As we grow old … the beauty steals inward.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spirit of the Seasons
(Autumn in the woods.)
behind me
the autumn wind blows
me home~ Issa, 1806
(Floating on the colorful reflections.)
Learn to pause … or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.
~ Doug King
Whatever we do to any other thing in the great web of life, we do to ourselves, for we are one.
~ Brooke Medicine Eagle
(Sunshine on water.)
Most people can look back over the years and identify a time and place at which their lives changed significantly. Whether by accident or design, these are the moments when, because of readiness within us and collaboration with events occurring around us, we are forced to seriously reappraise ourselves and the conditions under which we live and to make certain choices that will affect the rest of our lives.
~ Frederick F. Flack
(Reflections on a Saturday evening in October.)
If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do no know enough to be pessimistic.
~ Hazel Henderson
(Feeling small. Photo © 2009 by Robin)
Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary “paying-attention.” This paying-attention gives meaning to my life. I don’t know who it was, but someone said that careful attention paid to anything is a window into the universe. Pausing to think this way, even for a brief moment, is very important. It gives quality to my day.
~ Robert Fulghum
More photos and a bit about this morning’s hike at Life in the Bogs.
(Red beet eggs. March 2007. © Robin)
Last year I posted a photo of red beet eggs along with a recipe. M and I were living in our temporary digs in West Chester, PA at the time, and I didn’t have my recipes with me. The recipe I posted was one I found on the internet which I tried to tweak in order to come up with a recipe closely resembling the one I use.
The red beet egg post is popular around Easter. I reckon everyone is trying to figure out what to do with all those hard-boiled Easter eggs once the coloring and Easter egg hunts are over.
Pickling is a good way to go because they’ll last a few weeks. Perhaps more than a few weeks, but they always get eaten in under a month in my house, particularly when M the Younger is at home. (Side note: You can thank M the Younger for this post as he put in a request yesterday for red beet eggs. I’ll be making a batch of them tomorrow.)
I’m once again getting lots of hits from folks searching for red beet egg recipes. Now that I’m home, with recipes at hand, I thought I’d post my mother-in-law’s recipe for red beet eggs. It is, as far as I’m concerned, the superior Lancaster county recipe for red beet eggs.
Jane’s Red Beet Eggs
- 2 cups cider vinegar
- 1¼ cups sugar
- 2 cans (16 oz.) sliced red beets
- 1 cup water
Mix ingredients and heat until sugar dissolves. Pour over hard boiled eggs (up to a dozen depending on the size of your container) and refrigerate.
It’s best to put the eggs, beets, etc., in a glass jar for storage in the fridge unless you don’t mind some staining of your plastic ware. I use a big pickle jar.
As stated in the previous post on this subject, you can reuse the pickling mixture for another batch of eggs. After that you should dump it as it loses its flavor. Or eat the beets if you like pickled beets. (I don’t.)
Happy Easter to those of you out there celebrating it!
(Day lily at Longwood Gardens. December 2007. © Robin)
I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become … but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress.
~ May Sarton
(Green frog by the pond. Photo by Robin. 2006)
An old pond
a frog jumps in
Sound of water– Matsuo Basho
Another old post revisited.
Bountiful Healing 