Samledilla

@brittarnhild

Nytt år, ny blogg.
I alle fall i år.

Jeg har lenge tenkt å sortere samlingene mine. Jeg har nemlig hatt samlemani i snart 60 år.Da er det litt av hvert som samler seg opp, og nå har jeg rett og slett tenkt å prøve å få en oversikt over det. Regner med at denne veien gjør at noen av samlingene rett og slett blir kastet, andre kommer i "glass og ramme".

Nå er samling et ganske vidt begrep for meg da. De to sjøhestene på bildet over er rett og slett sjøhestsamlingen min :-) De er ekte, to tørkede sjøhester, kjøpt i en bitteliten butikk i Hong Kong som i utgangspunktet solgte tørket frukt og nøtter. Da hadde jeg akkurat lest boken Poseidon´s Steed, The Story of Seahorses, var kjempefasinert, og måtte bare ha med meg to små sjøhester hjem.

Nå ligger de på et syltetøyglass med tett lokk, i et skap i skrivebordet mitt. Det tette lokket er viktig, med en gang jeg åpner det, lukter det rett og slett.......sjøhest.

 

:::::::::::::::::::::::::

Her er et blogginnlegg jeg skrev på Britt-Arnhild´s House in the Woods i november 2012:

 

What about seahorse soup......

text and images britt-arnhild

I like to believe that I am brave when it comes to trying new food.
But there are limits, aren´t there :-)

Or?

We left Hong Kong yesterday.
Terje to fly back home to Norway,
I to continue to my "family" in India.

On our way to the airport bus we passed a tiny little shop selling dried fruits and nuts.
And there I spotted it.......
.....dried seahorses.

I am reading a very interesting book for the moment;
Poseidon´s Steed, The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality,

and couldn´t resist buying to dried ones,
though they were more expensive than gold......almost.

When I paied I asked the woman behind the counter, "do you eat them?"
"No no no" she said, "soup, soup!"

Terje took the little plastic bag with two tiny little dried seahorses back home to Norway with him. I hope they make it all the way to Norway. I have no idea what to do with them.
Soup? Well, I am not sure.

We saw some awesome seahorses at Monteray Bay Aquarium this summer.
They really are too beautiful to eat, aren´t they?

Though, take a look at this link 

No, I will not eat mine.
I will keep them as a souvenir :-)

text and images britt-arnhild

I like to believe that I am brave when it comes to trying new food.
But there are limits, aren´t there :-)

Or?

We left Hong Kong yesterday.
Terje to fly back home to Norway,
I to continue to my "family" in India.

On our way to the airport bus we passed a tiny little shop selling dried fruits and nuts.
And there I spotted it.......
.....dried seahorses.

I am reading a very interesting book for the moment;
Poseidon´s Steed, The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality,

and couldn´t resist buying to dried ones,
though they were more expensive than gold......almost.

When I paied I asked the woman behind the counter, "do you eat them?"
"No no no" she said, "soup, soup!"

Terje took the little plastic bag with two tiny little dried seahorses back home to Norway with him. I hope they make it all the way to Norway. I have no idea what to do with them.
Soup? Well, I am not sure.

We saw some awesome seahorses at Monteray Bay Aquarium this summer.
They really are too beautiful to eat, aren´t they?

Though, take a look at this link 

No, I will not eat mine.
I will keep them as a souvenir :-)