Hello to all.
I hope that reading this newsletter will give you an agreable change of scene, and will touch your heart.
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I will take you on a train trip…..

Some new things from here and there, and discover : suggestions for organic cooking collectively in your community, http://www.mangerbio-eatingorganic.net/mes_activites/resto_collective_bio.html some new files and other pages to read.

I am keeping you informed regularly about the health of this exceptional horse. His case is serious, and caring for him is constant and costly. He continues to be the center of attention of the caring team of 100 Horses on the Grass, in Couvin, Belgium. http://www.100chevaux.org/cansastravail.html
Cansas’ family is large and warm-hearted. He is surround by horses of all breeds, ponies and donkeys, all live happily together. I leave you to discover Babette, Pompom, Mémé, Castagnette, Klaxon, Grisounette, Charity, Mousti and Kilou, all of whom have need of our help.

Klaxon

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Pompom opening the door

Grisounette and her girlfriend

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You can find all the donkeys rescued by this admirable organization at http://www.100chevaux.org/sommaireanes.html and you can make acquaintance with Astrakan, a young colt of only a few months, http://www.100chevaux.org/astrakan.html who had the chance to cross paths with 100 Horses on Grass- and thus will not end up, so young, as slices of sausage.

Listen to the music of the wheels against the rails, rest your elbows in an open window, on a curve, see the train, so long, stretch itself out and curve inward. Meet people from all over, read the names of villages faraway and unknown on the plaques attached to the cars. Too bad that this magic has been regimented, depending on the location, into grim fences and ticket machines, as stupid as they are useless.

The initial project planned to construct a track of Russian dimensions, 1.52 meters, on which there would be three trains a day in each direction. The stations were to be spaced 53 kilometers apart on flat terrain and 34 kilometers apart in the mountains.
The first section was opened in 1885.
A fixed train served as lodging and a store, and followed the work sites : "There are always, before the stop, a number of people living in the fixed train that follows the track, and as its completion progresses, the supply locomotive coming from behind pushes everyday on the freshly-laid track…This fixed train, with lodging, dining, and grocery wagon, is a veritable village on wheels."
E.D. Levat, French engineer


More than 1500 works of art mark the path of the TransSiberian, among which there is a bridge of 512 meters spanning the river Ienissei.

Look at a map of Siberia, find Lake Baikal, and see the numerous rivers that flow into this immense lake. "The Baikal is a possessive father, his daughter Angara falls in love with the handsome and impetuous Ienissei. She wants to run away with him. She tries to leave. The Baikal sees her, and to keep her, throws an enormous boulder."
Look carefully, the Angara is the only river that does not flow into the Baikal, and at the place where the river ends there is a huge rock ; this place is respected by the local shamans, and thus this legend is told.

Fresh salted cucumbers
In lukewarm water, wash without peeling a dozen resh cucumbers and put them in cold water, remove them from the water and put them in big jar and between each layer put some cassis and fennel, continuing in this fashion until the jar is full, cover with some cassis leaves and a few pieces of peeled horseradish, pour over cold boiled salted water ; cover with a small board that you put and let into the jar until the cucumbers are mainta in layersined in their brine, let them marinate 24 hours and serve in a bowl with a few tablespoons of their marinade.
Alphonse Petit, Gatronomy in Russia, 1860.

In July, grains…
See you soon, Bernadette Nozarian

Charity, a gentle hinny.
Photos : copyright 100 Chevaux sur l’herbe.