Le Maroc pour elle
(new bottle)
(older bottle) 
This is one of my favorite perfumes. I read somewhere this is the first one Andy Tauer created. It’s an exotic combination consisting of rose and jasmine with lavender (no wonder I love it), citrus, woods and cedar. Classified as an oriental perfume.
I like the sweetness of the whole composition which isn’t a sickly sweetness, but rather, it all blends in so well. What a way to wear a rose.
Here are the notes: Moroccan Petigrain/ it’s bitter orange, french lavender,red mandarin, Moroccan rose absolute, Moroccan jasmine absolute, Moroccan cederwood,Sandalwood, Patchouli.
La Maroc Pour elle is on this page of rose perfumes a great collection of rose perfumes Sweet heady rose and jasmine blended by a few other things; that’s what Le Maroc pour elle is!
To me this is a scent of beauty. Some are comforting ones, easy going scents… but this one is for when you want to sniff your sweater all day after you’ve sprayed it on. It’s just beautiful.
Assam Orthodox GFOP
From November 2011 to March 2012 I am reviewing some samples of tea from Upton Tea in Massachusetts. Here’s the 2nd one- December’s.
Assam tea gives a bright reddish/orange/brown color in the teacup. I’ve had it before, but didn’t know until now it was Assam tea. this tea on the Upton website It’s a very popular tea and I can see why; real tea flavor. A few years ago I tried a canister of Yorkshire tea and it had this same color in the teacup as this tea- now I realize that Yorkshire tea was Assam tea!
Nov. 28th was last months tea. I don’t know how to link to the post on WordPress. Hope I can figure it out in 2012.
got a grittibaenz
He’s waving; see his arm? It’s a grittibaenz. I feel special to have this little Christmas dough boy and I barely got this photo of him before we ate him as we turned him into a turkey sandwich. Thank you Evy!
That Dodger Horse
This is the last installment of a 3 part series on the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace; included because the author of this book is her husband. (photo below of Delos and Maud Lovelace)
A book about a 14 yr old boy’s summer is what it’s about and I thoroughly enjoyed reading his summer in Minnosota at his Uncle and Aunt’s home in the country. I mentioned on the previous post that Delos is the the character Joe in the Betsy-Tacy books. In this book That Dodger Horse, I read somewhere that he had some of these experiences in his boyhood. It’s a good book and I whole heartedly recommend it.
I think there is at least one book of Maud and Delos Lovelace’s that they collaborated on together. I’ll have to investigate.
Betsy and the Great World/Betsy’s Wedding
Here’s the 2nd post of the 3 on the Betsy-Tacy series.
Betsy grows up in Mankato Minnesota through this series by Maud Hart Lovelace. I had to look up where Mankato is since I’m only familiar with where St Paul MN is located; but thanks to someone who lives in Mankato and told me this is where the book originates, now I know; it is south of St Paul and Minneapolis.
I like the way they put 2 books under one cover. These last two books in the Betsy Tasy series were the best, since she’s 21 yrs. old now! I was fascinated with her description of the Portugal Islands- Azores to be exact.
This was in 1914 when Betsy went to Europe, stopping at the island Azores. She said the houses were cute and painted, maybe not like this exact one, but quaint none the less.
below- the old habit costumes that the ladies wore on the island since it rained frequent showers throughout the day.
Betsy and the Great World was hard to put down, after all, she goes to Europe at 21 yrs. old! Germany, Italy, England ( with a few other places in between). WW 1 starts when she is in England which initiates an earlier than expected sail home. It was neat to see Europe in 1914 through the eyes of Betsy. Did Maud the author really go there? I don’t know.
they are still doing the passion play in Oberammergau
Betsy went an hour from Munich to see the village where the passion play in Oberammergau takes place every 2 years. She met some of the actors. Now according to the link above, it is put on every 10 years.
When Tilda and Betsy met for a get together weekend, they ate pfannkuchen. I don’t know if this photo is like the one they ate. There are a lot of different varieties of it all the way to a filled jelly roll.
Casata di Sicilono is what Betsy ate in Italy with Marcos, but I can’t find photos of it. She describes it as chopped fruit, nuts and layers of chocolate. Sounds like a parfait . In London their dessert of “cold shape” seems like it is jello.
Betsy’s Wedding
Good thing she said no to Marcos’s proposals in Italy, or else she wouldn’t be marrying Joe ! I think this particular book should have been named- Newlyweds in 1917. Tib’s almost engagement to Lucky was a story within a story. The start of the US getting into WW! was a thread throughout the latter half of the book.
The character of Joe is her husband in real life whom she meet in college which makes these books so interesting. The author combines her own life experiences into the book.
I like the part where Betsy is still in England and World War 1 breaks out because it seems like you get a first hand account of how things were and the thoughts of the common English person on the street.
WW 1 uniform
Sergeants outfit
President Wilson declares war in April.
The German Kaiser- Wilhelm ll
Betsy- Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace
This is the first of 3 posts in a row on Maud Hart Lovelace’s series Betsy-Tacy
Here’s an even better book review Another series for girls- move over American girl books! I just now discovered them and wanted to read them in proper succession. I read the first one- Betsy Tacy (2nd grade level reading) then I skipped a few to get to Heavens to Betsy /Betsy in Spite of Herself which was two books in one thick paper back from the library; and it was a brand new paperback which are nice and clean. The only disagreement I had with the book was the Ouija board time in one chapter. It looked like innocent fun, but Ouija boards are not innocent fun. Time period is before WW1 when Betsy is in grade school through high school.
Betsy is starting high school in the book- somewhere in Minnesota, but what I liked about the book was her visit to Milwaukee one Christmas to her Aunts home. Her Aunt (Dad’s sister) lives in a German household with Grandma and Grandpa who once lived in Germany . The description of the how they celebrated Christmas was fun to read about. Everything was very German- their love for Christmas trees and they go visiting friends and neighbors to see their decorated trees… the food, the festivities… that particular chapter was the best of the book. She goes to the Pabst theater and everyone was speaking German at intermission. This is about 1906 time wise.
Betsy is a junior in high school in this book. (above)
Betsy and Joe (below) was the best book yet. they are seniors in high school, Julia her sister is away in Germany and in the book Anna the cook was making nougat which inspired me to want to make nougat. For ravioli I only use the yolks of the eggs, so now I’ll save the egg whites and gather enough to make nougat.
I’m waiting for the last one from the library- Betsy and the great World/ Betsey’s wedding. They’ll be the best ones out of the series I’m sure.
red carnations
pansey wreath 1995
