… to another failure, with no loss of enthusiasm’. Winston Churchill. 
I love that one, it describes us all so perfectly. It certainly describes this cheese as it proceeds with its metamorphosis from cheddar to puddle. Ah well.
Churchill also said something about ‘success not being final and failure not being fatal.’ But that one is too grim for us. I like the slightly jolly edge to the image of collapsing from one failure to another with more grin than grim. 
If you butter the end of this date and muesli loaf sweetened with golden syrup, BEFORE you cut it, then kind of mush all the crumbs together and pop them in your mouth very quickly it is a success! The golden syrup was bought for me by my personal shopper at an importers warehouse open day. He knows where all the right places are. Thank you ChgJohn. Almost all Mum’s baked goods have golden syrup in the recipes and no substitute tasted right. 
We had rain. Sheila was thrilled. The chooks spent the day inside, they did not want to get their feathers damp!
I cannot creep up on any animal with my camera because TonTon intuits which animal I am going to see, rushing to them, then he goes down and stares waiting for a command, they see him, then lumber up onto their feet to see if they can see me. Wherever he is there is me. No surprises. 
Though for the first time I was able to sneak up on Ton as he guarded my shoes whilst completely asleep. No sense of failure for these guys. Imagine being able to live completely in the moment. Without guilt, or regret or sorrow. Just sleep or munch or watch. Or a mixture of the three. 
Good morning. It rained all night as well. A good soaking rain for hours. We had had half an inch when I went to bed so it was a decent drop. The rain came straight down so I was able to leave all the doors and windows open to the sound of it. There will be fog this morning. The sun will have a sleep in.
Today I start research into local architects who also built for the prairies. Frank Lloyd Wright being top of the list. E. Fay Jones and Ida Ryan for their use of open space and light. Though a lot of their work was commercial I think. It is hard to find a prairie architect not influenced by Wright. But I am going to rummage about and have a look.
Have a lovely day.
celi
P.S. On this day last year I made tomato chutney. In fact I am making another little batch today. This blog journal thing is so useful!
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81 responses to “‘Success is the ability to go from one failure..”
I see the bobby is still with us..
And will be for quite a while yet.. good morning.. c
That Tonton is miraculous. Glad you had nice rain. We had horrible rain all weekend and high winds, so I didn’t get out to pick the beans and courgettes. Result: I shall be making marrow chutney today (which I hope will be better than the sloppy marrow and ginger jam I made a couple of weeks ago!). and beans have been given to deserving friends.
Lloyd Wright may possibly be a bit large-scale for your project!
What interests me about Frank Lloyd Wright was his use of landscape to influence his structures, he loved the land like we do and also his interiors had a natural rhythm to them. A flow. As a structural architect he was more dream than engineer but his use of a small space to cater to a big dream is what I will be looking at. Every corner of his rooms had a purpose. He was a visionary, his interiors were always cold and even odd sometimes but his use of line and balance was quite superb. His windows were always exactly right to the eye and his furniture was superb. Plus he built on borrowed and begged money, and had no problem adding on to his original ideas and changing stuff as he went along! He has always been a huge influence on my own little designs.. morning Viv, have a lovely day.. You wee baggie had its first outing this morning!! c.
Last night’s rain may clear the air for some good events today.
it is just beautiful out there this morning! morning ronnie.. c
My little health food / bulk food store sells Lyle’s, we’re very fortunate to have it within walking distance! How nice of John to source it for you. It is definitely unique.
Morning Eva it is indeed unique.. c
Winston was so wise. 🙂 Some days, that is the theme of my life.. other days, well.. We will never surrender!
he was wise, and witty.. morning heidi..c
Looks like your shoes’ days catch up with Ton Ton if not you 🙂
he knows i will be back for them, so he always stays close to the boot corner!
E. Fay Jones lived in my area (Fayetteville, AR) and there are quite a few homes he designed in the area. One was a “cabin” in the woods that was my favorite (saw it on a documentary) Also, love the animal pics!
I have seen images of that cabin, such beautiful work, he was so in love with his land.. c
I once saw a wonderful book of post war Australian architecture for the houses out on the sheep stations. They had verandahs all round, tiled wet rooms and corrugated iron roofs with chains hanging down from the gutters, on each corner, which directed the rain water into underground containers. I wanted to build a “maison evolutive” on a piece of land my brother in law has acquired out here but as yet it hasn’t come to fruition. I don’t know what your French is like but here’s a link to the concept of une maison evolutive – http://www.lamaisonevolutive.com/
I have seen those chains, catching every drop. I love the idea of wraparound verandahs, you will always find a corner to sit. My french is convent! NZ convent at that but I will muddle my way through. Thank you for the link. I wish you luck with your own project, even a small cabin is a big beautiful dream.. c
Oh, the poor cheddar! That is a loss…the piggies can have it, right?
Always good to have time for a Farmy visit in the morning!
I thought I would give it to the chickens, it is pretty hard and they can peck at it for a week or so!! (laughter!!), maybe turn it into a water bowl!.. c
“With no loss of enthusiasm” — that is the tricky part. Your bread looks wonderfully delicious with that melting butter — have you posted the recipe before?
I made it up.. (memory recipes seem to move about in my head) so it is not guaranteed.. here is what i did this time .. in a saucepan, heat one cup of dates (or apricots) , 1/2 cup of sugar, 2 tablespoons golden syrup, and two big tablespoons butter. boil 3 or 4 minutes. Take off heat, add 1tsp baking soda, then add 2 cups of flour, one cup of muesli, then an egg. (add a little milk if it needs it) Stir briskly and pour quickly into loaf tin. Cook at 350 for one hour. It is usually served buttered. Makes fantastic breakfast toast! you will notice that all my fav recipes are made in one pot! (laughter!) c
Ohh, yummy I will have to give that a try. I love one pot recipes. Great one!
same.. washing dishes is Bad!
Mia, Minty, Meadow and Mama – right? I love seeing the Farmy animals the best 🙂 Laura
You are right, Minty is the little one. Meadow has white ears! I need to go back and check .. good for you! c
Thats funny – I tell them apart by their leg markings! 🙂 Laura
Oh Meadows knees!! cool! c
C, I call them experiments, some experiments work, while others do not. I love the sound of raindrops drip-dropping on my porch roof as I rest…don’t you?
J
oh i do too jess and outside our bedroom window is a rainwater barrel so i hear water all night.. wonderful.. c
Hi Celi. Oh!!!!…… The loaf looks delicious. I have now got the giggles sorry. Fab photos. Have a wonderful week. “If at first you don’t succeed, Try, Try again”.
Regards Florence x
Morning Florence, I am thrilled that you got the giggles, they are infectious.. c
Oh how lovely to have such a beautiful soaking rain – I love the smell of rain when it hits the earth – just too beautiful. Pete often says we should be more like animals and live just in the moment – maybe one day we will get it right.
Have a beautiful day C.
🙂 Mandy
i think we get it right more often than we give ourselves credit for.. Have a lovely evening Mandy.. c
I love the grey sky against the green grass, I always feel that it’s a dramatic combination somehow. Threatening perhaps.
christine
The light! I know i love it too! c