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martedì 23 novembre 2010

Cleopatra



Non so se vi ho mai parlato del mio amore per gli animali, vi posso solo dire che non potrei mai vivere senza la loro compagnia e il loro amore. Oggi voglio parlarvi di Cleopatra, la mia Cleo è con noi da tre anni, e oggi appunto ha fatto una cosa che mi ha reso ancora più fiera di lei, come quando tua figlia prende un bel voto a scuola.
No, Cleo non ha fatto una gara di bellezza e l'ha vinta, sarebbe bello anche perchè sono sicura che si piazzerebbe ai primi posti! Oggi Cleo doveva fare un prelievo per un esame di routine, così il suo vet ci ha chiesto se poteva donare il sangue perchè c'era un piccolo cane che ne aveva urgente bisogno, naturalmente abbiamo acconsentito subito, e lei la mia Cleo nonostante i suoi sessantatre chili è stata immobile e bravissima come sapesse l'importanza del suo gesto.
So che adesso quel piccolo cane sta bene, e questa per noi è la cosa più importante. Cleo è stata giustamente ricompensata con tante coccole e una bella ciotola piena, e a noi la ricompensa più grande: l'amore di Cleopatra!



martedì 9 novembre 2010

biscottini vaniglia e cacao per le amiche


Ciao, oggi qui in Sardegna è una giornata molto fredda, forse la prima di questo autunno! E cosa c'è di meglio se non coccolarsi con dei deliziosi biscotti vaniglia e cioccolato e una tazza di tea fumante? Se a tutto questo ci aggiungete delle care amiche e delle sane chiacchere, mi sapreste dire chi resiste?
Mentre la pioggia batteva sui vetri, qualcuna delle mie amiche mi ha chiesto la ricetta di questi biscottini...e io naturalmente l'ho invitata a fare una visita al mio blog!
E ora per tutti la ricetta:
  • 300 g di burro ammorbidito
  • 150 g di zucchero a velo
  • 2 tuorli d'uovo
  • 1 bustina di vanillina
  • 400 g di farina bianca
  • 40 g di cacao in polvere
  • la buccia grattugiata di un limone
Mettete la farina in una terrina, aggiungete la vanillina, i tuorli d'uovo, lo zucchero a velo, la buccia grattugiata del limone e il burro ammorbidito.
Lavorate rapidamente l'impasto in modo da non scaldarlo, se occorre passate le mani un paio di volte sotto l'acqua fredda.
Formate una palla, ora dividetela in due pezzi uno il doppio dell'altro.
Amalgamate il cacao al pezzo più piccolo, avvolgete i due pezzi di pasta con la pellicola trasparente e fateli riposare in frigorifero per un'ora.
Trascorso il tempo riprendete i pezzi e datele la forma desiderata.

sabato 19 giugno 2010

Happy birthday Hero

 
   
                                 Happy Birthday Hero!!!

(Hero back in 2007)

 
Hero just turned 3 and I wanted to share with you his birthday...He's been in our family since Apollo passed away :( and he has filled our lives with joy, happiness and love..:) Hope you enjoyed his birthday with me!
Love,
Annalisa

domenica 9 maggio 2010

Happy mother's day

   
Happy Mother's Day




Happy Mother's day to every mum and mum-to-be! To celebrate, I thought I could make a cake. I hope you like it, because I am going to post the recipe this evening. This cake is the same I prepared for my husband's birthday and it's relatively easy to make, very good and light ( it has no butter!).
I just realised that I like to decorate cakes and decided to take some time for it. I have also coloured the cream and frosted some rose's petals. The writing is made with chocolate, and I have added a ribbon to make it look like a book. I hope you like it!





And thought I could post this cute short poem:
As a child you walked before me,
To lead by example.
As a teenager you walked behind me
Looking out for my back
and being there when I needed you.
As an adult you walk beside me
So that, as two friends,
we can enjoy life together..

Happy Mothers' Day, Mom

Happy mother's day,
love,




giovedì 1 aprile 2010

Easter gifts...!

Dear bloggers and readers,

before I take a break for Easter holidays I would like to show you some Easter presents that I received from my daughter - so also our- German friend Yves.
He's been really kind to give us this wonderful table centre. Doesn't it look so springy?


But he also brought some delicious goodies from Germany and Finland, which are almost all gone! Let me show you...

Milka Easter chocolate bunnies -delicious!

Some more Milka chocolate and Fazer chocolate. Fazer is really one of the best milk chocolate I have ever tried!

...And this is my favourite one! Ritter with Yogurt, something incredibly delicious...Love the yogurt filling!

And a German goodie to end this wonderful chocolate parade.
Katzenzungen ( Cats' tongues) vollmilch schokolade ...wunderbar!
They are delicious, especially for a small and sweet(!!!) break.

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Hope you enjoyed this post, I also want to wish everybody a Happy and joyful Easter, but this will probably take another post, with my best wishes to everyone on Blogland.
Until later,



venerdì 19 febbraio 2010

Sudden weather changes, beautiful pink flamingos and sunset!

Just the other day it was slightly snowing - last time it snowed in Sardinia it was 1993!
Unfortunately it melted as soon as it touched the ground :(

 

I was lucky enough to manage to take some photos before snow could melt!

 

Not much, but it made my daughters happy, as it never snows here- they went out in the garden without a jacket on, and it was freezy cold! They're crazy!


 

Hope you can see some small snow flakes!


And look at what I was able to photograph, today!


 

 A beautiful day, isn't it?This is the "Stagno di Molentargius" ( a pond), a natural preserve..in fact it hosts...

Beautiful...
Pink...
  
Flamingos!
They migrate from Africa to the closest warm place, which is Sardinia..sometimes there are really so many, they look wonderful!I hope they will never go away from here, because that would be a bad sign!

I keep this post short, and leave you with the picture of a wonderful sunset..Seems that Spring's already here!



domenica 14 febbraio 2010

♥ Happy Valentine's Day ♥ and Valentine's Tablescape ♥

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!! ♥
Today I want to share with you the Valentine's tablescape and something I cooked for this special lovely day..Hope you like it! For the tablescape I used Moogie's giveaway gifts I won :) They're lovely!!!

The heart shaped bread is prepared with milk and butter and the cake is a Victoria chocolate sponge cake with a double cream and chocolate filling.
Enjoy your Valentine's Day with people you love! ♥



 

  

  

  




Annalisa

lunedì 25 gennaio 2010

Happy birthday Cleo!!!

Today is Cleo's (Cleopatra) 3rd birthday...My sweet princess is getting old!We've spent so many sweet and wonderful unforgettable moments together...and we still do! Happy birthday Cleo!!!



...2007...





...and today...


lunedì 18 gennaio 2010

A journey to Barumini and the Ottana St. Antonio fire day


Today I want to share with you the wonderful journey I spent yesterday!First of all, I went to Barumini, a nice small location in central Sardinia, not too far away from where I live. I first visited  the Nuraxi (nuraghe) ...Why don't you go and find out more about it here and here ?
Su Nuraxi has been declared "world heritage" by UNESCO
 
 Spectacular...
 
History's everywhere!
 
And here, as you can see, a huge fire in the city central square, to celebrate St.Antonio..
 
They say he went down to Hell to take fire  and brought it to humans
 
 They dance around the fire... take ash from the logs,and dirty people's faces with it!!It's real fun!!!
 
 "They" are Merdules, shepherds, accompanied by Boes(representing animals)..another classical character of this beautiful and mysterious carnival..its origins lie far back in the prehistory!
 

 I had a wonderful journey there in Ottana, and I thought I could share with you!I love this carnival,I think it's one of the most beautiful in the world especially because of its meaning!
Hope you enjoyed...and, last but not the least, some interesting links!


Ottana's carnival  -the website is in italian, but you can enjoy looking at the photos!
Boes e Merdules   -again, in italian, but there's allot to see..It's about these two main characters of the carnival!
Barumini  about the city of Barumini, lots of photos and history!


Hope you liked!

sabato 31 ottobre 2009

Coffee break!


This morning I had a coffee-break with one of the cakes I made yesterday..The effort has been awarded, everyone liked the cakes, and this is what makes a mum happy!
Questa mattina ho fatto pausa caffè con i dolcetti che ho preparato ieri...L'impegno è stato ampiamente ricompensato, i dolci sono piaciuti a tutti e questo è ciò che rende una mamma felice!