Spring is here

Yes, spring is here.

Watching the Olympics

Although we were only about 10 km (as the crow flies) away from Cortina, we watched the Olympics on TV. 

And this is a great opportunity to watch sports I never watch otherwise. 

And admire their Olympics uniforms. My absolute favourite team was Mongolia:

But I also loved Lithuania!

And yes, we've seen the opening :-)

Screenshots stolen from the Internet.

No. 

Just no.

Masters!

Escaping the Christmas-approaching craziness, I visited a wonderful exhibition, From Gauguin to Hopper, in Villa Manin, close to Udine.

 

My favourites were the self-portrait of Van Gogh, pine trees of Cezanne, Bonnard's sunset at Saint Tropez, Gaugin's Martinique, Monet's Antibes,  Courbet's wave ... and many more. Such masterpieces!

Of course no photographs from the actual exhibition. But some from Udine and Gradišče. 

 

 

 

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Summer wreath

When I took down the Christmas wreath a while ago, I felt like there was something missing. A cosy welcome for all our visitors. So I made a summer wreath :-)

Welcome!

Lego exhibition

There's a Lego exhibition in my home town.

 

For the kids and for those of us who refuse to grow old :-)

Away again

About a week after returning from Portugal, I was off again. 

To the South of France.

When can I start calling it my second home?

Away

One of the reasons why there were no posts in November is that we took a lovely autumn break and went to Portugal.

Still beautiful, still fascinating, yet way more crowded than ever before...

If I counted correctly, this is the seventh time I visited the country.

But I will visit it again, for sure :-)

And no, I haven't yet had the courage to try wave surfing, my men, however, loved it!

:-) again

Remember my post from February - now it's time for an update:

I already used 2 out of 3 fabrics.

I used the concert tickets.

I used the plane ticket.

 

But in the meantime I acquired:

5 new fabrics

another concert ticket

new plane tickets

Me happy :-)

Reupholstering kitchen chairs

After ten years, the kitchen chairs really needed new fabrics.

And as you can guess by now, I am not a beige person.

 

So the chairs are no longer brown and beige, they are brown, yellow and green :-)

 

Christmas decoration

This year I also made some Christmas decoration: dried oranges in epoxy resin.

Oranges were grown in this garden:

and dried under the Provençal sun.

Actually it was Côte d'Azurian sun but this is doesn't sound as poetic as Provençal :-)

Anyway, working with the resin was quite messy, especially as i didn't have a rapidly dying one - this one took about 2-3 day so solidify.

And of course multiple layers were needed as the oranges floated...

We also made some glow-in-the-dark glittery letters for a Secret Santa.

The decoration is quite heavy, but pretty :-)

It brings a bit of Côte d'Azurian sun into your life :-)

Weather 1

This summer is defined by the extreme weather. Extreme heat, extreme humidity, extreme rain...

So let's first talk about the positives. One can cook outdoors, for example this paella (by Mr. Mojček and a friend).

One can have wonderful garden parties and eat delicious food, for example these cakes (by my cousins).

And I managed to do seven rounds of laundry in one day, as they were drying super quickly in the hot weather.

I've been away :-)

A lot of "aways" recently ;-)

This time to an interesting old town in Austria.

 

 

 I did say Austria, right?

Spring!

This is spring in Ljubljana:

And this is spring in Antibes:

Complete saturation of colours, senses and emotions.

Carnival

There are days when you - regarding the current situation - don't quite feel like partying and having fun.

But a leopard just cannot change its spots. Or rather, a parrot cannot change its feathers.

All the best!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and all the best in 2022!

Stay safe.

And well.

A colourful bouquet

 A colourful bouquet of kayaks, of course ;-)

They are pretty, you have to admit.