Seven Summer Recommendations
- Have your shoes off every time walking in grass.
- Bring a rope to the park, find two trees, and learn the art of tightrope walking, which is also called funambulism.
- Read the poem by 85-year-old Nadine Starr.
- Make your own ice cream.
- Buy a hammock to have in your garden.
- Gather your friends to spend a whole day on the beach building a large city of sandcastles.
- Eat lots of strawberries.
The Poem
If I had my life to live over,
I would dare to make more mistakes next time.
I would relax, limber up.
I would be sillier than I have been this trip.
I would take fewer things seriously and take more chances.
I would climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets.
I would be crazier.
I would be less hygienic.
I would take more trips.
I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans.
I would, perhaps, have more actual troubles but I would have fewer imaginary ones.
You see, I am one of those people who live sanely, sensibly, prudently;
hour after hour, day after day.
Oh, I have had my moments!
And if I had to do it over again, I would have more of them.
Maybe I would have nothing else?
Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day.
I have been one of those people who never goes anywhere without a thermometer,
a hot water bottle, a raincoat, and a parachute.
If I had it to do it over, I would travel lighter on the next trip.
I would start going barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall.
I wouldn’t make such good grades, except by accident.
I would have more sweethearts.
I would go to more dances.
I would sing more songs and play more games.
I would ride more merry-go-rounds.
I’d pick more daisies.
If I had my life to live over.
-Written by an 85-year old Nadine Starr
Homemade Ice Cream
3 egg yolks (beaten)
250ml milk
250ml double/heavy cream
100g sugar
2 cups of strawberries
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
Take the strawberries and mash them in with half the sugar in a bowl. Place in the refrigerator whilst making the rest of the recipe.
In a separate saucepan, mix the egg yolks with the milk, salt and the remaining sugar. Place over a medium heat just to boiling point , stirring all the time. And, really important: do no let it boil.
Transfer the mixture into a chilled bowl to cool. When cool place in the refrigerator for up to 3 hours, remembering to stir the mixture from time to time. When cool, stir into the mixture the cream and vanilla essence and then blend in the strawberry/sugar mixture. Put it in the freezer, and when time is coming: Enjoy!
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