Grandma's Cupboard
I have fuzzy memories of my Grandma’s kitchen. But I do fondly remember my sister and I spending hours in her kitchen with her. Not necessarily cooking because she really didn’t enjoy cooking or baking. She was head nurse of a large hospital with her twin sister and they shared
Daily Bread
I bake a bread almost every day. This seems to be part of my German heritage, we just love a good crusty bread. I keep it very simple, just four ingredients: flour, water, yeast and salt. This gets mixed together and I let it rise for about 12 hours, then
Ghost Chef
I recently attended a retreat where I was taught a technique similar to sun printing, where you can paint fabric and place objects onto the wet cloth — as it dries, a ghostly image remains where the object touched the fabric, or blocked the light. I searched our kitchen
Cherry Cupcake Baby
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my response to the prompt ‘Kitchen Inspiration’. The post was called ‘I would rather stitch’ which pretty much sums up my attitude to cooking, or any other type of house work. But my somewhat negative response to the prompt wasn’t just because I
Kitchen is My Wonderland
There are a lot of bottles in my kitchen. They have various shapes and colors. Soy sauce,ketchup,wine,vinegar… I can’t throw away these glass bottles after using. Because I love them very much. So,I sometimes use them again as preserve container. I have a small vegetable garden. I grow potatoes,
Momma's Little Helper
Come to think of it, kitchen is home base for me too, second only to my studio. My aged and infirm mother-in-law lives with us, and I must cook every meal at home for her and us. (Hubby cooks breakfast, so I get a break there.) My earliest memories, aside
The power of song
There are song lyrics that have deep empathy when listening to music. The lyrics are like a poem. There are many stories about love, sadness, anger, courage,greatness, and so on. In that stories, I get comfort and courage. I think that a song lyrics can change a person’s life or
What Will Be
Our third prompt was to be inspired by song lyrics or poetry. I went wayyy back in time to remember this song, first recorded by Doris Day in 1956, when I was only two years old. When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother, “What
Take Me Home
Rooflines #16: Take Me Home 28.5″ x 40″ ©ColleenKole2018 Over the past 35 years, I have lived in 10 different houses in five different states. Moving to a new place was such a bright and shiny idea to begin with. It was fun to think and dream of “starting over” in an