This recipe creates the moistest and delicious orange sour cream cake. I love its real orange flavor. It's easy to make and sure to impress your family.

This recipe creates the moistest and delicious orange sour cream cake. I love its real orange flavor. It's easy to make and sure to impress your family.

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"Al giorno d'oggi, le persone sono così trafelate. Se si prendessero un po' di camomilla e trascorressero più tempo dondolandosi seduti sotto il portico ascoltando nelle serate il canto del tordo eremita che scorre fluido, potrebbero godersi di più la vita. " - Tasha Tudor Passata da pochi anni a miglior vita ( il 18 giugno del 2008 in procinto di compiere 93 anni ) l'illustratrice e scrittrice di libri per fanciulli Tasha Tudor credo rimarrà per sempre ricordata soprattutto per la sua scelta di vita che la condusse a trascorrere la propria esistenza, insieme con la sua famiglia, secondo le usanze ed i metodi caratteristici del secolo scorso, per instaurare un rapporto più diretto con la Natura e con gli esseri viventi, rifiutando tutto ciò che appartiene al progresso del nostro secolo, responsabile innanzitutto del nostro allontanamento da ciò che più fa parte del semplice e naturale vivere quotidiano. Nata nel 1915 a Boston, Massachussets, Natasha Tudor sposò Thomas McCready nel 1938 a Redding, nel Connecticut con il quale acquistò una grande vecchia fattoria a Webster, New Hampshire, dove crebbero i loro quattro figlioli, Bethany, Seth, Thomas, ed Efner e dove scrisse il suo primo racconto, Pumpkin Moonshine, pubblicato nel 1938; divorziarono nel 1961, ed suoi figli legalmente cambiarono il loro nome da McCready in Tudor; un successivo matrimonio con Allan John Woods, durò solo per un breve periodo. Sono un centinaio i testi che si contano da lei scritti ed illustrati, Da The Secret Garden Da Mother Goose Rhymes Da A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, Tasha Tudor Da The Tasha Tudor Cookbook senza fare menzione delle numerose cartoline augurali spesso a tema natalizio che recano la sua firma, alcuni divenuti famosi e degni di riconoscimenti, ed eredi di questa sua arte sono tutt'oggi la figlia Bethany ed il nipote Efner. Ella visse la maggior parte della sua vita a Marlboro, nel Vermont, in una casa fatta similemente a quella di alcuni amici del New Hampshire, per la realizzazione della quale fu aiutata dal figlio Seth il quale le visse accanto con la sua famiglia fino alla fine dei suoi giorni. Nei documentari Drawn from New England, e The Private World of Tasha Tudor venne filmata questa straordinaria signora d'altri tempi e d'altri valori nel suo vivere quotidiano ed in queste ultime fotografie cercherò, per quanto meglio mi è possibile, di rendervi edotti sulle sua unicità della sua sensibilità e del suo modo di assaporare ogni singolo istante delle sue giornate in ambienti che ricreavano quelli delle generazioni che la precedettero, che senza alcun dubbio ammirava ed i cui principi cercò in ogni modo di far propri e di perpetuare per le generazioni a venire. "Perché le donne vogliono vestirsi come gli uomini quando hanno la fortuna di essere donne? Perché perdere la nostra femminilità, che è uno dei nostri più grandi elementi di fascino? Otteniamo molto di più ad essere affascinanti che dall'andare in giro vestendo pantaloni e fumando. Io ho una grande passione per gli uomini. Penso che siano meravigliose creature. Ma questo non significa che voglia apparire come uno di loro . " -Tasha Tudor, Il mondo privato di Tasha Tudor Tasha Tudor riscoprì, in una vita fatta e vissuta giorno per giorno, secondo i ritmi ed i modi degli inizi del XIX secolo, l'antico sapore del valore della fatica, della conquista e della gioia della riuscita nelle avversità, della condivisione di sorgivi affetti e legami della riscoperta di antiche arti e tradizioni ormai soppiantate dal progresso e quanto bisogno ogni essere umano abbia della Natura per chiudere gli occhi, ogni sera, una volta rimboccate le coperte, con il cuore traboccante di una gioia davvero profonda, ineguagliabile, indescrivibile, la gioia di aver vissuto una giornata e di averla guadagnata, conquistata, meritata ! La vita di Tasha Tudor fu un Inno alla semplicità, alla semplicità di cuore, alla semplicità dei gesti quotidiani, alla semplicità del fare e del sentire, alla semplicità di Amare. "La vita non è lunga abbastanza per fare tutto quello che è possibile in essa realizzare. E che privilegio anche solamente quello di essere vivi. A dispetto di tutti gli inquinamenti e gli orrori, quanto è bello questo mondo. Supponendo che tu veda le stelle solo una volta all'anno. Pensa a ciò che potresti pensare. Alla meraviglia di tutto ciò ! " - Tasha Tudor Grazie Tasha e grazie a tutti voi per avermi seguita anche oggi in questo insolito 'viaggio' volto a presentare una persona che con la sua genuinità e la sua spontaneità ha lasciato un'orma indelebile nella storia, vi giunga colmo di affetto e gratitudine il mio più caloroso saluto, a presto ♥ Bibliografia: Bethany Tudor, Drawn from New England, Putnam Pub Group, 1979 Tasha Tudor and Richard Brown, Private World Of Tasha Tudor, Little, Brown US, 1992 Tasha Tudor, William John Hare, Priscilla T. Hare, The Direction of Her Dreams, Oak Knoll Pr., 1998 “Nowadays, people are so jeezled up. If they took some chamomile tea and spent more time rocking on the porch in the evening listening to the liquid song of the hermit thrush, they might enjoy life more.” - Tasha Tudor - picture 1 - picture 2 - picture 3 Past a few years ago to a better life (on June 18th, 2008 about to fulfill 93 years) the illustrator and writer of books for children Tasha Tudor, I think she'll remain forever remembered especially for her way of life that led her to spend her days together with her family, according to the customs and methods characteristic of the XIXth century, with the intention of establish a more direct relationship with the Nature and with living beings, rejecting everything that belongs to the progress of our century, primarily responsible for the our going away from that which is most part of our natural daily living. Born in 1915 in Boston, Massachusetts, Natasha Tudor married Thomas McCready in 1938 in Redding, Connecticut, with which she bought a large old farm in Webster, New Hampshire, where they grew their four children, - picture 4 - picture 5 Bethany, Seth Thomas, and Efner and where she wrote and illustrated her first story, Pumpkin Moonshine, - picture 6 published in 1938; they divorced in 1961, and their children changed legally their surname from McCready in Tudor; a subsequent marriage with John Allan Woods, lasted only for a short time. They're about one hundred the books that she wrote and illustrated, - picture 7 - From The Secret Garden - picture 8 - From Mother Goose Rhymes - picture 9 - From A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, Tasha Tudor - picture 10 - From The Tasha Tudor Cookbook without mentioning the many greeting cards often on the subject of Christmas - picture 11 - picture 12 - picture 13 that bear her signature, some of which became famous and worthy of recognition, and heirs of this wonderful art of hers are still today her daughter Bethany and her grandson Efner. She lived most of her life in Marlboro, Vermont, - picture 14 - picture 15 - picture 16 in a house made like that of some friends of hers living in New Hampshire, for the realization of which she was helped by her son Seth, who will live next to her with his family until the end of her days. The documentaries Drawn from New England, and The Private World of Tasha Tudor filmed this extraordinary lady of the past and of other values in her everyday life and in these photographs I will try, as best as I can, to make you acquainted on the uniqueness of her sensitivity and on her way to savor every moment of her days in an environment that recreated those of the generations that preceded her, which with no doubt she admired so much and whose principles and values she tried in every way to make hers and to perpetuate for the generations to come. - picture 17 "Why do women want to dress like men when they're fortunate enough to be women? Why lose our femininity, which is one of our greatest charms? We get much more accomplished by being charming than we would by flaunting around in pants and smoking. I'm very fond of men. I think they're wonderful creatures. But I don't want to look like one." -Tasha Tudor. The Private World of Tasha Tudor Tasha Tudor rediscovered, in a life she lived day to day, according to the rhythms and ways of the early nineteenth century, the old flavor of the value of hard work, - picture 18 - picture 19 the conquest and the joy of success in adversity, - picture 20 - picture 21 - picture 22 the share of spring-fed affections and ties - picture 23 - picture 24 - picture 25 the 'bringing again to light' of ancient arts and traditions now supplanted by progress - picture 26 - picture 27 - picture 28 - picture 29 - picture 30 and how much we do need to close our eyes, every evening, once rolled up our blankets, to feel our heart overflowing with a really deep, incomparable, indescribable joy, that joy coming from of having lived a day and to have earned, won, deserved it ! Tasha Tudor's life was a Hymn to simplicity, the simplicity of heart, the simplicity of everyday life, the simplicity of doing and feeling, the simplicity of Love. - picture 31 “Life isn't long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege even to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions and horrors, how beautiful this world is. Supposing you only saw the stars once every year. Think what you would think. The wonder of it!” - Tasha Tudor Thanks Tasha and thank you all for having followed me even today in this unusual 'journey' designed to present a person who, with her truthfulness and spontaneity, has left an indelible mark in the history, and then it comes full of affection and gratitude my warmest greetings, see you soon ♥ Bibliographic sources: Bethany Tudor, Drawn from New England, Putnam Pub Group, 1979 Tasha Tudor and Richard Brown, Private World Of Tasha Tudor, Little, Brown US, 1992 Tasha Tudor, William John Hare, Priscilla T. Hare, The Direction of Her Dreams, Oak Knoll Pr., 1998 This post is linked up to the lovely link-up parties: JES' LAURA, STACEY, JEMMA AND LAURA'S THOUGHTS OF HOME ON THURSDAY JEANNE'S BLUE MONDAY AWWW MONDAYS BERNIDEEN'S BTTCG GARDEN PARTY TUESDAY WITH A TWIST WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY BEVERLY'S PINK SATURDAY ( This post has been featured as the 'Most Clicks on Pink Saturday, May 28' !!! I'm so grateful to you, my lovely friend ♥ ) RUTH'S TUESDAY CUPPA TEA EILEEN'S SATURDAY'S CRITTERS HAPPINESS IS HOMEMADE VINTAGE CHARM PARTY INSPIRE ME TUESDAY OUR WORLD TUESDAY THANKFUL THURSDAY THURSDAY FAVORITE THINGS CREATE, BAKE, GROW & GATHER PARTY PINK SATURDAY SUNDAY SUNSHINE BLOG HOP

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