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the kitchen chronicles
One of the first things we bought to the house was this deer hook by Jorine Oosterhoff dedicated to the kitchen, the first room we started working on after moving in. And we are still working, or - at...
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beach finds
Autumn is perfect for beach finds. The storms throw up all kinds of interesting things on the beach. Today I found a boat, a shoe and a rusty, machinelike object, and a little collection as seen above;...
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bu!
This drawing made me so happy - at first my man thought I made it (!) and I thought he made it, so it took a couple of days before we realized that it was made by our orangutang-boy - his first...
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a week for two: the gallery
I have a new job - at a small gallery by the lighthouse where I will help out from time to time. At the moment there is an Art Brut - exhibition, turning my view of the world inside out, very strong, I...
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a week for two: new mittens
I remember sitting in my tiny cityapartment many years ago knitting a sweater out of a million leftovers on extremely thin needles. I can't believe I finished it, actually, as I was into totally...
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a week for two: the end
on our way to the gallery again we saw: some rural grafitti, frozen sea and the sun for the first time after a week of storms and darkness. I thought I would make the tiger lots of nice and fancy...
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out of order
I wanted to show you this great hat I made out of desperation, fury and icelandic lopi-wool after almost having frozen my head off when biking orangutangboy to daycare in these frosty mornings. My...
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gingerbread
We are more or less back in business here - no fever, sister safely back from Bangkok, happier than last week ... I made gingerbreadhearts with orangutangboy. He was very funny - so quick, eager and...
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black hearts and facts about me
Here is what happened to the gingerbread-hearts from last post ... And here are some facts about me - 7 for Karen, 7 for Ritva who were so nice to tag me a while ago:- I am a very bad cookie-baker.-...
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2009
Iceroses are climbing the windows, the fire is burning, bread is baked and babies are happy. 2009 has started beautifully.Happy new year!
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winter reading
I read Tove Janssons Moominland Midwinter. The story of how Moomintroll wakes up too early from hibernation to explore the unknown world of winter is just perfect for these first, quiet days of the...
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pink mood
grey is nothing worse than all colours mixed together, Jo reminded me in a comment to my last post. Here are some pink appearances - evening sun on a short visit, drawing table, baking cinnamon rolls.
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end of something
My hibernaton-time is over today - renovation is taken up again, stitches are sewn, veggie-garden planned, things cut and cinnamon rolls baked. Days are lighter, the wind calmer, and spring flowers are...
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snowday
We got one snowday! We made a snowman, but he is all gone today.I started making a bench in the kitchen with white tiles.Top: view from the gardenBottom: the bench, my town
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closing off winter
a view to our garden, this year and last year. I made a winter-photo-set here. Days are still hovering between cold and warm, but I decided to close off winter for now - no matter how much snow and...
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primula and porridge
Primula are the first perennials to appear in our garden, planted long before we came to the house. I have already seen tiny, light green signs ofit in the mud.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It is a flower I have...
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