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On The Banks Of The Dalalven River In Albo, Sweden
Ah yes, a quiet afternoon on the banks of the Dalalven River in Sweden sure sounds amazing right about now! With most folks housebound due to Corona quarantines, armchair traveling and making really detailed plans for future travels is a great activity, something one might not have the time for in the future! If you love nature, and travel on a budget, include a few weeks in July or August in Sweden into your plans, it is truly amazing and there are summer cottages everywhere for rent for very reasonable prices, especially if you don’t need a toilet with plumbing! I hope to have the opportunity to go back, and…
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Farming On The Dalalven River, Sweden
Right now is a great time for armchair traveling, so I'm resuming the posts about my travels last year, with many many more photos to share, so stay tuned! But first, lets finish our totally amazing two and 1/2 week Swedish adventure in the summer of 2019, for which I am so very grateful! You can find all the previous posts from our trip here. Yes, it is true Sweden, is brimming with lovely red and white houses and farm buildings, and they seem to dot the countryside just about everywhere. (Well at least the regions we visited.) And unlike in the United States where you'll see one farm house…
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How To Make Moroccan Mufleta Immediately After Passover: We Did It!
History has been made in our family,! For the first time ever we were able to pull off the beloved (by Moroccans and their non-Moroccan friends and neighbors) Moroccan tradition of making mufleta, and throwing a mini-Mimouna party, in our very own home. Wow, I almost can’t believe it! You see for years it was just me cleaning up in the kitchen as soon as Passover had ended, (around 8:30pm) and by the time everything was washed and packed up safely, before bringing any flour into the kitchen, well it was very late and I was not up for more cooking, especially when the family was already asleep! Nonetheless, I…
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Splitting Of The Red Sea Passover Kid’s Craft
I am reposting this krias yom suf, splitting of the Red Sea craft that I made with my kids ten years ago! Those kids are now teens, and I am so happy to have a virtual record of all the things we did when they were much younger! We don’t do crafts during the week of Passover, so I wouldn’t be able to make this today, but it is a cute reminder of something I made before Passover, once, and of course honors the holiday within the holiday that we will be celebrating tonight and tomorrow. This holiday is called Shevii Shel Pesach, the 7th day of Passover, the day…
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Simple Wildflower Centerpiece For Passover
This year everything about the Passover holiday has been much simpler (except the cleaning which was more intense than ever) due to limited shopping, and not going out unless absolutely necessary, which meant no buying pretty flowers from the florist to fill the three little vases we bought last year when celebrating Passover in Jerusalem. Not to worry, my resourceful daughter decided she’d fill them with wild flowers, available on the side of the road or just up the block, and in this case, wild mustard and wild snap dragons! The flowers made a lovely addition to our Passover Seder table, which I’ve shared here, and were perfect for this…
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Welcome To Our Passover Seder Table!
Wishing everyone a peaceful, restful and joyful Passover holiday! We are now on the 5th night of the 7 (8 outside of Israel) night holiday, so there isn’t much time left to really enjoy this special holiday despite everything going on in the world around us! While I do love Passover, as of today my teens are officially going a bit stir crazy, and once the holiday is over we’ll be able to do things that we don’t do during this time, like crafting and painting and gardening, which will help keep everyone busy and hopefully occupied. If not, I have a whole basement and an attic that needs organizing?…
