tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63926275595953593612024-02-19T10:15:21.978-05:00HelenismosWhile sharing
some of the things
I love and make,
also
some stories, laughs,
tears
and memories
from over here
and over there.Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-15631832316056588902012-06-15T06:59:00.000-04:002012-06-15T06:59:17.941-04:00Playing with Trapilho (T-Shirt Yarn) - Floral Arrangements<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here in Portugal one can find t<em>rapilho</em> skeins </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">very easily, and lots and lots of it! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Aqui em Portugal consegue-se encontrar trapilho muito facilmente, e montes dele!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(in the US I used to call it T-Shirt Yarn, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which I would make from my old T-shirts</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">).</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(nos Estados Unidos eu chamava-lhe malha de T-Shirt, </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e fazia os novelos das minhas T-shirts velhas).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">You can find <a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.pt/2011/03/t-shirt-yarn-oval-rug.html">here</a> and <a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.pt/2010/02/not-quite-spring-time-yet-but-some-t.html">here</a> my posts about T-Shirt Yarn.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Podem ler </span><a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.pt/2011/03/t-shirt-yarn-oval-rug.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">aqui</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> e </span><a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.pt/2010/02/not-quite-spring-time-yet-but-some-t.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">aqui</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> os meus post sobre a malha de T-Shirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Trapilho</em> comes in all sorts of colors and patterns.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O trapilho vem em todas as cores e padrões.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, guess what I've been doing for the last couple of weeks...? </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Então, conseguem adivinhar o que eu tenho estado a fazer nas últimas semanas...?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You're right!,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been enjoying myself creating all sorts of things with t<em>rapilho</em>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Têm razão!, tenho-me entretido a <em>criar todo o tipo de coisas com trapilho.</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But in today's post I will only talk about the floral arrangements.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mas no post de hoje vou apenas falar dos arranjos florais.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll tell you about the other stuff I've been making on another post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Contar-vos-ei acerca das outras coisas que tenho feito num outro post.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the containers of the floral arrangements, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've used old plastic flower pots </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nd also the plastic tall containers small trees come in from the nurseries. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Para os recipientes dos arranjos florais usei vasos de plástico velhos, bem como aqueles recipentes altos de plástico dos centros de jardinagem em que as árvores pequenas vêm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But any kind of container can be used, of course. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As for me, I'm happy because not only I can recycle and up cycle </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but also save money! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mas claro que se pode usar qualquer tipo de recipiente. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">No meu caso, fico contente porque não só faço reciclagem e up ciclagem </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">como também poupo dinheiro!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The crochet stitch I've used is a very simple single crochet </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but also mixing different types of yarn to create different effects. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O ponto de crochet que usei é o simples ponto baixo, e tenho não só brincado com as cores e as filas como também tenho misturado outros tipos de lã para criar efeitos diferentes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the floral arrangements I've been using plastic flowers, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dried palm trees seedlings...</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Para os arranjos florais usei flores de plástico, </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">sementes de palmeira secos...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... and something else I really really enjoy making... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">flowers and leaves out of empty plastic soda bottles! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">... e uma outra coisa que tenho adorado fazer... flores e folhas </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">feitas a partir de garrafas de plástico de refrigerante vazias!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The results are amazing and I'm totally in love with the outcome!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Os resultados são espantosos e estou completamente apaixonada com o resultado!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">They do look cute, don't they?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'll see you all soon!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-54438242713231820002012-06-03T08:39:00.000-04:002012-06-03T08:39:43.911-04:00Back to sewing!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In two days it will be two months that I've been in Portugal. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Em dois dias faz dois meses que cheguei a Portugal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been a sweet and busy journey </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I've been loving being surrounded by my family. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Têm sido dias bons e ocupados </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e tenho adorado estar rodeada pela minha família.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best of all, I get to hug my grandson every single day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O melhor de tudo é poder abraçar o meu neto todos os dias.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week my little grandnephew turned seven.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Na semana passada o meu sobrinho neto fez sete anos.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He's a bright little kid and my grandson's best pal. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">É um rapazinho muito esperto e o melhor amigo do meu neto.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And because I was craving so much to sew</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I was finally able to get my mom's old machine to work), </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">E porque eu tinha tanta vontade de costurar</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(finalmente consegui pôr a máquina de costura da minha mãe a trabalhar),</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've decided to make him a buddy to hug when he goes to bed.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">decidi fazer-lhe um amigo para ele abraçar quando se vai deitar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With pieces of material I could find from my mom's old stash </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and a bit more I bought at the store </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(fabric is really expensive here!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've made this silly big fella.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Com bocados de tecido que consegui encontrar nos retalhos da minha mãe </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> e mais outros que comprei na loja </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(o tecido aqui é muito mais caro!),</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">fiz este grande boneco taralhoco.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It came out kinda cute, don't you think?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ficou engraçado, não acham?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also made him one <em><a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.pt/search/label/Oh%20La%20La%20Lolita%20Dolls">Oh La La Lolita Doll</a></em> (boy version) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I don't think he liked it... </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Também lhe fiz um boneco <em><a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.pt/search/label/Oh%20La%20La%20Lolita%20Dolls">Oh La La Lolita Doll</a></em> (versão para rapaz) mas acho que ele não gostou...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh well, the <em><a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.pt/2010/06/mysterious-silhouettes-sequel.html">Lolita Dolls</a></em> have been a real success with the girls, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I've sold quite a few... and since my grandson loved it, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it's already on my to-do list for his birthday!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Não faz mal, as <em><a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.pt/2010/06/mysterious-silhouettes-sequel.html">Lolita Dolls</a></em> têm tido um grande sucesso com as raparigas e tenho vendido bastantes... e já que o meu neto o adorou, </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">já está na minha lista de coisas para fazer para os anos dele!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now that I've my mom's sewing machine working, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I already have lots of projects on my mind! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">E agora que tenho a máquina de costura da minha mãe a funcionar, </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">já tenho montes de projectos na cabeça!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But still can't wait for my sewing machines to arrive from the US! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ainda assim mal posso esperar que as minhas máquinas de costura cheguem dos Estados Unidos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hopefully it won't take much longer!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Esperemos que não de demorem muito mais tempo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see you all later!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-17182464977563198142012-05-15T03:49:00.001-04:002012-05-15T03:49:30.729-04:00Olivais Sul, travelling back in time<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last Friday my sister came by </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and invited me to go with her and her husband </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for a weekend in Lisbon.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Na passada sexta-feira a minha irmã convidou-me </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">para ir com ela e o marido </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">passar um fim-de-semana a Lisboa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a great time and together </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(re)visited some of our childhood memories and places. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Passámos uns bons momentos </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e juntos (re)visitámos algumas memórias e lugares da nossa infância.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We grew up at a wonderful Lisbon´s neighborhood, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Olivais Sul.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Crescemos num belo bairro de Lisboa, os Olivais Sul.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is four years younger than me </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and has lived for five or six more years with my parents after I left home, therefore she remembers much more than I do </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(and no, it has nothing to do with my age...).</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ela é quatro anos mais nova do que eu </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e viveu por mais cinco ou seis anos com os meus pais depois de eu ter saído de casa, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e por isso lembra-se de mais coisas que eu </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(e não, não tem nada a ver com a minha idade...).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've specially enjoyed the fact </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that many of the old places and buildings are still there </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but also it was wonderful to see how everything is different, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tough still looking the same. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Gostei especialmente do facto de muitos dos lugares e prédios de antes ainda lá estarem, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">mas ao mesmo tempo foi incrível ver como tudo está tão diferente e no entanto tão igual.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We went to the Olivais shopping center, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to the Largo do Ferrador </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(so called because of the stores Ferrador, which I also visited), </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">visited all the <em>cafés</em> we used to go to (Sorraia, Tó, (O)A Tosta...) and went by the beautiful Vale do Silêncio (Valley of Silence). </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(assim chamado por causa das lojas Ferrador, que também visitei), </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">fomos a todos os cafés a que costumávamos ir (Sorraia, Tó, (O) A Tosta...) </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e passámos junto ao bonito Vale do Silêncio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Saturday we took the subway </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and visited Lisbon´s Book Fair </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(when I was in college I used to work at a publishing house </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I've also worked at the book fair).</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">No sábado apanhámos o Metro e fomos à Feira do Livro de Lisboa</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(quando eu andava na Faculdade trabalhei numa editora e também trabalhei na Feira do Livro).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still on Friday night we also had a late very traditional Portuguese meal </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at a famous little restaurant down town, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">very cute and well known by tourists </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(more foreigners than Portuguese people in there...). </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ainda na sexta feira à noite jantámos num restaurantezinho famoso na baixa, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">muito conhecido pelos turistas </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(havia mais estrangeiros que portugueses...), </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e comemos um típica refeição lisboeta </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(pataniscas de bacalhau com arroz de tomate).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also went to <em>Braço de Prata</em>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">late Friday night,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to an old ammunition's military plant now converted </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as a space for multi cultural activities... got to watch and listen </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to a </span><a href="http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/lingua-e-ensino/catedras/9-noticias/ic-no-mundo/905-banda-mu-em-zagreb"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Portuguese group named Mu</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which I really enjoyed, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">very nice band and very nice music.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Também fomos a Braço de Prata mais à noite, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">ao espaço multi-cultural que funciona na velha fábrica de munições... </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">...e assistimos a um espectáculo dos MU, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">de que gostei imenso, é uma banda muito gira com muito boa música.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It was indeed a very nice weekend.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks, <em>sis</em>!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Foi um óptimo fim-de-semana.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Obrigada, <em>mana</em>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I´ll see you all soon.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-9883310047745933122012-05-09T02:10:00.000-04:002012-05-09T02:10:08.150-04:00Medieval Fair - part II<div style="text-align: center;">
It was a gorgeous day, weather related, </div>
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for the last day of the Medieval Fair "The Princess Dowry".</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Estava um dia muito bonito, </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">no último dia da Feira Medieval "O Dote da Princesa".</span></div>
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We did go back last Sunday </div>
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and I was able to take a lot more pics. </div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Voltámos lá no passado domingo,</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e tive opurtunidade de tirar bastantes mais fotografias.</span></div>
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There was a lot of stuff going on... </div>
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the hanging, the witch trial, the parade, the arrival of the Princess... </div>
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and so much more that I'm sure we've missed. </div>
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I hope the pics below will be able to show you a little bit </div>
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of what was my first Medieval fair experience in Portugal. </div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Havia montes de coisas a acontecer...</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">o enforcamento, o julgamento da bruxa, o cortejo, a chegada da Princesa...</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e muito mais que com certeza não vi.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Espero que as fotos abaixo vos consigam mostrar um pouco </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">daquilo que foi a minha primeira Feira Medieval em Portugal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nobleman going up to the castle</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you've enjoyed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Espero que tenham gostado.</span></div>
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I'll see you all soon.</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-76037347866112949802012-05-06T03:15:00.002-04:002012-05-06T03:15:38.895-04:00Medieval Fair<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Between getting settle, be with family and walking down memory lane, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">days have been going fast.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Entre assentar arraiais, estar com a família e reviver memórias antigas,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">os dias têm passado depressa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">But still got a little time to visit the Medieval Fair happening now, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">at the castle of a very close by little village, Torres Novas.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mas ainda tive tempo para visitar a Feira Medieval que está a decorrer nesta altura num castelo de uma cidadezinha aqui perto, Torres Novas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It is a very interesting tough kinda new tradition, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">that I didn't knew from before.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">É uma tradição muito interessante, se bem que nova, e que eu não conhecia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It's a funny, entertaining way to show aspects of Portuguese History </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">and the ancient ways of how everyday life tasks were performed, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">both as by nobility and royalty as by peasants, crafters, merchants, entertainers and the less fortunate.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">É uma forma lúdica e engraçada de mostrar aspectos da História Portuguesa e os modos como antigamente se processavam as tarefas da vida de todos os dias, tanto pela nobreza e realeza, como pelos camponeses, artesãos, mercadores, actores e os menos afortunados.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It is also a considerable touristic attraction, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">bringing a well needed boost to local economy.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">É uma grande atracção turística e proporciona um aumento da economia local.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This year's theme is <em>"The Princess Dowry",</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">based on real local events at the time of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_III_of_Portugal">Portuguese King D. João III</a>, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">(around the fifteen hundreds).</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O tema deste ano é <em>"O Dote da Princesa",</em> </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">baseado em acontecimentos reais e locais na altura do Rei D. João III </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(por volta de mil qinhentos e tal).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I've loved it, and loved the concept of <em>"showing"</em> history this way.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Adorei, e adorei também o conceito de se <em>"mostrar história"</em> desta maneira.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Maybe I'll go back today, for the closing shows of the fair.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Talvez lá volte hoje, para os festejos de encerramento da feira.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">For the first time in many years, I had a night out with my family, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">and that, that, was very special!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pela primeira vez em muitos anos, saí à noite com a minha família, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">o que foi muito, muito, especial!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'll see you all soon!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-89293160094895164032012-04-24T01:42:00.000-04:002012-04-24T01:42:05.807-04:00Lisbon menina e moça<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last
weekend I finally went to Lisbon. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Finalmente fui a Lisboa no fim-de-semana
passado.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My
daughter-in-law had an invitation </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to visit the <em>"Festival do Peixe"</em> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at Pal</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ácio da
Galé </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(and now I know the Palácio da Galé is the old post office station from
where so many years ago I’ve mailed so many letters to my husband in the
US...).</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A minha nora
tinha um convite para visitar o <em>“Festival do Peixe“</em> no Palácio da Galé </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(e agora fiquei
a saber que o Palácio da Galé está situado onde antigamente estava a estação dos
correios donde hà anos atrás eu enviava as cartas para o meu marido nos Estados
Unidos...).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.acquiredlife.com/">Rochelle</a> (my
daughter-in-law) will show the event's pics and talk about it on <a href="http://www.acquiredlife.com/">her blog, Acquired Life</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A <a href="http://www.acquiredlife.com/">Rochelle</a> (a minha nora) vai publicar as fotos e
falar um pouco acerca do que lá aconteceu no <a href="http://www.acquiredlife.com/">blog dela, Acquired Life.</a></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For me it was a
perfect excuse </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to tag along and wonder myself with the place of thousand
memories. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Para mim foi a perfeita desculpa para ir com ela e
aproveitar para me maravilhar </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">com um local que me traz de volta milhares de
memórias.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lisbon is a
beautiful city, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I seem to be unable to get rid of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the words of Carlos do
Carmo out of my head</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(a very famous Portuguese fadista, singer of <em>fado</em>, traditional Portuguese
music) <em>Lisboa menina e moça</em>... no translation, sorry, it just doesn't seem quite
right when translated. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lisboa é uma cidade muito bonita, e não consigo
tirar da cabeça as palavras do Carlos do Carmo, <em>Lisboa menina e moça</em>... não
traduzo porque não parece a mesma coisa quando é traduzido.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I will say it
compares Lisbon to a young beautiful lady.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mas sempre digo que compara Lisboa a uma rapariga
bonita.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lisbon is a very
old city, tough almost all the old part of city </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">had to be rebuilt a few
centuries back after an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_earthquake">horrible earthquake</a> destroyed all the downtown part of
the city (1755). </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lisboa é uma cidade muito antiga, embora a maior
parte da cidade velha </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">tivesse de ser reconstruída hà alguns séculos atràs, </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">após
um <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_earthquake">terrível terramoto</a> ter destruído toda a parte baixa da cidade (em 1755).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">even if
we drove through, I only had the chance </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to see and take some pictures of the
world famous square Praça do Comércio, which touches the river Tagus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't
even describe the feeling... </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">De qualquer modo, </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">apesar de termos atravessado a cidade
de carro, só tive oportunidade </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">para ver e tirar algumas fotografias da mundialmente famosa </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Praça do
Comércio, que toca o rio Tejo.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nem consigo descrever a sensação...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sweet nostalgic
memories started invading me just as I would breathe... the smell of my river
and of my city filled my lungs as my eyes wondered around.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Doces e nostálgicas memórias começaram a
invadir-me à medida que respirava... o cheiro do meu rio e da minha cidade
encheram-me os pulmões à medida que os meus olhos se maravilhavam.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope my poorly
photographer skills are able to give you a glimpse of the beauty of this
wonderful city of mine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Espero que os meus pobres dotes como fotógrafa vos
possam dar uma pequena ideia da beleza desta minha maravilhosa cidade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gosh!, it does
feel good to be back! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see you all
soon!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sabe tão bem estar de volta!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></div>
</span>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-91858155570786085442012-04-22T02:44:00.000-04:002012-04-22T02:58:48.827-04:00Country Mouse<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After twelve long years, I'm finally back in my home country. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Depois de doze longos anos,</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> estou de volta ao meus país natal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little over two weeks ago I took off from Knoxville and landed in Lisbon.
</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hà pouco mais de duas semanas levantei vôo de Knoxville e aterrei em
Lisboa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the airport I came straight to my parents home, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a little village in a
rural area. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Do aeroporto vim directamente para a casa dos meus pais, numa cidadezinha
rural.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These two weeks have been filled with amazing feelings and emotions, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">flashes
of the past and wondering of the future. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Estas duas semanas têm sido preenchidas com sentimentos e emoções
fantásticas, com flashes do passado e inquietações com o futuro.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Long busy days, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and for the first time in many many years </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my days have been
shared with actual people </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and with the little things I was so used to and that are so
natural </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in everyday life here. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Têm sido dias longos e compridos, e pela primeira vez em muitos anos </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">os meus
dias têm sido preenchidos com pessoas reais e com as pequenas coisas </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">a que eu
costumava estar habituada e que são tão naturais na vida de todos os dias por
aqui.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Slowly but surely things are getting organized </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I feel more and more at
home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tough life in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the country is slightly different from living in the city, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the difference is welcome. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lenta mas seguramente as coisas estão a organizar-se e sinto-me cada vez mais
em casa.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Embora a vida no campo seja ligeiramente diferente da vida na
cidade, a <span style="color: blue;">diferença é agradável.</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Days are long and full, and since I'm living with my son and his family in my
parents home we always have something to keep us busy with. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Os dias são compridos e cheios, e uma vez que estou a viver com o meu filho e
a família dele </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">na casa dos meus pais temos sempre coisas para nos manter
ocupados.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been really really good to be able to share my days with the little
one, my grandson, for whom I've longed for so long. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tem sabido muito bem poder compartilhar os meus dias com o pequenino, o meu
neto, de quem eu tinha tantas saudades.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My son is awesome with his hands and is always busy trying to figure out what
else can he do outside. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O meu filho é muito habilidoso e está constantemente a pensar em coisas para
fazer ou construir lá fora.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pics bellow illustrate a bit how he has been keeping busy and some of the
things he has already accomplished. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">As fotos embaixo ilustram um pouco como é que ele se tem ocupado e</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> algumas
das coisas que ele já fez.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And for now I'll leave you all, with the promise of posting </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on a more regular
basis. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Till then, I'll see you all.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">E por agora vou deixar-vos, com a promessa de publicar numa base mais
regular. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-30131296798871542542012-03-29T08:48:00.000-04:002012-03-29T08:48:57.154-04:00Farewell for now<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since this blog last post, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">time has been gone by </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I'm nearly on level zero for the countdown... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Desde o último posting neste blog,</span></span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">o tempo tem passado e estou quase no nível zero da contagem decrescente...</span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In less than a week </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll be leaving what it has been my home for the last twelve years, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">along with Pooh-Pooh the cat.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Em menos de uma semana </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">deixarei o que tem sido o meu lar durante os últimos doze anos,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">conjuntamente com a gata Pooh-Pooh.</span></div></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8glZAWoeFCpQTxpdd8tOiaEF5_8-sklR8XWj2bR2Odz4YTMpeub9Ij3QNkyQeLXmhdqvvykP2JkggACWiNhJBOFtTk4B6JJmeIbUfs6j-IOnM7tRU8nsepXU9geIjvvKDA9inqIcAjw/s1600/DSCN6531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8glZAWoeFCpQTxpdd8tOiaEF5_8-sklR8XWj2bR2Odz4YTMpeub9Ij3QNkyQeLXmhdqvvykP2JkggACWiNhJBOFtTk4B6JJmeIbUfs6j-IOnM7tRU8nsepXU9geIjvvKDA9inqIcAjw/s320/DSCN6531.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My house is finally empty from the boxes packed </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with loving memories and pieces of life. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The boxes are on their way and so will we next week.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A minha casa está finalmente esvaziada das caixas </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">cheias com doces memórias e pedaços de vida. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">As caixas <span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">vão</span> a caminho e nos também estaremos a caminho na próxima semana.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0HoD6192Z5XZkfipogY4zEAAMlgzQYc5K8yeMJtz_o7nYf0ZkX53ld9lKDYReJS-BCgmmBJz5l2EM8d0hcHvz6EhyiTT0W9tdnGelkMcyzl8NfSLbk4xN5NogdUe4D9tj1_rTuylT54/s1600/DSCN6528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0HoD6192Z5XZkfipogY4zEAAMlgzQYc5K8yeMJtz_o7nYf0ZkX53ld9lKDYReJS-BCgmmBJz5l2EM8d0hcHvz6EhyiTT0W9tdnGelkMcyzl8NfSLbk4xN5NogdUe4D9tj1_rTuylT54/s320/DSCN6528.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been quite a journey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What had started from being a very shining lovely yellow brick road </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">has became the road to hell. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tem sido uma árdua jornada.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O que começou por ser uma brilhante estrada de tijolos amarelos </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">tornou-se numa estrada para o inferno.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't get me wrong: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would gladly walk that road again and again </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to bring my husband back from wherever limbo world </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he was wondering in for the last seven years. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nao me interpretem mal: </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">eu voltaria a percorrer esse caminho alegremente e vezes sem conta </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">para poder trazer o meu marido </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">de volta </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">do terrível limbo onde ele algures deambulava durante os últimos sete anos.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I lost that battle and I was left alone with my (literally) broken heart.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Perdi essa batalha e fiquei sózinha com (literalmente) o meu coração despedaçado.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friends and family grabbed me by the hands </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(even if from so far far away) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but mostly was the love for my son and grandson </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that kept me surfacing above those troubled waters.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Os amigos e a família agarraram-me pelas mãos </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(ainda que de tão longe) </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">mas foi sobretudo o amor pelo meu filho e pelo meu neto </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">que me mantiveram à superfície daquelas tumultuosas águas.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I'm ready for whatever will be the rest of my life, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a continent and a ocean apart,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lots of incertitude, bunches of pains and aches, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but also sweet memories that will always live in me. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Agora estou pronta para aquilo que seja o resto da minha vida, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">a um continente e um oceano de distância, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">com montes de incertezas, muitas dores e penas, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">mas também com memórias lindas que viverão para sempre em mim.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will not talk about what I'm leaving behind </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but what I'm taking with me: </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Não vou falar do que deixo para tràs mas do que vou levar comigo:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the loving memories, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the beauty of my marriage, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the love of my husband,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">my American family,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">my niece Elizabeth, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Lindsey & Aleya, almost grownups now,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the darling children that I'll always love, Kaytlin & Mckenzie,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">as doces memórias, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">a beleza do meu casamento, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">o amor do meu marido,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">a minha <span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">família</span> americana.,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">a minha sobrinha Elizebeth, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Lindsey & Aleya, <span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">já quase adultas,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e as queridas crianças que vou amar para sempre, Kaytlin & Mckenzie,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7b12HONswk0xtgnChkEiXOGNtYKbo8c5LNNHyFCEMZSOihgufMiT2d7gm8Jv_FxgYeyC4ixhr9Kt4Efnxa3FHHnFXwI-iHd8PjB3aCP8lXnoPdhRyEDjTqrzMaza6-SbPtOF5VTb4mxo/s1600/DSCN6566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7b12HONswk0xtgnChkEiXOGNtYKbo8c5LNNHyFCEMZSOihgufMiT2d7gm8Jv_FxgYeyC4ixhr9Kt4Efnxa3FHHnFXwI-iHd8PjB3aCP8lXnoPdhRyEDjTqrzMaza6-SbPtOF5VTb4mxo/s320/DSCN6566.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and whom I'm hopping will always think of me </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as their "mamaw Lena". </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e que espero pensem sempre em mim como a "avó Lena".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see you all back from <em>old dear Europe</em>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see you all later.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Encontrar-nos-emos de novo na <em>velha querida Europa</em>.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve.</span></span></div></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-53148996090161784512012-03-10T08:45:00.000-05:002012-03-10T08:45:36.753-05:00Lined Tunisian crochet backpack<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time lately has just not been enough, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so I haven't been able to do much craft wise, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I wanted to show you my very last project I worked on.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ultimamente o tempo não tem chegado para tudo, por isso não tenho feito nada novo ao nível do artesanato, mas queria mostrar-vos o último projecto que acabei.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFgq3MYdlT00YHVfBmLR4tbe89aODtyrG9-CPvZt5h9_A-znMg3tTQxgKmw0jz_1rKCQRg-uwjGTPPWuk5jeUWGZuNpE2dTFD1ZfVDiPsNmH9U0d7gGUB5fLLUJvcYjpTwzbB4koUhF4/s1600/March+3,+2012+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFgq3MYdlT00YHVfBmLR4tbe89aODtyrG9-CPvZt5h9_A-znMg3tTQxgKmw0jz_1rKCQRg-uwjGTPPWuk5jeUWGZuNpE2dTFD1ZfVDiPsNmH9U0d7gGUB5fLLUJvcYjpTwzbB4koUhF4/s320/March+3,+2012+001.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few months ago I made this Tunisian crochet backpack, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and then it became a UFO, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">laying on the UFO container awaiting to be lined. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Há alguns meses atrás fiz esta mochila em crochet Tunisino, mas depois acabou por se tornar num UFO (unfinished object), esquecido na caixa dos UFO à espera de um forro.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, and since this is the time </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for decisions and resolution to be made and accomplished, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the backpack got to get a nice lining.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Por isso e uma vez que esta é uma altura para tomar decisões e cumprir com resoluções, a mochila acabou por ganhar um bonito forro.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqPGaAUDFK6Jc_gHL7CDHXI9zHaTJt4ey99Z01wTMMhSlDLjLO4fO2UfjO5-jztD65CuPCoZxp5iUXg2Z4cqX1jHZCYnW3x7U_jZ1rV2hobJhtNPvOcl28cYKLVJXkwnOhrAlNrhjC0k/s1600/March+3%252C+2012+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqPGaAUDFK6Jc_gHL7CDHXI9zHaTJt4ey99Z01wTMMhSlDLjLO4fO2UfjO5-jztD65CuPCoZxp5iUXg2Z4cqX1jHZCYnW3x7U_jZ1rV2hobJhtNPvOcl28cYKLVJXkwnOhrAlNrhjC0k/s320/March+3%252C+2012+004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdK87R3GkHU3ONLgIbZ_Ta-sKyESLhWGfTMFfGiYIbEtrgQqjXNhql3WV1K_dDa-54ETJt8dj3lgQMBt0-E5CeehVKnt2CIY-9DNhjhrRPurPC2wu5ympn9plYR_0qxIh9TmBNiVF5Gw/s1600/March+3%252C+2012+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdK87R3GkHU3ONLgIbZ_Ta-sKyESLhWGfTMFfGiYIbEtrgQqjXNhql3WV1K_dDa-54ETJt8dj3lgQMBt0-E5CeehVKnt2CIY-9DNhjhrRPurPC2wu5ympn9plYR_0qxIh9TmBNiVF5Gw/s320/March+3%252C+2012+009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here it is, all done, ready to be filled with all the junk </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I usually fill my bags with...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... it looks nice enough on my back, doesn't it...?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Aqui está, pronta e à espera que eu a encha com toda a tralha que habitualmente ponho nos meus sacos... mas ficou bonita e parece bem às minhas costas, não parece?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDoBaPoJtrvYyvwhOem7fOmsMNnTmxj9wTj8ycw_u-lPB-cGHMPRQvp792rI3TzwaZXc_beB0Gwez3bvs9Q-XlpC_HCfkAOQ7UwlgdTWoieAE_O-g5e2RKU-CIb-98D4mz_XMrc5RSHsE/s1600/March+3%252C+2012+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDoBaPoJtrvYyvwhOem7fOmsMNnTmxj9wTj8ycw_u-lPB-cGHMPRQvp792rI3TzwaZXc_beB0Gwez3bvs9Q-XlpC_HCfkAOQ7UwlgdTWoieAE_O-g5e2RKU-CIb-98D4mz_XMrc5RSHsE/s320/March+3%252C+2012+011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I'll let you all know </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that probably my next post on this blog </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">will be from many many miles away... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Agora quero-vos dizer que provavelmente o meu próximo post nest blog </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">será de a muitas muitas milhas de distância...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll be moving back to Europe early April, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">me and my cat Pooh-Pooh </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(my little friend will always be where I am, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but let me tell you... it sure ain't easy to fly with a pet!). </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Vou regressar à Europa no princípio de Abril,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">eu e a minha gata Pooh-Pooh </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(a minha amiga estará sempre onde eu estiver </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">mas deixem-me dizer-vos... nao é nada fácil viajar com um animal de estimação!).</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of requirements and whatnot's to deal with! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, everything is about ready by now for the big move, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I only have a few loose ends to tie off and a lot to pack, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I'm getting there...</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Há montes de requerimentos e papeladas e procedimentos para tratar!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">No entanto, agora já está quase tudo pronto para a mudança, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">só tenho algumas pontas soltas para atar e muito para empacotar, mas está quase...</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nevertheless, between computer trouble </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(yes, my brand new laptop started acting like it's going to die at at moment, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just when I depend on it for everything!), </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">horrible bad weather scares </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ainda assim, e entre problemas com o computador </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">( sim, o meu laptop novinho em folha começou a ir-se abaixo constantemente,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">mesmo na altura que eu mais preciso e dependo do computador para tratar de tudo!), </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">sustos terríveis devidos ao mau tempo</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxVXfVU64BqSXw9x-QVLV-mbrFmXRoC67fv3l0OdBr7fZ4WF6eLeeMZgx9WD1XgGmx7XiMbUB5ScH3dWbnbBtImWzNfogLKh8Ooe9Eb2n4NKTf3vH4H8CjeqJPjDk8NWMFtZFLhvvZ1E/s1600/March+3%252C+2012+031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxVXfVU64BqSXw9x-QVLV-mbrFmXRoC67fv3l0OdBr7fZ4WF6eLeeMZgx9WD1XgGmx7XiMbUB5ScH3dWbnbBtImWzNfogLKh8Ooe9Eb2n4NKTf3vH4H8CjeqJPjDk8NWMFtZFLhvvZ1E/s320/March+3%252C+2012+031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(yeah, here we also got hit by the tornadoes... fortunately, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and unlike others, we were safe when all was done and gone),</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and life changing decision being made... my life is upside down right now. </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(sim, aqui também fomos atingidos pelos tornados... felizmente, e ao contrário de outras pessoas noutras localidades, estávamos bem quando tudo terminou), </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e entre decisões de mudança de vida a terem de ser tomadas... a minha vida </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">está de pernas para o ar neste momento.</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still, I do apologize to all of my friends and followers </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for the long absence from this blog.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ainda assim, peço desculpa a todos os meus amigos e seguidores pela longa ausência deste blog.</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuunEyFgErb2g6KaRvoBUaEsJNm0Mn3ZoSH_N8PL1CH93iED2C-Twr7xACTAoJHjpW24w9iDxZK9I6_iCoFzLw_rmbuV__pmmQYAhMnSyF1FivcUO5mkuMJpmF5MS0E2u353547YoJkq0/s1600/March+3,+2012+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuunEyFgErb2g6KaRvoBUaEsJNm0Mn3ZoSH_N8PL1CH93iED2C-Twr7xACTAoJHjpW24w9iDxZK9I6_iCoFzLw_rmbuV__pmmQYAhMnSyF1FivcUO5mkuMJpmF5MS0E2u353547YoJkq0/s320/March+3,+2012+013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see you all soon... from the other side of the pond!</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve... do outro lado do lago!</span></div></span>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-49024449456054246772012-02-11T09:29:00.000-05:002012-02-11T09:29:54.712-05:00Cats and UFO's<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On my <a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-to-make-fresh-cheese.html">last blog post</a> I had told you I had been working on some projects, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDVQ4McglVxy7Kie4FapbOgGvhjXZqXn02dTBcB3wz0oO3V6RNsWbg1g046t7dFQtqoRKQjn0C92vozhpdaDvEafx1m9gxCTYbYvqAvfenQAzaUpt0BHxXGymdvqYIVEI6AerdCv9K5w/s1600/DSCN6240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDVQ4McglVxy7Kie4FapbOgGvhjXZqXn02dTBcB3wz0oO3V6RNsWbg1g046t7dFQtqoRKQjn0C92vozhpdaDvEafx1m9gxCTYbYvqAvfenQAzaUpt0BHxXGymdvqYIVEI6AerdCv9K5w/s200/DSCN6240.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and showed you a pic of Pooh-Pooh, my cat. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I promised to come back to it, remember? </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">No <a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-to-make-fresh-cheese.html">último post no meu blog </a>disse-vos que tenho estado a trabalhar nalguns projectos, e mostrei-vos uma foto da minha gata, a Pooh-Pooh. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">E prometi voltar ao assunto, lembram-se?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, this is it. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I'll be talking about UFO's, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and it's connection to Pooh-Pooh.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Então, pois aqui está. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hoje irei falar de UFO's, e a ligação destes com a Pooh-Pooh.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're a crafter and are owned by a cat... y</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ou know exactly what I'm talking about, don't you? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you haven't guess it yet... sewing, crafting, knitting... and cats... always came together! </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Se faz artesanato e se um gato é o seu dono... sabe exactamente do que estou a falar, não sabe? </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">E se ainda não adivinhou... costurar, fazer artesanato, tricotar... e gatos... vêm sempre em conjunto!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your cat will always be there, supervising you, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">giving you a hand (read:paw), pulling a little string here, another little string there, and if you don't behave or try something she won't approve... you'll get a deserved slap in the hand!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O seu gato está presente o tempo todo, como um supervisor, dando-lhe uma mãozinha (leia-se: garra), puxando um fiozito aqui e ali, e se você não se portar bem ou se tentar alguma coisa que o gato não aprove... receberá uma merecida sapatada na mão!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">How all this goes with UFO's...? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">That's easy! </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O que é que tudo isto tem a ver com UFO's...?</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Essa é fácil!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKT4GueEBKRvJOriEYnWzygtH7b1JqgXnp30vlKCyjTP2DlYqCH3XRIMOE02WLM9h-DdyPCgwkzAM9xk57h5q0IahxTPoTaEpLMvbmG4PKKusk6kst1jsXCLB42liFWywRST3_ecM2I8/s1600/DSCN6241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKT4GueEBKRvJOriEYnWzygtH7b1JqgXnp30vlKCyjTP2DlYqCH3XRIMOE02WLM9h-DdyPCgwkzAM9xk57h5q0IahxTPoTaEpLMvbmG4PKKusk6kst1jsXCLB42liFWywRST3_ecM2I8/s320/DSCN6241.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana;">Last week I've decided to finish some UFO's (unfinished objects) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">and, of course, Miss Pooh-Pooh was right there, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Na semana passada decidi acabar alguns UFO's (objectos inacabados) e, claro, a menina Pooh-Pooh- estava lá,</span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglHH75yVYBBFZ-5y1xM5FywXYn0oEm_FSLZ3ToZ99JKNNnk828rknEq9eGz9lE7NOdyF2Lvti8y9dnoHXFycPItTWXFaFO-2wak2XVxVbKLRMlQkV9xDRB1MisCz3ByngmWtS72GWJ0A/s1600/DSCN6237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglHH75yVYBBFZ-5y1xM5FywXYn0oEm_FSLZ3ToZ99JKNNnk828rknEq9eGz9lE7NOdyF2Lvti8y9dnoHXFycPItTWXFaFO-2wak2XVxVbKLRMlQkV9xDRB1MisCz3ByngmWtS72GWJ0A/s320/DSCN6237.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">to <em>help</em> and check things out!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Eventually, her eyes started to get heavy,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">para <em>ajudar</em> e fiscalizar!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Finalmente, os olhos começaram a ficar pesados,</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi81z1GUYBe6baTr_e7qa2jn5ggjsclFcwepFQIPioFw0c5qEkJA6L2v2kf57EDM2UKblRmr0ACmRDe868K7gC3tnowE5-H-uB9DGyn5WB79QQuaN8V-vHmob7iULeQLm1rh-19nQLLpKo/s1600/DSCN6242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi81z1GUYBe6baTr_e7qa2jn5ggjsclFcwepFQIPioFw0c5qEkJA6L2v2kf57EDM2UKblRmr0ACmRDe868K7gC3tnowE5-H-uB9DGyn5WB79QQuaN8V-vHmob7iULeQLm1rh-19nQLLpKo/s320/DSCN6242.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;">and I rushed to finish my UFO... which was a huge quilted ornament ball (the same technique as in these <a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.com/2010/09/quilted-cd-xmas-ornaments-tutorial.html">quilted CD Christmas ornaments</a>, remember?).</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e apressei-me a acabar o meu UFO... que era uma bola enorme para fazer um ornamento de Natal (forrada com tecido dobrado que dá a ilusão de ser um quilt, a mesma técnica que usei para estes <a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.com/2010/09/quilted-cd-xmas-ornaments-tutorial.html">ornamentos de Natal feitos a partir de CDs</a>, lembram-se?).</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Because this specific ball was huge, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Porque esta especifica bola era enorme,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVhI5ID61CoaXcz_tUfg-8Mu92hftrthPHtGTa9GtievjZ3FW3Yzh4Jgaw_I8MzUx_02_CUZ9_Z2axmEn16cyVS7RSlIZFy8nds_nx1GZZPXBlPkW0jUJcg3NUbK5e0QqR_gbgIhwA8c/s1600/DSCN6257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVhI5ID61CoaXcz_tUfg-8Mu92hftrthPHtGTa9GtievjZ3FW3Yzh4Jgaw_I8MzUx_02_CUZ9_Z2axmEn16cyVS7RSlIZFy8nds_nx1GZZPXBlPkW0jUJcg3NUbK5e0QqR_gbgIhwA8c/s320/DSCN6257.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">it became an UFO... and was laying on my work area, forgotten, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">for more than an year... it took me about some good 4/5 hours to finish it.</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">acabou por se tornar um UFO... e ficou em cima da minha área de trabalho, esquecida, por mais de um ano... e levou-me umas boas 4/5 horas para a acabar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhv9sSyqIpVnkMC_6c_uQ71DVSAcSc0QcbM4D0cDggYi0mz7A34OTNVYzCuZpek0i0TPpy8xg1FC8dL4H6i30VyGpNR_gx61PsHSkoIZzz8v2WwQcWNloV0CMvAo4QG82t7I1YZYjfTA/s1600/DSCN6255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhv9sSyqIpVnkMC_6c_uQ71DVSAcSc0QcbM4D0cDggYi0mz7A34OTNVYzCuZpek0i0TPpy8xg1FC8dL4H6i30VyGpNR_gx61PsHSkoIZzz8v2WwQcWNloV0CMvAo4QG82t7I1YZYjfTA/s320/DSCN6255.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">But it was well worth it, don't you think?</span> <span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mas valeu bem a pena, não acham?</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbrEGbqAADpdDV0-2XLxbY1DESTtqIANutLJac5M991khdDsNHoYja8P0x6JRLaEktTpsLhK2eioZXRonKDJJKo6KP5ojaW05eRaZVqCiO0VtDB50StPiSUUMPcsHGCa6OpW98c4-BpM/s1600/DSCN6258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcbrEGbqAADpdDV0-2XLxbY1DESTtqIANutLJac5M991khdDsNHoYja8P0x6JRLaEktTpsLhK2eioZXRonKDJJKo6KP5ojaW05eRaZVqCiO0VtDB50StPiSUUMPcsHGCa6OpW98c4-BpM/s320/DSCN6258.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: black;">It hangs from my doorway now,</span> </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Agora está pendurada no umbral da porta,</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhZ4Enre6n-Q7gLFMz6CCem-S6XvKY20_erBglz7qLFeqwsp7C-TFFjVTg1pbtaptI04V0gtVOKkPm0v8Hw143es93mFUnv71iuLTzmPKRI31G_WhsO0Laad0Yjl_5Q5pJgOH4mllcDo/s1600/DSCN6256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhZ4Enre6n-Q7gLFMz6CCem-S6XvKY20_erBglz7qLFeqwsp7C-TFFjVTg1pbtaptI04V0gtVOKkPm0v8Hw143es93mFUnv71iuLTzmPKRI31G_WhsO0Laad0Yjl_5Q5pJgOH4mllcDo/s320/DSCN6256.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">and it sure does look nice!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e fica mesmo bem!</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Of course, Pooh-Pooh has been practicing her jumping skills to get to it... luckily for me, she still needs to keep practicing a lit bit more!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Claro que a Pooh-Pooh tem estado a praticar as suas capacidades de salto para a alcançar... felizmente para mim, ela ainda tem de praticar bastante!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">I'll see you all soon!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></span></div></span>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-15636184606747727042012-02-05T11:30:00.000-05:002012-02-05T11:30:11.173-05:00How to make fresh cheese<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been almost a month since my last blog post. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">New year, new resolutions, new beginnings... and at the same time </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that I'm try to find good solutions for lots of concerns in my life right now, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">some things get to be left apparently unattended. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Já se passou quase um mês desde a última vez que escrevi no blog.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ano Novo, resoluções novas, novos começos... e ao mesmo tempo que tento achar soluções para alguns dos problemas na minha vida neste momento, algumas coisas ficam aparentemente descuidadas.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJZotxaMUq962Rsu6gVa6Vaj9IR8zjceBptaW-_SljepH2O1VQbY_CzbXCturIygXLAtQfUTB3eNXYveDGM5G7HT0t8O_xOO2_nddnqBIeBQS1JgQWGaeoWq1dKhaq4WCxio_y9dI0ao/s1600/DSCN6240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJZotxaMUq962Rsu6gVa6Vaj9IR8zjceBptaW-_SljepH2O1VQbY_CzbXCturIygXLAtQfUTB3eNXYveDGM5G7HT0t8O_xOO2_nddnqBIeBQS1JgQWGaeoWq1dKhaq4WCxio_y9dI0ao/s200/DSCN6240.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Only apparently, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because I've been quite busy </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and working in quite a few different projects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll talk about some of those projets really soon, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and maybe this picture may give you an idea </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of what I'm talking about.</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mas é apenas aparentemente, porque tenho estado ocupada e a trabalhar em alguns projectos.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Brevemente falarei desses projectos, e talvez esta fotografia vos possa dar uma ideia do que estou a dizer.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But today is about cheese. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About making fresh cheese right from my kitchen. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some years ago I used to make fresh cheese at home </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on the cheese maker </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(a dual funcionality appliance that I had in Portugal, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which would make yogurt or fresh cheese). </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mas hoje é acerca de queijo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Acerca de como fazer queijo fresco na minha cozinha.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Há alguns anos atrás eu customava fazer queijo fresco na queijeira </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(era um aparelhito com dupla funcionalidade que fazia yogurte ou queijo fresco).</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here I don't have a cheese maker, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but a couple days ago I just felt like craving some fresh cheese. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After researching a little bit on the net... eureka! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've decided to give a try, tough I didn't had any fresh lemons, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">only the little yellow bottle of lemon juice. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even so, I decided to go for it.</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Aqui não tenho queijeira, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">mas há alguns dias atrás tive imensa vontade de comer queijo fresco.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Depois de pesquisar um pouco na net... eureka!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Decidi experimentar,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> mesmo não tendo limões frescos, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">somente aquela garrafinha amarela de sumo de limão. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mesmo assim, decidi tentar.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, this is how I made fresh cheese:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">first, I've boiled 8 cups of milk (I've used 2%) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in a big sauce pan. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As soon as it started boiling, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got it out from the heat and immediately </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">add 5 tablespoons of lemon juice, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">stirring constantly, always in the same direction. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a few seconds I could feel the curds forming. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I let it sit in the covered pan for about two hours. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two hours became almost three hours, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">since I almost forgot about it </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">while watching a moving and crocheting some <a href="http://www.craftstylish.com/item/43848/how-to-crochet-a-tawashi">tawashi</a>...</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Então, foi assim que fiz queijo fresco: primeiro, fervi 8 chávenas de leite (usei leite de 2%) numa panela grande.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Assim que comecou a ferver </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">retirei a panela do lume e juntei 5 colheres de sopa de sumo de limão, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">mexendo constantemente e sempre na mesma <span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">direcção</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Após alguns segundos, comecei a sentir o coalho a formar.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Deixei <span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">então</span> o coalho a repousar na panela tapada por cerca de duas horas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">As duas horas tornaram-se em quase três horas, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">porque quase me esqueci do queijo </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">enquanto crochetava um <a href="http://www.craftstylish.com/item/43848/how-to-crochet-a-tawashi">tawashi</a> e via um filme ne televisao.</span> </div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n4r2AzH0QE6LmXSIPn_uI1LzYAvHF8uLlmjHncArFyG63ZGny2of0Kdh2qZW7SD26JtzJQPaa-gtSf0bv5F9uB7jotTr5dAv3uSk9elNuraDptYpZn7USQVO3fWnfJTF09s7Vw0He90/s1600/DSCN6243-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n4r2AzH0QE6LmXSIPn_uI1LzYAvHF8uLlmjHncArFyG63ZGny2of0Kdh2qZW7SD26JtzJQPaa-gtSf0bv5F9uB7jotTr5dAv3uSk9elNuraDptYpZn7USQVO3fWnfJTF09s7Vw0He90/s320/DSCN6243-1.JPG" width="320" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway... I've used a colander </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">covered with a cheese cloth to carefully drain the curds. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">De qualquer modo... usei um escorredor coberto com gaze para cuidadosamente drenar o coalho.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7k2Er6SbD8SX2ccsO4PkHbW-Y9RQPF4MQXfnNeNgNT95-u48gN6HZI1BKcL672ljZeeoe3WJCLAh4uDqonK_pqnEmdiVo6_b9_t8hSpA39MUUPkw3qyTIBcZfbpyOZ_JgmMzM9KtXMe8/s1600/DSCN6245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7k2Er6SbD8SX2ccsO4PkHbW-Y9RQPF4MQXfnNeNgNT95-u48gN6HZI1BKcL672ljZeeoe3WJCLAh4uDqonK_pqnEmdiVo6_b9_t8hSpA39MUUPkw3qyTIBcZfbpyOZ_JgmMzM9KtXMe8/s320/DSCN6245.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At this point I should tell you that the whey can be saved </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and boiled again to get more curds out of it and make ricota cheese. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I didn't do it; instead I gave it to the cats </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(those neighborhood cats that I usually feed). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the curds were quite dry and all the liquid (whey) had been drained, </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Neste momento deveria dizer-vos que o soro pode ser reservado </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e fervido de novo para formar novo coalho e fazer queijo ricota </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(queijo ricota acho que é um pouco como o requeijão). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mas eu não fiz isso; em vez disso dei-o aos gatos </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(aqueles gatos da vizinhança a que costumo dar de comer).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Quando o coalho estava quase seco e todo o líquido (soro) tinha sido drenado,</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrfnk5c_Om2nMxFmDblGY69Lx-JCPbL6aCUSvNms-Gb_G6rCqhaI9zDvgqDKH-uu45_g4_mwLqHJnMfQl25XFpye1uZxDQvC3N9nVRMpSLQm7pb7a9LnLs0Kn6CmMIOrpLGPDBfEJILU/s1600/DSCN6248-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrfnk5c_Om2nMxFmDblGY69Lx-JCPbL6aCUSvNms-Gb_G6rCqhaI9zDvgqDKH-uu45_g4_mwLqHJnMfQl25XFpye1uZxDQvC3N9nVRMpSLQm7pb7a9LnLs0Kn6CmMIOrpLGPDBfEJILU/s320/DSCN6248-1.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I formed a bag with the cheese cloth </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and hanged it up for two or three more hours </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to completely finish draining. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">formei um saco com a gaze e pendurei-o por mais duas ou tres horas </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">para acabar de drenar o soro completamente.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEih4lEKlLUVGPtPPbA3GW2w7L04rrvyoPfhMp5TIimDX1zaTiutd46aILf5vCP8nhRlgAPWoQog_oqHKqvOO26ISJOqjXKS1m_T3DyL5eQX50g516mJ55zcytwmhFGBvUa3t4zWW4o1A/s1600/DSCN6250-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEih4lEKlLUVGPtPPbA3GW2w7L04rrvyoPfhMp5TIimDX1zaTiutd46aILf5vCP8nhRlgAPWoQog_oqHKqvOO26ISJOqjXKS1m_T3DyL5eQX50g516mJ55zcytwmhFGBvUa3t4zWW4o1A/s320/DSCN6250-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After that </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've transfered the curds into a bowl </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and refrigerate it for a couple more hours... </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Depois transferi o coalho para uma tigela e pus no frigorífico por mais umas duas horas...</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97DPW55fFhIA7sDeR7752nd7olhgGtRFQY6cPYced9BhD035l6JWASPKAlYGZFCl86pcZbrfBPFDKMmafYJ_RkF6lR61eHPXamcqDhEPuI0OYJxpb3QqNrNBlToI7JGINWd1FElMPaC8/s1600/DSCN6251-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97DPW55fFhIA7sDeR7752nd7olhgGtRFQY6cPYced9BhD035l6JWASPKAlYGZFCl86pcZbrfBPFDKMmafYJ_RkF6lR61eHPXamcqDhEPuI0OYJxpb3QqNrNBlToI7JGINWd1FElMPaC8/s320/DSCN6251-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Transfered it from the bowl into a nice plate...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Transferi da tigela para um prato bonito...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAK_GfgCYyBdKaedny9LEv5rjf-7Y5HN2Dkmgjq2njEmPS3AukwmS5M9So1V7FgyW-0UyjtGhapGuvqqGBeEJEat9TpoleL4j2I4oiUbw-nNSbfr6dnkPQNHOawrnbZ2909fJV3BUImc/s1600/DSCN6252-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAK_GfgCYyBdKaedny9LEv5rjf-7Y5HN2Dkmgjq2njEmPS3AukwmS5M9So1V7FgyW-0UyjtGhapGuvqqGBeEJEat9TpoleL4j2I4oiUbw-nNSbfr6dnkPQNHOawrnbZ2909fJV3BUImc/s320/DSCN6252-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietQ-PAQAEblqDhtxDRFqQaL9wWU0Cjmsd6JGGDLI57zOnReKIccXCvz0FMpnR6Tx2MeBPTIDtH2pOkXBTGWIDkp5m5bHTQ5Qdj-eAyO0cHjBo4rw5MwvwHeYP-5AsHiucQjtWP5arlrE/s1600/DSCN6253-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietQ-PAQAEblqDhtxDRFqQaL9wWU0Cjmsd6JGGDLI57zOnReKIccXCvz0FMpnR6Tx2MeBPTIDtH2pOkXBTGWIDkp5m5bHTQ5Qdj-eAyO0cHjBo4rw5MwvwHeYP-5AsHiucQjtWP5arlrE/s320/DSCN6253-2.JPG" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>et voila</em>! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fresh cheese! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little bit of salt and pepper...delicious! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>et voila</em>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Queijo fresco!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Com um pouco de sal e pimenta... delicioso!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxj7r555A3SSMMkXMtRMqgyjVd-N8SX4Tm6M6F7OrVV9BUAgGE2XXlFn5B4IOzjMPJd-xa-fhlq2mfOnStZAY0PrOUoCMZ414fhTGzmeyU-uguOqAlllaxt-MkNgm49a4FHJe8S-lCXGk/s1600/DSCN6254-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxj7r555A3SSMMkXMtRMqgyjVd-N8SX4Tm6M6F7OrVV9BUAgGE2XXlFn5B4IOzjMPJd-xa-fhlq2mfOnStZAY0PrOUoCMZ414fhTGzmeyU-uguOqAlllaxt-MkNgm49a4FHJe8S-lCXGk/s320/DSCN6254-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you'll give a try!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see you all soon!</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Espero que queiram experimentar!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-84748799045575742732012-01-07T11:45:00.002-05:002012-01-08T15:55:51.789-05:00A cat in a bag...?<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A cat in a bag...? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm_leUnax5gFhdhgpE6eJdxnaplTUrSWWAt7PzoqZfBDAHMRTQ6sv_Cs8HDKaumxHc-ttiX3eXMrlY5LQnwIhX0Z__fiH52akxwWoICOv7tV_8LxgYEaBTosqxoAQbi_zJ0LtXQ8xqVE/s1600/DSCN2054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQm_leUnax5gFhdhgpE6eJdxnaplTUrSWWAt7PzoqZfBDAHMRTQ6sv_Cs8HDKaumxHc-ttiX3eXMrlY5LQnwIhX0Z__fiH52akxwWoICOv7tV_8LxgYEaBTosqxoAQbi_zJ0LtXQ8xqVE/s200/DSCN2054.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No, not really... </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I'm sharing with you today </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is a little bit of my (pictorial) story with my cat... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of all, it's about my tribute to my little fury friend, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">who (literally) helped mend my broken heart </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and has been my emotional support and best companion since J's death.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Um gato dentro do saco...?</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Não, não verdadeiramente...</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">O que eu gostaria de partilhar hoje convosco </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">é um pouco da minha história (pictografica) com a minha gata... </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Acima de tudo, é um tributo à minha amiga peludinha, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">que (literalmente) ajudou a remendar o meu coração </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">e tem sido o meu suporte emocional e a melhor companheira desde a morte do J.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't get me wrong. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My family and my friends have been really supportive </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for all those tremendous years of J's illness and passing, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">not to mention all the really bad situations </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had to endure here along that path. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you know the saying that 's in moments of tragedy you really get to know who's really your friend...?, well, it is absolutely true. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many years of total physical and emotional solitude, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with not much sympathy or help around, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had to struggle to keep my sanity. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Não interpretem erradamente. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A minha família e os meus amigos têm-me apoiado muito </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">durante os anos terríveis da doença do J e da sua morte, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">já para não falar de todas as horríveis situações que aqui tive de enfrentar </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">completamente sózinha durante esse percurso. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Conhecem o ditado que diz que é nos momentos de tragédia </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">que se ficam a conhecer os verdadeiros amigos...?, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">pois é absolutamente verdadeiro. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Foram muitos anos de completa solidão física e emocional, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e sem muito simpatia ou ajuda por perto tive de me esforçar para manter a sanidade.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of this blog purpose has been helping me </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">overcoming all those not so good circumstances of my life. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think Pooh-Pooh has the same purpose </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8GzilKQ4DHecw5vGxoP8gpumhWTFRcMDQlWlbFmR2bOIuZlBF_2d73neUA-5dv0p_MKJNY39fH0askpRVS1MyNZUyC8m0OemxQ_LekkoEMo4cPNVzJ6gMlpSlpeIYrXiSY4Ojz-vPdA/s1600/DSCN2156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8GzilKQ4DHecw5vGxoP8gpumhWTFRcMDQlWlbFmR2bOIuZlBF_2d73neUA-5dv0p_MKJNY39fH0askpRVS1MyNZUyC8m0OemxQ_LekkoEMo4cPNVzJ6gMlpSlpeIYrXiSY4Ojz-vPdA/s200/DSCN2156.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nd I'm always amazed with her sense of loyalty, </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dedication and friendship. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Um dos objectivos deste blog t</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">em sido ajudar-me </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">a ultrapassar todas essas menos boas circunstâncias da minha vida.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Acho que a Pooh-Pooh tem o mesmo objectivo, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">e fico pasmada com o seu sentido de lealdade, dedicação e amizade.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Yeah, I'm talking about Pooh-Pooh the cat... I don't think she would be more of a friend even if she was a dog.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's why this blog post is dedicated to her. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To honour my friend pet and to show off the little brat she is, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made her a scrapbook, which I'm sharing with you all. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sim, estou a falar da Pooh-Pooh, a gata... não acho que ela poderia ser mais amiga </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">mesmo que fosse um cão. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">É por isso que este post lhe é dedicado. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Para honrar a minha amiga gata e mostar como ela é mimada, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">fiz um álbum, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">que partilho aqui convosco.<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed making it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see you all later.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Espero que gostem de ver o álbum, pelo menos tanto como eu gostei de o fazer.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></span></div></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-72734647852810162812012-01-06T16:13:00.000-05:002012-01-06T16:13:55.276-05:00The begining of a new year<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope everyone had a nice new year begining. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I certainly did. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And on January the 2nd we had the first snow of this Winter </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(it's already all gone now, but it was nice).</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Espero que todos vós tenham tido um bom começo de ano. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Eu certamente que tive.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">E no passado dia 2 de Janeiro tivemos a primeira neve deste Inverno </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(já derreteu toda, mas foi bonito).</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqkWlIievZmB8DK73uLKHpXBdAJOk-RVLYhD28jCVeO_clojBuI6D9KjaXrUMG2XN1rl77_1l8PJ3iNsFuO6SwWSvztZkM0dMQzlENsjjRQgxhYIe9Bxcj3vXtyKUxhj_Ttejxd4Fdac/s1600/DSCN6123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqkWlIievZmB8DK73uLKHpXBdAJOk-RVLYhD28jCVeO_clojBuI6D9KjaXrUMG2XN1rl77_1l8PJ3iNsFuO6SwWSvztZkM0dMQzlENsjjRQgxhYIe9Bxcj3vXtyKUxhj_Ttejxd4Fdac/s320/DSCN6123.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzW1pgr8oqubftcd_SmW_spsqkuKjX9Ubsicjw7Derid-VwJYPnianCCuShUUVI4wz55WGtY1eP0yKoY9fJUXpxykdJigHVdhyphenhyphenMoQf6hQ0uMWZgYvWirkELLS6P3zHO8JT-wcBve8tKw/s1600/DSCN6122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzW1pgr8oqubftcd_SmW_spsqkuKjX9Ubsicjw7Derid-VwJYPnianCCuShUUVI4wz55WGtY1eP0yKoY9fJUXpxykdJigHVdhyphenhyphenMoQf6hQ0uMWZgYvWirkELLS6P3zHO8JT-wcBve8tKw/s320/DSCN6122.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year New Year was a special one, since I got to spend it on Skype </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with a dear friend back in Portugal. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I enjoyed it a lot, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and since Portugal is five hours ahead of us, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can say I was in 2012 much earlier then everyone else here in Tennessee. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will not get in details </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(it feels kinda embarassing), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but while Skyping with my friend I had a little accident on my laptop, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the keyboard got kinda wacked... so, I had to buy a wireless keyboard (which, by the way, works perfectly), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thus only now I'm able to post again.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That being said, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also want to show you a terrific Christmas present my son, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">daughter-in-law and grandson sent me</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Este ano o Ano Novo foi especial, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">uma vez que o passei no Skype com uma querida amiga em Portugal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Gostei muito, e uma vez que Portugal está cinco horas à nossa frente,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">posso dizer que entrei em 2012 muito mais cedo que o resto do pessoal aqui no Tennessee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Não vou entrar em detalhes </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(porque é de certa forma embaraçoso),</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">mas enquanto estava no Skype com a minha amiga </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">tive um pequeno acidente com o laptop, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e o teclado ficou meio estragado...por isso tive de comprar um teclado sem fios </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(que, já agora, trabalha perfeitamente), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e é por issso que só agora consigo voltar a publicar um post.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tendo dito isto, quero mostrar-vos o bonito presente de Natal </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">que o meu filho, nora e neto me mandaram.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EouzE70iqrKiqsHbYzqglMosGnAz1oSRZQlWfJbPxpzuWEdqD1ewojus5VEiNw2H9FVmjVQxbTMQ7Sa-mV3HdowuIlXYojXTo3-DpRnQTb89ihrlvNW4Fl6z5JjQVtwy11OaI7Jl0jc/s1600/DSCN6132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EouzE70iqrKiqsHbYzqglMosGnAz1oSRZQlWfJbPxpzuWEdqD1ewojus5VEiNw2H9FVmjVQxbTMQ7Sa-mV3HdowuIlXYojXTo3-DpRnQTb89ihrlvNW4Fl6z5JjQVtwy11OaI7Jl0jc/s320/DSCN6132.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isn't it gorgeous...? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana;">Não é bonito...?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4QGZuGY7wdKQErNJY4NMUhQcm8-Q4TDvhWpuPoD4nxZhyphenhyphenNSjls62LvwPCZA_g_urbpbSVLTPbDqcGcLHiozoUcFUJayKH0E74uCpSXmBJQpKWdDsZOk0PyNVx4oaLoIEAPME-iCyALPg/s1600/DSCN6131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4QGZuGY7wdKQErNJY4NMUhQcm8-Q4TDvhWpuPoD4nxZhyphenhyphenNSjls62LvwPCZA_g_urbpbSVLTPbDqcGcLHiozoUcFUJayKH0E74uCpSXmBJQpKWdDsZOk0PyNVx4oaLoIEAPME-iCyALPg/s320/DSCN6131.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTchZsIELoSFRsBhuGOahe8io43keONxhfIpna-UbAtt8yEPmXCj_Fo-GBFooimLqQK3GGH_Wj1PH0rLTKJXJ5lmD0KJ2eNaprWNiHondr8DMSw1WtcQtM_hm9n3GuVzrYsr9FuEMkaQ/s1600/DSCN6133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTchZsIELoSFRsBhuGOahe8io43keONxhfIpna-UbAtt8yEPmXCj_Fo-GBFooimLqQK3GGH_Wj1PH0rLTKJXJ5lmD0KJ2eNaprWNiHondr8DMSw1WtcQtM_hm9n3GuVzrYsr9FuEMkaQ/s320/DSCN6133.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YHGt2jiGDaW719uXgkFMSubCpvIvwf8dUdiyiCRZAEYifUjit8HOZLpCIi7ka-xrm5G0l6ehN7AdvNtS9taBOLBxA13IL1SqNy5LPvJ02Pu29ZSyn1scUm1I9qatj4xrfmBCyLqds80/s1600/DSCN6136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YHGt2jiGDaW719uXgkFMSubCpvIvwf8dUdiyiCRZAEYifUjit8HOZLpCIi7ka-xrm5G0l6ehN7AdvNtS9taBOLBxA13IL1SqNy5LPvJ02Pu29ZSyn1scUm1I9qatj4xrfmBCyLqds80/s320/DSCN6136.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A tear drop hanging glass terrarium! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's really precious and I love it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Oh! Do you rebember the <a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.com/search/label/Hobbes">Hobbes</a> I made for my dear boy...?, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">it finally arrived in Portugal and he loved it!</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Um terrarium de vidro em forma de lágrima para pendurar!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">É muito precioso e gostei imenso!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh! Lembram-se do <a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.com/search/label/Hobbes">Hobbes</a> que fiz para o meu querido menino...?, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">finalmente chegou a Portugal e ele adorou!</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDji3V4XvYu52NXbrbIyjYMNJCmy2J2bPNOZ_Ba-IFo3fh01x_HJxuXluMkaO8ls_GF7fYSNW2qG3INe_AP4RO07X4sniZ4-X2y5Q1Xg2oRYmMrFL3YTbaooW_5r4DFM5_9MtTDKuNtA/s1600/DSCN6022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioDji3V4XvYu52NXbrbIyjYMNJCmy2J2bPNOZ_Ba-IFo3fh01x_HJxuXluMkaO8ls_GF7fYSNW2qG3INe_AP4RO07X4sniZ4-X2y5Q1Xg2oRYmMrFL3YTbaooW_5r4DFM5_9MtTDKuNtA/s320/DSCN6022.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And with <a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.com/search/label/Hobbes">Hobbes pic</a> I leave you all for now, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wishing the new year keeps rolling on smooth and with lots of happiness, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I'll see you all soon!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">E deixo-vos por agora com a<a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.com/search/label/Hobbes"> foto do Hobbes</a>, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">desejando que o novo ano continue a correr suavemente e com montes de alegria, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e até breve!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-60708120665613807422011-12-31T11:17:00.002-05:002011-12-31T11:24:47.118-05:00The rainbow of friendship<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday I had a wonderful surprise, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the mail man brought me an unexpected gift from a dear friend. </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ontem tive uma óptima surpresa,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">o carteiro trouxe-me um presente inesperado duma querida amiga.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It felt really good not because of the gift </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but because of what the gift meant. </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Soube mesmo bem não por causa do presente, mas pelo seu significado.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know is difficult for foreign cultures to understand what <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudade">saudades</a></em> really mean..., but putting it this way may help: </span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Eu sei que é difícil culturas estrangeiras entenderem o significado de <em>saudades</em>..., </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">mas talvez ajude posto desta maneira:</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">she sent me the basics for a traditional <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_dinner">Portuguese Christmas meal</a>, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">ela mandou-me o essencial para uma refeição tradicional de Natal,</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWs3ZPicd-fjezXcKRJ0ZEJeFQQrP9bbkrLdgaBUvMNbddNWAPBLLFDIh7B65NULWIwsIvfA5c9cPy-qnAjtCxxy8KzSBnHv6LO9QI8MlaR4LTnxRxyv08nXlKdNCbnUGV9tTd8pM8lTU/s1600/DSCN6111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWs3ZPicd-fjezXcKRJ0ZEJeFQQrP9bbkrLdgaBUvMNbddNWAPBLLFDIh7B65NULWIwsIvfA5c9cPy-qnAjtCxxy8KzSBnHv6LO9QI8MlaR4LTnxRxyv08nXlKdNCbnUGV9tTd8pM8lTU/s320/DSCN6111.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">little tokens from my beloved ocean, </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">pequenas lembranças do meu querido oceano,</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzYZpPV6128xlW5QsqdTySMdOCRXZgz_HjkGrFft8-HWjZNci283GAuuToPJBjtH_5yC5aU4qBhvBE78ugj4Q0Xj2p2zCrLzQMcG5U2zWS06zEGzERuHxDLvi_QM4gRjjwrWGTaP040WN/s1600/DSCN6112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzYZpPV6128xlW5QsqdTySMdOCRXZgz_HjkGrFft8-HWjZNci283GAuuToPJBjtH_5yC5aU4qBhvBE78ugj4Q0Xj2p2zCrLzQMcG5U2zWS06zEGzERuHxDLvi_QM4gRjjwrWGTaP040WN/s320/DSCN6112.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shared sweet memories from some of my friend's personal life moments, </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">memórias preciosas como partilha de alguns momentos da vida pessoal da minha amiga,</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8TKcOzmmMYAbn_ZmAUuLckfuFRB0KaRZSJZnAaOyjdt6oyJ0kGEMaPm1UAiSKUyvLHw2g7NfrWb5yRsRjtWlfN_msAoxE0HcZ7usl5UHNay9yCBp4Y0DKIvogAANtelowlTug8CJeXxh/s1600/DSCN6118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8TKcOzmmMYAbn_ZmAUuLckfuFRB0KaRZSJZnAaOyjdt6oyJ0kGEMaPm1UAiSKUyvLHw2g7NfrWb5yRsRjtWlfN_msAoxE0HcZ7usl5UHNay9yCBp4Y0DKIvogAANtelowlTug8CJeXxh/s320/DSCN6118.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BybejRxgqiTz8qsiIlR8QD_PEWXklTOodxxB-rBQAMfWMwu3cpCkaqLuCH_RAp3HXnOQyX5TGEU6_zYsi1ZUKGnZEjD6Ju5L8ztfQyEPeCrSyjX62zoqlG_fFGaCXQLjQZxnyEvUR_lK/s1600/DSCN6116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BybejRxgqiTz8qsiIlR8QD_PEWXklTOodxxB-rBQAMfWMwu3cpCkaqLuCH_RAp3HXnOQyX5TGEU6_zYsi1ZUKGnZEjD6Ju5L8ztfQyEPeCrSyjX62zoqlG_fFGaCXQLjQZxnyEvUR_lK/s320/DSCN6116.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and (handmade by her) a Christmas card and a bookmark!</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">e um cartão de Boas Festas e um marcador de livros (feitos por ela)!</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYnSsfyAT2OXw_capkMhIM4XX8K42LJ5H0PpeDae4aCsfpC2bY8G7nTGWSNnqFt7fgotpzyqHeHGsi2MBe_7xgYHXgu2eJmwEA4Xfa9arIaZ2MaLFOTXyyA6ghfLfmfEt2a9IlbOaaaap/s1600/DSCN6114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYnSsfyAT2OXw_capkMhIM4XX8K42LJ5H0PpeDae4aCsfpC2bY8G7nTGWSNnqFt7fgotpzyqHeHGsi2MBe_7xgYHXgu2eJmwEA4Xfa9arIaZ2MaLFOTXyyA6ghfLfmfEt2a9IlbOaaaap/s320/DSCN6114.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoFejrs0aKq53AtJjk5m8ehN85Vv0YL6stEtonTaZk_rZwWdHLA2sSNt5U68YqYnBThP64gAf_Z5iFOyhAAjZG_NOwF_ZUNDnh6c0g2GCtQrf6MUsPTdySFc6caH7VxwNxUC8ica_i6rM/s1600/DSCN6117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoFejrs0aKq53AtJjk5m8ehN85Vv0YL6stEtonTaZk_rZwWdHLA2sSNt5U68YqYnBThP64gAf_Z5iFOyhAAjZG_NOwF_ZUNDnh6c0g2GCtQrf6MUsPTdySFc6caH7VxwNxUC8ica_i6rM/s320/DSCN6117.JPG" width="130" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish she would decide already </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to start a blog to show and tell her amazing creativity! </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Espero que ela se decida finalmente a começar um blog </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">e a partilhar toda a sua fantástica creatividade!</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She creates mostly by upcycling stuff </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and her project about literacy is simply... amazing </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(as is </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">h</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">er passion about children literature)!</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ela cria coisas principalmente pelo processo de upcycling </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(é-me difícil traduzir para português este conceito de upcyling... basicamente significa reciclar </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">mas transformando o objecto em algo diferente sem o destruir, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">enquanto que reciclar significa basicamente destruir uma coisa para a transformar noutra),</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e o seu projecto de literacia é simplesmente fantástico </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(assim como a sua paixão por literatura infantil)!</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So... because today's the last day of the year, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I dedicate the last 2011 post of this blog to my friend, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">knowing that good friends are more precious than anything else in this life.</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Então... porque hoje é o último dia do ano,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">dedico o último post deste blog à minha amiga, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">reconhecendo que bons amigos são a coisa mais preciosa desta vida.</span> </span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Happy New Year to all!</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Feliz Ano Novo para todos!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-71436620252369076472011-12-25T06:57:00.000-05:002011-12-25T06:57:45.483-05:00This Christmas Morning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRZ-bMGPoGFSXtDLT55srVmnBv3KdG_uiE_fv1EiruRmT2Ik38y_sX5OOi3uB_bsepp7Gtd6mCASB0-mSG64DxSko2LeKF0n-uQbzhS73CJlPkL7Q5UpZHJE52axJFMvz92YwGoOiKzCz/s1600/thumbnailCA62U3BW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRZ-bMGPoGFSXtDLT55srVmnBv3KdG_uiE_fv1EiruRmT2Ik38y_sX5OOi3uB_bsepp7Gtd6mCASB0-mSG64DxSko2LeKF0n-uQbzhS73CJlPkL7Q5UpZHJE52axJFMvz92YwGoOiKzCz/s200/thumbnailCA62U3BW.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This Christmas morning </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got up at five, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just like every other morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fixed my coffee pot, fed the cat, checked my email. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just like every other morning.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This Christmas morning </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when I opened up my eyes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just like every other morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I realized "I'm alive!".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This Christmas morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like every other morning, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when I stood up, feet finally firmed up on the carpet, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a wet velvety small tongue licked my toes and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like every other morning </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynX8wnSxHJIO1pQdaQddMeVD9rJMCxCWGWg-ybFR4925MAFVTHe_3APFjdWJ9pzN63jHdBYzXySFs90s4kf38CXIHPpx654md8vHQgZloON27eJvDJmWINIPLjtsllCKCx1cnlVi-bKds/s1600/thumbnailCAHEXDX3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjynX8wnSxHJIO1pQdaQddMeVD9rJMCxCWGWg-ybFR4925MAFVTHe_3APFjdWJ9pzN63jHdBYzXySFs90s4kf38CXIHPpx654md8vHQgZloON27eJvDJmWINIPLjtsllCKCx1cnlVi-bKds/s200/thumbnailCAHEXDX3.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I smiled, because I knew my cat was alive and well.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This Christmas morning </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I try to stop this feeling crushing my chest </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the tears from rolling down my face, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">just like every other morning. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And just like every other morning </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hear your calling "where you at, crazy woman?', </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you kiss me good morning and I greet you "I love you", </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on this Christmas morning.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Merry Christmas my darling!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-32194540833806637232011-12-18T07:24:00.000-05:002011-12-18T07:24:12.631-05:00Felt Angry Birds<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we rapidly approach Christmas Eve </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so do I try to rush and finish my last handmade gifts. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">À medida que nos aproximamos da noite de Natal, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">também eu tento despachar-me e acabar os meus </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">últimos</span> presentes feitos à mao.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuMIAD4sqZ1fOPwKMwQor00_ZNT8LO-9rfxyST7z7eBg_YqTqznems80BqX2b735wn2prhxCOEvDNzsxpTvoTdHE1pzklFX52YvM21lrALt3HI05-wfWFgcvohuuhbkdOjX2EDY5EEkY/s1600/DSCN6068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuMIAD4sqZ1fOPwKMwQor00_ZNT8LO-9rfxyST7z7eBg_YqTqznems80BqX2b735wn2prhxCOEvDNzsxpTvoTdHE1pzklFX52YvM21lrALt3HI05-wfWFgcvohuuhbkdOjX2EDY5EEkY/s320/DSCN6068.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had found the </span><a href="http://obsessivelystitching.blogspot.com/2009/01/make-it-for-you.html"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tutorial </span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for these sweet crazy </span><a href="http://obsessivelystitching.blogspot.com/2009/01/make-it-for-you.html"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">angry birds</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and immediately filed them under my to do list section of my brain.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And so, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because I still had </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to send a package to my sweet darling (grandson) in Portugal, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I rushed and made these pretties yesterday!</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tinha encontrado este <a href="http://obsessivelystitching.blogspot.com/2009/01/make-it-for-you.html">tutorial/passo-a-passo</a> que ensina a fazer estes engraçados e malucos <a href="http://obsessivelystitching.blogspot.com/2009/01/make-it-for-you.html"><em>angry birds</em></a> e imediatamente o arquivei no meu cérebro na secção de <em>coisas para fazer</em>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Por isso, e como ainda tinha de mandar uma encomenda para o meu fofinho (neto) em Portugal, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">ontem apressei-me a fazer estas fofuras!</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBIoTuMoz2mAVA1ilPXQKgLCL_ookAfH4iu6IOqnPDJNp1Bre9F8HrVlJ_LptTyix1-nHDczwJIBfwyM3LPEEz7DKIXpbSVBB00nX0jAyheTNlMtrIhV4gcN_9idOgWBEEng0zjqA0Hw/s1600/DSCN6065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBIoTuMoz2mAVA1ilPXQKgLCL_ookAfH4iu6IOqnPDJNp1Bre9F8HrVlJ_LptTyix1-nHDczwJIBfwyM3LPEEz7DKIXpbSVBB00nX0jAyheTNlMtrIhV4gcN_9idOgWBEEng0zjqA0Hw/s320/DSCN6065.JPG" width="263" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Kv85oYXrlk0Re6lQur6SGLqsg2qFKOl2NALE2jaCCtQQ0s5JmSz1WRYwV2EapQI-LyGQ6iz05LZZty7xyaZN42xZht3mGLJOjCWGc6YPiRDBdNG7pQmyZ7nMF1ppedRwLz4SLmQifmY/s1600/DSCN6060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Kv85oYXrlk0Re6lQur6SGLqsg2qFKOl2NALE2jaCCtQQ0s5JmSz1WRYwV2EapQI-LyGQ6iz05LZZty7xyaZN42xZht3mGLJOjCWGc6YPiRDBdNG7pQmyZ7nMF1ppedRwLz4SLmQifmY/s320/DSCN6060.JPG" width="232" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7xM5cKwhdPaUqPZZ7TlDu5A4415-Ti6xHoY87XUeeYsvgSylH4gG-Par5Mlbfb9zc_wbL33HgWjog1KWAklpPNXZkASyeG0QeFz5CCxDvSC7YLudjXjonE3k8cKUGZnbFud_T8-C70o/s1600/DSCN6062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7xM5cKwhdPaUqPZZ7TlDu5A4415-Ti6xHoY87XUeeYsvgSylH4gG-Par5Mlbfb9zc_wbL33HgWjog1KWAklpPNXZkASyeG0QeFz5CCxDvSC7YLudjXjonE3k8cKUGZnbFud_T8-C70o/s320/DSCN6062.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope he's going to like them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Maybe I'll go ahead and make them all, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">so sometime next year he'll have a good surprise!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Espero que ele goste!</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Talvez ainda faça a colecção toda,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">assim no próximo ano pode ser que ele tenha uma surpresa!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Espero que ele goste!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8FvEUMEv4ZLNXzJIes4WS0SvtqaCbdIwesov4j_RtDqPB5oygt5QjubIffxMS-65WnyWXOy3wyvRfQTNakniP_mR0t4nLb697EAeucDz1pMiWwBu7h1tmn689r0otXF4cTY7HIA_GBQ/s1600/DSCN6069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8FvEUMEv4ZLNXzJIes4WS0SvtqaCbdIwesov4j_RtDqPB5oygt5QjubIffxMS-65WnyWXOy3wyvRfQTNakniP_mR0t4nLb697EAeucDz1pMiWwBu7h1tmn689r0otXF4cTY7HIA_GBQ/s320/DSCN6069.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'll see you all soon!</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></div></span>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-86895769268657598612011-12-17T07:05:00.001-05:002011-12-17T07:09:56.140-05:00For J<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For J, my husband.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/fyTfbtZeGeU?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today would have been his birthday.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyAXOGQDKMozTbgvekKUMSB2oitd7CAhOCjcvxqRARGVzesBgej7rDI1Q5ZCg8wiQT_9BLk44B7qJuA9EySbI9fVNyWnDF80nVF_MwkDlYY2chfbvgE_1KrBzOQY8WorLeawl9sJcNgA/s1600/DSCN6049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyAXOGQDKMozTbgvekKUMSB2oitd7CAhOCjcvxqRARGVzesBgej7rDI1Q5ZCg8wiQT_9BLk44B7qJuA9EySbI9fVNyWnDF80nVF_MwkDlYY2chfbvgE_1KrBzOQY8WorLeawl9sJcNgA/s320/DSCN6049.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also today is the 16th month anniversary of his death.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><em>I love you, and I always will.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-9141190474587246442011-12-11T06:30:00.001-05:002011-12-11T06:34:16.735-05:00On the 11th day of Christmas...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KlQVKrbI14oGwz8V3nTwd5r35MjrqqfiroWRGzLKhpdtJsFQWBJg4XPW83TT9JMVeF2-IQumNDnn-EsstPIAMh0pNXMmqFz9E809ZqtNZrrIFYNGVVQJS1oxXn09CGvWQKWuyxrUMT8/s1600/DSCN6033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1KlQVKrbI14oGwz8V3nTwd5r35MjrqqfiroWRGzLKhpdtJsFQWBJg4XPW83TT9JMVeF2-IQumNDnn-EsstPIAMh0pNXMmqFz9E809ZqtNZrrIFYNGVVQJS1oxXn09CGvWQKWuyxrUMT8/s320/DSCN6033.JPG" width="228" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With Christmas less than two weeks away, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been rushing to get things ready to go </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(to the other side of the world). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Com o Natal a menos de duas semanas de distância, tenho estado a apressar-me para conseguir ter tudo pronto para mandar (para o outro lado do mundo).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4kXfY1aBQYR4sfARTsB27VTK3ZNQRmenMIE5V9Q6zpsOgvkm33wN8KoinVHTpYVhWnzT3HmqTxqfueUKEu_kAmeBDvZGFudSFqiyyE9LYCBhB7ElRBEvO4OCmSOdGgFK1-MxxJZ7Dm4/s1600/DSCN6027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4kXfY1aBQYR4sfARTsB27VTK3ZNQRmenMIE5V9Q6zpsOgvkm33wN8KoinVHTpYVhWnzT3HmqTxqfueUKEu_kAmeBDvZGFudSFqiyyE9LYCBhB7ElRBEvO4OCmSOdGgFK1-MxxJZ7Dm4/s320/DSCN6027.JPG" width="262" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Supervised by Miss Pooh-Pooh </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've went trough my cards, selecting the most precious ones </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for friends and family: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sob a supervisão da Miss Pooh-Pooh, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">fiz uma escolha dos meus cartões mais bonitos </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">para mandar aos amigos e à família: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyXD4BxDkaEiSwzMoHwZm5z6rmLUy7Vk3oxXvXnudUVK0N6DQGp5g6ZAit1I8sHc7rapfr2yrQ8b2gF5W9x1fKEpUxFbS2Dk3Ki3XXNJ-ZWbabYbIWF2QkEQ7mP1j2wTHZHE45JAyEt8/s1600/DSCN6030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyXD4BxDkaEiSwzMoHwZm5z6rmLUy7Vk3oxXvXnudUVK0N6DQGp5g6ZAit1I8sHc7rapfr2yrQ8b2gF5W9x1fKEpUxFbS2Dk3Ki3XXNJ-ZWbabYbIWF2QkEQ7mP1j2wTHZHE45JAyEt8/s320/DSCN6030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"What do I think about this one for my friend ..?, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and what about this one for...?",</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I asked her. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">"O que achas deste para a minha amiga...?,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e deste para...?",</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">perguntei-lhe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrROxsJCNujHtXYXEB9BgGxyZonUqx09m0SXiXJ2U6ICYLuZgfVRKX83MietOzaFE5efLrWm49sdxXPStHLFDPKMut4s6xg0PSDevXe853UOcloVjooy57C0nQcoNtz2T2Ol8sP7Mmae8/s1600/DSCN6031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrROxsJCNujHtXYXEB9BgGxyZonUqx09m0SXiXJ2U6ICYLuZgfVRKX83MietOzaFE5efLrWm49sdxXPStHLFDPKMut4s6xg0PSDevXe853UOcloVjooy57C0nQcoNtz2T2Ol8sP7Mmae8/s320/DSCN6031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Fine! Whatever!...", she meow back to me... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Definitely she has an attitude problem!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Tudo bem! Como quiseres!",</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">miou como resposta.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ela tem definitivamente um problema de atitude!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway... after the cards, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went and finished some small items that needed to be finished </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to be put into the package to ship.</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">De qualquer modo... depois dos cartões, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">estive a terminar algumas coisitas </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">que tinham de ser acabadas antes de serem colocadas na caixa para enviar.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjIwXIKsQdG975r2nSthgP9Wqujny22jA93g4HhrzRrkE6UtHyiGPabY2oRIRHhlY22oC48R9MzKMK8-_BYSWBM-9MPT1A7REfXQ_g-cmv2AGi1-vuJtWU6ELX_HkOsfCRCpGMotcdqg/s1600/12-11-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWjIwXIKsQdG975r2nSthgP9Wqujny22jA93g4HhrzRrkE6UtHyiGPabY2oRIRHhlY22oC48R9MzKMK8-_BYSWBM-9MPT1A7REfXQ_g-cmv2AGi1-vuJtWU6ELX_HkOsfCRCpGMotcdqg/s320/12-11-11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regarding the little snowman with the earmuffs, </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the credit goes for <a href="http://melzamelo.blogspot.com/2011/12/porta-talher-boneco-de-neve.html">Artmelza</a>, </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">whose directions and pattern I've followed, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">though I've given it a different purpose (pencil holder). </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSzBQAXuMKTLux8tEDMDK-B0oSZLAt0zs7jgwyMIzqqqsNCLZjGWgZOsytvyErjrrNuFLwb09wJhPLRyfJP8wmf_2SJuT1N4Pdxr_Ohz7S5jBMSrGsLqkkVq3El2aStN8OFOIEdLvjcc/s1600/DSCN6043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSzBQAXuMKTLux8tEDMDK-B0oSZLAt0zs7jgwyMIzqqqsNCLZjGWgZOsytvyErjrrNuFLwb09wJhPLRyfJP8wmf_2SJuT1N4Pdxr_Ohz7S5jBMSrGsLqkkVq3El2aStN8OFOIEdLvjcc/s320/DSCN6043.JPG" width="194" /></a></div></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Em relação ao pequeno boneco-de-neve com os tampões nos ouvidos, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">o crédito é da <a href="http://melzamelo.blogspot.com/2011/12/porta-talher-boneco-de-neve.html">Artmelza</a>, cujas instruções e molde eu segui, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">embora lhe tenha dado um objectivo diferente (uma caixa para lápis).</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everything else is my own creation </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and absolutely confidential </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I shall say no more!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Shhhhhhh!....</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tudo o resto foi criado por mim </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e é absolutamnte confidential </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e mais não direi!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Shhhhhh!....</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I wish you all funny busy days and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see you soon!</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Desejo-vos dias ocupados e bem dispostos </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e até breve!</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-50952881269939978822011-12-06T07:28:00.000-05:002011-12-06T07:28:50.761-05:00Tunisian Crochet Hobbes<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I asked my son what would my grandson like for Christmas, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he told me the little one is an enthusiastic fan of Calvin & Hobbes comics, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and that he would love a big stuffed Hobbes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Quando perguntei ao meu filho o que é que o meu neto gostaria para o Natal, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">ele respondeu-me que o pequenino é um fã entusiástico da banda desenhada Calvin & Hobbes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e que adoraria ter um grande Hobbes de peluche.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjAbbWPGzzm82n1s9gBEqLFXWUXjk4rCSNH_MmWYDdK6Uqtgf1xJL_NnAIkn3oG_1pgjtgpJowflxDb7jQvRREtsRLjPHyJlr9M8lWY9qbG32FSlDbMFtVJ9jMGE38OEqe_ZejWmOi0g/s1600/DSCN6025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjAbbWPGzzm82n1s9gBEqLFXWUXjk4rCSNH_MmWYDdK6Uqtgf1xJL_NnAIkn3oG_1pgjtgpJowflxDb7jQvRREtsRLjPHyJlr9M8lWY9qbG32FSlDbMFtVJ9jMGE38OEqe_ZejWmOi0g/s320/DSCN6025.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do confess the first thing I did was to go online and search for one to buy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Confesso que a primeira coisa que fiz foi ir online e procurar por um para comprar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9C7SxrT3a6Mfsz_v1AYN_SRZ49-i3cxVJBHBEpTleObDzElZRPwzCrHOxfBQgYPU5rh1tR2HUZcSLVKisTQN0hwDJkkDoaKfhIQnZngINUYSDhdxPyezu_v4dJe_lIQKZxA5Im4aiVno/s1600/DSCN6020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9C7SxrT3a6Mfsz_v1AYN_SRZ49-i3cxVJBHBEpTleObDzElZRPwzCrHOxfBQgYPU5rh1tR2HUZcSLVKisTQN0hwDJkkDoaKfhIQnZngINUYSDhdxPyezu_v4dJe_lIQKZxA5Im4aiVno/s320/DSCN6020.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But after having found a bunch of basically nothing I decided I would go for it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went with Tunisian crochet stitch </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because it gives me a much more sturdy type of fabric </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(my <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/BearyNiceMade/0/0/105140">Oh La La Lolita Dolls</a> are made with the same type of stitch) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and everything went pretty smooth. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mas depois de ter encontrado basicamente nada decidi que iria tentar fazer um. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Resolvi-me pelo ponto de crochet Tunisino </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">porque proporciona um tipo de tecido muito mais resistente </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(as minhas bonecas <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/BearyNiceMade/0/0/105140">Oh La La Lolita Doll</a> são feitas com o mesmo tipo de ponto) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e tudo correu muito bem.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xVvsYFXfkFuwp2zxPLTz5_o532DNJS2VRBNeGRCf7RwOKfPBKbeqTqS2mdSHL8-5Xcee2svbIsS099h7zJdPlv6dc7_V08_noX8LLofRJg6F50THkiqDd0NrpA_qPLKb7I9wV8xSY08/s1600/DSCN6022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHBigRDtCqz1QYV_XR_NFTqAh55cDd8cAVvlzyIfXjoi5h8I9CYC7SYJSVe2qoPv1gjWArCvkBPrDYOgDzOsdCb3MAg0IqZHcifhJqABrvhAwP4WWoil_uiHkUiJJmtfZhSgxsGWBF2c/s1600/DSCN6019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHBigRDtCqz1QYV_XR_NFTqAh55cDd8cAVvlzyIfXjoi5h8I9CYC7SYJSVe2qoPv1gjWArCvkBPrDYOgDzOsdCb3MAg0IqZHcifhJqABrvhAwP4WWoil_uiHkUiJJmtfZhSgxsGWBF2c/s320/DSCN6019.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the face and nuzzle I experimented 2 or 3 different ways, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">till I finally decided I liked the way it looked. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Para a cara e o focinho experimentei 2 ou 3 maneiras diferentes, até que finalmente me decidi pela que gostava mais.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm very happy with it, and I do hope my grandson will too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Estou muito satisfeita com o modo como resultou, e espero que o meu neto também goste.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2XQWH7byuQkqrve6mPyAW5E17WxA6AdnngtTGKtbNnB1UvEcooz6zOS9m5OTqeWQ95f_Zgy3psF_KeUjmopxEqfV0mmLsFiMkWsS4utdRSbTPJ_5iJJqibbZlS2jkLgjL4LJtUYvT4U/s1600/DSCN6024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2XQWH7byuQkqrve6mPyAW5E17WxA6AdnngtTGKtbNnB1UvEcooz6zOS9m5OTqeWQ95f_Zgy3psF_KeUjmopxEqfV0mmLsFiMkWsS4utdRSbTPJ_5iJJqibbZlS2jkLgjL4LJtUYvT4U/s320/DSCN6024.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile I'm keeping busy with the making of some more pretties </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which hopefully will meet their destiny this Christmas!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Entretanto continuo ocupada fazendo mais coisas bonitas </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">que espero encontrem o seu destino este Natal.<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I'll see you soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-43991686176814394572011-12-03T06:39:00.000-05:002011-12-03T06:39:38.543-05:00Anatomy of a Crafters Fair<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's already December... I've been quite busy lately, with several things happening at the same time, thus the lack of blog posting. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Já estamos em Dezembro... tenho estado bastante ocupada e com diferentes coisas acontecendo ao mesmo tempo, dai não ter publicado no blog.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8C3sZMb3V7iTlEkajOddwsaeGYmDqqpGQtywBJIoz_tAvMIYbj7RWA31v_AQnjcOr-mgs156-OTU0rBzT4oQyOCbfGTiBsYJCDTGYK5_ykVNLp9R0gkBHBtLc8bMyuG9__KAXjbFuVEQ/s1600/DSCN6012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8C3sZMb3V7iTlEkajOddwsaeGYmDqqpGQtywBJIoz_tAvMIYbj7RWA31v_AQnjcOr-mgs156-OTU0rBzT4oQyOCbfGTiBsYJCDTGYK5_ykVNLp9R0gkBHBtLc8bMyuG9__KAXjbFuVEQ/s320/DSCN6012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday I had another Quilter's Craft Fair, at another Senior Center. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were much less sellers than last time and, of course, the fair taking place at a Senior Center, the potential buyers were almost all seniors.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And unfortunately these are difficult times for everyone and specially for those who are on a budget. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tough initially the chances to have some buyers coming in seemed really slim, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it turned out that I made quite a few sales! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Ontem participei noutra venda de artesanato num outro Centro de Dia. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Havia muito menos vendedores desta vez, e claro que sendo um Centro de Dia para Idosos os potenciais clientes eram quase todos idosos.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Infelizmente estes tempos sãao dificeis para toda a gente, especialmente para aqueles limitados a uma pensão ou orçamento.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">E embora inicialmente parecesse que havia poucas hipóteses de termos alguns clientes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">a verdade <span style="color: blue;">é</span> que fiz bastantes vendas! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46bUFlxb6aIXKLEpumgtTrkg0X3Rq5vhMKXhC1BA5xPlNeFtYF4TKuaV8eoN4J26TywCyQrHneRSY7Ju0f_wpv4vvXX5O2HQsXLfJvdCeVNjUutO7pK79ZS5S-o-uWiM5Z98Fzzz97dQ/s1600/DSCN6018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46bUFlxb6aIXKLEpumgtTrkg0X3Rq5vhMKXhC1BA5xPlNeFtYF4TKuaV8eoN4J26TywCyQrHneRSY7Ju0f_wpv4vvXX5O2HQsXLfJvdCeVNjUutO7pK79ZS5S-o-uWiM5Z98Fzzz97dQ/s320/DSCN6018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkkzfP_VbzV6A_Kd8hpqkBeAshp2rOGHE1i5K2_tTLYLm290ecouJGtSKVAYUwn7ROUxfBdXeRqcETOwLPsEvfuGyjBLqnWNEDEVz6HXr05rphNAJsxnh4Ors34CG1ZlBokICxsCHgmc/s1600/DSCN6009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkkzfP_VbzV6A_Kd8hpqkBeAshp2rOGHE1i5K2_tTLYLm290ecouJGtSKVAYUwn7ROUxfBdXeRqcETOwLPsEvfuGyjBLqnWNEDEVz6HXr05rphNAJsxnh4Ors34CG1ZlBokICxsCHgmc/s320/DSCN6009.JPG" width="171" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think that the different outcome for me personally </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is due to 2 different things: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">first being that's December, Christmas is a coming, and people are trying to get their Christmas shopping done </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I almost sold out my Nordic ear warmers, and I kept hearing people referring grand daughters while buying them). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">T</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he other I think is due to a better display of my items, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my table seemed more organized </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">plus I've made small cards describing the items </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or what they're used for: one single client bought six <em>tawashi </em>at once </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(this time I had a card explaining that <em>tawashi</em> is Japanese for "dish scrubby").</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Acho que o resultadoi foi diferente para mim pessoalmente especialmente devido a dois factores: primeiro porque estamos em Dezembro, o Natal está à porta </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e as pessoas estão a tentar ultimar as compras de Natal </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(vendi quase todos os meus “aconchegos de orelhas em estilo Nóordico“, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e as clientes estavam sempre a referir as netas ou sobrinhas quando os compravam). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O outro factor relaciona-se, penso eu, com uma melhor apresentação dos meus produtos, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">a minha mesa estava melhor organizada </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e fiz cartões </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">para descrever cada produto e o seu uso: u</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">ma única cliente comprou-me seis <em>tawashi</em> duma s<span style="color: blue;">ó</span> vez (desta vez eu tinha um cartão referindo que <em>tawashi</em> <span style="color: blue;">é</span> a palavra japonesa para "esfregão para pratos").</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Foi uma venda rentável e uma experiência de aprendizagem que resultou muito positiva!</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish you all stay active and keep your producing on! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see you all soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Mantenham-se activas e produtivas!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Até breve!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-34598567680727320892011-11-19T10:49:00.000-05:002011-11-19T10:49:59.006-05:00Quilter's Craft Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I've told you about, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">yesterday was the Quilter's Craft Fair </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at my local Senior Center.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Como vos tinha dito, ontem foi a Venda de Artesanato </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">dos <em>Quilters</em> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">do Centro de Idosos da minha comunidade.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDHS7yLt_GdUbdHomxfB0Yc7DL5XsKK0Gm_cw8T8tNmRdBdeMLrvRPuWJnRnvGARVC2Y2zIr13JPZ6wyTr8N8A-Ly2s5Qr89di3xz9LE52lGg2WPCDkTMZJyAgod5oiHSsQ9HsKw9tDQ/s1600/DSCN5981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDHS7yLt_GdUbdHomxfB0Yc7DL5XsKK0Gm_cw8T8tNmRdBdeMLrvRPuWJnRnvGARVC2Y2zIr13JPZ6wyTr8N8A-Ly2s5Qr89di3xz9LE52lGg2WPCDkTMZJyAgod5oiHSsQ9HsKw9tDQ/s320/DSCN5981.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it went rather well, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with different crafters showing</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and selling their crafts, mainly quilters, jewellery makers, sewing, knitting and crochet crafts, even some wood crafts and baskets. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see above as every body's rushing to ultimate everything </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">before the doors open to the public.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As expected, the fair was mainly visited by senior elements of the community.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The prices were quite accessible and I did alright, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">not getting the riches I was hopping for (sights...), </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but still I've sold quite a few items.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bellow you can see my table and display.</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Acho que correu bastante bem, com diferentes tipos de artesãos a mostrar e a vender as peças, principalmente quilters, artesãos de joalharia, peças de costura, de tricot e de crochet, até algumas peças em madeira e cestos de vime (ou de material similar ao vime).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Como podem ver acima, toda a gente estava ocupada com os últimos preparativos antes das portas abrirem ao público.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Como era esperado, os principais clientes eram todos cidadões seniores da comunidade</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Os preços eram bastante acessíveis e eu não me dei mal, embora não tenha ficado rica (suspiros...), mas mesmo assim vendi bastantes peças.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Em baixo podem ver os artigos expostos na minha mesa.</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1Y93q3LICLXAKEQNuFb3N6IOQGm2h_-uordEL8lIDVLjk4RuuG-43aI0MpRJwJANK5Fto_bZGp7oUS1aqJEtLySKc9LGqlucN2A5qf6kB9tJBxPBOX_9bj6Nm6Dh410Rn69OglX1wTk/s1600/DSCN5978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1Y93q3LICLXAKEQNuFb3N6IOQGm2h_-uordEL8lIDVLjk4RuuG-43aI0MpRJwJANK5Fto_bZGp7oUS1aqJEtLySKc9LGqlucN2A5qf6kB9tJBxPBOX_9bj6Nm6Dh410Rn69OglX1wTk/s320/DSCN5978.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignZTW6zUrqP1ZvD3rcBybTewLYcTsGd1AkwHoFOm_Jxa104X4kyEXguUzNWEo2AEDM-8ppRFskgeFlLBm92U7BJKo9KfaGc_nHbGczZMcL1WzjoUGsxmUmuvk4soo30snNhzDuv1xltY/s1600/DSCN5974.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignZTW6zUrqP1ZvD3rcBybTewLYcTsGd1AkwHoFOm_Jxa104X4kyEXguUzNWEo2AEDM-8ppRFskgeFlLBm92U7BJKo9KfaGc_nHbGczZMcL1WzjoUGsxmUmuvk4soo30snNhzDuv1xltY/s320/DSCN5974.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieR4avVlgxvv5SxhD_kgnd6LH8c1umjjteu-M_Wy-FbUnKTLVi229fnq9F1a2DHM5zlb9oI25kD92WLPE387okhoPhLS0ouq-lB6tTZNcjFtxCNMdoKYP4XbrxEiQnaxO_gZ5aO3AEYXg/s1600/DSCN5975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieR4avVlgxvv5SxhD_kgnd6LH8c1umjjteu-M_Wy-FbUnKTLVi229fnq9F1a2DHM5zlb9oI25kD92WLPE387okhoPhLS0ouq-lB6tTZNcjFtxCNMdoKYP4XbrxEiQnaxO_gZ5aO3AEYXg/s320/DSCN5975.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For my next craft fair, I think I'll try to display differently, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">maybe grouping similar items on a container, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and get identical containers for all the items, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for a more uniform presentation. What do you think, any suggestions?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My card board doesn't show on the pictures but I sold a few Xmas cards (I had like a big bulletin board, at the side of the table, that I've made, but forgot to take a picture), and by the comments I heard they were very well considered.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">On the beginning of next month, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I might try another quilter's fair at another senior center.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'll let you know, and I'll see you all later.</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Para a próxima feira de artesanato, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">acho que vou dispôr as minhas peças de modo diferente, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">talvez juntando artigos semelhantes num recipiente, e arranjar recipientes idênticos para todos os artigos, para uma disposição mais uniforme. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O que acham?, têm sugestões?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">O quadro expositor dos meus cartões nao aparece nas fotos </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">mas também vendi alguns cartões de Natal </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">(forrei um grande placard de madeira para expôr os meus cartões, que estava colocado no chão na lateral da mesa, mas esqueci-me de tirar uma foto), </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">e pelos comentários que ouvi as pessoas gostaram bastante.</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">No início do próximo mês talvez participe noutra venda num outro centro de idosos. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Eu depois digo-vos, e até breve!</span></div></span>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-19824765767359879412011-11-17T18:14:00.000-05:002011-11-17T18:14:19.197-05:00Back for business<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all I want to apologize to all for the long absence and silence. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm back and hopefully on a more constant pace, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">now that I finally have a new laptop and got it up and running smootly. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Antes de mais quero pedir desculpa pela longa ausência e silêncio. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Estou de volta e espero que com uma frequência mais constante, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">agora que finalmente tenho um novo laptop e que o tenho a trabalhar em condições.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The truth is I got a virus on my computer earlier this month </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that totally messed up everything</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and I thought all was lost, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but it seems like some of my data</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> will be able to be saved.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But right now I'm starting from ground zero on this new laptop </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(and yeah!, this time I bought anti-virus protection!).</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A verdade é que tive um vírus no meu computador no início do mês </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">que o arruinou completamente e pensei que tinha perdido tudo, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">mas agora parece que alguns dos meus dados poderão ser salvos. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mas de momento estou a começar do zero neste novo laptop </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(e claro!, desta vez comprei um anti-vírus!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Long history made short, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all the computer problems </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a little bit of a tiny depression mood </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">plus the fact I've been busy getting ready </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLloSdRkKQZxgdRXryOxUHQgTPx6Q4d6r3U4SnhYzptfnhyphenhyphendRgxL7hoSYt9yMNwKtSti6a-i62rylwdF0jrHf47YqxiRRNL9zDj6_o1oTBqZQQlcYnmBsCN2-subHLVDxweFsrc4zobQ/s1600/DSCN5959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLloSdRkKQZxgdRXryOxUHQgTPx6Q4d6r3U4SnhYzptfnhyphenhyphendRgxL7hoSYt9yMNwKtSti6a-i62rylwdF0jrHf47YqxiRRNL9zDj6_o1oTBqZQQlcYnmBsCN2-subHLVDxweFsrc4zobQ/s320/DSCN5959.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for tomorrow's Quilter Craft Fair at our local Senior Center, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">those are the reasons for this absence from the blogging world.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I promise to post about the fair craft and show you all some pics.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Till then, I'll see soon.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Resumindo, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">os problemas com o computador,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">uma disposição um pouquito depressiva </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">mais o facto de ter estado ocupada ultimando as coisas para a venda de artesanato de amanhã </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">no Centro de Dia de Idosos da minha área, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">são as razões essenciais para a minha ausência neste universo dos blogs. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Prometo escrever um post acerca da venda de artesanato e mostrar-vos algumas fotos. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times;">Até breve!</span></span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-53125809666449094632011-10-23T10:04:00.000-04:002011-10-23T10:04:49.593-04:00Portuguese Green Soup aka Caldo Verde<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Portuguese Green Soup was always one of my husband's favourites. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O meu caldo verde era um dos pratos favoritos do meu marido.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFn0SMnMXjFu7RQT7wtEZdoLe9CCCty9OZVU-3ElB-NpzypX6ZH7o5-gwDU57TZHf3e_RU-2gf3SAcN1XBpk5uM-urcoIcGcWQifROw-BrTWuFXTyNwTeDarrq-BFilgA03x027YYKR8/s1600/DSCN5859.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205px" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFn0SMnMXjFu7RQT7wtEZdoLe9CCCty9OZVU-3ElB-NpzypX6ZH7o5-gwDU57TZHf3e_RU-2gf3SAcN1XBpk5uM-urcoIcGcWQifROw-BrTWuFXTyNwTeDarrq-BFilgA03x027YYKR8/s320/DSCN5859.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even if I cannot make a exact and true reproduction </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of the Portuguese culinary trade mark Caldo verde, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I dare to say my own version of it comes out pretty close in taste and looks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ainda que não consiga imitar fielmente o tradicional caldo verde Português, atrevo-me a afirmar que a minha versão é muito parecida, tanto no paladar como no aspecto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The real thing is made out with Portuguese cabbage, very finely shredded, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">and it takes Portuguese chouriço slices</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(not to be mistaken with the <em>chorizo</em>, Mexican style, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">that sometimes I see at the grocery store). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O original é feito com couve Portuguesa, cortada muito fina, e leva rodelas de chouriço Português </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(não confundir com <em>chourizo</em>, estilo mexicano, que às vezes encontro à venda no supermercado).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Portuguese chouriço tastes, smells and even looks totally different.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">O chouriço Português sabe e cheira totalmente diferente, até o aspecto é diferente.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">But alas, my husband was a meat eater, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">and just to please him </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I would buy some pepperoni or <em>chorizo</em> that I would add to his soup bowl </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(not for me, thank you very much).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mas então, o meu marido comia carne e só para lhe agradar eu comprava <em>chorizo</em> ou <em>pepperoni</em> para pôr na sopa dele (mas não para mim, muito obrigada).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now that I made that point out, let's get to the recipe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Agora que tornei este ponto claro, vamos à receita.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">For the ingredients, you'll need:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Para os ingredientes, vai precisar:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- 6 to 8 medium potatoes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- de 6 a 8 batatas médias</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- 1 big onion</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- 1 cebola grande</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- 2 or 3 cloves of garlic</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- 2 ou 3 dentes de alho</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- 4 or 5 medium turnip roots</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- 4 ou 5 cabeças de nabo médias</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- 1 lb can of seasoned turnip greens </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> or finely shredded fresh bunch of kales</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- 1 lata de 1 libra de nabiças temperadas </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> ou 1 molho de kales frescos cortados muito fino</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- 3 colheres de sopa de azeite extra vrgem</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- Portuguese chouriço, <em>chorizo</em> or pepperoni</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- Chouriço Português, <em>chorizo</em> ou <em>pepperoni</em></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> How to do it:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Como fazer:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Peel and dice potatoes, onion, garlic and turnip greens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Descascar e cortar as batatas, a cebola, o alho e os nabos em quadrados pequenos.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Add to boiling mildly salty water in a big sauce pan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Juntar à água a ferver, com um pouco de sal, numa panela grande.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">When vegetables are truly cooked, insert an immersion blender and blend everything into a fine puree (if you don't have an immersion blender, you can use your mashed potatoes tool or a regular blender, in either case it's just a little bit more work).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Quando os vegetais estiverem bem cozidos, mergulhar uma varinha mágica e reduzir a puré </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(se não tiver uma varinha mágica, pode utilizar uma trituradora vulgar ou a vara manual de esmagar as batatas para puré, em qualquer dos casos é só um pouco mais trabalhoso).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Taste and correct the salt if needed, add the greens </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(either from the can or the fresh kales), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">add the olive oil, and let it cook in low heat for about 30 minutes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Prove e corrija o sal se for necessário, junte as verduras (quer seja da lata ou os kales frescos), junte o azeite, e deixe cozer em lume brando cerca de 30 minutos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And that's it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">E pronto.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">This is the kind of soup it tastes much better if you let it sit for a couple of hours before serving. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Este é o tipo de sopa que sabe melhor se ficar na panela por um par de horas antes de ser servida.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJOUlvDAy_4AIGMGNN5I_NQqz3iIhjIGyEK-KeJOhjfQV4uZ5vOIQWUQnU4FYkXoJRiBP6esKLGvZHlhY6lwY9J6O1aSpJ68SkUZjamgkqtj5ws6YMIeTrgS8yXf_WgqKScAMlNY4KMA/s1600/DSCN5860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJOUlvDAy_4AIGMGNN5I_NQqz3iIhjIGyEK-KeJOhjfQV4uZ5vOIQWUQnU4FYkXoJRiBP6esKLGvZHlhY6lwY9J6O1aSpJ68SkUZjamgkqtj5ws6YMIeTrgS8yXf_WgqKScAMlNY4KMA/s320/DSCN5860.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">When you serve it, and if you like it, then add a couple slices </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">of Portuguese chouriço</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(OK, OK, if you can't find it, you may use <em>chorizo</em> or peperoni, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">but trust me, it won't be exactly the same).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Quando servir a sopa e se gostar, ponha umas rodelas de chouriço Português no topo (está bem, está bem, se não conseguir encontrar, pode utilizar <em>chorizo</em> ou <em>pepperoni</em>, mas digo-lhe já que não é a mesma coisa).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I hope you've enjoyed </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">as much as I did sharing it with you and... I'll see you all soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Espero que tenha gostado, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">pelo menos tanto como eu gostei de partilhar esta receita consigo e... até breve!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-28999427200470106092011-10-22T13:19:00.002-04:002011-10-22T13:22:50.495-04:00F.R.I.E.N.D.S Swap - the gifts I've sent<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that my friend <a href="http://artscraftsandmore-withveena.blogspot.com/">Veena</a> got the package I've sent, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can tell you about my gifts to her </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for the F.R.I.E.N.D.S Swap. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Agora que a minha amiga <a href="http://artscraftsandmore-withveena.blogspot.com/">Veena</a> já recebeu a encomenda que mandei, posso-vos dizer quais foram as prendas que lhe enviei para a troca de prendas F.R.I.E.N.D.S.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9WqxcKqhYDWE2R46Gay3LodXJUC01R7LGy6woGa6PitDfEeKn-EFheS3hY_gfNc7vkqmYMDzq5fC-U9M8Ngya3L_QT9qc4uzO1dxrjN5keC2NrkUisMJcUJx-2b7inrsIRbZdJyMe_k/s1600/FRIENDS+SWAP+2011+SEW+PRIM+KHRIS.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9WqxcKqhYDWE2R46Gay3LodXJUC01R7LGy6woGa6PitDfEeKn-EFheS3hY_gfNc7vkqmYMDzq5fC-U9M8Ngya3L_QT9qc4uzO1dxrjN5keC2NrkUisMJcUJx-2b7inrsIRbZdJyMe_k/s1600/FRIENDS+SWAP+2011+SEW+PRIM+KHRIS.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The swap was sponsored by <a href="http://sewprimkhris.blogspot.com/">Khris from SewPrimKhris</a> and it was a wonderful experience.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm really happy <a href="http://artscraftsandmore-withveena.blogspot.com/">Veena</a> really seemed to like the gifts. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">As for me, I just loved the ones I got, as you can read about in <a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.com/2011/10/friends-swap-love-my-gifts.html">here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(Thanks again <a href="http://artscraftsandmore-withveena.blogspot.com/">Veena</a>!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Bellow you can see my gifts to her.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">A troca de prendas foi patrocinada pela <a href="http://sewprimkhris.blogspot.com/">Khris do SewPrimKhris</a> e foi uma experiência muito agradável. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Estou muito contente com o facto da <a href="http://artscraftsandmore-withveena.blogspot.com/">Veena</a> parecer ter gostado das prendas. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Quanto a mim, adorei as que ela me enviou, como podem constatar <a href="http://helenismostoshare.blogspot.com/2011/10/friends-swap-love-my-gifts.html">aqui</a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(Obrigada de novo, <a href="http://artscraftsandmore-withveena.blogspot.com/">Veena</a>!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Em baixo podem ver as prendas que lhe enviei.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">For F:</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8G1yCcgv2IzrogYKlZAxWg_ogEj5zuemSvP6FCr8pHLREVPOswb8u5VoBrgVGwWRZH6ltMGZmOJzPWdCtMukKe-b7SKVbwrCo_ZMiMaQKzjtRs5AaoM1JGzMeBGH7X0757PRy0UR06g/s1600/DSCN5769.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8G1yCcgv2IzrogYKlZAxWg_ogEj5zuemSvP6FCr8pHLREVPOswb8u5VoBrgVGwWRZH6ltMGZmOJzPWdCtMukKe-b7SKVbwrCo_ZMiMaQKzjtRs5AaoM1JGzMeBGH7X0757PRy0UR06g/s320/DSCN5769.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- flower pen</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">-"Friends make the world go round" (handmade fabric cupcake)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- fancy red eyeglass case</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- flor-caneta</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- bonito estojo para os óculos</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">For R:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi712xxiCRXyKQ9ySe7vE_9N6Ld_yz_mHlWDDcYafubiF-mnC1Aa1qLLB3WLmpOW0F1BTimXxWdTyDR71gyjMgUD5ZZKnz3ApMom2s44F0q0vgKaK9Q8pM5oqjzXSDsmTX9laGUuuOVYuo/s1600/DSCN5770.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi712xxiCRXyKQ9ySe7vE_9N6Ld_yz_mHlWDDcYafubiF-mnC1Aa1qLLB3WLmpOW0F1BTimXxWdTyDR71gyjMgUD5ZZKnz3ApMom2s44F0q0vgKaK9Q8pM5oqjzXSDsmTX9laGUuuOVYuo/s320/DSCN5770.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">-red and yellow weekly planner</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- red penny rug candle mat</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- red raggedy homespun set of coasters</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- red tulip pocket tissue holder</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- agenda semanal vermelha e amarela</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- tapete <em>penny rug</em> encarnado para colocar vela</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- conjunto de base para copos em tecido <em>homespun</em> encarnado</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- porta lenços de papel em tecido com tulipa vermelha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">For I:</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGRqUk9mWfdxFFNMeX9qiAR66gXATJa8Q_7LWbInvZb3jNcj7tIhxJMxt3uta3v2R_1zxaeMpAjvJbnl1Yv04_1X_gUQVqa3bDfpJFtsApZ62a5PrgdmJ8l2UjOXQs-lM8MBwN0PzltM/s1600/DSCN5771.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278px" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGRqUk9mWfdxFFNMeX9qiAR66gXATJa8Q_7LWbInvZb3jNcj7tIhxJMxt3uta3v2R_1zxaeMpAjvJbnl1Yv04_1X_gUQVqa3bDfpJFtsApZ62a5PrgdmJ8l2UjOXQs-lM8MBwN0PzltM/s320/DSCN5771.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- interesting silicone watch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- item to keep keys (red key chain holder)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- relógio de sílicone interessante</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- ítem para pôr as chaves (porta-chaves vermelho)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">For E:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAaxbK-BRNIztzz_T2PmwTsEeUOf3dk4tGbZ6ZWbvoyNVBKJv1qR3de4vvsIzQYZg3eFbYXj1pLorB9w-w970RA5MS2LGkL8fq-N3aNqWbhay42Jvs4UwL_CUe995qWs5tdWfvELxakk/s1600/DSCN5772.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAaxbK-BRNIztzz_T2PmwTsEeUOf3dk4tGbZ6ZWbvoyNVBKJv1qR3de4vvsIzQYZg3eFbYXj1pLorB9w-w970RA5MS2LGkL8fq-N3aNqWbhay42Jvs4UwL_CUe995qWs5tdWfvELxakk/s320/DSCN5772.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- embroidery floss</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- embroidery scissors</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- fios para bordar</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- tesoura para bordados</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">For N:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- bolsa necessária de crochet tunisino</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">For D:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQB8GFLwl4MEIK9Q-H9o6M5AVKy_6-CFcXkwsXJw3BeUDujr8aO4-F34C3kt9pPwqmrpWR-KFRHrNE3XJjiuG4mvyvqKp_KZTfqNPumqAo5FlG21Zag5zwdwUwPj8hvYXzQeccVtlTZg/s1600/DSCN5775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQB8GFLwl4MEIK9Q-H9o6M5AVKy_6-CFcXkwsXJw3BeUDujr8aO4-F34C3kt9pPwqmrpWR-KFRHrNE3XJjiuG4mvyvqKp_KZTfqNPumqAo5FlG21Zag5zwdwUwPj8hvYXzQeccVtlTZg/s320/DSCN5775.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- duo of lip balm</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- dishcloth (tawashi)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- duo de bálsamo para os lábios</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- esfregão para a loiça (tawashi)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">For S:</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeTw1WjYUTKXgC1EXVlRn7lriGWYwrUBFv3A-j_XNUAPzTrm4o2FIKFauUKb5e8jG9-jnv2-pDUcbsp7sYqBn5N-wBqttETABZ83zDFYdUMCDT4FnwNj8JVv3xAviWySiyyivTSkG4zg/s1600/DSCN5777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeTw1WjYUTKXgC1EXVlRn7lriGWYwrUBFv3A-j_XNUAPzTrm4o2FIKFauUKb5e8jG9-jnv2-pDUcbsp7sYqBn5N-wBqttETABZ83zDFYdUMCDT4FnwNj8JVv3xAviWySiyyivTSkG4zg/s320/DSCN5777.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- something orange from Tennessee (bear-vols)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- something sweet (and orange)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">- specially for you: quilted ball ornament</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- uma coisa cor-de-laranja do Tennessee (urso-vols)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- uma coisa doce (e cor-de-laranja)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">- especialmente para ti: uma bola de Natal acolchoada</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Also I made a card and a little scrapbook </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(downloaded the templates from the HP projects site)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to explain all the gifts.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Também fiz um cartão e um pequeno albúm</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">(fiz o download dos moldes do <em>site</em> de projectos da HP)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">para explicar as prendas.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnFhg4oHXKagDQ495QRPvTXh4U1nOmCozorfgAeS5Gy31ePGJxw57wZBb-NuDnPfh1gZY3fOLasovNrQPMa_32DWGxeAgWGEggHBRFVy_K-cRZsQHDb0RLXQE39lBdEJLPabWuBMlvws/s1600/DSCN5780.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnFhg4oHXKagDQ495QRPvTXh4U1nOmCozorfgAeS5Gy31ePGJxw57wZBb-NuDnPfh1gZY3fOLasovNrQPMa_32DWGxeAgWGEggHBRFVy_K-cRZsQHDb0RLXQE39lBdEJLPabWuBMlvws/s320/DSCN5780.JPG" width="227px" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PtXojTTFviFPdacIx3Eab9oUJVaSYBNGhm-s7Ya9hnp1zPLZg4vFe1GQ_s4B3uf-AtwnCIQTO5zBFRif6uZOuDUq0WfR0Arrnzf41A6I4aqvmmm6QOS-_x-7zQjcAihbYMcp8RxrXG4/s1600/DSCN5781.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244px" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PtXojTTFviFPdacIx3Eab9oUJVaSYBNGhm-s7Ya9hnp1zPLZg4vFe1GQ_s4B3uf-AtwnCIQTO5zBFRif6uZOuDUq0WfR0Arrnzf41A6I4aqvmmm6QOS-_x-7zQjcAihbYMcp8RxrXG4/s320/DSCN5781.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4u4oWs5-CPvUg10abOKYH1ub66U50dtUo0m-MxoGZ0wQ54N9atXXnFLi4nsKnXttCENKIXh0gbRx-lW6xVIqC8zJR3_sSFArrsV3L5su-yJLjo436s2Iq29H92czCw3WUScUkAnUqNLE/s1600/DSCN5759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="299px" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4u4oWs5-CPvUg10abOKYH1ub66U50dtUo0m-MxoGZ0wQ54N9atXXnFLi4nsKnXttCENKIXh0gbRx-lW6xVIqC8zJR3_sSFArrsV3L5su-yJLjo436s2Iq29H92czCw3WUScUkAnUqNLE/s320/DSCN5759.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It was really fun </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">and now I can tell I got a new friend from far far away!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Enjoy this beautiful fall day and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'll see you all soon!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Foi muito engraçado </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e agora posso dizer a toda a gente </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">que tenho uma nova amiga de muito muito longe!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Apreciem este belo dia de Outono </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">e até breve!</span></div>Helenismoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732943782394952707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392627559595359361.post-6472769835059753852011-10-17T12:46:00.000-04:002011-10-17T12:46:31.254-04:00Hayride at Cades Cove<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7qnxbVUEh6x1JZtlikR0KIKQwk7YpMbC3edfyDL9WTSBEW9EcZBBwf7GpilgcYHjtAaWoXniKimC0u-gmyXfAo-FQkgn6XoCyxCVgWEhTLSt9DF_7hZiKy30O8sJnOUVhNzY5aq47HU/s1600/DSCN5958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7qnxbVUEh6x1JZtlikR0KIKQwk7YpMbC3edfyDL9WTSBEW9EcZBBwf7GpilgcYHjtAaWoXniKimC0u-gmyXfAo-FQkgn6XoCyxCVgWEhTLSt9DF_7hZiKy30O8sJnOUVhNzY5aq47HU/s320/DSCN5958.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've had a most enjoyabe day, last saturday. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Invited by my sister-in-law and familly (J's sister), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went to </span><a href="http://www.cadescove.net/auto_tour.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cades Cove</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayride">hayride</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you who don't know, </span><a href="http://www.cadescove.net/auto_tour.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cades Cove</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is an area in the wilderness of the </span><a href="http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Smokies</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (aka the </span><a href="http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great Smoky Mountains</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">once chosen by European settlers to hunt and live. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Slowly and with the passing of the owners the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm">Great Smoky Mountains National Park</a> ended up by buying all the land in <a href="http://www.cadescove.net/auto_tour.html">Cades Cove</a> and that now is part of the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm">National Park</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ride </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(with us sitting on the hay on a huge trailer pulled by a truck) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is guided, and we can see all the old cabins and churchs that once were inhabitated by those Europeans who once chosed </span><a href="http://www.cadescove.net/auto_tour.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cades Cove</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> as home. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Park Rangers are all over the place, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">directing traffic as when wild life crosses the road </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and helping with whatever tourists need help with. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, and with a bit of luck, one can also see wildlife. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And so we did. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some deer crossing near a cabin </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to go from one side of the florest to the other (not bucks, only does), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">squirells, a fox, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">some wild turkeys, and... a black bear! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alas! The bear was too far away for my camera to be able to get a got shot </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I really do need to get me a new better camera!), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but still... the park ranger told me the bear had just across the road </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">minutes before and was now just roaming under a huge tree... and there it was! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was really trilled!, as you can imagine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plus, a vast majority of my photos are of the trees and the colors... absolutely amazing! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In some of them you can see the silhouette of the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm">Smokies</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was indeed a very pretty and perfect autumn day! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below you can see some of the photos I took. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you'll enjoy it and that may give you a taste of what I experienced. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was indeed a fantastic experience!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll see you all soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">No sábado passado tive um óptimo dia! Fui com a minha cunhada </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">(a irmã do J) </span><span style="color: blue;">e outros familiares a <a href="http://www.cadescove.net/auto_tour.html">Cades Cove</a>, e depois fomos num <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayride">passeio num atrelado em cima do feno</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Para aqueles que não sabem, <a href="http://www.cadescove.net/auto_tour.html">Cades Cove</a> é uma área selvagem integrada nas <a href="http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm">Smokies</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">(isto é, nas <a href="http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm">Great Smoky Mountains</a>), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">que antigos colonos Europeus tinham escolhido háa muitos anos atrás como local para caçar e viver.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Gradualmente e à medida que os donos das terras iam morrendo, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">o <a href="http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm">Parque Nacional das Great Smoky Mountains</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">comprou as terras de <a href="http://www.cadescove.net/auto_tour.html">Cades Cove</a> que agora fazem parte do <a href="http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm">parque nacional</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">O passeio (com as pessoas sentadas em cima do feno num enorme atrelado puxado por uma carrinha) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">é guiado (o condutor é o guia turístico) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">e podem-se ver as cabanas e as igrejas </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">desses antigos colonos europeus que viveram em <a href="http://www.cadescove.net/auto_tour.html">Cades Cove</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Há guardas florestais por todo o lado, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">dirigindo o tráfico em alturas como quando os animais selvagens atravessam a estrada </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">e ajudando os turistas sempre que alguém tem necessidade de ajuda.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">E com um pouco de sorte também se podem ver animais selvagens. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">E foi o que aconteceu. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Consegui ver alguns veados </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">que atravessavam em frente duma cabana para ir dum lado para o outro da floresta </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">(apenas fêmeas, não vi nenhum macho), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">esquilos, uma raposa, alguns perús selvagens, e... um urso preto! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Alas! O urso estava bastante longe </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">e a minha camera não tem alcance suficiente para conseguir uma foto nítida </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">(tenho mesmo de comprar uma boa camera!), </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">mas ainda assim... a guarda florestal disse-me </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">que o urso tinha acabado de atravessar a estrada uns minutos antes </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">e que agora estava a comer erva debaixo duma grande árvore... e lá estava ele! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Eu estava tão entusiasmada!, como vocês podem imaginar. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">De qualquer modo, a grande maioria das minhas fotos são de árvores, e as cores... são fantásticas!Nalgumas pode-se ver a silhueta das <a href="http://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm">Smokies</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Estava de facto um perfeito e belo dia de Outono!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Em baixo podem ver algumas das fotos que tirei. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Espero que gostem e que tenham ficado com um gostinho daquilo que eu vivenciei. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Foi uma experiência fantástica!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Até breve!</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_VXdgrObm5chrER0gWwhjfJzctDOwdiiTlm_DkQBYCidMVqOhYwjgc6sZWiB4jG_302isNwIl9CHUc-frRX3ZX_qXTMTbw3Dke84ZpiiSelLCvvitLLC09QBmczj3nLuuhi-vGkNhH0/s1600/DSCN5864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_VXdgrObm5chrER0gWwhjfJzctDOwdiiTlm_DkQBYCidMVqOhYwjgc6sZWiB4jG_302isNwIl9CHUc-frRX3ZX_qXTMTbw3Dke84ZpiiSelLCvvitLLC09QBmczj3nLuuhi-vGkNhH0/s320/DSCN5864.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Hayride starting</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA92Ked4jXMr1JhEcswwoEUGvFpvOenFSKWAJvd5WlPjM2ePAIwaif_AmBKjbtgBLhQTrXk_bVrJ2_e2jZot59KBld5uEVaWaUrbjlprqokxvoDVULItv4vMSUQKNxAQ3oN4O69fL4oGc/s1600/DSCN5939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA92Ked4jXMr1JhEcswwoEUGvFpvOenFSKWAJvd5WlPjM2ePAIwaif_AmBKjbtgBLhQTrXk_bVrJ2_e2jZot59KBld5uEVaWaUrbjlprqokxvoDVULItv4vMSUQKNxAQ3oN4O69fL4oGc/s320/DSCN5939.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> There it is... still under the tree</span><br />
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