O maior conquistador não é aquele que conquista grandes coisas, mas sim o que conquista as pequenas e as torna grandes!


sábado, 8 de maio de 2021

Orange Popovers

 



Author: Sarah Bates | The Chef Next Door
Makes 6 popovers


Ingredients:
3 eggs, at room temperature
2 Tablespoons 
1 1/4 cups milk, at room temperature
1 teaspoon 
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Powdered sugar, for dusting

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and place a non-stick popover pan on the bottom rack. (If you don't have a popover pan you can use a standard muffin tin) 

In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together until well combined. Add the milk and orange extract and whisk until frothy.  Add the flour and salt and whisk well. Some small lumps may remain, which is perfectly fine. 

Carefully remove the popover pan from the oven and spray the wells with non-stick cooking spray.   

Fill the popover wells about 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes, until the popovers are puffed up and golden brown.

Turn the popovers onto a cooling rack immediately after you pull them out of the oven. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve immediately. 

My popovers were stuck to the tin, but never the less very tasty. Recipe to keep and do again. Next time I will pipe home made custard into them.

The Ugliest Women in the World

 


 Mary Ann Bevan, nicknamed the ugliest woman in the world, but when you know her story, you'll call her ′′ The most beautiful woman in the world ".

Mr. Bevan always supported his wife and stood by her side, but his destiny had its own plans. After 11 years of marriage, he died, and Mary became a widow with children and almost no money. Despite her serious illness, she had to support her children.
After accumulating big debts, and with her frustration and economic necessity, she entered the contest for ′′ The Ugliest Woman in the World ′′ won the humiliating prize. She was then taken to the circus, touring the cities of Britain, where all the people rushed to see ′′ The Ugliest Woman in the World ".

Despite this she preferred to hold on to people's mockery to be able to raise their children and give them a good education, she moved to America in 1933 where she died.



In this picture, you can see Mary with her children: her oldest son is wearing a sailor suit, her younger son is in a 3-piece suit, and her daughters are wearing nice dresses. At that time, studio photoshoots weren’t very common, and perhaps this fact indicates that Mary was a more loving and caring mother, than a freak show artist.
If there were standards for the beauty of the soul, Mary Ann Bevan would be the most beautiful woman in the world.
(Mary Ann suffered from acromegaly)



1930's Cocktail Dresses















 

sexta-feira, 7 de maio de 2021

Wise Words - “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot. Make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats

 


 “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh




 “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” — Albert Einstein




 “Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow, it’s all the same day.” – Janis Joplin

1950's Fashion Display

 

Pierre Balmain ball Gown



















Here's a dozen of my favorite things never to apologize for:


1) Never apologize for acting on your instincts.
2) Never apologize for being passionate.
3) Never apologize for being smart.
4) Never apologize for demanding respect.
5) Never apologize for saying no.
6) Never apologize for not embracing someone else's agenda.
7) Never apologize for disagreeing.
8) Never apologize for your faith.
9) Never apologize for your own sense of creativity.
10) Never apologize for ordering dessert.
11) Never apologize for being funny.
12) Never apologize for living your truth.


Every one of us casts a shadow.

There hangs about us, a sort of a strange, indefinable something, which we call personal influence--that has its effect on every other life on which it falls. It goes with us wherever we go. It is not something we can have when we want to have it--and then lay aside when we will, as we lay aside a garment. It is something that always pours out from our lives . . . as light from a lamp, as heat from flame, as perfume from a flower.

The ministry of personal influence is something very wonderful. Without being conscious of it, we are always impressing others by this strange power that exudes from us. Others watch us--and their thinking and actions are modified by our influence."

"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity." Ephesians 5:15-16

~J. R. Miller, "The Shadows We Cast"

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