Saturday; praise;

It seems to be rather  unpoetical and unimportant to sing the praise of onions. Not at all are they ordinary, when they grow in tidy rows of purple and white with fresh  tubular green leaves, sweet and waiting to grace any salad to give it zest, taste and health.

The truth is I love onions in my cooking. Not the old, self peeling, bitter monsters laying in untidy heaps at the green grocer's, which make your eyes burn and  cry bitter tears over them...
 To prove this tale and song of the fresh garden onion...look at these beautiful, . purple, spanish  onions, fresh and appetizing. Ah, such a pleasure to go up into the kitchen garden and get one, fresher is not possible.

 here the purple..

..here the white ones..

...and here. Aren't they worth a bit of poetry?

What are onions good for?

The total polyphenol content of onions is much higher than many people expect. (Polyphenols are one of the largest categories of phytonutrients in food. This category includes all flavonoids as well as tannins.) The total polyphenol content of onion is not only higher than its fellow allium vegetables, garlic and leeks, but also higher than tomatoes, carrots, and  red capsicums.

Within the polyphenol category, onions are also surprisingly high in flavonoids. For example, onions rank in the top 10 of commonly eaten vegetables in their quercetin content. The flavonoid content of onions can vary widely, depending on the exact variety, growing conditions and freshness. 

When we get quercetin by eating an onion-rather than consuming the quercetin in purified, supplement form-we may end up getting better protection from oxidative stress.  In studies, the best protection came from the onion version of this flavonoid, rather than the supplement form.

With their unique combination of flavonoids and sulfur-containing nutrients, the allium vegetables—such as onions—belong in your diet on a regular basis. There's research evidence for including at least one serving of an allium vegetable—such as onions—in your meal plan every day.

Text/Photos my garden; Ts

Friday; Viva;

La Prima Donna;

 Fantastic, colourful Mezzo soprano Cecilia Bartoli

Viva Vivaldi;

"I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning." - Plato

Wednesday; Wonderful Leonard;

The best of man

Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ is a Canadian Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships.

Greetings from Noosa;

Lunch on the terrace;

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Tuesday; the little prince;

Rose, you are the most beautiful. You are not  empty, as the little Prince said, your scent is alluring, warm and lingering, always more then you  want to give.  You welcome sunshine and rain  on your dark red silk,  raindrops like tears attracting all the smiles you can get. Are you boasting or complaining, no I think the little Prince is sometimes a little superficial in his judgement, because he thinks he owns you. No one owns You,  You  are so quiet, your beauty taken as it  fades.

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Photo/Rose my garden.

The Little Prince

Book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince, first published in 1943, is a novella and the most famous work of the French aristocrat, writer, poet and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. 

Monday, bookshelf;

The Bookman's Tale, a book to keep, to read again.

The Bookman's Tale: A Novel of Obsession: Charlie Lovett ...

Guaranteed to capture the hearts of everyone who truly loves books, The Bookman’s Tale is a former bookseller’s sparkling novel and a delightful exploration of one of literature’s most tantalising mysteries. 

I enjoyed  to read this book.

Sunday; trust;

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

Barack Obama

Very true, Mister Obama, is this a satire, or are you the best actor in the white house? Ts

The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.

Robert Mugabe

Bad, Mister Robert Mugabe, you must talk from experience, but then you are a black man and your history tells, you can't be trusted either.  That makes two! Ts

I trust no one, not even myself.

Joseph Stalin

Bad, Mister Joseph Stalin, glad you have expired, you were one of the worst not to be trusted.

Unfortunately, I must say, there are still plenty of people like you around, as bad as you were, but with time they will expire too and will be history like you. Not remembered with gratitude but with disgust. Ts 

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Horace

Horace, you were the leading Roman lyric poet during Augustu’s time.  You were born 65 BC

an awful long time ago. You know the world has changed a lot but not the people, they are still the same.

So,  I accept, carpe diem and do not trust tomorrow, you knew exactly why you said it. Ts

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

Lord Byron

Lord Byron,  you were a romantic, a fine poet. You  travelled to fight against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, for which Greeks revere you as a national hero. You died young at age 36.

You were the  most flamboyant and notorious of the major Romantics,  actually 

you were selfish and a spoilt brat, no more to say. Ts

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