Mail-Art Cafe

Hi, Thank you for invited me to your cafe...I have some coffee for all in a special place too...see you allllll...light, fatima varella from Brasil

**CAFEZINHO BRASIL**

July Full Moon today. Let's go-to-the-moon group, too! ;-)

New call in the year 2011:

" VII Annual Contemporary Artists", Pontedera (Pisa - Italy).

This year also, the annual meeting of contemporary artists, in Carrozzeria Rizieri di Pontedera with The MAIL ART exhibition ESSERCI SENZA ESSERCI 4 (“Being There, Without Being There" – IV edition)

Curated by: Enzo Correnti (poster and collaboration of _guroga)

The exhibition is part of the manifestation:

La FuGa NoN è Mai oRDiNaTa (“The elopement is not tidy”)

VII iNCoNTRo aRTiSTi CoNTeMPoRaNei PoNTeDeRa (PiSa) - iTaLia

Saturday 24 and Sunday, September 25, 2011

There is participation "free".

Send one or more mail arts to the following address:

Enzo Correnti Via Garella, 43 - 59100 Prato
(ITALIA)

http://esserci-senza-esserci.blogspot.com/2011/05/esserci-senza-esserci-4-being-there.html

La FuGa NoN è Mai oRDiNaTa...can also be translated:

"The escape is never planned"

or

"The escape is never orderly" (though "not tidy" is great!)

...and also the meaning of an "elopement" never planned,

or being spontaneous...if we start to stretch the meaning.

Fun to let our imagination be free to make mail art for this!

Thanks, thanks you, Katerina!!! Look here, your mail art!!!  Your art is very beautiful :) :) :)

http://esserci-senza-esserci.blogspot.com/2011/06/elenco-di-mail-ar...

Hug for you!!!

_guroga

PD:

Hello Nancy, "thank you" (from Enzo Correnti) 

A hug ...

Thank you, Enzo, for posting it on your blog.

May you have great success with your project:

Escape is not always "ordinary"...my translation ;-)

...leave to the bird!

Cafe members...meet you at the Teahouse of the August Moon tonight!

Hey!  Finally IUOMA is sending me notifications again!

It has been a summer fraught with problems.  I'll meet you in the teahouse tonight and promise not to tell you about them.

Thinking about you a lot just lately Kate, hoping things were bearable (like a 40 degree sun and crumbling economy)

bestest greets

It's a Full Moon, Rod, and other friends...nothing is crumbling here,

all is "cool" tonight ;-)

Iets lekkers.  Today I harvested the first batch of the Sweet Corn from my garden and whilst listening to 'Disraeli Gears' by Cream I blanched them and put them in the freezer.  Sweet?  I should say so!

WORKS ON PAPER EXHIBITION

List of participants - please log on to

http://www.worksonpaper.paint.at

(update: 11 oct 2011)

deadline: 31 Dec 2011)

The Diary of a Young Girl
Theme: a Mailart exhibition dedicated to Anna Frank and to International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27th, 1945: death camp Auschwitz was liberated
Size and technique free
No jury, no returns, no fees
Exhibition in 2012 in Giulianova, Italy
Documentation online gallery and catalogue to all participant if it will possibile (because of sponsor)
All works via post, no email please.
Info: daliobaracchi@hotmail.com o image000@libero.it
Deadline to be received January 2nd, 2012

Isabella Branella
via Giardino 12
I- 64021 Giulianova Lido
Teramo
ITALY

The make the café alive again I changed the icon. A new cup of coffee

That didn't work it seems december is no café time.....

That cup of coffee looks realy nice! :)

Yes, that cup of coffee looks great I just came into the cafe from the bank, had to deposit my paycheck, and it is cold.

Greetings from Paul Tillia

Paul is an artist, gallery owner and mailartist in Palkane, Finland who has been with us for years.  He always send a great holiday greeting painting and I tried to copy it to the cafe for the walls but it didn't work. He was also involved with a group of artist selected to put art work at the Olympics in Bejing.

NOOOO SNOW.  Think spring!

Here we are

Think summer!

I was just watching a programme on the TV about making mince pies

I came by to have some of that hot choco :-)

Remember that SNOW in D.C.? Beautiful in photos (the only place where snow should be ;-)

Hi Judy, hi Susan, hi Rod...Holiday cheers!

Thanks for the cocoa looks really good and warm.  No repeat of 2 years ago 56 inches total it was unbelievable, they had to scoop it into trucks with backhoes and take it to the riverbanks to melt.  Only a little.

Just "a little" snow is nice for the holiday spirit...

Café matinal chaud et fumant à Paris...sous l oeil de la police

I was in Venice for a month this Autumn, the hot chocolate there is heavenly. 

some blue tea for my friends here and good weekend for all..

fatima varella| estudio macromicro| brasil | creative commons license

enjoy! GUILTY PLEASURES from Sara Morsey Outsider Art www.saramorsey.com

Happy Holidays

Happy Holiday Greetings to all at the Cafe!

ΚΑΛΕΣ ΓΙΟΡΤΕΣ!

Thanks for the economy relevant card Kate. The turkey I bought today is big enough to share so if you're peckish please drop in... but you are expected to eat your sprouts too.  Am I allowed to say turkey to someone living in Greece?~)

Huge holiday hugs to all cafe customers.

Happy holidays to you, Rod!

Yes, on Christmas Day here we eat Turkey...(with lots of Greece ;-)

Whew... glad that is over... anyone fancy a turkey sandwich?  There is one brussel's sprout in the bottom of a saucepan which, by it's presence, delays the washing up. More tea vicar?

On the Second Day of Christmas...how about two turtle doves?

Come by the Cafe and I shall cut the Greek Vasilopita...let's see who gets the lucky coin...good luck in the New Year 2012!

Veggie Shepherds Pie.
Rod Summers/VEC

This recipe has been in development for a long time, I made it exactly as here described last week (1 January 2012) and it was, for my taste perfect.

This should feed four people.

Ingredients:
1 kilo potatoes.
1 large tin or jar of carrots
2 packs of vegetarian mince
6 cm long piece of leek
1 clove of garlic
1 stick of celery
5 Brussels sprouts
3 small pieces of dried forest mushroom
1 tin of tomatoes
1 tin of tomato puree
Olive oil and butter
Milk
Salt and white and black pepper

Notes:  My local supermarket offers three different types of veggie mince, they are all suitable for this recipe.
The additions like the mushrooms and sprouts and celery are there in those proportions to enhance the flavour not to dominate it.

Preparation:
Slice the leek finely and put the slices into a bowl of cold water for 30 minutes, stir around occasionally to allow any grit to fall from between the layers. Drain using a colander.

Put the mushroom pieces in a bowl, cover with boiling water and allow to soak for 20 minutes.  Squeeze as much water from the pieces as possible then slice thinly.

Clean and chop the celery into short pieces. Clean then slice the Brussels sprouts thinly discarding the base core. Drop the celery and sliced sprouts into a pan of boiling water, cook for 10 minutes then drain thoroughly.

Strain the tin of tomatoes into a bowl using a sieve. Using your fingers break up the tomatoes removing any skin or tough stem core. Continue to allow to drain and the strained juice to settle. After 20 to 30 minutes carefully pour off the top layer of clear water leaving the tomato juice in the bowl.

Peel and quarter the potatoes, wash thoroughly and boil in salted water for 20 minutes. Drain and return the pan to the heat to drive of excess moisture. Remove the pan from the heat add half of the tin of carrots, white pepper, a generous amount of butter and mash really well, add milk until the mash is smooth.

Gently heat the oil and a knob of butter in a frying pan add the sliced leek and pressed garlic, cook very slowly for about 10 minutes. Add the sliced mushroom, celery and sprouts then stir in the veggie mince fry gently for a few minutes. Add the tomatoes and the tomato puree and the other half of the tin of carrots squishing the carrots between your fingers as you add them, stir well together. Now add the tomato juice, black pepper and salt to taste.

Put the mince mixture into a casserole dish, pile the potato on top and, using a fork spread it so that it completely covers the mince.

Bake in the middle of the oven at 180° C for about 30 minutes.

Serve with home made green tomato chutney.

just one clove....? of garlic