Sunday, December 30, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Away
Last couple of weeks I was busy with getting ready for our trip. Our trip to Turkey, to visit our families and friends....We left home on December 24 and arrived in Istanbul on December 25, after a looooooooooong journey... Now we are spending time with my mom and in-laws, eating good food, meeting friends, visiting uncles, aunts, cousins and nephews... Unfortunately I haven't had time to transfer the new photos to my laptop yet... I'm hoping to post them in a couple of days but if I don't, please forgive me. You know how busy it gets when you visit your family after a long time...In the meantime I'm leaving you with a photo of the beautiful Bosphorus (a friend of mine took this a couple of summers ago).
I hope everybody is having a happy holiday season with families and friends... take care...
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Winter
We are having lots of snow this winter in Ottawa. This Sunday was the worst. According to CBC, we have got 37 centimetres of snow on Sunday. We were at home of course and had to shovel ourselves out from all that snow.
Here are some pictures. The first one was posted before. I'm just re-posting it to show the amount of snow accumulated on our deck.
Chairs on the deck December 16, in the afternoon
Chairs on the deck, buried under the snow, December 17 morning
And oh, I had my hair cut and coloured on Saturday. Now it is purple-ish... red-ish...brown-ish colour which I liked a lot. The colour shows better under the direct light :-)
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
A quick fix for the soul
Last couple of days, I was quite tired and unhappy. I was busy at work and overwhelmed with amount of work that I need to do at home, preparations for our trip to Turkey during Christmas break, shopping for gifts, etc. Last night I just needed to do something to feel better, which doesn't involve any sewing or complicated work. This was just what I need.
I was inspired by the wreaths created by talented ladies of the various blogs. I used some scrap gingham and sheer fabric. I'm quite happy with how it turned out.
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Sunday, December 9, 2007
Tea towels
These vintage linen tea towels are waiting to be framed and hanged to my kitchen. I think the third one wants to have a darker frame and go to the family room :-)
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Colors
ok, instead of doing these, I should get ready for our trip or tidy up my desk or do some ironing or go to gym. But somehow playing with the color pencils seems more fun...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Snow Day
I want a real Snow Day at home...
our deck, under the snow...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Sometimes
You know, sometimes one thing leads to another...It just started with a home-made walnut-cinnamon bread. When the dough rising, I thought "well, I have time to make a soup". There, lentil soup, which is perfect for a dark, cold fall evening. When the soup simmering, I remembered the leeks in the fridge, and thought "well, I can whip up a quick leek quiche". Leeks were sauteed in slow heat, combined with eggs, millk, cornmeal and old cheddar cheese. By this time, the bread was ready and out of the oven with a heavenly smell. Then the quiche went in. When it was baking, I thought "well, I have time to make a salad". The usual things, mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, thinly sliced white onion, black olives and feta cheese, with a light vinaigrette. Then I set the table, called my husband to buy some smoked salmon on the way home. Then the quiche was ready, my hubby came, we had a nice supper.. well, a little nicer than a usual weekday supper...
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Monday, November 12, 2007
Tiny quilt-in progress
Just started to make a tiny little quilt with tiny little embroidery flowers...
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Birds
birds, in the bedroom.
birds, on the fireplace mental.
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Back from New York
37 hours and 1464 kilometers later, we are back ! I think this was more like a "Road Trip" than a "New York Trip" considering we only spent 18 hours in New York.
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Thursday, November 1, 2007
Trip Planning
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Back again
It is so embarrassing to stop right at the beginning....but it was not intentional....and due to health problems...here are some random pictures during my absence...
Geraniums at our deck.
Some embroidery...
Roses that my husband got for me.
Working at home...
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