Wednesday 26 May 2010

cherishing...









... the fleeting moments of happiness;
~ my husband smiling at me
when he sees me carrying my jar of little daisies around the flat (it is indeed a jar with a crochet cover!)
~ a last glimpse of my crochet bag and my flowers on the coffee table just before closing the door behind me in the morning

~~~~~
Have a lovely day!
xxx

Monday 24 May 2010

raindrops...

over our three-day weekend...

lots of showers...

lots of housework at my dad's...

lots of ~wet flowers~ photographs...








Enjoy your week!
xxx



Tuesday 18 May 2010

~ surprise ~ mail


from Christina...

I was expecting a note
and she sent me a gorgeous photo together with other goodies.
I love her photography and I love tulips.
The sight of the parcel alone made me skippey-happy!
Can you imagine how I felt when I saw the contents?
'swoon' as Christina would say!

~~~~~~~
from Jane...



Jane had told me she would sent me a thank you letter
because she'd won my giveaway.
It turned out, I was the lucky one.
Look what she's made for me!
It's all handmade!
Do enlarge these pictures to see all the details:
stamps, buttons, snippets of maps;
and all the flowery fabrics!
But that's not all!
There were surprises in all the little pockets!


My favourite one is the little sachet with a photo of a rose I had posted here on one side and one of her roses on the other, printed on ... fabric!

I love it all!

~~~~~~~
I'm touched and overwhelmed by your generosity ladies.
I feel I can't thank you enough.
Blogging is one thing that I enjoy but real mail that I can touch and carry around with me is happiness smiling at me!

xxx





Monday 17 May 2010

blooming


We had a lovely, quiet weekend at home,
with lots of snuggling;
pure delight!
~~~~~
Have a great week,
with lots of spring colour!
xxx

Saturday 15 May 2010

rainy weather = coffee + crochet weather


right now...

Can you guess what I'm making?

~~~~~

Have a lovely weekend!

xxx

Thursday 13 May 2010

this morning...

... I woke up at 5:45;
half an hour later I made myself a little cup of Greek coffee
and this is what I got when I poured it into the cup:
at that time, I chose to see a heart there;
after a tiring day at work,
I'm not sure anymore.
I think it looks more like a spooky creature!
~~~~~
...talking about change of perspective!

Tuesday 11 May 2010

really?


a couple of posts below, right here,
Courtney left me this comment:

Beautiful, Yiota! Your words are so amazingly poetic and soothing.

I was speechless when I read it. English is not my mother tongue, not even a second language (we don't have one here). It's a foreign language. I learnt my first English words at school when I was twelve. You know, things like "Hello! How are you?", the verb 'to be' and so on.

I loved this new language from day one though and got straight As at school. Teaching it became my profession when I realised my uni degree as a kindergarten teacher wouldn't bring food on the table. At 32 I decided to get a university degree in English Language and Literature, since by that time I couldn't think of anything else I wanted to do. I got my degree four years ago and got a job in state primary schools. Of course, without much exposure to the language, I started forgetting all the beautiful words I'd learnt - just as I feared I would. I'm still struggling with vocabulary more often than I'd wish.

So, can you imagine my surprise and at the same time joy and excitement that this simple comment gave me? I can't even write 'poetic' words in Greek!

Thank you dear Courtney and everyone else who likes what I write. Your comments mean a lot to me.


xxx


Monday 10 May 2010

Cassie, this one's for you ...(and everyone else who's interested!)

(photography by Frederic Vasseur)
~~~~~
I got a magazine on Saturday
as a treat for myself after some morning housework
and in it was a feature on the Greek island of Spetses.
I spent several minutes on this page
(the one in the photo),
picturing myself there,
doing nothing more than just being.
*sigh*
Care to join me?
When we're done 'just being',
we can talk about books, music, photography
and the beauty all around.
xxx

Sunday 9 May 2010

Mother's Day

~ hope your special day
is filled with
priceless hugs and kisses ~

Monday 3 May 2010

silence


The pause - that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, howsoever felicitous, could accomplish it.
- Mark Twain
~~~~~
I took this picture last Thursday,
just after I woke up to get ready for work.
My boys were still asleep and I stood there,
taking the moment in.
Isn't the colour of the sky divine?
Now, it's after 11:00 p.m.
and our place is silent again.
Precious silence.
I'm content; I'm grateful.
xxx

Sunday 2 May 2010

May





~ playing with Picasa ~

The rose is from my dad's garden and it smells divine!
~~~~~
Happy May!
xxx