A flu

I have a flu.

Nasty, tiring flu.

Not bad enough to stay in bed,

but nasty enough to get you sneeze and cough all the time.

Thanks for the grandchildren, I guess.

Christmas flowers

 My Christmas time isn't Christmas time without flowers.

I love the smell of cinnamon, clove and ginger,

but I am able to live without them.

But flowers - specially hyacinth - that is a total must.

No matter how much I am sneezing, 

when they are in bloom.

Turquoise Christmas, first decors

 I usually start Christmas decoration early.

Not everything at the time.

It starts from Kekri 

and during the weeks till Christmas 

I put up more and more...

Something for Easter

Even though Easter isn't a greatest feast at our house,

I use to put up some decor for it.

Sometimes more, sometime less.

I guess this year is less.

It's a sin

.

Less than a week ago we spent one of the greatest celebration of the year.

Christmas.

Celebration of love and joy,

light and good will.

Shiny Christmas tree

Little Princess was visiting.

As well as two of her cousins, too.

They decorated the Christmas tree.

And it turned quite shiny.

Silence and first Advent

Still without laptop. 

Driving me crazy.

Writing with phone just isn't for me.

Maybe later.

My Advent home is almost ready, though.

Happy and not so happy moments

Last weeks have been ups and downs.

Some days has gone fluently - but fast - 

and some not.

Today is one of those days,

when things are not going on very fluently.

Kitchenette in sauna

We have few changes going on in Halkis.

Those have been prepared through summer

- and not quite finished yet, though.

One is, that our youngest son,

who happens to live still on the plot,

brought his girlfriend to live with him.

Preservation time

It is preservation time.

It has been a while already:

it started when blueberries were ripen in the woods.

And it will go on until apples and potatoes are harvest.

This year I have been making jam.

A lot of jam...

Few peeps and several branches

No grass this year.

Last year I had,

but I was sure, that kitten would ruin it anyway,

so I'll wait until next year.

But I do have few peeps.

On the wreath.

Vernal equinox is here again

It is hard to believe,

that winter is over.

Or at least in calendar it is.

Last two mornings it has been -10 C.

Tiny changes in living room

Kittens are growing fast,

and they are not climbing in curtains so much anymore,

so I finally was able to hang my nowadays favorite curtains up again.

I have been waiting for this from Christmas,

when we got new TV as Christmas present.

Anniversary and Valentine's

When it came time to take Christmas decor down,

I couldn't pack away all of it.

Maybe because I couldn't put up so much decor as I would like to

- just that the house would be safe to kittens.

So I left some,

but made few changes.

...and bathroom closets are done

All of them.

Not that there would be much work.

But I got rid off several pine cones,

which I have used in decoration.

Cleaning closet...organized?

Weather has been extremely cold last days.

After -25 to -30C today's -15 feels warm.

Weather have been perfect for cleaning freezer.

But I haven't done it.

I have been put few closets in order.

One and half weeks...

Time before Christmas went fast.

It was Winter Solstice before I really realized it.

Maybe the weather had something to do with it:

no snow, no frost.

But dark, so much darkness.

Hubby has been hacking Ikea

When we moved into this house 15 years ago,

the lamps in bathroom was these:

Actually these lamps was also in hallway, vestibule and back in area,

where is f.e water heater.

Lamps might be practical,but. 

They are ugly.

Christmastime starts

It is 1st Advent,

I am not ready.

Lately weeks have been filled with little things,

which seems to take a lot of time.

And I find myself using Instagram more than writing a diary,

Table centerpieces in test

In a hope,

that kittens will "get used to" decor on the table,

and will leave them alone,

I also put something up on the table.

Blue, white,silver.