Recipe: Delicious carrot cake with coconut and vanilla frosting

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Marte Marie

 

For those of you that have been following me on instagram you know how much I love a good carrot cake.

I think it may be one of my favorite cakes, when done right.

At times when I need a bit on indulgence on a mere wednesday I start lunch with cake.

It´s the most delicious little treat when workdays are long and the weather a bit gray.

A hop and a skip away from my little island studio in Norway is a great cafe that I often have lunch.

I love taking a seat by the window and bring my portable “office”, laptop, iPhone, notepad, a camera and sharpened pencils.

I catch up on emails between bites of cake, sip to tea or hot cocoa, write down plans, ideas and dreams, retouch a bit on some images due to send out to a client, but most of all in between these tasks, I observe.

I find inspiration for my work everywhere, the way the light streams through the window and dances across the old dark wood floor in a cafe, how it illuminates my glass of water, the plants on the wall, signs on doors, sounds from the kitchen, newspapers and magazines on display.

I look at the shape of plates, cups and cutlery.

I play with ideas that come to me while observing the life in these cafes as doors swing open and close as new people come and go, some alone, and some in groups.

I love listening to the sounds, laughter, forks meeting a plate before a delicious bite, bottles of pop being opened and glasses being filled.

Have you ever payed attention to the sound of ice cubes dancing around in a glass as water is being poured?

All these things are elements of cafe-life that during a wee lunch break can inspire a whole upcoming photo shoot, a dish or even the tones of color I´d like to develop my images in next.

Inspiration is everywhere, and it can all be found in the mundane things we surround ourselves with.

For me getting out of my studio, to travel, to wander, to eat, se, listen and to observe, it all feeds my hungry creative soul and fuels me on.

But on a hungry stomach, I´m blind to all the above:)

So let´s make carrot cake!

Carrot cake is delicious, and teamed up with a cup of hot cocoa, tea or a glass of ice cold water and I´m all set.

However I must admit if my sister in law makes her version of the cake, I´m in heaven.

I´ve been lucky enough to get my hands on her recipe and the permission to share it with you.

Bake it in a baking tray with high sides, or make cupcakes!

Either way, this cake won´t disappoint.

PS: What´s your favorite lunch cake?

 

Delicious carrotcake

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Ingredients

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4 eggs

7 dl or 3 cups finely grated carrots

4,5 dl or 2 cups all purpose flouer

4,5 dl or 2 cups sugar

2,3 dl or 1 cup vegetable oil ( not olive oil)

1ts salt

1ts baking powder

2 ts cinnamon

1 dl or 1/2 cup roughly chopped walnuts

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Coconut and vanilla frosting

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Ingredients

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200g cream cheese

250g powder sugar

100g butter ( like to use salted butter)

2 ts vanilla sugar or 1 vanilla pod

2,3 dl or 1 cup grated coconut flakes

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How to make it

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The cake

Pre heat the oven to 175 degrees. (345 F)

In a bowl mix egg, sugar and oil well.

Roughly chop the walnuts.

Grate the carrots and mix it in a bowl with the rest of the ingredients.

Mix the content in the two bowls together.

Grease the baking tray, remember to grease the sides as well and pour in the batter.

Bek in the oven for 40 min or until a wooden stick can be inserted to the cake and it comes out moist but no batter attached.

Leave to cool in the tray out of the oven until its room temperature before with a spatula decoration the icing on top like a thick layer of vanilla heaven.

The frosting

Mix room temperated cream cheese and butter with all the other ingredients, but hold the coconut flakes.

Use a kitchen aid or a hand mixer to create a thick creamy icing that has no lumps.

I did it by hand with a hand whisker and it left me a bit flustered, not a good idea, unless you´re up for an arm workout!

When all is mixed well, use a spatula to evenly decorate the top of the now room temperated cake.

Sprinkle over the coconut flakes before serving.

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Dessert: Blackberry and pomegranat Eaton mess

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Marte Marie

My eyes have recently been opened to the decadent and oh-so-delicious English dessert Eaton mess.

Let me just start off my telling you that I have been missing out!

How did I not know about this dessert until now!

It´s sweet, tangy, chewy, crunchy, fresh and melts ever so sinfully on the tongue.

Merengues used in traditional Norwegian cooking are called “Pike kiss”, that roughly translates to “Maiden kisses”.

They are small dollops that are, they way I´ve experienced them as a child are dry and over the top sugary.

But then I saw these delicious merengue creations pop up on Mimi´s gorgeous blog Manger and my moth started watering.

So when my English gentleman took me to a little tea room and ordered a berry fresh and colorful Eaton mess I thought I had died and gone to heaven!

We shared one, which was a mistake…

When it comes to this dessert I´ve learned the hard way that one simply cannot be shared by two.

SO we made a promise  that next time we´d get one each to satisfy our Eaton mess hunger.

The recipe below is my attempt to recreate that lovely afternoon in the english tea house in England.

I hope you like it!

PS: What´s your favorite eaton mess version? Or merengue dessert?

Blackberry and Pomegranat Eaton mess

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Ingredients

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Serves 6

250g blackberries

100g blueberries

1 pomegranat

40g caster sugar

2,5 dl whipping cream

A pinch of salt

 Mint leafs for decoration

For the meringues:

4 large egg whites

225g caster sugar

For the Blackberry puree:

250 g fresh blackberries

Fresh juice of 1⁄2 lemon

1/2 dl cold water

 For the Pomegranate syrup:

2 pomegranats

4tbs sugar

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Directions

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Preheat the oven to 150 degrees.

Line a baking tray with baking paper.

Merengues

Whisk the egg whites in a large bowl until they form soft peaks.  Add the sugar, one tablespoon at a time, whisking well until it is all mixed and resembles shaving foam.

Create small merengue mountains with spoons on to the baking sheet, spacing them well apart. Ca 12 tbs pr merengue mountain.

Reduce the temperature to 130, place the merengue on the baking tray in the oven and bake for 1 hour and 45 min, until the meringues are crisp.

Turn the oven off and leave them to cool with the door shut.

Blackberry Puree

 Mix 250g blackberries with the sugar, cold water and lemon juice in a bowl.

Bring to a boil.

Reduce the heat and leave to simmer for about 10 minutes until its all gone soft, stirr occasionally.

Remove from the heat and purée using a stick blender until smooth.

Leave to cool.

 Pomegranat syrup

2 Pomegranats

4 tbs sugar

Squeeze the juice from the pomegranates in a little pot and add the sugar.

Bring to a boil.

Turn down the heat and simmer until thick.

Let it cool before serving.

Whip the cream (add 1 tbs sugar) until it is thick and creates soft dollops when you pull out the whiskers. Break the meringues into a large bowl. You want larger chuncks and not all crushed, powdered and small. Add the blackberries,blueberries, pomegranate seeds and the whipping cream by creating layers. Keep a few of blackberries and pomegranate seeds for a final touch and decoration to your dessert.

Mix without making a mash, a perfect mess is what you´re going for:)

Before serving sprinkle over the puree and syrup before you top it off with a few of the berries and seeds left and add a mint leaf.

Indulge and enjoy:)

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Recipe: Creamy apple cider mussels with garlic bread

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Marte Marie

If I could pick one lunch dish that I could have over and over it must be freshly steamed mussels in a creamy apple cider sauce with warm garlic bread.

Its such comfort food.

Its perfect for a little get together with friends, as an appetizer and as a fun and comforting fall lunch dish.

My english gentleman and I, let´s just call him B had a lovely mussels lunch in a cozy little tea room in a small english countryside village.

The tea room had such a warm and friendly atmosphere.

The fire was crackling away, the wind was roaring outside and we were kept warm inside the thick old stone walls, enjoying a tasty mussels dish that I´ve recreated for you here.

Since I grew up on a fjord island in Norway there were always a vast access to fresh mussels, either right off the boats or just a quick swim and catch away.

In the summer I would eagerly read in the local newspapers where the best areas to pick mussels were, and I recall picking them fresh as we spent summers on the boat as a family, adding nothing but some butter and garlic in the pot before tossing in the mussels over an open fire on the beach in the evening.

Childhood summers spent on the boat are a part of my favorite times looking back.

In Norway summer days seem to never end as the sun merly dips under the horizon, here south, for about an hour or two before popping its golden face up again.

It was perfectly wonderful to fall asleep to lazy sun-rays playing softly with my checks as the waves rocked me to sleep on the boat.

This recipe is simple and quick with a beautiful creamy zing of apple-cider to celebrate sunny days when fall has me in its moody embrace.

When not making mussels at home and in Oslo this is my all-time favorite place to have creamy mussels with fries and aioli.

The atmosphere is filled with history of bygone glamourous days.

It´s located next to the beautiful National Theater where I worked back in the day.

When in Oslo next head on over here to indulge in a creamy lunch dish while spying on strangers passing by the big windows.

If you feel like nestling up alone with your lunch and read a magazine from the big kiosk on the corner ask for their perfectly old dark wood booths.

What is your favorite mussels recipe or restaurant to eat mussels in?

Creamy apple cider mussels

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Ingredients

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(Serves two mildly hungry people)

1 kg fresh mussels

2-3 gralic cloves

2dl apple cider

2dl whipping cream

Choriander

Pepper mix

3 tbs butter (unsalted)

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Preparation

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Wash the mussels in cold water and discard the ones that are open.

Peal and chop the garlic cloves

In medium to big pot over medium head, melt butter with garlic cloves until golden.

Add the applecider and let it simmer until half the liquid has evaporated.

Add the mussels, put a lid on and let them do their magic for about 4 minutes.

When the mussles are done they have opened. Discard the ones that do not open.

Add the whipping cream and a bit of freshly grind pepper.

With the lid on the pot, toss the about a couple of times so the creamy delicious sauce mixes in with the open mussels.

Sprinkle over half a handful of fresh and finely chopped coriander.

PS: There´s no need to add salt or water to this dish as when the mussels open saltwater comes out and naturally flavors it all.

Serve immediately with warm garlic bread on the side for dipping in the rich creamy sauce.

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Garlic butter

( the way my beloved mother does it)

Preheat ove to 200 degrees

For one small French baguette take 2-3 garlic cloves and finely grate them over a small bowl.

Finely chop, parsly, dill, and chives

With a for mash 1 stick or about 200g of room temperated butter (salted) with the garlic and fresh herbs. Feel free to add whatever more herbs you like.

Slice up the french baguette, but do not let the knife cut all the way leaving all the slices attached to the baguette.

Between each slice smear a good amount of the garlic butter before popping it in the oven on a rack with a tray underneath to catch crumbs and the butter.

Leave in untill golden, about 5 min.

Enjoy!

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Recipe and video: Delicious scones, a cup of tea and a small english village

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Marte Marie

Some days are better than other days.

Some days there is luckily time for spending hours in a tiny tea room in a small english village and sipping to warm tea, conversing about life, playing a game of domino on tired paper cut outs kept in an old leather wallet and gazing at charming ducks swim in the cold village pond outside, and other days goes by in a blink working.

Afternoon tea is definitely a bit therapeutic, but lunches that roll over into afternoon tea is like going to a mental spa that smells of honey, flowers and handsome cologne;)

Cologne you say…?!

Well, ladies an proper afternoon tea is not complete without having an english gentleman pour fresh milk in your tea, non?

The sun came and went that afternoon at the tea room, playing hide and seek with rolling big cottoncandy clouds outside.

Guests came and went while we sat in our cozy corner by the warm wood stove enjoying the moment.

Besa me mucho played softly in the background while the wind blew the door open with masculine bursts of cool autumn air.

These are the moments dreams are made of.

These are the moments that paints art on your hearts with bold primary colors that stay on for as long as we live.

I treasure days like this, and don´t think I´d make it without them on occasion.

Now I hope you´ll bare with me, but I´m on a wee bit of a video kick at the moment.

I´m slowly learning about filming, editing and putting it all together in a short little film, and as I´m learning, here is yet another one from that marvelous day in the tea room.

I hope you´ll enjoy!

Delicious afternoon tea scones

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What you need
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7 1/2 dl all purpose flour

10 g cold salted butter

3 dl milk (use 50/50 with whipping cream for more flavor)

4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

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How to make it

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First off set the on 250 degrees or 480 fahrenheit

Mix all the dry ingredients and then chop the butter into cubes before adding them and the milk to the mix.

Knead it to a dough and roll it out ( ca 1 cm thick) on a surface with flour before cutting out little circles with a cup or a glass.

Butter or flour a baking tray, and in the oven for 10-12 minutes they go!

Remove when golden.

Serve warm with clotted cream, jam and a bit steaming tea with milk, go here for clotted cream recipe.

For another scone delicious scone recipe with cheese, go here.

Bon appetit

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Video: An enchated wander through the woods

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Marte Marie

Autumn has a way of dancing with my heart to a dreamy and charming beat that no other season know how to.

The cool wind plays with the hair, paints pale pink roses on the cheeks and dresses up nature in the most playful hues of yellow, red, brown and green.

Mist and fog embraces the scene every now and then and bright sunny sky sports blue like no other season can muster, no matter how hard they try.

Tis the season of wandering in the woods wrapped in wet dirt, moss and fern perfume, the kind that makes you smile without knowing it.

In Norway autumn is about to yield for king winter that has already tossed a handful of snow from above before nostalgic autumn melted it within some soft rain.

But in the south of England, Autumn is sporting its very best outfit and the cool air feels soft and fresh agains my skin.

On my last trip, my english gentleman swept me off to explore enchanted woods around his farm and I thought I´d share a sweet little peak of our wander with you.

By the door our Hunter boots awaited excitedly, and before they knew it they were wandering through the woods with us happy to splash through, mud, streams, kick wet leafs and slippery rocks.

On my christmas wish list I´ve added these in red and this great thermos for hot chocolate… a girl can dream, non…?

PS: Speaking of wandering in the woods. If you want to get out in beautiful nature on hikes, rock climbing, wanders and afternoon walks, head on over to beautiful Ann´s great blog to find out more of how to join her new “Into the woods” project, here.

Happy Sunday!

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Video: Afternoon tea in England

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Marte Marie

After a wodnerful week in England with lots of afternoon tea, I simply have to share with you a little afternoon tea teaser that we made.

We went to the coziest little tea room in a tiny countryside village filled with stone cottages. We spent hours lounging in this tea room by the fire.

I dont know anything as peaceful and calming as the English afternoon tea ritual.

Afternoon tea is a bit of meditation in our busy lives that ever so slightly opens tired eyes to the abundance of beauty around, that we oftentimes miss if we don´t slow down a bit.

After slowly enjoying a bowl of fresh mussels in apple cider sauce, dipping homemade bread in the creamy sauce with every shell we opened, we lustfully enjoyed a delicious Eaton Mess before we had our afternoon tea with scones and clotted cream and played some domino.

It was the best of slow afternoons and here is a little teaser for you before I share more of this beautiful day with you.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Recipe: Honey glazed pheasant with rustic and rich mashed potatoes

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Marte Marie

The other day as the fall storms were raging outside and sweet friend of mine called to tell me that she had a fresh young pheasant for me and invited herself over if I cooked dinner:)

I simply adore friends like that!

She and her friend had been biking around on our insland when a car gently hit a wild pheasant and drove off.

The bird died peacefully on the side of the road and my friend picked put it on her bike to take home.

So yesterday afternoon amidst busy days we took a quiet moment to prepare the beautiful bird and made a lovely rustic dinner for two by mon petit kitchen window.

This is by no means a gourmet dinner, but more of a rustic fall comfort meal with a bit of a zing;)

Warm fall colored leafs swirld around outside as the cold fall wind tossed it around, and we snuggled up inside in my cozy kitchen with a bit of a feast for two.

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What you need

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3-4 big potatoes of your choice, I used…

1-2 dl whipping cream

4-5 Tbs (topped) salted rich butter

3-4 garlic cloves

2-4 )topped) Tbs cheese ( mature camembert, a good cheddar)

Thyme for springkling

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2 Pheasant breasts (chicken or turkey)

Honey

Duck fat/butter

Salt

Pepper

Thyme

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How to make

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Mashed potato

Rinse and scrub the fresh potatoes in cold water, but do not peal.

Cut each potato in half then the halves in half again, if the potatoes are big.

Fill a big pot with cold water, add potatoes, garlic and salt and heat up on medium to hight heat.

When boiling, lower the temperature a tad so the potatoes can softly boil until tender and easy to mash with a fork. (don’t boil them to complete mush, leave a bit of tenderness in the potatoes, like the pasta, leave al dente:)

When the right consistency is reached, after about 20 min with a fork or a masher, mash the potatoes with the butter, then add the whipping cream until you feel it has the right consistency to your taste, mash in the cheese and add some salt after your own tasting.

Serve warm next to the honey glazed pheasant breasts with mint and apple gel and truffle mustard.

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Pheasant

(if you don´t have pheasant breasts you can easily do this with chicken or turkey too)

Simply heat up a skilled with 1 tbs duck fat.

Pu the filets down with the skin up.

Glaze the filets with the honey on the skin side and heat for about 5-6 min before turning it over for another 3 min until the meat is cooked through but leaves a tiny hint of pink in the middle.

Serve with a sprinkle of salt and thyme.

Enjoy!

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Recipe: Afternoon tea with delicious clotted cream

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Marte Marie

I´ve been talking so much about afternoon tea with scones and clotted cream, that it´s about time we have some, and since weekends are all about comfort and a bit of downtime, this recipe will work wonders.

I´ve been to England quite a few times in my life, however the delicious, rich a creamy wonder called clotted cream has managed to be unknown to me until last years visit to the lake district, here and here.

And after my last visit (go here) a couple a weeks ago to this peace of paradise in England, I found myself so hooked on the creamy delight that upon my return to Norway I simply had to make a batch for sudden cravings.

Now, when I posted some pictures of clotted cream on instagram during my visit to england, many of you asked what it was, and since I´m still in the wee beginning of decoding the mysteries of this rich deliciousness that is the perfect spread for scones, here is the definition:

I´m not sure exactly what it is that makes this creamy delight so addictive, but I know for a fact that once you´ve tasted it there is no going back.

It´s so silky in consistence, so creamy when you swirl your knife in it to search for the perfect amount for the scone, and the perfect amount is a lot, and it melts so sweetly on the tongue that you can´t help it but feel a bit in love.

Toss out any inhibition, thoughts on diets, bikini season or good reasoning, when it comes to clotted cream it´s all about lust, and it´s ok to give in, after all as far as I´m concerned, when it comes to clotted cream we only live once.

This whole business of afternoon tea is such a charming ritual that it should be adopted all over the world.

I´ve come to the conclusion that afternoon tea might be the best thing ever invented, and I´m wholeheartedly adopting both the tea ceremony and the scone with clotted cream part, they go hand in hand anyway.

And to top it all off, by all means, spread a thick layer of fruity jam on top of it all will you!

Since I´m in the wee beginning of my clotted cream education I´ve yet to make any recipe my own and will simply direct you to one that is easy to make, albeit it take s a bit of patience, but when one is waiting for something good, one never waits in vain…

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How to make

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Head on over to this great food blog for an easy step by step guide to clotted cream.

Happy weekend!

 

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Travel: Corfe castle, England

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Marte Marie

There´s a place that moved my heart as soon as I laid eyes on it.

This tiny stone cottage filled village, with an old castle in the middle simply had me at hello.

When my British gentleman pulled over his rover, parked next to a beautiful old church and asked me if I like it, it was hard to really say anything…I think I may have giggely smiled.

What´s not to like, really…

I simply adore old buidlings with a soul you can hear, feel and touch.

These historic monuments links us to our past, fills me with a sense of belonging and make me feel like a small part of a big whole.

It feels so wonderful to walk on cobblestones pathways that has been there for hundreds of years, to let my hands rest on these thick stone walls and feel the past rush through my veins.

We wandered slowly through the streets on our way to Corfe castle, with a pit stop in a lovely tea room, where we warmed our hands on afternoon tea and lustfully indulged in scones with clotted cream.

I felt so increadibly lucky as I sipped to my tea and spread another layer of clotted cream on my scone.

The fog embraced nature like a fairy spun silk veil and water diamonds hung heavy on ivy that had clung to these ancient walls for centuries witnessing time go by.

There is that sense of awe that can feel a bit overwhelming when visiting such places.

One can only silently imagine what the castle and life in it would have looked like back then.

And every now and then when the wind brushed softly against my cheek and played with my hair it felt like a whisper from the past.

We need places like this to exist.

We need to hear and feel these stories form the past, so as not to lose track of where we fit into the puzzle, that we are not only passing through, but continuing on a path carved out by our ancestors long before we took our first baby steps on this planet.

As we walked back to the rover, my heart felt full of happiness and gratitude.

Grateful that places like this still exists…

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Travel: Isle of Purbeck, England

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Marte Marie

Sometime a girl has got to do what a girl has got to do.

It comes a time when she just need to pick up a bag and head to the airport to explore and relax in uncharted territory.

And that is exactly what I did this last week.

A well needed vacation to green rolling hills, steep beautiful cliffs, thatched cottages, and with a dash of afternoon tea and scones.

On this trip I was reminded of the importance of surrounding myself with good people, people who bring you up, who are positive, who have integrity, who do not take the road of least resistance, and who treat others with respect and love.

There are enough of the other kind…

I was reminded of the importance of reaching up, choosing to give rather than take, and to always, always, see ourselves as a small part of a whole.

This world is after all built up by little you and and me, not on any of us alone.

I spent days wandering the misty green hills, sipping to warm tea by the window in my charming bed and breakfast that has the atmosphere of a home away from home with hosts that welcomes you with genuine warmth and kindness.

 I don´t think I could have found another part of this world more fitting to what I needed on my little vacation.

The fog and rain was like magic dust sprinkled on the green landscape, dressing it all in mystique and turning every part of the land into a fairytale world.

I walk, daydreamed and planned busy days ahead on narrow little foot paths that lead me through this world of peace and tranquility.

Behind lush forests and down a hill and to the right I spotted a sleepy estate that I dreamed of moving into, filling it with friends reading by the fire, something brewing in the kitchen, the fire crackling in the living-room and lovebirds stealing a kiss or two as they wandered hand in hand through the garden.

As I walked I thought of choosing ones friends carefully, to deliberately chose the people with whom you surrounds yourself with.

They color you, and you color them.

And to walk on this earth with deliberate steps so as not to end up old and wrinkled unhappy about the life we have led, and unhappy about the person we´ve become.

I was reminded of being aware and alert and not just drift, as we are ultimately responsible for who we become, there sadly, and wonderfully is no one else to blame.

Life certainly has its ups and downs, but no matter the hill ahead, I am the only one responsible for how I act along the way, no matter how daunting the task may seem.

So I turned to nature with a grateful heart as I wandered.

Grateful to be alive, to be me, to know that the future is in my own two hands, and grateful to be able to experience such beauty all in one place.

This little vacation conditioned my soul ever so slightly and made me yearn for more, more of what´s good for us out there.

While on British territory, of course being a bit over average lover of food, I indulged quite lustfully in scones, clotted cream and jam.

I´ll admit I did not even try to resist when the temptation overwhelmed me.

I came across this beautiful little church and tip toped in one afternoon, hands full of scones, jam and clotted cream with a warm tea pot to make a blog post for you.

Soft natural light streamed through the thick old glass windows and I found myself humming away as I styled and shot, hoping no now would come in and bust me.

This vacation was haven-sent, and I returned home happy and ready to return to work again.

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Scones and clotted cream post coming up soon!


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