2023 Mantra

 I saw 'connection, health, purpose, creation', your turn!

Hobbiton -Waikato New Zealand

 My brother and sister in law visited Hobbiton on the North Island on their New Zealand cruise.  Here are some photos for any Lord of the Rings fans. Apparently the houses are all different sizes for perspective.  They only allow you to enter a few of them.

Dunedin

My brother and sister-in-law were in Dunedin at the southern tip of New Zealand as a part of their cruise.  She said it is beautiful as you can see from these photos.  At this point they are very close to Antarctica.  However they were in Antarctica last year having approached it from Chile. 

Waste Not Want Not and Some Awesome Facts

 I enjoyed my restaurant leftovers for breakfast the next morning, including the toast.  Waste not want not!

Jan recently shared these awesome facts, have a read here.  

Friday Art - Blue Poppies

 I did some blue poppies for Friday Art.  It is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in acrylic pens on black cardstock.  I think they are Himalayan blue poppies that I saw in a photograph.

Linking to Gillena's Art For Fun Fridays.

I did a giraffe ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") for Nicole's Friday Face Off.  

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Pear Still Life and a stir fry

For Rain's Art Date and Dinner Date I am showing this still life of a pear that I did years ago.

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For the Dinner Date, I am sharing my 'udon noodle stir fry with chicken and vegetables'.

 I was happy with the way this dish turned out.  I used leftover barbecue chicken pieces for this dish.  It is great with any leftover meat.

400g udon noodles (2 small packages)

leftover barbecue chicken pieces

1 carrot julienned

2 stalks celery julienned

broccoli julienned

2 cloves garlic minced

1/2 onion sliced

2-3 tbs canola oil

Sauce:

2 tbs mirin or Chinese cooking wine

2 tbs light soy sauce

1 tbs dark soy sauce

1 tbs sugar

1 tsp sesame oil

Bring water in a medium saucepan to the boil.  Add the udon noodles and loosen them with tongs for about 2-3 minutes.  Drain and set aside.

saute onion, garlic in oil

add vegetables and stir fry until soft (approx 5 mins)

add the chicken pieces then the noodles then the sauce.  Mix everything for 2 minutes.

Enjoy!

Wednesday Memes

Welcome to February!