Fun, fun, fun!

Yes, I know...my doggies again. But they are so cute, and the time is passing on so quickly that I just want to capture those dear moments. They are just once puppies, you know...

As you have probably noticed the snow is gone. The dogs are just loving it, because finally they can dig out one or another rubbish from the ground to eat it up as quickly as possible before I get there and take it out of their mouth!

The snow is gone but the ice. It will take a bit longer...we wait and see.

Have a nice day you all!

Long time no see

I am so sorry my dears for being absent for such a long time. There have been some changes in my life. Don't have time to wright it all down in details. In two words - I am busy with my exams in nursing school and I have another pup in house. Believe me it's a lot of work. Here are a couple of pictures to give you an idea about the past month.

Her name is Fleur and she is now 12 weeks old. The day we got her it started to sneow here and it kept on snowing till yesterday. Today the snow is smelting and my dear Fleur can see other colours of the world besides white-white-white!

Playing with her big brother Felix in the snow. The coat she is wearing is handmade as you have probably guessed...

Exploring the world and testing ducks' patience...

Beautiful winter days as we don't get them here that often.

Enjoy your day and I promise to return next week with more news.

10th December

Promise to explain it all later! Have to run now. Kisses!!!!

8th December

Cute little bears to warm you up these days.

To proceed with the bears-theme here we go:

And off I go to continue my studies...anatomy is hard my dears!

7th December

If you are looking for a new fresh idea for your advent calender for the next year here I have a suggestions. This one comes from December issue of MC des idees. I have to admit though that you need a stairs to make something like this ;-)

And what do you think about this lovely candy bag? Do you know that Ikea has these kind of candy bags this year? It is an easy option if you don't want to make them yourself...

Less cute but more practicalare these usefull gloves for cleaning. Can be used as a present, although I won't be thrilled to get something like this under my Christmas tree.

I hope you've noticed that all these ideas are number 7-marked!!!

Another marvelous tip is just to use your lovey rubber boots as gift socks. I really love it! Simple and cute.

I buy Marie Claire des idees for a couple of years now ad I find a lot of interesting ideas, tips and sugestions in every issue. This magazine is in French, whic is not that easy for me, but on the other hand it stimulates me to practice my French in a very pleasant way!

I will leave you with some more beautiful pictures from December issue:

And this idea cmes from December issue from last year. It's quite eqsy to make, you need to use Fimo and be a bit patient and accurate - the rest are peanuts ;-)

And a birdy of course which do remind me of Attic24 style a lot!

See you tomorrow guys!

6th December

The December edition of Marie Claire des idees is full of nice pictures and tips to make your Christmas very special.

As promised here are some more pictures of my Christmas decorations:

This branch I found in the park after a storm. I've just put into a vase wrapped in white fabric, decorated it with little LED-lights (they work on batteries), wooden red hearts and gift boxes from Ikea.

My photocamera is not the best one in the world, so unfortunately I can't take good pictures in the dark, but this is how it more or less looks...

And this is my Sunday bread - wholegrane this time:

Trust me - there is almost nothing better in the world than to enjoy a slice of fresh bread on Sunday morning during your breakfast!!!

Dear friends, have a very nice Sunday evening.

5th December

I just don't get anywhere near my craft projects...no time or am I just lazy? A bit lazy I guess. I woke up at 7.30 am this morning to let the dog out. It was pouring cats and dogs, I am really tired of all this rain. How much water do we actually get this autumn??? Anyway, I just went in my dressing gown outside to stand in the rain and wait till Felix found the right place to lift up his pow. Because not every tree or pole is suitable for lifting his pow at, you know my dears. And then after comming back to my cosy warm bedroom I made a huge mistake and decided to lay down for just a couple of minutes. Right, you get the idea...next time I opened my eyes it was already 10 am...and still raining. So half of the day has passed.

The only decent thing you can do when it's raining outside is ... COOK! At my local supermarket you can find great dels on Saturdays. So what I often do is go there on Saturday and get as much as I canin promotion. They have vegetables sliced and packed on a very interesting price. My problem is that if you have to buy all the ingredients let's say for a soup, it's too much for one person. But when I buy it pre-packed it's just enough for 2-3 meals for me. So today I got some soup mixes - one for marrow soup and the other one for parsley soup. As they were in promotion, it means they had to be cooked the same day. So I have made 2 pots of soup and I am going to freeze one of them. This is also great for using in the week, when I have less time for cooking.

Marrow soup:

700 ml water

2 small green marrows

celery leaves

1 onion

1 handful of spinache

5-6 leaves of fresh mint

2 cloves of garlic

salt, pepper and spices

Just let the water boil, add all the vegetables and cook approx 20 minutes. Add salt and spices, blend it all and serve!

Суп с кабачком:

700 мл воды

2 маленьких цуккини

листва сельдерея

1 луковица

горсть свежих листьев шпината (или 1 кубик замороженного шпината)

5-6 листочков свежей мяты

2 дольки чеснока

соль, перец, специи по-вкусу

Овощи порезать кубиками, шпинат добавлить цельными листьями. Дать воде закипеть, добавить овощи и варить до готовности примерно 20 мин. Добавить соль и специи. Все перемешать в блендере и подавать горячим.

Parsley soup:

600 ml water

1 leek

1 onion

1 turnip

celery leaves

parsley 100 gr

Just let the water boil, add all the vegetables except for parsley, cook for about 20 minutes, add parsley at the very end, some salt and spices and blend it. It's ready!!!

Суп с петрушкой:

600 мл воды

1 лук-порей

1 луковица

1 репа

листва сельдерея

100 гр петрушки

Овощи порезать, дать закипеть воде.В соленую воду положить все овощи кроме петрушки, поварить примерно 20 мин. Под конец добавить порезанную петрушку и специи. Все смешать в блендере, подавать горячим.

I have also put the red bans into cold water to let them soak over the night as toorrow I am going to make quite an old-fashioned bean soup with pig's tails and hoof for my friend. He is not an Orthodox so he doesn't have Lent at the moment. It is heavy stuff but very tasty and quite healthy btw...

Last but not least as promised a couple of pictures of my Christmas preparations:

My birdies again as you can see... The very first Christmas card this year fron my mom... A bit too early but nowadays you never know how long will it take till something you post gets to its destination.

Birdies again, some napkins and chair cushions from Ikea. You remember, I am going red and white this Christmas.

This wounderfull emroidery I got from my friend. Her mother made this emroidery for a Christmas card. I've liked it so much that I have decided to cut it out fom the card and put it into a frame so I can use it during the Christmas season.

Crocheted stars ad flowers to use as decoration for a Christmas tree or to give as a little present...

And the rest is for tomorrow my dears. Have a very nice and cosy evening!!!