Comments on: Cinnamon rolls and fairy tales: appreciating basal pleasures http://lisahuntart.com/blog/2009/08/06/cinnamon-rolls-and-fairy-tales-appreciating-basal-pleasures/ The Mythic, Tarot & Fairy Tale musings of Lisa Hunt Sun, 13 May 2012 19:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tlchang http://lisahuntart.com/blog/2009/08/06/cinnamon-rolls-and-fairy-tales-appreciating-basal-pleasures/comment-page-1/#comment-265 tlchang Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:15:43 +0000 http://lisahuntart.com/blog/?p=679#comment-265 Heh - I love the 'not every baking experience has a happy ending' - so true! My microcosm experiences mostly happen outside in the garden - the whole alchemy of earth, air, water and fire (sunshine) that works on the tiniest of seeds and transforms them into lush growing things that provide beauty, scent and sustenance... The truest kind of magic to me! Heh – I love the ‘not every baking experience has a happy ending’ – so true!

My microcosm experiences mostly happen outside in the garden – the whole alchemy of earth, air, water and fire (sunshine) that works on the tiniest of seeds and transforms them into lush growing things that provide beauty, scent and sustenance… The truest kind of magic to me!

]]> By: Jennifer L. Meyer http://lisahuntart.com/blog/2009/08/06/cinnamon-rolls-and-fairy-tales-appreciating-basal-pleasures/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Jennifer L. Meyer Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:19:45 +0000 http://lisahuntart.com/blog/?p=679#comment-261 So very true. And Im always impressed when I find someone that can bake from scratch. How great. =) Im a fan of cinnamon rolls and those look fantastic! Nice princess and the pea, really fond of the drawing. So very true.

And Im always impressed when I find someone that can bake from scratch. How great. =)
Im a fan of cinnamon rolls and those look fantastic!

Nice princess and the pea, really fond of the drawing.

]]> By: Julia Guthrie http://lisahuntart.com/blog/2009/08/06/cinnamon-rolls-and-fairy-tales-appreciating-basal-pleasures/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Julia Guthrie Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:42:06 +0000 http://lisahuntart.com/blog/?p=679#comment-260 Aw I love this blog post Lisa, it feels almost as though you are waking up from your fairy tale dream & coming back to the real world to tell us all about it ! :) And you may see me as a 'Beatrix Potter' character with my vegetable garden (hehe...I love that by the way, having grown up on Beatrix Potter tales & collecting things with her artwork on!), but I am now seeing you as the fairy tale lady...who can make every little part of life as meaningful & enjoyable as the tales she tells (& paints!) :) And those cinamon buns look delicious!!! xxx Aw I love this blog post Lisa, it feels almost as though you are waking up from your fairy tale dream & coming back to the real world to tell us all about it ! :)
And you may see me as a ‘Beatrix Potter’ character with my vegetable garden (hehe…I love that by the way, having grown up on Beatrix Potter tales & collecting things with her artwork on!), but I am now seeing you as the fairy tale lady…who can make every little part of life as meaningful & enjoyable as the tales she tells (& paints!) :)
And those cinamon buns look delicious!!!

xxx

]]> By: lisahuntart http://lisahuntart.com/blog/2009/08/06/cinnamon-rolls-and-fairy-tales-appreciating-basal-pleasures/comment-page-1/#comment-259 lisahuntart Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:12:50 +0000 http://lisahuntart.com/blog/?p=679#comment-259 Hi Monica: I love your description of the microcosmic adventures in your kitchen! Yes, baking is an adventure with beginning, middle and end. Not all recipes have happy endings, but it's the journey along the way that incites creativity and a sense of accomplishment. I do love cooking and baking from scratch and rarely purchase processed or prepared foods. Acquiring instant food takes the fun out of eating for me. I'm not even very big on going to restaurants, though on the occasion that I do go, I try to order fare that seems challenging to prepare. And sometimes I get inspired by culinary creations prepared by others. Melanie, I'm so glad you love the Princess and the Pea. It was a challenge to capture the princess high off the ground on this impossible bed--with her expression of discomfort (despite being on top of a pile of fluffy feather beds) helping to relay the story. But it was great fun! BTW, I love painting quilts and greatly admire those that can actually make them! Hi Monica:
I love your description of the microcosmic adventures in your kitchen! Yes, baking is an adventure with beginning, middle and end. Not all recipes have happy endings, but it’s the journey along the way that incites creativity and a sense of accomplishment. I do love cooking and baking from scratch and rarely purchase processed or prepared foods. Acquiring instant food takes the fun out of eating for me. I’m not even very big on going to restaurants, though on the occasion that I do go, I try to order fare that seems challenging to prepare. And sometimes I get inspired by culinary creations prepared by others.

Melanie, I’m so glad you love the Princess and the Pea. It was a challenge to capture the princess high off the ground on this impossible bed–with her expression of discomfort (despite being on top of a pile of fluffy feather beds) helping to relay the story. But it was great fun! BTW, I love painting quilts and greatly admire those that can actually make them!

]]> By: melanie http://lisahuntart.com/blog/2009/08/06/cinnamon-rolls-and-fairy-tales-appreciating-basal-pleasures/comment-page-1/#comment-257 melanie Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:48:25 +0000 http://lisahuntart.com/blog/?p=679#comment-257 I love baking too. Nothing like the scent of it wafting around the house! And I LOVE your princess and the pea painting! I'm really into the princess and the pea at the moment, wanting to make my granddaughter a wall quilt or a painting of it. I love baking too. Nothing like the scent of it wafting around the house!

And I LOVE your princess and the pea painting! I’m really into the princess and the pea at the moment, wanting to make my granddaughter a wall quilt or a painting of it.

]]> By: Monica http://lisahuntart.com/blog/2009/08/06/cinnamon-rolls-and-fairy-tales-appreciating-basal-pleasures/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Monica Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:39:09 +0000 http://lisahuntart.com/blog/?p=679#comment-256 Ah I'm glad that you appreciate baking and cooking from scratch as much as I do. There's something about the ability to craft something with your hands, watch it grow and progress, and finally see the finished result and be able to taste it's sweet success, that exudes a calm but satisfactory feeling. I love baking, and have yet to see it as a chore. I see each recipe as a microcosmic adventure within my own kitchen. I love your analogy describing fairy tales as recipes themselves. Every tale is unique and delicious in its own way. Some are simple and sugary sweet as a sugar cookie, and look plain on the outside, but once tasted, provide one of the most delicious and rewarding flavors that so many fairy tales have to offer. Ah I’m glad that you appreciate baking and cooking from scratch as much as I do. There’s something about the ability to craft something with your hands, watch it grow and progress, and finally see the finished result and be able to taste it’s sweet success, that exudes a calm but satisfactory feeling. I love baking, and have yet to see it as a chore. I see each recipe as a microcosmic adventure within my own kitchen. I love your analogy describing fairy tales as recipes themselves. Every tale is unique and delicious in its own way. Some are simple and sugary sweet as a sugar cookie, and look plain on the outside, but once tasted, provide one of the most delicious and rewarding flavors that so many fairy tales have to offer.

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