These are Skirt in the Kitchen cards revisited and made again; improved and years later now marketed...Then new ones to add.These turnips were fried in butter with only mint and salt. My father's knife.I chose the cooked with the uncooked; the very contrast and thought for this picture.Many summers ago--my mother's salmon patties recipe that she often made for us. I cling to … [Read more...]
Café Cup Full
Psss... Come 'ere. I'm in a coffee shop, all by my comfortable-lonesome-but-not-lonely. The coffee is freshly pressed with its wispy aroma; and the pie is delish!!I'm celebrating.What, you may ask--A café cup full of lessons; life experienced and learned. Still leaning into more learning steps of excitable discovery this remaining year going into 2023.Where is time that we … [Read more...]
October Word Pic
Things Change
Things change whether we want them to or not.We change. Not just the seasons.Flower petals fall, leaves turn color, the wind even feels different--In the Fall.We are like the seasons.If things never changed, if we never changed, there would be no growth.Growth is uncomfortable. It can be chilling; diverse.And it can be painful.It calls for walking through walls, doors, going … [Read more...]
Midwest Summer
Should you experience, eat cicadas?It is music to the ears to hear them.Many, many years ago, my little girl dug up a small raspberry plant from a far part of the yard--she replanted it on the front corner of the house. Being away for so many years during any berry season, I come back to find raspberries galore; so many plants multiplied around the side and the front of the … [Read more...]
Coconut Dandelion Asparagus Soup w/Spring Greens
You know I've got to be different. I'm a kid in a candy store when I'm here with you. When I'm one with nature, but also--When I'm finding all the wonderful things about life with you!--And with God. I believe in Him. I can't live without Him.He's healing my body. My damaged goods are His, and His to restore. He is my refuge.I'm taking this walk by faith; This faith deep … [Read more...]
Happy Mother’s Day
Things my mother taught me; that I cling to, that I hold on to: To keep going--To never give up...To love God with all my heart.To rejoice a new day; and to simply rejoice when it's not such a good day...But it's always a good day in the Lord.She taught me how to be giving with a gentle spirit in my heart, from my heart; offering my love, because of her love, and God's.She … [Read more...]
Who I Am/”Who Am I”?
Can I use this image? After all, it does coincidentally look like me! But the real me is inside me.As it is in you--who you are--the real you. Your appearance is the outer look.But you're inside.I didn't plan it--I didn't plan this post. Honestly, I didn't!It doesn't matter, because it's not about me. I'm writing for anybody who finds this of interest; sharing this … [Read more...]
Live & Let Live [32]
LIVE & LET LIVE--photos, arrangement and content by Susan Nuyt, Skirt in the Kitchen, All Rights ReservedVtg MUDD Cropped Aztec Patched Jean JacketA bitter heart makes a bitter home, a house without love.Slow-cook a roast through the night, smell it's aroma as you drift off to sleep. Pleasant dreams, the comfort of home; what home is to be.It's to be a place of safety, … [Read more...]
