making my heart sing

08 June 2010

waking up

the best way to make your dreams come true

is to wake up

i was told this the other day
and it came as a surprise
because i thought that the best way to make your dreams come true was to win tattslotto
waking up

1 -- tricky in itself because bed is such a blissful
beautiful happy & safe place for me
(a nice host of unmade beds collected on flickr, a little bit sophie calle)
2 -- then there is waking up to myself

not as bad as for goya, though
the sleep of reason produces monsters

giving em curry

pumpkin curry - dahl

(the age/smh, epicure, may 2010, cuisine.com.au)

200ml olive oil, plus a little for drizzling
Salt and pepper
2 medium brown onions, finely diced
4 garlic cloves, sliced
3 tbsp grated ginger
1 tsp fenugreek
1 tsp ground turmeric
2 tsp garam masala
2 tsp black mustard seeds
3 bay leaves
20 curry leaves
200g red lentils
800g whole peeled tomatoes
400ml veggie stock or water
200ml coconut cream

Pre-heat oven to 200C. Place pumpkin on a roasting tray, drizzle with a little olive oil, season and bake for 25 minutes or until golden and cooked. Remove and keep warm. Heat remaining oil and fry seasoned onion, garlic, ginger, spices, bay and curry leaves until golden and fragrant, about 15 minutes. Add lentils, tomatoes and stock and simmer until lentils are soft. Add coconut cream and check seasoning. Pour curry over pumpkin wedges and serve with rice.

04 June 2010

urban forests, trees of life

while putting together an episode for evilmonika, i became inspired by

people growing plants and food on balconies,

and then found there were people "growing" trees up walls

or encouraging trees to draw

(tim knowles)

there's a world of imagination out there!

on my blogging journey, i found

living on the edge - urban permaculture

garden rant

25 websites backyard farmers should be reading

like urban farms

a roundup of best Best New York Gardening Blogs
including

66 square feet

manhattan rooftop garden project

stairway garden in montreal (apartment therapy)

made me think of things i'd like to see in the garden - tinsel, bunting, fluttering

19 May 2010

ring of confidence

thinking up a name for this blog i suddenly remembered the colgate ring of confidence from the

70s - this was the best image i could come up with
kasia has given me money toward the gold and saphire ring i lost a while ago, it's lodged with kath, and when i told paul he suggested an engagement ring
i'm pretty sure both babcia and bunia would be into that