange the cold roast pork slice by slice between slices of cucumber on the edge of the dish.</span></span></span></div>
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certainly loves rolling around in the rose petals ! It's the teeth
that are killing me.. and I bet Kevin Spacey if he had any heart
would prefer this to the original version of #Americanbeauty.It's
just one of those days were the bees are so busy it's just amazing to
watch these little fellers.Friends of the Earth and the BBC are
having a bee watch today to track what kind of bees there are all
around the country side and and you can find the link </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; line-height: 0.48cm;">here
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and you can grow them in a pot on your</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">balcony
or in your garden.I think it's a great plant as it covers acres of
soil that would otherwise be covered in weeds, what's not to love ? </span></span>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">Plus
add the benefit of those cute little strawberries and I think we're
in business.</span></span></div>
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Paul has just done a </span><a href="http://www.sweetpaulmag.com/food/pauls-summer-pie"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">great summer berry pie</span></a><span style="color: #a64d79;">,</span><span style="color: #666666;"> and you can easily
translate that into a wild strawberry tart.</span></span></div>
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Stir flour, baking soda and baking powder together in one
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in the dry ingredients into the buttery/egg mixture </span></span>
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out the dough onto a layer of baking paper, then turn this upside
down in a baking tin that you have buttered.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">9.Whisk
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">11.Pour
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Modern Country Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876033776851036157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826549428494781686.post-36390310654217988822014-06-08T17:10:00.000+01:002014-06-08T17:10:54.496+01:00ROSE PETAL OVERLOAD- HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN ROSE WATER<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">When
I was wandering around the garden this morning I realised I was
going to have a bit of a rose petal overload problem very soon.June
is just about my most favourite month as all of the roses are then
coming out, but roses flowering also mean petals everywhere . I
thought to harness this gold rush of flower petals into something
useful and a quick search gave me a </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1kIXtWH"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">wonderful recipe</span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> for quick home
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how to make your rose water :</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">1.Pick
your petals . </span></span>
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Wash the petals thoroughly so that eventual small insects that are on
there are removed.<br />3.Place the petals in a large pot and add the
distilled water.Add just enough water to cover the petals</span></span></div>
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the pot then simmer on a low flame. </span></span>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">5.Let
the water simmer till the petals have lost their colour and the water
has taken on the colour of the rose petals. </span></span>
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the rose petal water through a fine sieve and keep in a bottle or
container in the fridge.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Once you've got your rose water supply covered, there is nothing from keeping you making the most fantastic things with it, like</span> <a href="http://bit.ly/1lgaIxu"><span style="color: magenta;">a raspberryand rosewater cheesecake .</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">Or keep it simple and use it on your ironing.As if that is ever going to happen with me. But cake sounds good.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">Nothing says " Summer" like some fresh elder flower cordial made with your own fair hands.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">Those elder trees that are frowned upon by many gardeners as they seed themselves easily in every bit of space where they are not wanted, transform themselves in early summer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">Then they are covered in beautiful lacy flower heads that have a fabulous tangy scent .</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">Those flower heads can be picked everywhere right now .Make sure you get yourselves some before they are gone to transform into cordial (and keep some champagne handy ) !</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">Here's
how to make your cordial : </span></span>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">1.Pick
your elder flowers .</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">2.
Shake the flower heads over the sink so that eventual small insects
that are on the flowers, fall off.<br />3.Take all the stalks off the
flower heads so you have a bowl full of flowers. </span></span>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">4.Boil
the water, then pour it over the sugar in a big bowl, so the sugar
dissolves. Let it cool down.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">5.Slice
your lemons, then take a big pan, and put the lemon slices and the
flowers in the bottom and add the cooled down sugar water .Add the
citric acid- in my case 4 tablets of fizzy vitamin C tablets which
have citric acid ( this does really work ! ).</span></span><span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;">6.<span style="color: #666666;">Cover
with a lid or plate and let it stand for 24 hours in the fridge.</span></span></div>
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next day, strain the cordial through a fine sieve.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Serve
with ice and chilled fizzy water , or even better, with champagne and a spring of mint .</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Elder flower cordial with champagne.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">25 ml Elder flower cordial</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">25 ml Gin</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Adobe Caslon Pro, serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">50 ml Champagne</span></span></div>
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Modern Country Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876033776851036157noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826549428494781686.post-3755377986724884572014-06-06T19:55:00.003+01:002014-06-08T15:44:49.962+01:00HAPPY WEEKEND<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c0d13; font-family: Arvo; font-size: 0.9em; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5em;">by Andrea ( Bea )Vonk • 06/06/2014</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Happy weekend ! Say a little prayer for my little doggie Millie if you can ( here on our holiday last year ) so she may recover swiftly.The vet has told us she has a trapped nerve in her back so she has real trouble walking .The cure : 3 to 6 weeks cage-rest-poor Millie! She is taking it very well but let's hope she will recover. </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">hope you enjoy a lovely relaxing time this weekend with your family . </span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> XO Bea </span></i></div>
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