A Place Like This......

Wanderings

Hi Everybody! For the next few weeks we are in Sweden on the island of Gotland. I don't want you to miss a thing. We're over at our other blog "LearnSweden". Be sure to keep up with us over there.

Welcomed

See who was waiting for us as we arrived in Visby.

 

Sommarlov

 

Every summer, around midsummer time, Swedes head to their summer houses for a month or more of just pure vacation with family and friends. I've decided to do the same this year and so my little man "O" and I have headed to Gotland where we will visit family, stay at a horse farm called Avonlea, visit all of our neighbors, especially our good friends "The Svangrens", go to viking camp, and just live the island life of Gotland.

 
  
We are needing a couple of days to adjust to the new time zone and be kissed and hugged profusely by our loving family. We'll be back in a very short bit to share our summer life with all of you. Until then be well.

  

Treasure Island Day

Happy Treasure Island Day! Today is your day to show everyone how much fun you had inside the pages of Treasure Island. Two weeks ago we had a really fun book adventure into the pages of Treasure Island. There was a lot of pirate activity going on over there.  Please leave a link to your blog in the comments section over at Jump Into A Book so that we can see for ourselves how much fun you had.

 

I've had a lot of emails saying that summer has been really busy and you haven't gotten around to things yet. That's completely ok. Both the book adventure and the celebration day will be up for a while, just waiting for you to get things done in your time. We aren't on a schedule just loving reading and doing as a group of family, friends, and blogging buddies.

This is the great thing about blogland. We've just set the structure. You can do this any time you get the inspiriation. We want to thank everyone who participated with us. We look forward to reading your blog posts and don't forget to upload a couple of photos to our Treasure Island flickr page.

The Secrets of a 4th of July Chef

I thought today's blog post would be about the 4th of July, happily celebrated among family, friends, and the foxes. As I was looking through the myriad of photos I took, I noticed a very special story emerging.

Mimi climbed into bed with us yesterday morning and started chattering about what she was baking for the fourth of July. Prodding her tired momma along, we skipped breakfast and headed straight to the store so as not to throw her off schedule. Mimi had put her dibs on making the desserts and so everyone was expecting some very great things.

By the time my little brunch was finished the counter was full of apples peels.

 

After all of the apples were peeled, a conversation ensued as to which was the better way to slice an apple for an apple crisp. Length wise or in little slices? Aunt Claire has been visiting us this past week and so she joined in the conversation and lent a helping hand.

Once all of the apples were sliced in the agreed upon manner, Aunt Claire added her special touch to the apples. A little lemon juice and sugar make this special blend of apples taste oh so much better. We had some left over and we just ate them with a fork. They were so good.

Aunt Claire wanted to make sure I got this next photo in.

Next came the crumble part. Mimi was asking me how to cut butter into flour. I pulled out a fork and started showing her when Aunt Claire asked for the bowl and gave it her special touch. Who needs a fork when one has two perfectly good hands?

The above set of hands gave way to the next set of hands.

To make the perfect apple crisp. A memory caught sharing knowledge from one generation to the other.