tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29239977366401393592024-03-05T06:23:13.094-08:00The Cosy Catthecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-10240846921573000242010-08-11T13:53:00.000-07:002010-08-11T14:07:49.769-07:00Badger's Hill Farm<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqFf4YlYrb-N6EHl0pbuGX8PjtS_xI6tyxxUVWCn8LZsHZEDNUlQN_JWJ_96hXGoK4xBvfP-wwxIfce76aitVojg8TGN1GOMqnCJrCmLzcMgB9Bt-NkFvkznenZ5IzaeWvWHaskYvbyg/s1600/DSCN0684lav.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Yes. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifyVmV1vPlbzQwF2StasDG_JhW82kpprpvphszpvQiC4QllLxdbcAW8PJKSh5fBBreOTjOCTEIkOaxYvDVWc5b1EQhbxbdJ85u3W7NAcGMLNCOX5cnlnTG6eQKnuTTPQPMQVhqvYhQQbI/s320/DSCN0662jio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504259323336670418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-74949974791873498252010-08-02T07:41:00.000-07:002010-08-02T08:09:32.763-07:00A change of heart<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvpQQIMFmjOFxeloIvTkLhcVEu4X5QDoum18FZ9nRKL1wzCzQAs2SzBOPjmiHUW2YRaMeMLQ6pjo8GLa8C9jqNOWm3VeexIJG4JRKnKkSRyw49kqK8UkJsr51I0vffWy0Fw-f6ulA8zU/s1600/ggg.jpg"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So I'm tucked up in the corner of a very nice cafe and I am acutely aware that I have totally neglected blogland for a very long time. I still read my favourites everyday but I have stopped commenting, stopped posting and generally find myself at a loss for words. What do I have to say that is interesting?<br /><br />Not a lot.<br /><br />BUT I thought I'd force myself to post anyway, and see if it breaks my icy word prison.<br /><br />So recently I decided to move back to England temporarily to spend the summer working as a language teacher. It was a choice between this or working in Pamplona, being with my boyfriend and getting to see San Fermin. I bet you're wondering why I chose England? Well... I can speak the language here a lot better, my best friend needed me for red wine and cuddles and the salary seemed a lot better. The whole idea just seeemed more... easy.<br /><br />Oh how I have learnt that 'easy' is not actually the fun option! I ended up quitting my job here after two weeks, running off to work in a little countryside farm shop and cidery and now have to somehow afford rent, loan repayments and save for future trips planned this year. I feel restless again.<br />The farm shop is absolutely gorgeous and my walk to work entails picking early blackberries and then rushing home to make cordial to put in my mojitos! I know it sounds fun, and it is, but I actually miss the solitude of Spain and the challenge of communication that I would face everyday. I miss the food. And above all, why did I decide to be away from my boyfriend?<br /><br />Pfffffft.<br /><br />So here I am. Treading the same old streets, struggling to make ends meet. If you're looking for a bargain or two you can check out my ebay (http://shop.ebay.co.uk/sallybean45/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=)<br />... I am selling numerous things, adding more everyday, and I have a few furniture restoration projects underway... involving really cute vintage sewing tables.<br /><br />I've got crafts on the brain... I need to make some money. Maybe I'll start a little blackberry shop on the side of the road. Any fun money spinning suggestions would be greatly appreciated.<br /><br />Anything to stop this restlessness.<br /><br />In the meantime, check out these cute scarecrows from my place of work (blog entry to follow soon)<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvpQQIMFmjOFxeloIvTkLhcVEu4X5QDoum18FZ9nRKL1wzCzQAs2SzBOPjmiHUW2YRaMeMLQ6pjo8GLa8C9jqNOWm3VeexIJG4JRKnKkSRyw49kqK8UkJsr51I0vffWy0Fw-f6ulA8zU/s1600/ggg.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvpQQIMFmjOFxeloIvTkLhcVEu4X5QDoum18FZ9nRKL1wzCzQAs2SzBOPjmiHUW2YRaMeMLQ6pjo8GLa8C9jqNOWm3VeexIJG4JRKnKkSRyw49kqK8UkJsr51I0vffWy0Fw-f6ulA8zU/s320/ggg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500828328243548498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-23875307926115677852010-05-29T11:13:00.000-07:002010-05-29T11:20:09.921-07:00May<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOi1_hQQo_kkGM6zzSx9w4apQ_inVBNkrjs0IfQPd6eWOWinrWHtVVdrPbJICM-rbqMl_DYRoTj65r9CY_x-KovxsFc469LHd4Zlj6df1oTXAC-oCP80hHTVEHM4Oa2EkaX3y_u1DSeU/s1600/DSCN0157hh.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbS7YKIyKWJDIuDPxrKuvaPHFLnXbLaFU5cGtnNflpOMoOHkoZB80EuJCpsGSg2Ch20B2HdZfStq8BdZIZ2yUrn2N3eZ1dl56LaZuWTwGq0lLAru40_U7CKDmCo2jo8D2-4S03XbV6xE/s320/DSCN0081+ff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476757591876163042" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-59583664145800068942010-05-24T06:12:00.001-07:002010-05-24T06:13:33.077-07:00An English day in May<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQfvOianGtozuAz_wAZMdnoriSFwKldZgODGLfpwWU3NWAaBqGe8S_dWICAr8buSHrwIOWh0uFNayYT1fagQsoe0x7NTrMLeZQ8GFgKghULTOz3O5XkvGlIZs1oiVzvA5x49Qn-l4ams/s1600/4239_86062497478_507262478_1939003_4504802_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQfvOianGtozuAz_wAZMdnoriSFwKldZgODGLfpwWU3NWAaBqGe8S_dWICAr8buSHrwIOWh0uFNayYT1fagQsoe0x7NTrMLeZQ8GFgKghULTOz3O5XkvGlIZs1oiVzvA5x49Qn-l4ams/s320/4239_86062497478_507262478_1939003_4504802_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474823913561105282" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-size:85%;" ><br />This image makes me miss England.</span><br /></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-72115108733281370222010-05-01T13:52:00.000-07:002010-05-01T15:08:57.345-07:00My Own 'Little Known Lovelies'<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Ok, so I'm probably about to commit serious bloguera crime but I have been pretty cheesed off all day.<br /><br />What the fudge is wrong with people?<br /><br />Basically, on a well-known blog elsewhere there was a competition to allow unknown blogs to post commentary and hopefully be selected as an 'up and coming piece of inspiring beauty'.<br /><br />The winners?<br /><br />DISAPPOINTING.<br /><br />Just another whole bunch of girly girls writing about how inspiring a pretty picture they found of a vintage tutu is. Is anyone else completely sick and tired of reading about how the colour yellow brightened up someone's soul? Or people who simply take pictures off FLICKR and write a small comment about how wonderful and magical they are?<br /><br />I'm not saying that I should have won. HEAVENS! I'm a lazy blogger with not a lot to say at the moment but at least I take my own pictures and refrain from writing tedious things about fairy dust and magical stars/inspiring cups of tea.<br /><br />The kind of people that should be recognised are people who create their own pictures, prose, handmade items or delicious dishes.<br /><br />So here is my shortlist for best, upcoming blogs that actually have some kind of character:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">http://dear-soeur.blogspot.com/</span> (I think this one is private though)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">http://soldierslady.blogspot.com</span>/ (A lovely, different blog by a lovely lady)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">http://mayallseasonsbesweettothee.blogspot.com/</span> (This lady is not up and coming. She has already mastered blog land but she is sweet, kind and honest)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">http://www.littlebirdiesecrets.blogspot.com/ <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">(Handy and helpful craft advice!)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">http://www.littleoceanannie.blogspot.com</span>/ (this girl is SO very nice)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">http://www.leaving-the-seat-up.blogspot.com/ <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">(Amazingly witty and well-written)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">http://thecuriouscat.blogspot.com</span> (My sister and dreamboat)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">http://mother-leopard.blogspot.com/ <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">(This girl is better than sliced bread)</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-57255370062748341932010-04-27T03:11:00.000-07:002010-04-27T04:01:04.665-07:00Tulips in Pamplona<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4emQQtRtgmJnUg0tDGPFBWjNlsM_dUJJI55Ljywm8IsUwrGdNG0AbRsDEyC9HAp_GME4xaL2aM7ggSub4qh8KTRXxxqCpXgxHmbbP4YEgjNbraoEJu0FT-xauTT6W027Jc1ArzKsY-I/s1600/DSCN8908_picnik.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXH753yfFrHU-iodRk5XoCvIyZnxOtEf5_Atcxg8TWHWsmbQWt3OVq8ffCeYV46lUHv-ytQO6o3aEtoU6r2N8zVqUtg9lCQovzE5nBZjZvltw9aIzqKRS49QXFUvr-ha4BIL24Mve_KPk/s320/DSCN8861.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464766688006468018" border="0" /></a>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-74415006286227346672010-04-21T02:45:00.000-07:002010-04-21T03:11:11.271-07:00Warming up for Photoshoot Zamora<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9AsEEKXOVYEgzqk_xB6kqfr8aPe6rHARuEmhkdjRQvAcI76dYNOZqBkj2DUfbLklbmz55RxGGJIfIkY_3PlaChXOPnBDcLKcwxBnoHCzvnBmRSJDF2lg0ugWqlAphWmW_Ep9QTegawY/s1600/DSCN8802_picnik.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9AsEEKXOVYEgzqk_xB6kqfr8aPe6rHARuEmhkdjRQvAcI76dYNOZqBkj2DUfbLklbmz55RxGGJIfIkY_3PlaChXOPnBDcLKcwxBnoHCzvnBmRSJDF2lg0ugWqlAphWmW_Ep9QTegawY/s1600/DSCN8802_picnik.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">At some point this Spring, when Zamora actually has a lovely, sunny day my friend and I are going to head out into the town and photoshoot the place to death.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">I say photoshoot, I'm pretty poor with a camera but it's good practise and a nice way to document the city so I can look back at it when I'm older and remember where I lived.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Anyway, these were some silly shots we took when there was a window of hot weather last week...</span></span></span></span></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9AsEEKXOVYEgzqk_xB6kqfr8aPe6rHARuEmhkdjRQvAcI76dYNOZqBkj2DUfbLklbmz55RxGGJIfIkY_3PlaChXOPnBDcLKcwxBnoHCzvnBmRSJDF2lg0ugWqlAphWmW_Ep9QTegawY/s1600/DSCN8802_picnik.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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Coming Soon...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGo5JVHg1K7S4hQIr-oJU65_iyWIa3IcwykVzjazSO_41EzKpoLDu5u475bkVp6UF2CRr7O0N0rXYXSIUq0KvXIs4DVDZxpPHEaocJab3dDuQ8BoOFZtrkQuFkFTRauN82dGYKvrh9p4/s1600/blog_catfriend_lrg1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGo5JVHg1K7S4hQIr-oJU65_iyWIa3IcwykVzjazSO_41EzKpoLDu5u475bkVp6UF2CRr7O0N0rXYXSIUq0KvXIs4DVDZxpPHEaocJab3dDuQ8BoOFZtrkQuFkFTRauN82dGYKvrh9p4/s320/blog_catfriend_lrg1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460319535086062258" border="0" /></a>www.thecafecat.blogspot.com<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >WATCH THIS SPACE</span><br /></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-13918818874907420852010-04-14T14:11:00.001-07:002010-04-14T14:14:30.788-07:00Noa Noa<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9qZ69Yl0Wn_oUXE5HmIAvIJsqeQoIHUIAJ55gkznR7T0mEcEF0rs_cRcRnkz3O0qFIQoc7s3VQA3ffsQ_enoZ7rhl6thCADP4NlArop7NNxIHkFa3QU0CzgDdEOlj84zVGgfTMqF-qh8/s1600/blog4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9qZ69Yl0Wn_oUXE5HmIAvIJsqeQoIHUIAJ55gkznR7T0mEcEF0rs_cRcRnkz3O0qFIQoc7s3VQA3ffsQ_enoZ7rhl6thCADP4NlArop7NNxIHkFa3QU0CzgDdEOlj84zVGgfTMqF-qh8/s320/blog4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460104027016871106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7uLEJ7N-dpLABZ-mnuRdsv5MqlgM7REQSMfxXJqu8uVXXKus2KCPst1MzaUFilNDkAzfDn6ucd3_5TGwntaunUJwf8YiPYOqPym8fzPRLf3fvNO-9eRJsJv0GC_c6xhcxxq22nfa1Nw/s1600/blog3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7uLEJ7N-dpLABZ-mnuRdsv5MqlgM7REQSMfxXJqu8uVXXKus2KCPst1MzaUFilNDkAzfDn6ucd3_5TGwntaunUJwf8YiPYOqPym8fzPRLf3fvNO-9eRJsJv0GC_c6xhcxxq22nfa1Nw/s320/blog3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460104020568430178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JfcPPYwykzHPdEmwHuhcQ33eqERw29WC7Zl0q3YyeSuQydP9420r4L__u8katIXQHW5qGoK2wQG7Z3c-3R6_FdfDho_OmZsVr26tMrWOcDfAnWGelZ7DnSZdeSSYCavxhK0pAvLIAdI/s1600/blog2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JfcPPYwykzHPdEmwHuhcQ33eqERw29WC7Zl0q3YyeSuQydP9420r4L__u8katIXQHW5qGoK2wQG7Z3c-3R6_FdfDho_OmZsVr26tMrWOcDfAnWGelZ7DnSZdeSSYCavxhK0pAvLIAdI/s320/blog2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460104016420080210" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gGaOYRne801tM1HozqL0_0DOeYcQUZw9q_r8aNM5ct0fSDxnq6y0TZjz614QHHkW8QAbhirWCwTzdcXRDMIVBoW9n0RczN6A3bXqsIxDFCA4wBAU0a9womIK44mbKQgLXfUETzHJO6w/s1600/Blog1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gGaOYRne801tM1HozqL0_0DOeYcQUZw9q_r8aNM5ct0fSDxnq6y0TZjz614QHHkW8QAbhirWCwTzdcXRDMIVBoW9n0RczN6A3bXqsIxDFCA4wBAU0a9womIK44mbKQgLXfUETzHJO6w/s320/Blog1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460104015418235938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family: times new roman;">God Bless you Noa Noa.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family: times new roman;">Please give me a job at your headquarters?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-family: times new roman;">Thanks.</span><br /></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-33055875562969976172010-04-12T02:51:00.000-07:002010-04-12T03:08:51.982-07:00Beetroot and Goat's Cheese Delight<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Yes, I know. I have been away for a whole month. Quite frankly, I think it has something to do with the sunshine.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">I'm like a moth to a flame. As soon as Mr Sol winks at me, I am out the door and on a stroll. Plus, I made quite a visits to Pamplona to drink Martini's with the Ear. Excuses Excuses. But really, I never knew Martini's could be so good at 11am on a Sunday morning. I think he's onto something here... the sweet taste, the deep rust colour, the lemon and the little spanish olive with his sour taste. SO YUMMY.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Look!</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtlB3h-CmtZ8qc7WZTFwHDYuGCIqZ98FyLUF2quWRJFmv5NDAL8OIW7Kzt-jKTP72Ub7avLhbEKazCgouV46oBjm6kmqRrRnQg2yORt8tG83cOQFtP7DowtHP4EYXDIagcjSGrRPO_A4/s1600/DSCN8513.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtlB3h-CmtZ8qc7WZTFwHDYuGCIqZ98FyLUF2quWRJFmv5NDAL8OIW7Kzt-jKTP72Ub7avLhbEKazCgouV46oBjm6kmqRrRnQg2yORt8tG83cOQFtP7DowtHP4EYXDIagcjSGrRPO_A4/s320/DSCN8513.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459187523550267042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">I have also been to England to see the family and I am now trying to readjust to the Spanish life. But oh! How I HATE the supermarkets here. I nearly wept this morning as I pinched some asparagus and found it had little life left. Why? Why sell old produce?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Anyway, the good news is I am back and I have a secret to share.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Potentially the greatest and coolest recipe of ALL TIME.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">The greatest and coolest recipe of ALL TIME, you say?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Well yes, it's no dish from El Bulli but I like it alot.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">The colours are amazing, the taste is delicious and people just go crazy for it.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Look!</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8ZbJ-IoT0Nn1P6nbPEBsJhEKh8bvUd0SyUN6Z3g2GYH7NcR9kX0eiozWTZPdPUCVagoBygHAU9IPMZk4Qhc4Cvc1OMTs6BPUfsw_P99ua5F9pPPjyOPvgesS_em7r6itm43li6nZ_z8/s1600/5416_564935310791_284001866_3863416_5324518_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8ZbJ-IoT0Nn1P6nbPEBsJhEKh8bvUd0SyUN6Z3g2GYH7NcR9kX0eiozWTZPdPUCVagoBygHAU9IPMZk4Qhc4Cvc1OMTs6BPUfsw_P99ua5F9pPPjyOPvgesS_em7r6itm43li6nZ_z8/s320/5416_564935310791_284001866_3863416_5324518_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459189194133833570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Look at the vibrant pink! The crisp green! The naughty slice of sour dough and little speckles of parmesan.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">How did she make the pasta so pinky purple? I hear you ask.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Basically you must do the following:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Pop down to your local Tesco and grab a packet of beetroot. If it is organic, it is better. Or if you buy it fresh/pull it up from your garden and cook it yourself then it is INCREDIBLE. In fact, I would probably recommend the latter if you want serious results.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">While you are there, pick up an onion, a bag of spaghetti, a lemon, some rocket, a loaf of sour dough, some hard Goat's cheese and some parmesan.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">I'm assuming you have some veg stock in yourcupboard at home and some garlic. If not, buy some more.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">OK. Down to business.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Take about 300g of spaghetti and break it into smaller pieces.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Chop your onion.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Puree or mash your cooked beetroot (about 200g, but who's counting?)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Now, heat your saucepan with some nice olive oil and cook your onion on a medium to high heat until it goes clear.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">THEN whack in your spaghetti strands and BE CAREFUL... when dry spaghetti and onions get together in a pan it's like a passionate romance and they both do a little love dance.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">After about two minutes of dancing, pour in your puree beetroot and enough stock to cover the lovers.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Bring to the boil and then turn down to a simmer and cover with lid.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">I reckon you should occasionally peek under the lid and what you basically want to see is the spaghetti soaking up the liquid like a risotto and turning a wonderful purple colour.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">When all of the moisture is absorbed you can then grate in 75g of hard Goat's cheese and stir into your pasta until it turns a lovely creamy pink.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Toast a couple of slices of sour dough, mix olive oil with lemon juice and crushed garlic, place slice on top of pasta, toss a handful of rocket on top, drizzle generously with the oil and shave some parmesan to finish.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Et Voila!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">On the subject of food, I have officially fallen out of love with prawns this year.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Primarily because in Spain, potentially one of the laziest nations on the planet (not that I'm complaining), they don't bother to clean out the black poo thread. This may sound fussy to some but when I eat them, all I can think of is the rancid stench of a very dirty fishtank.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">ANYWAY, as my lifestyle here has generally grown increasingly horizontal, my laptop has pretty much become my best friend. So, despues a little google search it turns out that Prawns are farmed in a way which makes the life of a battery hen seem like 5 * accommodation.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">See here: </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1067963/Is-prawn-cocktail-toxic--Read-want-eat-again.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1067963/Is-prawn-cocktail-toxic--Read-want-eat-again.html</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Interesting, huh? Turns out a little black poo thread is the least of my worries.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Oh and as for anchovies? Turns out they're becoming extinct.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">See here:</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOdYE8o-DqhOsdZcd7scPnHIPSzXdxrVZq2BuHG5gk-hwcy_uOZKk-bIqEzT1LPpypJ204shkTmde7iaFXnWJNPvzcWjFWk00tJ8ew_SQiH6zVQCj7ARTjmZYcyellp-86S49p_0wsx4/s1600/fish460x276.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOdYE8o-DqhOsdZcd7scPnHIPSzXdxrVZq2BuHG5gk-hwcy_uOZKk-bIqEzT1LPpypJ204shkTmde7iaFXnWJNPvzcWjFWk00tJ8ew_SQiH6zVQCj7ARTjmZYcyellp-86S49p_0wsx4/s320/fish460x276.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459189947594875458" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/04/fishing.endangeredspecies</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: times new roman;">Bye!</span><br /></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-77554035879209017722010-02-28T08:05:00.000-08:002010-02-28T08:42:56.123-08:00Sunday Walk and Curious Cats<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5yNIFusgXcandNHtWwsLLzXJNJobKD9uc4O_a_LfkbV0anaZVpc2GpxWRfus3fs7Sm2uEXu2DQ3TjhccgqcQlkt5BtdynJqE9R45St0tSxEyoUV0gOa21oTMte-dnTpvZdf35yyuEtM/s1600-h/jjj.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5yNIFusgXcandNHtWwsLLzXJNJobKD9uc4O_a_LfkbV0anaZVpc2GpxWRfus3fs7Sm2uEXu2DQ3TjhccgqcQlkt5BtdynJqE9R45St0tSxEyoUV0gOa21oTMte-dnTpvZdf35yyuEtM/s320/jjj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443331070931043922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioR9b-L38M5OWicWQtv9ZUFWVO7z5wDCZTzf-dDG80SNe_zJFvn26uWrGzW8Zj4OgsM6DRFB_TsFS8mvWQkVWPeZQbhyqtpqD2f4nyU6JP9uqLfqWjN2j31XbBlS3QnwYhpQdt17s7BeI/s1600-h/DSCN8395kkj.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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You can tell that they're mostly feral so I don't get too close to them but they are very interesting to sit and watch in their little group. Some of them will sit and watch you too but mostly they pretend that I'm not there.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" >As for the storks... well, they are a very peculiar sight! In Zamora they are generally considered to be pests. There are dozens of them atop the oldest buildings, with HUGE nests and they make the strangest sounds... almost like a loud, ticking clock. No one really knows why they are here, but it is suspected that they migrate here because they like it.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" >As you can see, I have remodelled my page. I think before it was a little 'busy' looking. I hope you like the changes.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" >I am now also known as 'The Cosy Cat', to sister 'The Curious Cat'... keeping it in the family!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-size:100%;" >xxx</span><br /></span></span></span></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-1268827721317414162010-02-27T06:50:00.000-08:002010-02-27T07:32:55.022-08:00Grandma<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUixUmUPFmUC8EMJuaZUiAfixWuQoflkUzOH09nMzqfUMPo0xRf9h758pdGExYfHalPpywpgsUPUaTlidkEfRJ73-gAxhzgcX-KhkhaHu3HtfuaT6QG7mT2hgVLAJeEcF-M1jU6Jo6qF8/s1600-h/DSCN8383mm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmnAO8Dx9PzJVWq7CkXLAehNQ50C84OzZZdnMCbpJzQ2Rhg_sSnpGPnZb2BBroPMXoMl_D2gKrej1SEQ8BasOc5tbbCxg8UwZwO2W2yz-lK0tKg7EEJLNFHiLky0IQkPPjgGXxmDBB_A/s320/DSCN8384mm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442945513235814546" border="0" /></a>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-77465083340304714362010-02-23T13:29:00.000-08:002010-02-23T13:46:43.829-08:00Empanada<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduIa78ARwwJUWcd36YBo2DlQMqLfs7vgqMPvQp7DTB-hM_5CUs5l8i-vpD8HKnsp6RZxRCqzXNJFPjqAJpoUg1lZWqCog8jFBn1RdgFv-6X3tfs4wRDIq46ZkHIXSz6IZ8uJji2wh0PM/s1600-h/DSCN8248.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduIa78ARwwJUWcd36YBo2DlQMqLfs7vgqMPvQp7DTB-hM_5CUs5l8i-vpD8HKnsp6RZxRCqzXNJFPjqAJpoUg1lZWqCog8jFBn1RdgFv-6X3tfs4wRDIq46ZkHIXSz6IZ8uJji2wh0PM/s320/DSCN8248.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441558512980274274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />It might not look like much but this is my very first home made 'Empanada' - my new Spanish love.<br /><br />Inside the pastry there's all sorts of delicious flavours... tomatoes, tuna, green olives stuffed with pimento, onions, hard boiled egg and parsley.<br /><br />It's moist, it flavoursome, it's simply delightful for lunch served with some fresh spinach and a drizzle of balsamic syrup.<br /><br />I hear that out in the villages they make it with chorizo... I intend to send my companera out to get me some.<br /><br />Yes sir.<br /><br /><br /><br />Oh and while we're discussing food... is it ok to dip your Twix in peanut butter when the shop has run out of Snickers?<br /></span></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-24530699631810536522010-02-21T09:06:00.000-08:002010-02-21T09:40:31.726-08:00Sunday Walk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnskLn0Lo71SbhnGjVklYoN6wAV8z8YGOXnwONegyyuP0pzkUfwv5Sh5zW6U2KDB_l22meV9Xa0rtqxYQU4jk3_sqdzEAvuDxPh17yaVFobfzSKlgWPfGyOeUblKp1vm0aP0gLPjRLCyo/s1600-h/DSCN8224mm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnskLn0Lo71SbhnGjVklYoN6wAV8z8YGOXnwONegyyuP0pzkUfwv5Sh5zW6U2KDB_l22meV9Xa0rtqxYQU4jk3_sqdzEAvuDxPh17yaVFobfzSKlgWPfGyOeUblKp1vm0aP0gLPjRLCyo/s320/DSCN8224mm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440752521461053458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgd84zVrTrinMiXWqhyphenhyphen378mnLn4KsAELIGIdVrkzWD3lxN0_Z1MhIoVqht1rse8RWRFyviAuAy5c2bKshngtom2RpYwhm9JIRoKxBvJnrh0WG9O6x0UE3XrlGfc1uqtDxEygcenV4l7g/s1600-h/DSCN8234mm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PvfiYGsL3Ys8ammy7UZH0gibgpFaHvdN7ToweyNhmFGsEiPnPx25mcjxXu3MZhJTn4b9as2p3onPM1LetBPLCBQtwNNRfPqc84SMEZgckBfujzFub8WlSHTWfZwCsIWocPt3TdBLUfU/s320/DSCN8210kk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440748805091305474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjCV2oHlot6M2zFYZmQNYiwTtdUknvDA6m8n1rFiNquVN9WxNfWEnByRY7tr05czTD0stM-j6D71jucFundjgZzP_Iuxmu0CZgB6_FitZy7ftn8hhNBGptE02iYoGtQWQcxlOoKUkmTI/s1600-h/DSCN8241bb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjCV2oHlot6M2zFYZmQNYiwTtdUknvDA6m8n1rFiNquVN9WxNfWEnByRY7tr05czTD0stM-j6D71jucFundjgZzP_Iuxmu0CZgB6_FitZy7ftn8hhNBGptE02iYoGtQWQcxlOoKUkmTI/s320/DSCN8241bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440745423886722722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-778278664573160262010-02-20T10:31:00.000-08:002010-02-20T10:41:58.211-08:00Night Owl<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQCq0GfLhq2xBCgYPI9WGMqosQcd53FV2rFh1XjPW-Ua6evtgz-mFh3vMPFe9dsHNdziPX4lRYjbG5rX-k8h7Un7Zz3QFwbXiwlwM7kzQJnIGAKuteHDRD4hKtJE516VJJCzWPnfaQ9U/s1600-h/DSCN8022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQCq0GfLhq2xBCgYPI9WGMqosQcd53FV2rFh1XjPW-Ua6evtgz-mFh3vMPFe9dsHNdziPX4lRYjbG5rX-k8h7Un7Zz3QFwbXiwlwM7kzQJnIGAKuteHDRD4hKtJE516VJJCzWPnfaQ9U/s320/DSCN8022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440396503684939490" border="0" /></a>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-51201584960603648502010-02-13T10:43:00.000-08:002010-02-13T10:57:39.550-08:00<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman;">What is so wrong with sitting in a cafe on one's own, with a glass of wine and a man with half a face sat next to you?<br /><br />In Pamplona, where the city streets are bare on the afternoon of a winter's Saturday, I am waiting for the Ear and I am curious why in Spain people gaze at me with a mixture of wonder and amused disgust. What, with my hair and alabaster skin (through which you can see my blue blood), I am immediately identifiable as a 'giddy'. Only worse. A giddy with a book and with a pen.<br /><br />Possibly this is a crime here.<br /><br />I am a guilty giddy who doesn't mind my own company. In fact, I am probably growing too used to it.<br /><br />Me, myself and I. (Plus laptop, book or brightly coloured fineliner)<br /><br />When my job finishes in May this will officially have been 9 months of utter idleness as a result of following love, to no avail.<br /><br />A woman must learn to live on her own at least once, even if she doesn't like it.<br /><br />LESSON LEARNED.<br /></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-26486852668312289842010-02-08T13:18:00.000-08:002010-02-08T13:19:19.234-08:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Turns out this memory stuff is actually quite difficult to manage.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">So 'once a day' might be more like 'when inspiration arrives'.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">When it comes to typing off the top of my head I can tap away like a maniac.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">But when it comes to actually writing something for a purpose I freeze up and I can't tell if it is </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">appalling laziness or, as my friend kindly pointed out, crippling insecurity.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">For example, I attempted to write about the time that my friend CC and I decided to sell lemonade on the</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">roadside. It was full of gaps, lacking detail and generally not very good.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I've lost my creative touch!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Any advice?</span><br /><br /></span>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-45059158588508359212010-02-06T06:37:00.000-08:002010-02-06T06:42:16.048-08:00Dusty Cabinet<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Today in Spain is good. The sun is shining, my washing is on, I cleaned the toilet, I have a box of toffee</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">and while my soup is lacking a particular depth, today in Spain is good.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Today in England is not good. I'm not sure if the sun is shining, or if anyone is eating a bowl of vegetable soup</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">but I do know that my family are at the memorial service of a very young, kind and lovely girl. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">It completely knocks the wind out of me everytime I think about it.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Cancer + 24 year old + Six Months = Gone.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">That kind of Maths is just wrong.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Here we all are, bumbling along day to day in a general state of unawareness that potentially, everything could </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">end pretty bloody quickly. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">And so it got me thinking, what would happen to all of my special things? What would happen to all of my online </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">accounts, all frozen in time?<br />Suspended infinitely.<br /><br />Above all though, what would happen to everything inside of my</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> head? All of those little memories, perceptions, thoughts?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">People close to me have died before, and I have always maintained in my heart that they live on through the people</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> that loved them. For instance, everytime I have a cold I invariably find myself in the kitchen with a jar of honey,</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> ramming spoonfuls down my throat- a cure, my Grandmother would say. When people say 'haych' instead of 'ach' (h) I </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">can feel my hair standing on end and it irritates me something chronic, but these are just influences from my</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> late Grandmother who lived with us from my birth until her death.<br /><br />These are not things that are mine.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I ALWAYS find her speaking through me. She still has a voice, and she will always have a place in all of us.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">So last night, when I was sat in a bar waiting for a friend, I took out my notebook and a friendly orange pen</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">and scribbled as many memories as I could think of. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">It was AMAZING what just popped back. The silliest, smallest things. Some, I worry, are actually dreams and not </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">memories but this doesn't matter. It was like an evolving map of my world and everything that's in the dusty</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> cabinet of my head.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I decided recently that I wanted to start writing again. I was pretty good when I was a teenager, and these days</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I feel like everything I write is totally generic and lacking in any kind of originality. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">So, it is my plan to try and write a memory a day on my blog in an effort to improve the quality of my writing</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">and to make a little place of self preservation.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">So I can still be heard after I am gone.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">:) xxx</span><br /><br /><br /></span>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-13051192271045791652010-02-03T04:39:00.000-08:002010-02-03T04:56:12.191-08:00Vintage Dresses and Noa Noa<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">EBAY!<br /></span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />http://shop.ebay.co.uk/schmindie/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />(Copy and paste me please)<br /><br />More and more popping up over the next day,</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">We weren't as creative as usual but there's still a cute bargain to be had!</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">xxx</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">Por Ejemplo...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFSUnttL45g3ZJsTfxzwAb6Xt1wgF_jPhE03ebaAyP2D88PPrYEyQLWtkD-Hw7wNoQUsrByzM6dOz59HIyiY1Kq9eWXuU1-qtt-IWz_mv-acW9279X2Qku39MpiX_C7xHOi0_Isp7C50/s1600-h/flowerjoy.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFSUnttL45g3ZJsTfxzwAb6Xt1wgF_jPhE03ebaAyP2D88PPrYEyQLWtkD-Hw7wNoQUsrByzM6dOz59HIyiY1Kq9eWXuU1-qtt-IWz_mv-acW9279X2Qku39MpiX_C7xHOi0_Isp7C50/s320/flowerjoy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433996932679365986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >Keep your eyes peeled for the dress we labelled as 'puke' in our archives...<br /><br />It's a wonder it was ever manufactured.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">But hey! We once sold this bad boy for over twenty big ones...</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInCXmUzTQ9THFwkDP_rYj4ROrWIW-FAMc4X1IIXuXD4A3Y4Ctjloum8yZ4u19xlArGSr-3fy653HMK6G6VCKu-Q-l122kMTYPSWMqVheY8Q48rtne0MXKlYaJoJGEuxkvUYI-yWU1ZDE/s1600-h/1339869485_l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInCXmUzTQ9THFwkDP_rYj4ROrWIW-FAMc4X1IIXuXD4A3Y4Ctjloum8yZ4u19xlArGSr-3fy653HMK6G6VCKu-Q-l122kMTYPSWMqVheY8Q48rtne0MXKlYaJoJGEuxkvUYI-yWU1ZDE/s320/1339869485_l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434000164489714322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-82800831255461556352010-02-01T13:52:00.000-08:002010-02-01T14:12:02.982-08:00The Penny Drops<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">It was a full moon this weekend.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The full moon and I don't agree.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Oh no.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">We most certainly don't.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">It starts with a bright, brilliant feeling. Everything is clear, I feel vibrant and alive.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">As the day progresses, the light starts to disappear, irrational thoughts spring to mind and start to multiply.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Soon I am seething, brimming and boiling with intense emotion and it grows and grows until I burst into a huge sea of tears and verbally crap all over the Ear via the telephone.<br /><br />This completely strange process and polar ends of the emotional spectrum are totally unexplainable.<br /><br />'What is WRONG with you?' I ask myself.<br /><br /> 'Snap out of it woman.'<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Quietly, after having completely expelled every word in my head, I then turn my snot filled face towards the window and there she is.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Big ol' moon.<br /><br />Playing her moody mood games.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">However, this time, Mrs Moon did me a little favour.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">She made me realise and totally admit that I am not happy here and above all, I am not myself.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Generally, as a Cancerian, I love to be around people but I also love to faff off on my own and be totally isolated, but this is a CHOICE. In Zamora, I have no choice but to be alone.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I don't know what I want to do with my life, and what I am actually good at that could potentially fulfill me and earn me a cosy living, but I do know that I love to love, and I love to give and receive.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I moved here for love, and I find myself totally alone.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">So, that's it. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">It's ok to admit defeat. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I'm not running for the hills like a maniac, but I am actively seeking to find open doors and walk straight through them with confidence.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Fuck Zamora, I just want to be loved.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">England or Pamplona better make room for me, whom ever calls first.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">xxx</span><br /><br /><br /></span>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-56853552949437101942010-01-29T14:10:00.001-08:002010-01-29T14:23:18.029-08:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><br />I'm not going to lie to you.<br /><br />I have been ILL this week, with everything from moon doom, to snotface to migraine joy.<br /><br />I think everyone at work thinks that I am some kind of hypochondriac </span><span style="visibility: visible; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" id="main" ><span style="visibility: visible;" id="topstuff"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >maniac.<br /><br />So I haven't been up to much apart from sleeping and crying like a total loser.<br /><br />When I did manage to surface I took a bunch of random photos.<br /><br />These were from a coffee date:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJCiWC_swPTWSWV1MNcc9J7Igs6ONAvN_FXEH_j1pyM0n7TwkmLZaB8-KZvQegihRqi84QZ7DlfG8D6W4-IhITN0KRLGzjSJtCmWw3RDRcMk_5_PILOyjkhHiDxXOR71fpGc_yjGOs98/s1600-h/DSCN7971.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJCiWC_swPTWSWV1MNcc9J7Igs6ONAvN_FXEH_j1pyM0n7TwkmLZaB8-KZvQegihRqi84QZ7DlfG8D6W4-IhITN0KRLGzjSJtCmWw3RDRcMk_5_PILOyjkhHiDxXOR71fpGc_yjGOs98/s320/DSCN7971.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432288901398415890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjd_LFaxAYMWCYaAybfNt6r-1PsF4pX3ZGbT2XpopRlcJZQP9FXTn0BooZ7SchvK65Qf3nKD9Rqev_qHl7KWDWoatd7mIe31hf7P_e5zlYKzODyX_joom6KXgzxRs3mxX08l6zUn6dFY8/s1600-h/DSCN7977.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjd_LFaxAYMWCYaAybfNt6r-1PsF4pX3ZGbT2XpopRlcJZQP9FXTn0BooZ7SchvK65Qf3nKD9Rqev_qHl7KWDWoatd7mIe31hf7P_e5zlYKzODyX_joom6KXgzxRs3mxX08l6zUn6dFY8/s320/DSCN7977.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432289218147397074" border="0" /></a>Then I got bored looking out of my window at freedom:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJkWttU2AEmjzcO4EzOHyqtV7mRStIfpHpyj9Tp_jgPL8Bx5Ulyj_AKbBflZFx4YmMt_UKZi87oi2G5WZ3huGkBoe-1Q-ViZDPw_rBETFPfbP0BmsofJTmCjj70JR-Kshyphenhyphen51IP4z2tfE/s1600-h/DSCN7996.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJkWttU2AEmjzcO4EzOHyqtV7mRStIfpHpyj9Tp_jgPL8Bx5Ulyj_AKbBflZFx4YmMt_UKZi87oi2G5WZ3huGkBoe-1Q-ViZDPw_rBETFPfbP0BmsofJTmCjj70JR-Kshyphenhyphen51IP4z2tfE/s320/DSCN7996.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432289670294256178" border="0" /></a><br />And this was taken to accompany some seriously bad creative writing that I started in a feverish moment but never finished.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAxHlQvoY3DNiMxRFIZUDDEANeijV5zKd3B5QOYTTzhigLefdBezP-JZfl5Nde1ap3KUJqAGOIO0mUKD97GLhdyZcjKiijJE5OdemZir_24elm-oIHDxlfzEqq11845tTxMgUTKgqjY0/s1600-h/DSCN8048.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAxHlQvoY3DNiMxRFIZUDDEANeijV5zKd3B5QOYTTzhigLefdBezP-JZfl5Nde1ap3KUJqAGOIO0mUKD97GLhdyZcjKiijJE5OdemZir_24elm-oIHDxlfzEqq11845tTxMgUTKgqjY0/s320/DSCN8048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432290288282228354" border="0" /></a><br />So yes, this is how boring life gets when you're ill.<br /><br />Yes sir.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-34213152757127492232010-01-23T17:39:00.000-08:002010-01-23T17:44:31.030-08:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >I can't sleep.<br /><br />So I started doing a little dead of the night web browsing.<br /><br />And...<br /><br />I found this picture by my friend Rich on his website (www.richmurray.co.uk)<br /><br />I think it is very cute.<br /><br />I'm sure you will agree.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IJZOyca_pNyc_n6LPaXqDKoQas9JPRSxfGBzMzPzTaoVN2AFazeOHS14hRbHpHWbcUIxq8n4QaHLg_ySb8mL1qq2SGAOc3W6IOV3vr9hVYun3DntciQJDt24A-Z-cF49yQnFDFL9B_4/s1600-h/tumblr_ktzmb8YVf81qzo875.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2IJZOyca_pNyc_n6LPaXqDKoQas9JPRSxfGBzMzPzTaoVN2AFazeOHS14hRbHpHWbcUIxq8n4QaHLg_ySb8mL1qq2SGAOc3W6IOV3vr9hVYun3DntciQJDt24A-Z-cF49yQnFDFL9B_4/s320/tumblr_ktzmb8YVf81qzo875.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430115880524755186" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >PS. How fricking cute is this kitten too?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Bj003o1Mgun0rTNg1DqGDXwJicEWC_hBb0My-cYNW1jNf9bO0y2GCW9bOoY32ktoEyv0WdeL57WMhrfjCqcyN7cdQrgEWjAAueUXWQPDE2WcGL0KIJfx6_GR5NRDriUt_fdx8Z9hIsc/s1600-h/5_14_09_EliRoseGui04389.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Bj003o1Mgun0rTNg1DqGDXwJicEWC_hBb0My-cYNW1jNf9bO0y2GCW9bOoY32ktoEyv0WdeL57WMhrfjCqcyN7cdQrgEWjAAueUXWQPDE2WcGL0KIJfx6_GR5NRDriUt_fdx8Z9hIsc/s320/5_14_09_EliRoseGui04389.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430116170841839938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-4934365456571192542010-01-18T13:28:00.000-08:002010-01-18T13:30:34.750-08:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">I cannot believe I forgot to put cupcakes on the top ten.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">CUPCAAAAAAKES.</span></span>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923997736640139359.post-49623309387006931922010-01-14T13:43:00.000-08:002010-01-14T13:51:29.404-08:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ten things that make me happy</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1</span>. Music! Joni Mitchell/The Kings of Convenience/Fionn Regan/Florence/Madge/The Fairport Convention etc will always sort me out.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span>. Danish companies like Noa Noa, Miss Etoile and Lisbeth Dahl because they totally press my colour/fabric/ephemera buttons.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span>. The Ear and his daily 9:30am morning text. It always wakes me up and makes me smile. His grumpy face also totally delights me.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4</span>. My Family. My lovely Daddy who takes me for coffee and regails the contents of his New Scientist magazine to me in great detail.<br /><br />Woman, who pesters me on a regular basis about the goldfish/snails 'The snail hasn't moved all day, what do you think I should do? Sally? SAAALLLLYYY?'...<br /><br />Pie, who smells funny and annoys the hell out of me but is silly and cosy and makes me smile.<br /><br />Boy, who doesn't have much to do with us but whose humour is sharp and he has deligtful moments where he is actually<br />quite affectionate and the most fun!<br /><br />Marley, who won't talk to you when he passes you by but if you catch him half asleep he will roll onto his back and allow you to give him a full body massage before he throws you a disgusted look and faffs off...<br /><br />and Bubba who is just the kindest, sofest, most wise cat that e'er lived.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5</span>. Food! Especially smoked salmon, afternoon tea and cake, humous and kettle chips and guacamole!!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6</span>. Maria and Alex in my First Certificate Class (mainly because I had to add something Spanish here, and because Maria made me a FIT brooch and they are the only two students that I believe actually really like me... we often exchange silly presents or emails.) I am also totally in love with my daily PET class who are<br />pretty shit at English but have so much enthusiasum and kindess. A few of my nine year olds are also so so cute and think that I speak Spanish even though I assure them repeatedly that I don't.<br /><br />They still rant off on one for ten minutes and I have to nod and say 'Wow! Really?'.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7</span>. Friends (Bobbie and Vicki, my true loves)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8</span>. Buying delightful objects from ebay, etsy, car boot fairs...<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9</span>. Candy Corn- I could eat that shit all day, seriously.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10</span>. Nostalgia- aaaah, good old memories. Pictures, letters, little ornaments, smells, tastes...<br />I love the past... Good or bad, it either fills me with immense warmth or with bittersweet laughter at the memory of behaving like a royal twatface.<br /></span>thecafecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263788565678772983noreply@blogger.com2