Sunday at 5.30 am in Camano

August 29th, 2010

 

Today I came back from Camano to Seattle at 5.30 am . Was dark and the Moon light was so bright .

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The Moon

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Driving my car on my way to the freeway ,

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The wedding cake

August 20th, 2010

 

My friend Elena asked me  to do a wedding cake ,a chocolate cake .. and banana  fruit breads .    

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From what I trimmed from the cake when I assembled it and left over cream  I did for sample a small pan with cake  . Of course the cake has different looking inside , has 4 levels , and each levels has chocolate cream .IMG_2909

 

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Baking for a wedding was a lot of joy .

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Amazing summer

August 19th, 2010

When the sunshine is bright , the sky is  clear and the entire nature is smile , and  even one  wiled lend looks surprising beautiful . This is the case of our place in Camano.

 

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And here in Seattle

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Another inspiration for the beautiful paint on the canvas .

Applets and Cotlets ( Persian Delight )

August 16th, 2010

 

When I was a little girl in Romania one of my favorite candy was Rahat ( the name for the sweet, soft applets and cotlets ) Yesterday I tried  to do same of this candy and I was surprised  what good they came , I was so excited  and I combine to many ingredients in one. I used  apple sauce, dry apricots, orange marmalade , lemon juice, walnuts ,vanilla extract .A combination of all this flavors  gives to the candy a special twist . Next time I will do just one distinct flavor . For example : just  lemon or just   strawberry .

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So now I have to experiment new flavors and colors of this so edible candy ………    

A few hours with my girls

August 14th, 2010

 

  Today was a gorgeous day , sonny , worm and all the nature was smile .I was too , my girls came to visit me and we head a good time , this moments I want to stay forever with us .I love you my girls and I am so happy because you are a part of me .

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Three generations ………. from left to right …….

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I love this picture !!!!!! Maria’s look over her Engel is so precious . And the light from the sunshine mixed with the shadow from the vegetation is perfect .

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What about this ? Isn’t them lovely ?

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My Maria is she a happy Mather , and her baby a happy  baby girl . God bless you my beautiful Girls !!!    

 

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I love you so much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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One day maybe this hands will paint famous canvasses and she will achieve my dreams …… who knows ? or she will be one   inventor what will be recognize…. and then all what we head  so many years just a dream she will have  in reality . Our children are gift from the  God and we are so thankful with them .       

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I am a happy mother and grandma , yes  I am, and for that I thanks God every minute of my life . 

A day what we will remember always – 8/8/1988

August 8th, 2010

 

Yes, this day is a day when our family life was changed forever . Is the day when we left our country , to rich our dreams in a new country where the freedom is available for everyone . After years of fight with the high authorities from Romania we finally have got passports and visa and we left our family and country with broken harts .

Seven years what time we are waiting for visa , our life in Romania was different  then other . In our apartment the security agents  put secret microphones in walls and all the conversations what we head in our apartment was  monitored . We have now in our possession   7 volumes  with all this conversations  . Incredible,  we have got all this materials from Romania from  the  Interne Ministerial ,  after the communist party failed . Is sad but truthful . They know everything about us in that period , where we have to go, what we have to do , what we talk , what we think , everything…….. our private life was  total violated .

Maybe one day I will have time to write more about the life before we came in America . Will be my pleasure . In special the life in that time , work, hope, faith ,prays and believe in God help .And finally  tasting the happiness of success . I never will forgot the night when David came with the news of getting the visa and be accepted  in America  . Finally a happy, happy family !!!!!!! after so many  years of straggling  ,waiting , waiting …….and hopping in that day.     

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Maria 11 years old , Darian, 14 years old , David 43 years old and me 40 years old .  Just arrive in America in California .

22 years in America our life changed a lot . We work very hard and we head a lot and we lost a lot . But the most important is we never lost the hope in better future  .We have to thanks God for everything . For our health , for our children for their family , for their  happiness . We came here for their future and I am so thankful for what they are today , for what nice partners of life they have . And I am so thankful for the little Engel Emma what came now like present from the God in our family .

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Au, Emma , my hair ……..  

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This is a happy moments with my Emma . a present for our anniversary of 22 years in America .

Thank you David for your incredible courage , and sustain fight to bring us here and to give us a new life . You never give up to the hope in success , and we succeeded  than, and I am sure one day we will succeed again . . 

I played around with the watermelon Gelato and popcorn

August 4th, 2010

 

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A drop of honey make more interesting the iced watermelon dark and light pink in contrast with yellow lashes of the honey .IMG_2767

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And the popcorn ….impressed me too , so many shapes , so white and so good…….. 

Watermelon Gelato

August 3rd, 2010

 

Is so easy to do , and is so refreshing in a summer time . All what you need is a watermelon and a passion to do it .

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I can not believe what amazing beautiful can be the oregano flowers !!!!!

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Looking  at this photography what I did I have the sensation of a abstract picture , I really like it !!!

I am amazed the beauty of the texture of vegetables , fruits , flowers etc……the everything what we have around us and the camera can captured when is very close .

August 2nd, 2010

 

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The hard worker bee .

 

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Simply veggies .

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Broccoli

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Parle onion .

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Oranges section .

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Grapes ,

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Dandelion,

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The rouse

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A cap of juice ,

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My pink sauerkraut

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water and soap

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This are a few of the photography what I take so close .

The new paths

August 1st, 2010

 

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David open new paths  in Camano , places what from long time I want to see, I was curious what can be there ?

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On the back of our property is another road.   David put a small fens .

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The neighbors from the back of our Yard .

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This bushes with yellow  flowers and a very nice perfume head a lot of bees .

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The generator .

 

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David is thinking very serious how to finish his several projects .

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I enjoy the sunny day and the  field with dandelions . 

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I was so close with camera to the flowers !!!!!!!!.

 

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The cloves flowers .

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On the end of the day we head a guest .

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