yesterday...

there was....

a birthday card for a friend made by little hands

a happy, cosy mess on the kitchen table

a little quilt and a tiny pillow made for a special bunny

a simple meal of spaghetti and tomato salad


a mum-son movie night ...in (a bit of furniture rearrangement made it more exciting)- Garfield was fun but I slept half way through, anyway

plans made over afternoon coffee;

we'll be leaving tomorrow morning

to go find a new (temporary) home here.

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Happy Days!

black and white...

... and a splash of colour

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happy weekend!

xxx

do you believe in miracles?

(image via)

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I do!

you're full of flaws, but I love you! (2)

If you've read this post,

you know I learned to crochet this year.

I love it and have a crochet project in progress;

but summers in Greece are too hot to work with yarn.

Meanwhile, I've been drooling over several sewing projects I've seen in blogland, quilts included.

So, how do I quench my creative thirst?

Well,

ta-daaaah!

my first ever (apart from the lining for the crochet bag, that is) sewing project:

a baby quilt!!!

I loved, loved, loved making it,

even more because it's for a special baby-to-come (not mine, by the way)...

well, all babies are special, but you know what I mean.

Now I need to ask: how do you call these boards I've seen around for cutting the fabric properly? I really need to get one of these

(look at the picture below and you'll know what I mean)






So, what do you think?
Should I invest in this 'board', some fabric and , hmm, some pins?
Do I have a future in quilting?

words

~ in the car, on our way home ~

mum: baby, look at the sun! aren't the colours of the sunset amazing?

son: wow mum! stop, stop! let's take a picture!

mum: I can't stop here but by the time we get home, the moon will be out and we can take a photo of that from our balcony.

son: good!

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have a wonderful week!

xxx

thank you!

* these are all in one big pot on my balcony;

aren't they sweet? *

this summer, I'm taking it slow ~

a bit of housework, a bit of cooking,

a lot of mum-son time,

a lot of reading,

very little TV,

quite a lot of sea-time...

and some blogging ~

honest, I've been blogging less than I did when I worked,

even on the days I am at home ~

reading blogs has been a part of most of my days,

but as I wanted to limit the time I spend in front of the screen

I've hardly left any comments ~

yet, you've been here,

reading my thoughts,

admiring my pictures (oh, you're so kind!)...

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thank you for knocking on my door - the light is always on;

please know that my absence from your comment sections is only temporary

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Take Care!

xxx

our kitchen table

a little while ago,

I noticed that little one and I were spending a lot of our indoors time

at our kitchen table...

~

... colouring and doing crafts

... sewing (can't reveal anything yet)

... mummy ironing at one end and little one 'working' at the other

... making traditional greek pie

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has there been a popular spot at your place lately?

waves

Mount Athos in the background

playing with the waves just before the sunset

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more soon

xxx

August

just got home

and felt like saying 'hi!' ~

we'll be leaving again in two days

so more when I'm back next week

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Happy August!

xxx