Wednesday, 15 May 2013

What a wonderful world.

Blogging every day in May challenge:  A Day in the life (include photos from throughout your typical day - this could be "a photo an hour" if you'd like)


He spoils me with coffee and love hearts in bed, is there a nicer way to start the day?





I see fields of green, white and yellow too.




Find a happy rock at school - smile and the world smiles with you.




A spot of gardening, check out my lettuce seedlings.






Look out the window and see the Captain sailing towards home :)




Keeping this post short and sweet because as soon as the Captain gets home we are heading to the local for a traditional danish meal.


and maybe even a Tuborg

skål - [skoll] or cheers in any language.

Love and laughs
Ida


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30 comments:

  1. ~Brandy~15 May 2013 at 07:42

    What a great idea for a post! I've been thinking of doing a photo-a-day challenge for a while now. Maybe I'll take that on in June! I hope your dinner was divine!



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    1. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 08:39

      I like that idea too Brandy

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    2. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 11:41

      and dinner was hyggelig thanks - which is a lovely danish word that means cosy, familiar and loving - it really does take at least those three words to describe it, there is no literal translation :)

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  2. Miss Bates15 May 2013 at 08:21

    Love it, wonderful.
    Magical life you live.
    Also when your garden blooms i'd love to see some pictures of that :)

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    1. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 11:44

      det er ikke dårligt :D - the weeds are already blooming and I saw the first slug in the forest yesterday, I wish I had have posted it - I might do an update later ;)

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  3. Poke The Rock15 May 2013 at 09:06

    great day! i want to be woken with coffee

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    1. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 11:56

      It's the easiest way to my heart... I wished for it for a long time - but never expected the love hearts too, I smile every time he does it - he does it for my smile :)

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  4. Vashti Q-Vega15 May 2013 at 10:02

    Ida, that coffee made my mouth water! That Danish meal looked divine as well. What an awesome day! I love your happy rock! :D

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    1. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 12:38

      My nostrils flare opened searching for the aroma of freshly percolated coffee and steaming hot milk when I saw your reaction :) The happy rock is much bigger than it looks, about knee height, I love it too.

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  5. Helene15 May 2013 at 11:01

    love this post, that coffee looks perfect right about now!
    Helene in Between

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    1. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 12:53

      That coffee is perfect every now ... All the best for your new job.

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  6. Ellen M. Gregg15 May 2013 at 11:49

    How wonderful to have coffee made for you - complete with milk-foam heart - each morning. Lovely. :-)
    Curious to know what traditional Danish dish is. New potatoes and... ?

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    1. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 13:09

      I only get the love hearts on the days he home that time of the morning, which makes the days he can do it even more wonderful :) The dish is called stegt flæsk med persillesovs og kartoffler and they say it like one long word. It translates to fried bacon with parsley sauce, potatoes and is served with beetroot and/or apple sauce. It it normally baked - culinary excellence in Denmark lies in dishes tasting the same as always.:)

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    2. William Kendall26 May 2013 at 12:52

      I was wondering what that meal was.... sounds good!

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  7. Alex J. Cavanaugh15 May 2013 at 11:57

    Can I come to dinner? Sounds tasty.
    Like the picture of the lush forested area.

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    1. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 13:35

      mmmm Danish style bacon, thick and crunchy with parsley sauce and new potatoes. Guaranteed no matter when you come it will taste the same and it was delicious. The forest is called Østerskoven (East forest), one of the few remaining in Denmark. Watching it change with the seasons is one of my greatest sources of wonder. Right now it smells like onions and garlic, because of the ancient wild leaf garlic growing in pockets, and the trees are glowing with fresh leaves :) Funny you popped in today, I had visited you earlier and drew a blank when I went to comment about not being shy, and networking but I must have got through somehow :D

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  8. Me15 May 2013 at 12:41

    Coffeee...... it looks so delicious.

    And you do live a beautiful life.... and how was the dinner...??

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    1. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 13:39

      I remember the first time I saw this dish, I thought where's the vegies, salad at least? One of the restaurants has a weekly special that we have once every few months, and it's like home style comfort food for the danes, it was lovely, but good company and a sense of tradition help make it taste delicious :D

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  9. Another Clean Slate15 May 2013 at 13:02

    What a sweet gesture in the morning!

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    1. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 13:48

      I've tried to return it a few times but he just ends up with a blob.. one time it looked like a rabbit and just last weekend I managed a love heart shaped map of Australia :)

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  10. Therese15 May 2013 at 13:11

    Seriously? That is you life? All...sailing husband bringing love coffee and bountiful greenery and Danish haute cuisine???? Seriously??? Next post better have a picture of a dirty sink or some love handles or something.

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    1. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 13:44

      I forgot the picture of the slug :D and it was just today, don't be fooled by the picture there is nothing haute cuisine about fried bacon fat and boiled potatoes at the local pub, (where everybody knows my name) which is to smoky to take a picture in, so I borrowed a shiny one off the net :)

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  11. Zoe Byrd15 May 2013 at 14:45

    THanks for the stop in today Ida...I always like to see your name. This looks like a great day. Im sure they arent all like that but its great to view the highlights...Im sure ya gotta do laundry some time!

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    1. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 15:23

      I try to avoid it at times and today was one of those days. I barely remembered to take these photo's, but I had to share the smiling rock and put the post together in a record 10 minutes - some of my posts have taken hours :)

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  12. Ida Chiavaro15 May 2013 at 15:24

    I remember enjoying her style but she's hard to track down

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  13. klahanie16 May 2013 at 18:39

    Greetings Ida,

    What a wonderful day and what a wonderful morning. Such was my compulsion to comment on your post at almost three in the morning. Pretty wonderful of me :)

    A day in the life of Ida and the world she holds so dear. I love this type of posting where the photos and the captions correlate so wonderfully. Lovely stuff. I'm off to find me a smiley face rock :)

    Be well and enjoy, my friend.

    Gary

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    1. Ida Chiavaro17 May 2013 at 05:50

      I think our body clocks share a wonderful thing in common. I was pretty happy how it correlated too, especially because it really was one of those nothing go wrong and all tedious chores can wait till tomorrow days. :) My happy rock only smiles after it rains, today was sunny and warm and it was just a rock - that can smile. :)

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  14. Mary Hill17 May 2013 at 22:11

    Ida, enjoyed reading your blog today. Love the happy rock. :)

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  15. michelle19 May 2013 at 05:19

    Ah... one of my favourite songs... What A Wonderful World! It's such a feel-good song, with a simple catchy tune...

    I see friends shaking hands
    Saying how do you do
    They're really saying
    I love you...
    *humming along*

    I taught this song to my choir kids... and then to the rest of the grade 4-7's... they love it!

    Writer In Transit

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    1. Ida Chiavaro19 May 2013 at 07:57

      I'm humming with you now. My favourite teacher taught me that song too, I think every child needs to learn it :)

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