Delights

Decades before the book came out or the podcast was aired, I kept a hand written list of delights, ordinary things or events that brought me simple pleasure.

Recent additions would include the bouquet of flowers produced by the Stargazer lily plant we bought last year.  It cost $1.00 at the grocery store nursery department. Who knew it would come back so prolifically? 

A recent trip to the thrift store yielded two treasures. First, an 8" tall Hjorth Vase from Denmark. The pottery where this originated is located on the island of Bornholm, where my father-in-law was born. Hjorth was founded in 1859, closed in 1993, and is now a working museum. We have a small collection of Hjorth vessels mostly from the 1930’s.

The second was a transferware turkey platter from the late 1940's to early 50's, made in Japan. Someone in my childhood had the exact one. My eye for artistic detail recognizes the style and colour of fruit and feathers. I happily acquired it for $4 CDN! I am going to comb through old Thanksgiving photos to see where my vivid happy memory originates. 

My pasta attachment for the Kitchen Aid mixer never disappoints. This time we made a batch of agnolotti, a simpler version of ravioli. This was stuffed with roasted cauliflower and cheese. You roll out a strip of pasta and squeeze a line of filling from a pastry bag (or in my case a ziplock) along one long side.

Then roll it up, make regular indentations with one finger and cut them on the indents to make the little pillows of deliciousness. 

Finally, they are simmered until they float, and served with your favourite sauce.

Thank you to Mari and KC for the recipe and for coaching me through the process.

And of course one thing that is guaranteed to make me smile. Meeting random Scottie dogs. I have owned two, one black, Mackey and one wheaten in colour, Gracee, remembered here, above and to the right. These two were camping a few sites from ours - Brinsy and Ace.

I read that Scotties are making a comeback in popularity, and I believe it as I have seen five in the past few weeks.

Comments

[Pat]

I love the herringbone rib scarf. I am interested in the pattern. Thank You!