May 1, 2009
May 2009 Desktop Calendar
At the beginning of every month in 2009, I am offering C&Z readers a new desktop calendar, i.e. a wallpaper to apply on the desktop of your computer, with a food-related picture and a calendar of the current month.
Our desktop calendar for May is a picture of what I am eagerly waiting for: fresh, locally grown petits pois. They should be here any minute now, and I can't wait to start popping pods (see green pea shelling instructions).
Instructions to get your calendar are below!
Here's how it works:
1- This link will open a new window (or tab) displaying the right wallpaper image for your screen.
2- Right-click (or ctrl-click for some Mac users) on the image, and chose the option that says, "Set as Desktop Background", "Use as Desktop Picture," or something to that effect -- the exact wording will depend on the browser you use.
3- If the image does not fit your desktop background neatly, you may have to go to your preference screen (on a Mac: System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Desktop; on Windows: Control Panel > Display > Desktop) and choose "Fit to screen" as the display mode of your background image.
4- Enjoy, and see you in June for the next calendar!
 December 2011 Desktop Calendar |
 November 2011 Desktop Calendar |
 October 2011 Desktop Calendar |
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Clothilde,
I love the wallpapers! You are so marvelous for providing them for our use!
Thank you, thank you,
Regards,
Susan Chardin
Thank you so much. I had your April one on my desktop - those lovely cheeses - and both my mother and my daughter said "Oh, how can you - doesn't it make you need cheese NOW!" which amused me. I was looking forward to seeing May's, and it has not disappointed.
Thank you again.
I love this photo, especially with the curly-cued tip of the pod you left at the top of the plate. Simply beautiful! Thanks!
Thanks for the wallpaper. This one is really cute!
This calendar is my favorite so far! Thanks so much for providing these - it is so very nice to have this fun little surprise to look forward to every month :-)
Keep up the great writing and cooking!
Beth
Great image! I can't wait for the fresh peas. My family calls me a pea snob because I can barely choke down a frozen pea, but can eat fresh ones for hours.
Beautiful. We never get fresh peas here in the Caribbean so I'm jealous!
This is so beautiful. Thank you!!!! please keep it up. I discovered the blog after finding the C & Z cookbook. There is so much to love about your blog, thank you thank you thank you.
Thank you! This is lovely, and a great way to keep your beautiful blog fresh in your readers mind each day! So pretty!
Clotilde,
I look forward to your delectable desktop photos each month. They keep everything tasty and fresh! What a treat.
Many thanks to you and Happy May!
Thanks, Clotide!! i've been using your desktop calendars the past few months and enjoying them!! (the last one was especially yummy!!..:))
Your desktop calendars are great and original. The only food blog doing this, I think?
So lovely, thank you!!!! :D
Thank you so much!
Nothing like the taste of fresh peas.
Thanks a lot for the gorgeous calender desktop background. Enjoy them from January on. I'm also a big fan of your blog, so much to watch and learn. thanks again. Karine
What a great idea and beautiful photo. I love peas! Hooray for spring!
Love, love, love the monthly calendars. Thank you!
I recently purchased Toulouse-Lautrec's cookbook, The Art of Cuisine. I've just started recreating some of the easier and more attainable recipes. Please come over and have a look.
Another lovely calendar!
Clotilde, have you discontinued your "Bonjour (mois)" newsletter? I realized I didn't get one this month, and I've come to look forward to them!
Alix - The newsletter went out on Sunday. You should have received it by now, but perhaps you can check your spam folder; it may have been caught there. Let me know!
I so enjoyed your April cheese picture, that I didn't even realize it was 5 days into May already! Thank you again for another lovely picture.
Rien in the spam folder... I think maybe my browser is terminally ill, because there are all kinds of weird symptoms like this going on lately... I can download the calendar, anyway!
This picture is gorgeous! I have been taking advantage of the peas that have started appearing at my market here in the 5th, and each time I shell them and end up with a bowlful of perfect peas, I'm almost sorry to use them because of how pretty they are.
Thanks for the great info re LARA bars! Just got your book; many thanks; I dreamed of April in Paris all last month.
Alyce (Colorado springs, CO)
Thank you so much for these wonderful calendars. I'm terribly late this month but was enjoying the cheese so much that I just forgot!
The peas are another winner of course. They naturally remind all of us of your fabulous poicamole from last month. I was very inspired by that recipe, and I've made and thoroughly enjoyed it twice now. My only quibble would be about the name. I think poicamole is a fantastic name, but with the nut paste in it I thought it tasted more like a poisto.