Over a year ago, on that other social platform, and keeping a promise to a friend from uni, I posted this photo of some of the bunch of us who went on a spring seaside vacation. It was 1982.
Then other photos appeared, some I had never seen. Like this one.
Oh, what advice I'd give that 20-year old self!
He and I are still in touch. We saw each other for the first time when he and C visited the village about 5 years ago. We forgot the obligatory selfie, so when the family spent a weekend in the valley, and popped in at the market, we did. I subsequently cobbled together this collage.
D is a dedicated collector of jars. Before Covid, and folk working from home was mostly mandatory, he roped in the staff in the corporate head office where he works, to collect them for me. He still does and the last "consignment" arrived with Selma and Andre last week. Some of them will be filled with marmalade today. This is the second batch of three fruit marmalade in a month. It's the most popular of the marmalade I make. D is also one of my best customers. Somehow, we manage to organise deliveries or exchanges even though he's not technically local....
For some reason, some of those 1982 photos popped up again. This must be one of, if not, the first ever photo of me in a kitchen.
Somewhere, there's a photo of me flipping pancakes, in the res (dorm) common room. The point is, though, that my enjoyment of cooking goes way back, and before I really could... Actually, the following year, when the BF of the moment had started working, I used to visit during my vacations. I'd happily cook - virtually every evening for him and his housemates.
Those were happy, carefree days. That was one of the best ever holidays and memories, ever.
So, although this is a throwback Thursday post on a Friday, it's also a tangential nod to @gvkanten's Food Friday as part of Traci's #HiveBloPoMo.
Oh and given the "historical" nature of this post, it's also my inaugural contribution to @lizelle's new community for Hive Silver Bloggers. No, it's not just about old people's stuff, so go and check it out.
Until next time, be well
Fiona
The Sandbag House
McGregor, South Africa
Photo: Selma
Post Script
- Twice a year Traci York hosts a challenge to bloggers to post daily for a month. I've participated (or tried) for three years I've known her via the blockchain. Twice I've succeeded. It's that time of the year again, and I'm giving it a go - on the Hive blockchain. Wordpress bloggers are also invited to participate.
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- If this post might seem familiar, it's because I'm doing two things:
- re-vamping old recipes. As I do this, I plan to add them in a file format that you can download and print. If you download recipes, buy me a coffee. Or better yet, a glass of wine....?
- and "re-capturing" nearly two years' worth of posts.
- I blog to the Hive blockchain using a number of decentralised appplications. From Wordpress, I use the Exxp Wordpress plugin. If this rocks your socks, click on the image below to sign up -
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- I also share my
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