Back to blogging ..................

It's been a year since I last blogged.  I felt at times that I might not blog again, as surely Mauritius is such a boring place compared to where we have lived in the past.........but here we go again.
I so miss the wide open spaces of Africa and  can travel from the North to the South in just 1 hour, but I'm sure I can find a beauty and culture of a different kind in this spec of an island lying in the Indian Ocean....

an inhabited little island off Mahebourg in the South

The interesting Margose very popular in Mauritius. Karela Bitter Gourd “Margose” is a delicious simple to cook recipe that is one of the most nutritious vegetables. I have always loved this vegetable/fruit since I was little. I love it any kind of dishes whether stir fried, curried, vindaye spices. Bitter gourd or Karela may not be the favourite of many people because of it’s bitter taste. However over centuries this fruit /vegetable has been one of the main ingredients in many medicinal recipes and therapeutic treatments. It is packed with some key nutrients and healthy components, making it a very healthy addition to your diet. The secret of all it’s good properties lies in the bitterness, it is loaded with medicinal values. The more I read about this vegetable the more I am fascinated to find out about these benefits of this humble fruit/vegetable. Some of its benefits include maintaining balanced digestive system, improve immune system, good to treat and balance diabetes, aid weight loss, and good for eye sight and with its high antioxidant content it’s a great ingredient to keep you look radiant and beautiful. I am definitely keeping Karela in my diet for sure, and believe me with all of these good reasons I am certain one can overlook its bitter taste and consider eating it.

We keep looking for that "extraordinary moment" to happen.... Yet it does every day! What you see depends on what you are looking for...

I'm a little lemon boat bobbing on the water...... Finding my place in the sun amongst the neutral, sleek and dignified!

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God that is why it is called the present! Bill Keane

Missing the endless open spaces, red dirt roads and cloudy skies of Gabon

"There are stars you haven't seen and loves you haven't loved. There's light you haven't felt and sunrises yet to dawn. There are dreams you haven't dreamt, and days you haven't lived, and nights you won't forget, and flowers yet to grow. And there is more to you that you have yet to know." Gaby Compres #zimbabwe#anewdaydawning