1939 picture

This photo was taken 1939, my father and my gods parents they are on this picture, when were going to register my birth a old friend give it to me , was a found treasure .

knitting woman

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Snow Men

One more craft for the bazaar (Snow Men)  on October

Baby CRIB Quilt

This small baby quilt , made with all my leftovers  cotton ,   i like how turn out on end.

Shamrock

SHAMROCK

My friend kaye ,give-me this shamrock plant .   Her favor flower,  just starting have few buds

QUINCES TREE

  Quinces , we make marmelade with , very hard fruit,  first wash them, on boilpot of water 

cooking untill are soft ,  peel and  keep the pulp for the marmelade ,and all the peels and the inside s  boil again  ,keep that water pass true a chesse cloth and made jelly with it .

use sugar that call for your recipe.

we bake the quinces and add sugar  . eat them for dessert 

Quinces

Cod fish cakes or Pasteis de bacalhau

Cooking Portuguese day, made dry salt cod fish  croquets  , Serve  together   with  steam rice  and cream spinach. 

Recipe .

5 medians potatoes . Boil with the skin .

500 Grams dry cod fish  ,soak over night.

2 eggs

parsley cut very fine. some people use 1 onion too

mix all this ingredients , make balls the shape of a egg 

ready to fry 

Pots plants

Calla Lilies plants they have avery nice leaves

Calla Lilies

My favor flowers  .Calla lilies  done on watercolor i have two pots of this plants but this year they do  not flower .  I do not know why .  

Praca festival Beja

Amazing art on the plaza, traditional dresses of the people of the province. 

Halifax .N.S.

My son sent this picture while ago from Halifax .N.S.

My Street

 A  simple place on this houses in this street i was born 1939 . When i went there i have to have a picture  to remenber were i came from .

Hot Water Bottle Cover

Made the pattern   my self was very easy , yarn gold brown  100% nylon fiber.

Hot Water Bottle cover

Gold Brown Color . Cover for  Hot water Bottle .  With cable on center.

Watercolor window

Old window on my mother house .   Her pots the flowers she love flowers .

Pink flower

I do not know the name .

 look a like cactus plant  the pink flower is beautifully  .

My friend Linda  plant.

White church

( Play time )      We girls used to go around this white church next to the school and playing games.  The church still there but not the School. .

Arch

Here are the same street ,with view from different direction .

Street of Prazeres

I love  this old city, i walk this street every day  going to work and back .