6 June 2012

Elderflower

この週末は、エリザベス女王の戴冠60周年記念の4連休だった。数日前から、どこもかしこもユニオンジャックがはためき、お祭りムード。昨日は霧雨が降っていたにもかかわらず、街のあちこちで通りを通行止めにし、カップケーキなどを持ち寄ったストリートパーティーをやっていた。厳かな、格式張った雰囲気などまったくなく、国民全体が楽しむことに重点を置いたお祭り騒ぎの日という印象を受けた。
We thought of getting the elderflower cordial to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. But since the shops had short opening hours and were about to close at four or five and there were so many elderflower blooming outside, we decided to make it by ourselves.




Elder (セイヨウニワトコ)



大量の砂糖を溶かしたシロップを作り、そこにエルダーの花と輪切りにしたレモンを入れる。レモンが少し足りなかったので、わたしたちはミカンも入れることにした。
My friend, Rosemary Shojaie has her beautiful illustration inspired by our elder flower picking day on her blog . We decided to do this kind of project occasionally; do something together and make some works from that experience. And we both can put up on our blog and make link to each others!

2 comments:

  1. Oooo, that's a cool idea! Looking forward to more cross posts from you and Rosemary!

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  2. Hi Zack, Sorry for my late reply but thanks for your comment. We do need to do another one soon with Ruchi, while she is still here!

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