Sunday 30 March 2014

What's in a name?

Simon and Garfunkel...
Parsley...sage...rosemary 
and

Greek lamb...
Growing wild and pungent under a Cretan sun...
...better dried than fresh


Chicken...
Salvia...
Profound wisdom...


Pesto pasta...
Basileus...Greek...the King
Fawlty...Brush!


Remembrance...
Anthos... dew of the sea...
More lamb!


Mint...


Refreshing...
Summer Mojitos...
Money...

Frannie xx   

© 2014 Francesca Muir








11 comments:

  1. Oh what a wonderful remembrance of these wonderful herbs. Mine..... mint!
    V

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    1. Delicious in every way - whole or crushed in everything V - from salads, to fruit salads to drinks to ice cubes...even in a vase on the kitchen table! Fxx

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  2. It's that thyme of year hey Fran. We've been in the garden all morning trying to thin out the tomatoes. Just making a gougere with fresh eggs and a little fresh basil. I can smell those beauties from here.

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    1. Definitely thyme for lunch Marg - be over in a mint with basket of herbs... F xx

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  3. You succeeded in making me hungry!

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    1. I am too Cathryn, so I have just made some soup with thyme and sage and the house smells fantastic! Coming over? Fx

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  4. We were out among the wild thyme plants in the Peloponnese just yesterday Francesca! In a few weeks we will be back in Crete -- it feels like coming home. I know you understand. xo Jackie

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    1. Oh I can't tell you how envious I am - have a wonderful time and looking forward to your posts. My love to you and Crete. Fxx

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  5. there's a lot of poetry in names and words, even the most simple ones . They feed imagination, give birth to pictures that will make us dream .. like this beautiful post!

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    1. Thank you Malyss - words and pictures and the simpler the better. Evocative and profound - just like your words above. Have a great week F x

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