Food

"Ezo gelin" soup...

Pickles....

Lahmacun...

Bread and "tulum" cheese...

"iskender" kebab...

No room left for desert, just tea...Real Turkish tea...

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...

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 on December 3

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 :-)

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.

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 :-)

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...

Light

Snow Day

Today is dark, cold and snowy... I'm feeling cold, sick and depressed... I'm working from home, but I don't want to work... I want to curl up with my warmest blanket and read Heather Mallick's "Cake or Death"... I want a cup of hot tea with milk... I want to listen Susie Arioli...

I want a real Snow Day at home...

our deck, under the snow...