Late Blossom
After weeks and weeks of waiting, this morning my magnolia finally decided to blossom. For the last years it always showed the first bloom in my garden. This time it had built the buds at the end of February as usual, but then nothing happened any more. The forsythia started to be abloom, the lilac followed, the magnolias in the neighbour gardens started withering already, but still the buds of mine didn´t develop any further. Finally I supposed it would skip the blossom, maybe because I cut it down this year for the first time. To my surprise, as I opened the shutter this morning it was in full blow.
Cleaning-The-Cupboard Multigrain Bread
After two weeks of sunshine my little garden explodes with green and shoots of all sorts. Unfortunately not only the welcome ones. I´ve been living in my house for about ten years but I did not bother a lot with garden maintenance. One of the kids in the neighbourhood mowed the lan every two weeks or so, every spring I unweeded a bit, and that was it.
This year I had to cut the bay tree in my front garden since it grew exuberantly and everybody had to bend down to come to my front door. Once started with trimming, I couldn´t stop. I did not notice before how feral my garden had become over the last few years. Weeds everywhere, bushes interleaving, and a lot of plants suffocating each other. After three days of hard work I ended up with lots and lots of big garbage bags full of twigs, leaves and weeds – and only my small Mini to dispose them all.
The Perfect Chocolate Delight
At last I finished my detox diet. After months and months of lacking energy, feeling like having a cold all the time, suffering from headaches and sinusitis I feel completely fit and healthy again!
I intended to fast for only two weeks but I liked the new feeling of strength and health so much that I extended the diet to five weeks. For some days now I´m back to normal nutrition including gluten, dairy, and a bit of meat again but I´m choosing my food a lot more consciously than before.
Yesterday, for example, I treated myself with some chocolate truffels. I made them from scratch all by myself – and with healthy ingredients only. It was the perfect delight. Not only because I ate them without any feeling of guilt. Actually, they were stunningly delicious!
One Gram of Happiness
Surprisingly, I´ve learned to like my food without salt. After four days without any my tastebuds are becoming a lot more sensitive for all the subtle flavours I missed before. By now I can enjoy an apple or a clementine like a good glass of wine, the mix of fruity, sweet and tart flavours developing in my mouth.
But I still miss the salt, so I now allow myself one gram per day. That´s not much, but used with care it really brings me a lot of joy. Like yesterday in my delicious white bean hummus. Since it´s completely fat free, apart from the small amount of tahin, I didn´t expect much, but actually it was absolutely yummy!
