Saying Goodbye

I have opened up the doors of my home and shared with you my heart.  This blog is the essence of who I am.  You've met my husband and children and heard all about our beloved pets.  :)  This blog has been a combination of design and food and it's my take on life at home, Galatha's style.  I've gotten a bit political at times sharing my views as well as my beliefs about God.

  A home is essentially a mix of ingredients, that when combined create a finished product.  Kind of like a recipe.  Not every room and not every meal I've made has been a master piece.  I believe homes and meals are meant to be experienced and shared daily not just saved for special occasions.  These have been the spaces I have lived and shared with my husband and children.  You have seen a personal portrait of everyday life around the Schwartz' home.

All my recipes are simply prepared and family tested.  I hope you have enjoyed them and found a few for your recipe collection along the way.  I also hope I have encourage you to be all that you can be and to go the extra mile not only for those you love but for yourself.

The ornaments of my home have been and always will be my dear family and friends who frequent it.  And with that said, Thank you for stopping by the past eight years.

Always love ~
Galatha

Quote by Hafez

"Don't surrender your loneliness so quickly
  Let it cut more deep
  Let it ferment and season you as few humans or even divine ingredients can
  Something missing in my heart tonight
  Has made my eyes so soft
  My voice so tender
  My need of God absolutely clear."

  Hafez

Life

In life there are sometimes clouds, sometimes sunshine, sometimes pleasure and sometimes pain. Life is a great mixture of happiness and tragedy.  He who comes out of it rich in living, is he who dares to accept it all, face it all, and let it blow its power, mystery and tragedy into the inmost recesses of the soul.  A victory so won in this life will then be an eternal possession.

Charles Lewis Slattery

Bette Midler

Bette Midler has always been one of my favorite entertainers.  These are two of my favorite songs that she sings, one The Rose and From a Distance.....great lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5q0KmjU0Qk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN4AcFzxtdE

Great Day with Star Dutch

Dutchie has helped me plant my herb garden and today we finished planting all of the tomatoes.  He is such an independent little guy, after I would show him how to do something all I would hear is "Honey, I do it, I do it."  LOL,  And he did do it.  It was a beautiful day, no wind, he was hungry and we had a break and had a little picnic.  While we were eating a bi-plane or crop duster came flying over our home and it was yellow (his favorite color).  We ran out in the field and started waving and jumping up and down.  The pilot came back and buzzed us several times.   He loved it!

Great day and great memories!

Can I Come To This Place?

Out beyond the ideas of right doing and wrong doing, there is a field, I will meet you there!

Rumi

Love

Your task is not to seek love, but merely seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Rumi