special moments

it's this little moments in life...

I enjoy a cup of tea and my snack. today it was crispy bread with cream cheese and fresh coriander leaves...just because I happened to get fresh coriander in the shop.

it't this special moments with the people you love...

I was lucky to enjoy one of those with my little daughter today after she came home from Nursery with a special surprise for Mummy as it is Mothers Day in Egypt...

I do not want what I haven't got

after 6 weeks of almost no cooking I was really looking forward to my kitchen, my tools and lots of homemade stuff.
not that I didn't enjoy all the wonderful food and places of food we were lucky enough to have in Vienna...it just got a bit too much in the end.
so back in my kitchen we started off with a wonderful vegetable risotto made by my lovely husband! we even shared that meal with friends and it couldn't have been a better start... a creamy pumpkin soup and a delicious salad with whatever could be found followed.
and as it is high season of strawberries in Egypt I couldn't wait to make jam and have "Palatschinken" (the Austrian pancakes) with it.
today we finished the week with delicious tuna steaks, stir-fryd mixed vegetables and sesame potatoes...

we're back home for a week now and this week was packed with a lot of emotions...we cried tears of happiness of being back home and we cried tears of sadness at the funeral of our friends son...we're glad to be able to come back to normality and daily routines and at the same time are very worried about friends and people in Libya and on top of all this our thoughts go to Japan in between...

once more I am more than grateful for what I have and while I am writing this one of my favorite songs from Sinead o'Connor comes to my mind so I am going to share this one with you...

8. März

fuer die einen fasching
fuer die anderen welt-frauen-tag

schon irgendwie lustig fruehmorgens beim baecker von verkleideten verkaeuferinnen froehlich bedient zu werden. nachdem ich meinen ersten schreck - was macht der arzt hier, was ist passiert - ueberwunden und mir bewusst gemacht habe, dass faschingdienstag hierzulande ja so aussieht.
als nicht sehr grosser faschingsfan war das doch eine sehr nette begegnung am fruehen morgen und ich bin gespannt was der tag noch bereithaelt.

auch sehr amuesant die natuerlich heute wieder entfachte diskussion ueber die aufnahme der "toechter" und  "heldinnen" oesterreichs in die bundeshymne... als frau muss ich sagen, es beruehrt mich kaum, denn ich weiss wer unsere und vor allem meine toechter und heldinnen sind.
geht es nicht darum uns nicht hervorheben zu muessen sondern einfach "da" zu sein. braucht es wirklich einen speziellen tag an dem wir alle frauen aus "maennerdominierten" berufen in den zeitungen finden und und und und und und
fuer mich ist das wie mit dem muttertag...ich will nicht einmal im jahr einen speziellen tag fuer mich als mutter, nein ich moechte jeden tag als das wahrgenommen und geschaetzt werden was ich bin

mensch
frau
mutter
whatever - ich!

with a bing and a bong

back and forth
up and down
here and there
where?

passing faces
passing emotions
passing buildings
passing memories

with a child holding hands
with a partner
with a smile
with a tear

with a bing and a bong...too long.