Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa !

http://www.foodfunfarm.blogspot.com

A blog about my life on a remote farm in the foothills of Kilimanjaro in East Africa. I publish new recipes every 2nd day - simple, easy homecooking with an African twist using fresh, local ingredients. Pop in for a visit anytime !

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Aug 15

Late Posting Today !

My beautiful Maxie (taken on a walk around the garden this afternoon) turns 2 next month ....Regular readers will know that I usually post around 11 am Tanzanian time each morning ..... well it's around 11 pm now, so I'm only 12 hours late today ;) A (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Aug 11

All Sorts To Talk About Today .........

Thanks, everyone, for the comments on Saturday’s post. The day was a great success and the weather was, thankfully, warm enough for us to sit out on the veranda and enjoy our lunch.Now, I was so busy that I forgot to take photo’s of the table set (read full article)

Farm Life, Miscellaneous

Aug 03

Ollie Announces A Winner !

My precious Ollie wanted to announce the winner for me today (from the comfort of her Winter blanket, of course) !And The Winner Is ……………..Elenka from Portland, Maine, USA who’s wonderful blog ‘Downeast Doing Stuff’ can be found by cl (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Jul 29

Tessa Says 'Thanks For All Your Entries/Comments .....!'

It's a cat's life ! Tessa takes a nap in the filing trays in my office ...... Mum said I should just pop in to thank you all for the entries/comments on this post last week. The 'competition' has now closed, and a winner will be drawn soon & anno (read full article)

Miscellaneous, pets

Jul 26

Blog Problems !

No, it's not me who's causing the problems (although I do love to chew on Mum's computer cords & cables every now and then !) but Mum has been frustrated with her slow internet connection this weekend, & now there's something called a floatin (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Jul 22

Mountain Songs ..... & Ginger Tea

Ginger tea from the Usambara mountains & a CD of traditional Tanzanian songs recorded on Mt. Kilimanjaro - read on if you'd like to stand a chance of being the lucky recipient of these uniquely Tanzanian items !Sitting here in a remote corner of (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Jul 05

Thanks For All The Comments .......

View from a neighbouring farm, out towards our neighbouring country of Kenya Sunset from another spot .... I get so used to seeing the sunset from our veranda, it is nice to see it from a different angle for a change ! (P.S. Best viewed with a G &am (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Jul 02

Just Popping In To Fill You All In .......

Some flowers photographed in my garden recentlyThanks so much to each and every one of you for the blog comments & messages to both my email & Facebook over the past week. I’m just popping in to say that things are quietening down this end, (read full article)

Miscellaneous

May 02

Followers, Visitors, Even More Rain and ..... Addictions !

Well this week my blog hit just over the 200 Blogger 'Followers' mark (for those of you who don't know about 'Following' - this just means that 200 people with Blogger accounts are following my blog daily, and are getting updates on their Blogger 'da (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Jan 19

And The Winner Is ..............

A bowl full of ..... comments ! (My daughter holding the bowl of comments yesterday - just before picking the winner out) Thank you all so much for leaving your comments and entering the ‘draw’ to win the Maasai beaded items. I loved reading tho (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Jan 15

A Little Piece Of Africa ...........

A collection of traditional Maasai beaded and bone items which I purchased at the Ngorongoro Crater recently - read on to find out more about them ! I know that there are many of you who read this blog & follow it almost daily because you’ve ei (read full article)

Great African Books; Art and Curios, Miscellaneous, My Travels In Tanzania

Nov 08

Sunday's .............

A photo taken earlier this weekend of flowers in my parent's garden ....Sorry no proper blog post from me today ............. have had a really lazy Sunday ... baby son woke me up around 7 am for a feed - I brought him in to bed with me & we both (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Nov 02

Lot's To Tell You ....

Sorry I haven't posted on the blog today as usual ..... it's just been one of *those* days ! I've been out & about and have lots to post about soon though .... photo's too ... and even a recipe or so ! (Think light fluffy cupcakes smothered in (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Sep 14

Half Hour Meals

Today I'm the 'Featured Community Member' over at 'Half Hour Meals' & if you'd like to take a look at the questions they asked me, you can click here.Here's an extract from the site, to let you know what they're all about -:"HalfHourMeals.com is (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Aug 06

Blog Housekeeping .....

My desk & computer ....... where I blog from each day .... in our home office (conveniently situated just off my kitchen/store room) & with views out over the garden and Kilimanjaro's Western foothills (just obscured by the banana trees in t (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Jul 29

Mid Week Catch Up ....

My garden (this photo taken earlier this week) looks a lot greener than the surrounding countryside & is a haven to birds and insects during these drier Winter months Phew, it’s been a hectic first week back at home – after being away for 3 (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Jul 23

Oh, To Be Home !

Justin (who prefers not to look directly into the camera if he can help it !) smiles as he tackles the mountain of ironing out on the veranda - there hasn't been much ironing for the past few months as we've been away, so he assures me he doesn't min (read full article)

Miscellaneous

Jul 18

Family Reunited .... And (Finally !) On Our Way Home Across Africa .....

My husband & I have only ever been apart for a maximum of around 3 weeks in the 14 years we've been together. (This photo of us was taken in Lake Naivasha, Kenya the year before last - it's an old one as it was the only one I could find of us wi (read full article)

Miscellaneous, Travel Stories

Jul 12

LONGING .......

The tip of Kilimanjaro's snow capped peak - viewed from the back of our garden, late one afternoon .... I'm missing my garden, too ! And the views from my garden, out towards Kenya and beyond ................ I long for those, too .....LongingFor Ta (read full article)

Miscellaneous, Travel Stories

Jul 09

Been A Bad Blogger !

Sorry I have not updated my blog for several days - things have been sooooo hectic here, and I must admit that I'm battling to keep on top of things ! This must be my shortest blog post ever, but I just wanted to let you all know that I'll be postin (read full article)

Miscellaneous

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