Happy New Year

Wishing you all the best in the new year 2015 ! 
 Vse nejlepsi v novem roce 2015 !

OMG, so behind with keeping this blog up to date. I will try to do better in the new year, meanwhile I would like to thank you for being patient with me and coming back for more.... ♥

Moc vam vsem dekuji ze vasi trpelivost, posledni dobou vubec nestiham a blogovani se me proste nejak vymklo z rukou :)  Vynasnazim se to v novem roce napravit!

harvest time

Our weather is still very mild and even though it's raining quite a bit we still spend lot of time outside. Hiking, mushroom picking, prepping the yard and garden for winter.
Je stale jeste teplo i kdyz dost casto prsi. To nam ale nebrani chodit na prochazky, na houby, pripravovat zahradu na zimu a vubec travit hodne casu na cerstvem vzduchu :)

 Mushroom galore
Houbove nadeleni

 Boletus
Hribky
 

 Chanterelles
Lisky

 Lobster mushrooms
Houby zvane lobster neboli humr.

They are delicious.
Jsou vyborne.

 Gorgeous morning on the water visiting friends on Hornby.
Krasne rano na vode pri navsteve Ostrova Hornby.

 Fords Cove Marina
Pristav Fords Cove

Harvested peppers from our greenhouse
Papriky ze skleniku

 using the last of the tomatoes
a rajcata

and canning it so I can later make Hungarian Lecsó (also, letscho, letcho, or lecho, depending on the transliteration).

zavarena na leco.

I made this hat from a pattern I found here.
Hackovana cepice podle popisu (trosku upraveneho) LenkyH.

And a little sneak peek into my "craft room".  I will show you more next time.

A male nahlednuti do me "dilny".  Priste vam ukazu vic.

A long overdue blog update…

I've been busy these past couple months, enjoying summer, gardening and spending time with friends and family and so it happened without planing that I took a " Blog Holiday " ;)  But I am back and here are some pics to show you what I've been up to.....

Ani nevim jak se to stalo, neplanovane "blogove prazdniny" se protahly a uz je tu podzim. Leto me naprosto pohltilo, zahrada, pratele, rodina ( no vzdyt to vsichni znate) ale jsem zpet a vy muzete nahlednout, co se u nas deje.....

Plum dumplings.
Svestkove knedliky.

Growing grandsons ♥
A vnoucci povyrostli ♥

Fun, quick project at my daughters request.....
Rychlovka na dcerino prani.....

 and here is Koa, modeling his new booties.
Koa predvadi jeho nove backurky.

I made comfrey oitment. We have comfrey growing like weeds in our garden.
Put 2 handfuls of clean, cut up comfrey root ( you can add leaves too) in to 1/2 kg lard and cook for 10 minutes. Let cool and sit for 24 ours, then reheat and strain into clean container. I keep mine in the fridge. 
 
Uvarila jsem  Kostivalovy krem.
Do 1/2 kg sádla přidáme 2 hrsti nakrájených očištěných kořenů (příp. i listů) a vše 10 minut smažíme. Druhý den mast mírně zahřejeme, přepasírujeme přes plátýnko a slijeme do kelímků. Mast jsem si ulozila do lednice.

I love my family ♥

It's been a while, I know :)  We are so busy with family and life in general ♥  Our grandson Koa James arrived June 5th, ten days overdue, healthy and cute :)

Ja vim, je to uz nejaka chvilka :)  Zaneprazdnena rodinym zivotem,  na blog zkratka nejak nezbyva cas.  Vnoucek  Koa James se narodil  5 cervna, deset dnu po terminu, zdravy a nadherny ♥

 We were all back home from the hospital 6 hours after the delivery....amazing!
 Sest hodin po porodu v poradku doma.....uzasne!

Grandmas love!
Babicina laska!

 uncle Mike
strycek Mike

 uncle Dom
strycek Dom

Grandpa Neil.....so much love  ♥
Deda Neil......tolik lasky ♥

 Tvo days later was Terezas Birthday. I thought it would have been cool if Koa was born on the same day, but she was so happy that that wasn't the case  ;)

Dva dny na to slavila narozeniny Terezka. Myslela jasem, ze by to byvalo bylo pekne, kdyby se Koa narodil stejny den ale ona je moc rada, ze se tak nestalo ;)

 Next was my birthday party. I am so happy to have such a great friends! (and family)
Dalsi prisly na radu me narozeniny. Jsem stastna, ze mam tak uzasne pritelkyne! ( a rodinu )

And the next day my daughters and Ryans 3rd wedding anniversary.  Are you getting the picture, no time for computer, lol.
A den po te 3ti vyroci svatby  Terezy a Ryana. Takze vidite ze na pocitac opravdu cas nezbyva ;)

 Big brother Mak is so happy to finally meet Koa. It's been a long nine months :)
Starsi braska Mak je moc rad ze Koa je konecne tady. Bylo to dlouhych devet mesicu :)

I love my family ♥♥♥
Miluji mou rodinu ♥♥♥