Monday 26 December 2022

Souvenirs

What do you do when you travel and want to bring a T-shirt for your older kid, but they don't have the right size? Even the airport shops let you down?

Well, you copy the T-shirt design and have the T-shirt printed in your local T-shirt-printig-shop :-)


These are Latvian pagan symbols, representing luck and success, wisdom and wealth.


Sunday 25 December 2022

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Spend these holidays with people you love.

 
 
Doing things that you like. 

And appreciate the precious time you're spending together.

I was away

And for the last time in 2022... I was away.


In Riga.

A true winter wonderland!

But not much of daylight...

Friday 16 December 2022

Christmas cards!

All the Christmas cards are on their way, so it's time to publish this year's design.

The spoiler mystery is now solved: it was epoxy resin ;-)

I cut balsa wood in the shape of trees, painted them in different greens and poured several layers of epoxy, one including some pearl white powder.


And the magic behind it? There are also dots of glow-in-the-dark resin, which, well, glows in the dark :-)

I wonder how many recipients will notice this ;-)

Tuesday 13 December 2022

Pre-Christmas baking

MiniMojcek Nr.2 is taking extra cooking classes at school. The other day he brought home the recipe for a chocolate star. Which we of course made at home:

The next time we made it, we replaced the chocolate filling with cinnamon filling (you know, the cinnamon rolls one) 

... and ... 

added some cardamom and lemon juice. 

Now THAT is truly delicious!

Saturday 10 December 2022

So pretty!

 I found the images of this beauty on my phone, from the recent trip to Aquilea:

The pieces fit so perfectly together, you can hardly believe this is a jigsaw puzzle!


Oh, yes, it is. And a beautiful one!

Friday 9 December 2022

Ahmmm...

I am not a fan of business trips just before Christmas, but sometimes I don't have a choice. 

So now that my mind is set to Christmas, I might actually enjoy this:

No, it's not the north pole. 

But not that far either ;-)


Update:

this is the current webcam panoramic view of the city ;-)

Hmmm...