A few times recently I have said a silent thank you to La Gringa, an American woman blogging from Honduras, and I thought it would be a bit nicer of me to thank her publicly.

First, it is drippy glass season again!  While I have more or less given up on crisp neat clothing for the duration of the summer (15 minutes after dressing, anyway) I hate to have drips all down my front every time I take a sip out of a glass.

La Gringa’s post La Gringa’s Invention works like a charm.  A before picture of my glass and the puddle of condensation is at the top of the post.  Below, is my glass outfitted La Gringa style!

All of us adjusting to life in a new country have certain things they miss or would like to be able to get more regularly.  One of those for me was fresh ginger.  I love ginger and while it would be in the stores now and then it often was pretty well past its prime.

La Gringa’s post Grow your own Ginger inspired me to grow my own!  It grows just fine in a pot and I am enjoying being able to have fresh ginger whenever I want it.  And having never had really fresh ginger, I didn’t know the joy of just washing it off and grating it or mincing it as is.  The skin is so thin and beautiful you don’t need to bother peeling it. See a picture of a piece of just picked ginger, below.

So thank you, La Gringa, for making my life a little better.