i have really been enjoying your posts this week maria. perfume that smells like the woods? tell me more. and your little raven is so perfect. hope your day is nice. xoxo

a lovely week here, i've enjoyed it too.
i'm not sure if your pot has left your place already, but i've had luck with similar situations (burnt caramel!) by boiling up a combination of vinegar and bicarb of soda. i then give it a scrub and boil again with lemon peel and one cinnamon stick. the kitchen smells great too ;)

still, i like your story. i think possessions are with us for a while. it is good to have a little revolving door for such things.

oh no! throwing away a pot...surely it couldn't have been that bad? love that christopher brosius...he made a special perfume for me after dinah was born, to celebrate her birth. awesome.

and second the baking soda idea--boil some water in the pot, add lots of baking soda, and let it bubble away. it should lift off the burnt matter in no time.

yeah. i tried all of my tricks but there was not helping the pot. thing is that that is part of the point... i spent about 30 minutes working on it and then just felt that i was too disappointed to press on. i was quick to move on so i guess that it really was not a treasure... or perhaps it was but i am just lazy? who knows. thanks for the notes though, gals. xx

your raven is so lovely. we were smiling the other night about a saucepan I completely destroyed by neglecting chicken stock. the chicken became welded to the pan and nothing was ever going to remove it. it wasn't as nice as your le creuset, however, but it was useful. since then, though, other pans have more than sufficed and I don't really miss it either.

i've said it already this week, but i'm loving these posts. i think it's one part my own fascination with treasures and things and holding on and letting go, and two parts my curiosity about others' tendencies in those areas. i know, too, that it's a glimpse of you that is so fun to see. thank you for sharing.

(and on the pot. a tender story. letting go can feel just as good as holding on sometimes, i think.)

emily couldn't have said it better. sometimes letting go can feel just as good as holding on. i love it. and i love these little treasures of yours mav. thanks for sharing them with us.

oh, i have been enjoying these little glimpses so much!!

too bad to hear about your pan - that sucks, it was a beauty. If something like that ever happens again, try putting coca-cola in the pan, back on the stove and heat it through gently, leaving to simmer...it will bring anything up - something to do with the corrosive chemicals + heat! Too late for that treasure, but may save another in future?...xo

when I first discovered your blog and pictures, it was right after you lost Raven. I didn't know you, so I wasn't sure what to say. but I felt loss with you. I had just gotten our black cat, Moose, and I couldn't help but feel how much pain I would be in if I lost him too. it's so nice to have a little Raven there in your everyday life! and by the talented Stephanie no less. :)

I'm impressed. I don't know if I could throw away a Le Crueset, burnt or otherwise. I am a sucker for packaging so I love the Cb bottles! Is that Wild Hunt? I've been wanting to try that one.

little raven is so sweet. and i admire your attitude towards the pot... it is very zen. love the treasures that are in your life, but when they are gone, let them go. i too am always so fascinated by this process of attachment + detachment.
xo