Week In Review: Earth, Humanity, and Sunflowers
What a week this has been! So much tragedy. My heart truly goes out to the victims of the Boston Marathon and West, Texas. So much pain and suffering. And yet, my faith in humanity is not shaken but revitalized. Amidst evil deeds, we find so much goodness in people. The actions of this week are another example that we as a human race are not gonna “let the bad guys win.”
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In the spirit of humanity and hospitality, I wanted to share a blog post that I stumbled upon this week from Table Culture. Keeping True to You discusses entertaining and the importance of making people feel welcome and comfortable in your home.
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Here are some delicious recipes that I discovered from other bloggers this week that I can’t wait to try!
Slow Cooker Loquat Butter from For The Love of Chow
Cremini Mushroom Turnover Appy’s from Maggie’s One Butt Kitchen
Persian Love Cake from Fae’s Twist and Tango
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Earth Day is Monday! To get ready for it, why not bake some fun cupcakes from Bird On A Cake to celebrate!
Photo Courtesy of Bird On A Cake
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When I think of the earth, I think of gardening. And gardening to me means not only delicious fresh veggies and herbs, but flowers. Beautiful flowers to fill the house with. And sunflowers are a favorite (they were even part of my wedding). So I was very excited to hear that Kate’s Creative Space was starting The Great Sunflower Race of 2013! Check out her blog for details and join the race by planting some sunflower seeds!
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And don’t forget there is still time to Vote for my Balsamic Strawberry Pie photo in the Food Stories April Food Photo Contest! You can vote as many times as you like and I greatly appreciate any and all support!!
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Catch up with this week’s Green Door Hospitality posts!
Elegant and Affordable: Truffled Mac and Cheese
Homemade Staples: Meyer Lemon Curd
Spring Tablescapes: Blue is Bold, Blue is Beautiful
Wordless Wednesday — Evening Peace
Ingredient Spotlight: White Truffle Oil
This Party Calls For a Theme: Muppet Mania
24 comments on “Week In Review: Earth, Humanity, and Sunflowers”
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Love this week in review! Thanks for the links to your other posts and for the timely reminder of Earth Day. It’s been a challenging and heartbreaking week for many, news-wise- Lovely to come here for a message of hope/compassion and some lovely, comforting reading. x
Thanks so much!! So glad you liked the post. Have a wonderful weekend.
Kenley
Great post!!
Thanks Cynthia!
The cupcakes are beyond perfect for earth day…they are amazing!!! Have a great weekend Kenley.
Aren’t they perfect!! Have a great weekend too Laurie!
Kenley
Great post Kenley, lots to think about here…I did visit Keeping True to You, and enjoyed her stories. Have a great weekend, the cupcakes are adorable!
Thanks Jenna! Glad you enjoyed the Keeping True to You post. Have a great weekend as well!
Kenley
Blessings to all those affected by the tragedies of this week.
Super Earth Day cupcakes to celebrate Mother Nature and
all she does for us.
Have a Fab weekend, Kensley.
So right you are! Have a great weekend too!
Kenley
Lovely Earth Day cupcakes you’re sharing! With so many things happening lately, we need to show everything on our Earth and planet some love.
We sure do! I’ll be having a special post for Earth Day as well…not to mention spending the weekend in the garden 🙂
Kenley
Boy, Kenley, it seems that we’ve had more than our fair share of bad news this week and I find myself wondering where it’s all going to stop. I guess things like cooking, tablescaping, blogging are what we do to take our minds off the other stuff. Take good care.
Yeah…it’s hard sometimes when there is so much tragedy going on. But the best we can do is look at the joy that we find around us and do things that make us happy — all the while helping out whenever we can.
Take care as well!
I saw a quote by Gandhi today that struck a chord: “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty”. Let’s keep our doors and our hearts open… Have a wonderful weekend with your loved ones.
What a great quote!! And so appropriate! Hope you’ve had a great weekend!
Kenley
Seriously, what a week! We don’t have TV, but I’ve been following the coverage of the events in Boston on my phone and computer…and it’s so true that amidst tragedy, the strength of the human spirit shines through. I love that tweet that you shared. My prayers are with the people of Boston right now!
Thanks for the reminder about earth day! I would have forgotten that. And how yummy does that cupcake look with all of those bright colors?
Snagged a few more votes for your photo. Hope it helps!
Have a happy weekend, my friend.
Yeah…we don’t have a TV either but have been staying in touch with everything via computer and phones as well.
Thanks so much Lauren for the votes!! Greatly appreciated!
Hope you’ve had a great weekend!
Kenley
I love that Batman tweet. Made me smile. So happy that Boston has some peace this weekend 🙂 Hope you’re enjoying yours as well!
Indeed! Thanks Eileen…it was a great and productive weekend! Hope yours was good! 🙂
Kenley
Thanks for the shout out, Kenley. I hope you are able to get your hands on some loquats soon!
It was my pleasure! And crazy — I actually dreamed of loquats last night!! Loquats as fruit, loquats as art, loquats as glaze colors for pottery. So weird. They are definitely on the brain!!
K
Indeed what a week has this been, praying for all the victims and family. just went by and voted for you again! I really hope you win Kenley! 🙂 Thank you for the reminder of Earth day on Monday! 🙂
Thanks so much Ingrid for your votes! I appreciate them 🙂
Kenley