Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Kitchen love!

Hello friends! Can you believe December starts tomorrow? I can hardly believe how fast the year has gone by... another month, another year forever vanished! I like to visualize us human as sweetly folding those gone-by chapters of our lives and laying them down in a special treasure chest—a magical cofre of cherished memories if you will. But I don’t want to get sentimental here, do you? So I want to look around, and concentrate in the sweetness of home and family and dear friends. And of course, concentrate my thoughts in my kitchen! After all, it is our kitchen the place where we spend most of our time when at home; especially during this time of year.

My kitchen is not big, it does not have any special feature, like a window outlooking the garden over the sink (my dream) and for certain it is not close to flamboyant, like any of those kitchens you see in magazines and some of you are so fortunate to have. But it is my kitchen, and it is the place where warmth, thanksgivings and overflowing blessings mingle with the sweet aroma of food. So I am extra thankful for that!

(My husband making his 'special' salad dressing -- humm!)

Our kitchen is also the place where everyone gravitates during parties and get-togethers. We head to the kitchen when we’re hungry, not just for food, but for friends and family.

Our kitchen is also the place where we unwind at night with a cup of tea.

...or indulge in something out of the oven yummy, late at night while watching a movie!

When I'm old and gray, I want to have a house surrounded by a beautiful garden in the outskirt of the woods. And write. With a lot of wonderful friends, good books, music and bird songs around, and of course, a gorgeous cottage kitchen to cook and live in!

If you don’t know it yet or haven’t heard about it, we’re celebrating our KITCHENS and DINING ROOM AREA on our next SHOW OFF YOUR COTTAGE MONDAY, and your welcome to participate! All you have to do is send me a favorite photograph of your kitchen or dinning room, and I will feature it here! Of course, you would need to link back to the house in the roses!

Click here to read more about our celebration!

PS: I'm already getting lovely pictures of kitchen/dinning area, favorite spots around the kitchen, etc, but we don't have a lot of time left, so if you're planning on participating, please start sending your photos my way as soon as possible! Thanks!

16 comments:

  1. Nice dishes! Good idea to feature kitchens, especially around this time of year.
    The Bavarian Christmas linky party is now open-won’t you come and join us at http://dobermans-by-the-sea.blogspot.com/2010/11/1st-christmas-linky-party-at-dobermans.html and while you are there join the give-a-way going on today.

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  2. Oooohhh...my beautiful Fairy Tale,Cielo!!!

    You post touched me as always:-)*
    It's DELISH...You can making it SO extraordinary nice,my dear friend!!!

    Much Love to you,
    ***Violetta***

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  3. What a sweet post, Cielo! I love my kitchen, too. It is not magazine worthy, but it is (usually) filled with delicious food, family, friends, and lots of love. I am looking forward to the special kitchen edition of Show Off Your Kitchen Monday! :D

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  4. As always I love your post and writing. This is extra special and I so enjoyed my visit by here today.
    Lovely kitchen
    Maggie

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  5. We are "kitchen people". No matter how lovely the other rooms are-we congregate in the kitchen. The little ones sit on stools and take all the conversations and warmth in...they color there and make cookies there. When friends come we sit at the kitchen table and solve life problems..and laugh...we do a lot of laughing in our kitchen. I am lucky enough to have built a beautiful kitchen about 4 years back and I still pinch myself to make sure it is real---someday, dear sweet Cielo..you will be old (like me) and find that which you hope and yearn for will be greatly appreciated but not nearly as wonderful as the family that surrounds you....but you already know that....Hugs, Diana

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  6. Cielo, I like your pure white vases and the lilacs, and your plans and dreams for when you are old and grey.

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  7. Cielo,
    It doesn't matter what our kitchens look like. It matters that people love to gather there! The kitchen seems to be the heart of the home. Your kitchen is beautiful because everyone gathers there and shares memories! I love that!
    Your food always looks delicious!
    Thank you for sharing such a sweet post!

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  8. Dearest Cielo,

    You're so right... we almost LIVE in the kitchen during this time of the year. Last night I baked Amaretti cookies and made chocolate angels, roses and hearts... When I went to bed the sweet smell of almonds hung in the air and that's how I drifted off to dreamland.

    Enjoy your week!

    Mariette's Back to Basics

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  9. Wonderful post as always...I love my kitchen too...it opens into the family room and has a big window looking out into all the birch trees...it's not fancy, but it ours and unique to us!!

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  10. Love the pics...and the post as always...thank you :) Best wishes, Jenny

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  11. Dear Cielo,

    Your kitchen sounds like a very happy place to me!

    I hope one day your dream will come true.

    Lieve groet,

    Madelief

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  12. Hi Cielo,
    I love your new blog look! very pretty!..WE also spend a lot of time in our kitchen..we always host the family dinners and have anywhere between 20(our small group) or 35 the hole family..Our family is very large and keeps growing as all the kids are getting married now and having babies..
    Have a sweet day and hugs, Elizabeth

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  13. HERMANITA ES MUY HERMOZO LO QUE PLATICAS SOBRE LA COSINA,TODAS TUS FOTOGRAFIAS DE EL CORAZON DE TU CASA LA COSINA SON DIVINAS EL ADEREZO DE ENSALADAS SE VE RICO,MI COSINA NO ES MUY MODERNA PERO ES EL CORAZON DE MI CASA TAMBIEN..ESTA MUY BONITO EL CAMBIO DE TU BLOG ME ENCANTA...BENDICIONES

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  14. Your blog post is lovely, as are the photos too!
    Hugs,
    Terri

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  15. My dear friend!

    Long time no see... but here at the house in the roses it is beautiful and inspiring as always. I love your new design. I have got another grandchildren...a boy named Aron and I have a lot to do in my shop :) Please come and visit Cielo...tell me what you think :) www.annalundating.se

    All my love Annie!

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  16. A lovely, soft blog-look here... :-)

    Gentle Winter hugs...

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