First Soup! Cooking, Learning & Swimming – by Rhiannon

by Rhiannon Hardin on May 14th, 2009

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Soup!

I got to make my first soup two days ago! It was very exciting, I had been wanting to make my own soup for a long time. Mama Loba had asked me if I wanted to help her make some chicken soup, but I started talking about how nice it would be to just throw things in and make my very own soup, and she said I could make it that very day and it was delishous! We also cooked on the our old wood stove we have which was wonderful. After that we went to the river. It was so nice to come all cooled off from the river to get to eat the soup. Soup always seems so soothing when you’re cold or sick.

Here are some of the ingredients:
rosemary
leaks
redwine
onions
celery
turnips
thyme
lovage
apples
lemon juice
ground beef
It was a bit sour when we tasted it so we added:
more ground beef
egg yolk
demi glace
The next night I wanted to make it a little different, so we added:
tahini
sauerkraut
chedar chesse
more apples
and a garnish of creasy greens.

Swimming!

Just yesterday me and Mama Loba went swimming in the beaver dam we have. It’s so nice knowing how to swim! Mama Loba had gone far ahead of me, and left me swimming around. I know how to swim but I swim to hard and use a lot of energy so I swam for a log sticking out of the water and hung on to it for a while calming my self down cause the water had gone over my head more than once, and I would have to remind myself that knew how to hold my breath under water. So Mama Loba said she’ll try to teach me how to swim with out useing up to much of my energy.

I’m Learning!
I’ve been getting so much better at spelling and math! I’ve finally learned how to write knowledge and column without any problem at all. Also my drawing have been getting so much better! I have been drawing a lot too! I love drawing.

Yucca Blossoms!
The yuccas are blooming right now. We are going to have a yuka blossom party soon! I love parties. So would every playful otter like me! We have been very busy so it’s been hard to get to spring clean, but we’re trying to get time.:) Every thing is getting so green! I pause in my writing every now and then to look down at the now green covered cottenwood trees. Our blackbearies that we’re trying to coax to grow here have thorns and are sprouting out of the ground, and my strawbearie plant I have is making straw bearies. Yaya! Happy spring day!

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May 17, 2009 at 7:53 pm

hi Rhiannon, i love reading your posts they really warm my heart! your soup sounds delicious. i wanted to share with you how my son learned to rest while swimming.float on your back! when you are getting tired simply roll over and just float on your back! you could switch back and forth: swim then float then swim then float until you get where you are trying to go! maybe you could try this with mama loba if she thinks it’s a good idea! well, enjoy the rest of spring!!
Tiffany

May 19, 2009 at 8:53 pm

I really like your idea of putting apples and cheddar cheese in your soup!
Tara

May 19, 2009 at 11:39 pm

Hi Rhiannon! I love to make soup with lots of WHATEVER in it too! My favorite is Green Soup. I didn’t have a whole bunch of anything around, but I had brocoli, green pepper, spinach, garlic, onion, veggie broth, and cheese…along with some spices… Threw it together, put it in a blender and PRESTO! Bright Green soup! Yummy, creamy, VERY GREEN, delish!

here’s to artistic soup making! See you soon.

Tara
Jane

May 23, 2009 at 6:06 pm

I love your soup! I love how you created it, tasted it, then add more marvelous goodies! I think it’s delightful that you have a marvelous place to swim and that you know how to swim. Congratulations on knowing what you need to work on next with it.

Thank you for your post! Your words make joyful reading and brighten my day!

Beauty and graces,
Jane
Nikki

May 25, 2009 at 5:04 pm

Rhiannon,

Do you ever make things with your Yucca? Like rope or baskets or sandals?

I don’t have banana yucca, I have another species (sorry, I don’t know what it is). I have learned to make rope from it, and from there, there are so many possibilities! Crochet, macrame, fishing nets…all kinds of stuff! I would love to know if you do this, and see some pictures of what you have made!

I don’t know how to insert a picture in this message to you, but if you are allowed to look at my myspace, I am going to put a picture of my yucca coil basket on there.

You have a nice blog started here, and I look forward to reading more of your writing!