Lemons and Limes

How are you?
Do you see anybody around you who have been catching cold?

I have several people around me including my husband who had made trips via airplane and have been suffering from flue or cold symptoms.

Fortunately, I haven’t been catching cold for 2-3 years.
For me, lemons, limes and gingers are the best food to take in order to maintain my healthy body.
I drink lemon or lime water every day.
I drink ginger water when I feel my throat seems to be irritated.
They work very well for me not to catch cold!

Homemade Zucchini Bread

I baked zucchini cup cakes with a fresh zucchini from my friend’s garden.

I love a cooking magazine, Cooking with Paula Deen and used her zucchini bread receipt from the following website.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/zucchini-bread-recipe/index.html

Instead of making 2 loafs, I made cup cakes.
The baking time could shorten from 1 hour to 16 minutes.

They turned to be nice and moist and delicious!

Elks in Lakewood, Colorado

My husband and I were so lucky to see 2 elks while driving on 6th Avenue today.




They were so beautiful and peaceful.

Japanese Biodegradable Body Wash Clothes

The attached photos are eco-friendly body wash clothes that I purchased in Japan.
These are made of 100% cotton, 70% cotton & 30% soy, and 70% cotton & 30% silk.
These are light weight and like cheese clothes.
Each cloth has a little bit different texture and the 70% cotton & 30% silk one is the softest.

What new to me was the soy based cloth.
The package says that the cloth made of soy protein has silky texture and is gentle on skin.

Rocky Mountains and Wild Sunflowers

My husband and I drove on highway 93 from Golden to Boulder, Colorado this afternoon. Gorgeous rocky mountain, lovely prairie dogs and now a season to enjoy wild sunflowers.

Wildflowers Meadows in Central City, CO

My husband and I had a nice one day trip to Central City, Idaho Spring and George Town today.
We loved driving along with various colored wild flowers in Central City.
They were so pretty.



These Aspen trees were so beautiful with their white trunks and branches.
We had a sudden heavy shower which made the leaves so fresh light green.

Furoshiki Wrapping & Wine Bottles

Instead of buying a wine bottle sized paper bag, a piece of cloth, furoshiki can be a unique reusable wrapping cloth to bring a bottle of wine for a gift.
For the attached photo, I used a Japanese standard sized furoshiki (approx. 35” x 35”).
Can you see I tried to make flower petals around the top of the wine bottle?
As the material of the furoshiki is very flexible, I could enjoy wrapping the wine bottle like doing paper folding, origami.
It is a fun to utilize furoshikis for gift wrapping and creativity is unlimited!