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.

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Takhle pokracuje detska deka......toto jsem fotila vcera a dnes jsem pridala jeste jednu radu a obhackovala vsechna kolecka. Barvy jsem definitivne vybrala az z postupem prace, takze mala zmena od puvodniho planu. Pribyla jeste blede modra.

Baby blanket in progress......since I took this picture yesterday, I added one more row and finished all my squares. I  changed the color scheme slightly when I started working on it and I like how it's turning out so far. I still have hours of work ahead of me joining the squares and crocheting the border.

Priprava dynove polevky. Delam ji pokazde trosku jinak, jak mam prave naladu a hlavne co mam po ruce :) Tentokrat porek, mrken,dyne, paprika, cesnek a bylinky pripravene do trouby.

Pumpkin, leeks, carrots, pepper, garlic and herbs ready to be roasted for pumpkin soup.

Po upeceni vse putovalo do hrnce z kurecim vyvarem a kouskem zazvoru. Po rozmixovani jsem vse zalila kokosovym mlekem....byla to mnamka!

Roasted veggies ready to be put into chicken stock with piece of ginger. After a bit of cooking I purred the soup and added coconut milk....it was gooood! 

Dalsi houbarske vypravy.....tedy oni nam vlastne rostou primo v sousedstvi :)
More mushroom picking  in the neighborhood.

Boruvci  a hroznove vino se krasne barvi.
Blueberry and grape vines turning into gorgeous colors.

Az se zima zepta....
Getting ready for winter....

Mlhave rano.
Fogy morning.

Preji vam vsem krasny vikend a posilam alespon virtualni kyticku.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend, here is a virtual bouquet from me to you.

October

I kdyz ukladam fotky do pocitace a mam naplanovano se s vami podelit o stripky z naseho zivota, posledni dobou to nejak hrozne rychle leti a ja uz zase peknou dobu nic nenepsala. Pocasi je nad rijnovym normalem a tak vyuzivame kazdeho slunecneho dne a uzivame tento necekany "darek" Posledni tyden byly po ranu mlhy ale k poledni uz bylo zase krasne. Tady par fotek z mych rannich vyletu nasim okolim.

Even though I am saving photos in my computer and planing to blog about bits and pieces from our life, the time just fly and it is already October! Unexpectedly beautiful one, above season temperatures and  lots of sun. We are totally taking advantage of  this "gift", spending days outdoor as much as we can. We had lots of fogy mornings and I take my camera with me going for walks in our neighborhood. Here are some of the shots.

Pozdni rano a uz zase vyleza slunicko....
Late morning and the sun is coming out....

Ani po vecerech nezahalim,tady je "ochutnavka"  rozhackovane deky :)
Iam not procrastinating, here is a sneak peak of  chrochet blanket i just started  :)

Predu a barvim. 
More spinning and dyeing.

 I kdyz je stale krasne, v nasem jidelnicku jsou ted vic a vic tak rikajic "comfort food"
We have more and more comfort food on our table regardless the nice weather.

 Bochanky se sladkych brambor, kruti prsa plnena houbovou nadivkou a cokoladove susenky z testa ze sladkych brambor.

Sweet potatoes biscuits, mushroom stuffed turkey breast,  sweet potatoes, chocolate chunks cookies.

 

Verim, ze si take uzivate podzimu,zdravim, M

                                               I hope you are enjoying  fall as well, xo M.

September

Cas leti silenym tempem, ze par dnu tu mame rijen a zari se prehnalo tak rikajic tryskem.  Neil oslavil kulate narozeniny a tak jsme to nalezite oslavili, na navstevu priletela i kamaradka z Calgary, kterou jsme uz nekolik let nevideli. Byla to krasna, necekana navstevsteva a i kdyz se pocasi uz trosku kazilo, tak jsme si to (hlavne my dve ukecane zenske) nalezite uzili! Tady jsou fotky z prochazek, zahradky, kuchyne a tak vubec......
September went by so fast!  We celebrated Neils "round" birthday this month and even our good friend Hana flew in from Calgary to visit and celebrate.  We (especially the two of us) had a blast since we didn't see each other for more then a few years. Here are some pics.....

Hanka a ja...
Hana and I...

U nas "dole" u more  "zakopavame"  o lisky ale na  hribky, kozaky, panske, babky atd. jsme si musely vyslapnout do hor.
There are tons of chanterelles mushrooms where we live, but to pick bolete mushrooms, we had to climb higher elevations.  It was a great hike.

Hruskovy kolac z ricotta .....
Pear pie with homemade ricotta cheese......

Zavaruji a susim o sto sest.....
Canning, drying and smelling the flowes.....

Nakladacky.
Getting pickles ready for natural fermentation.

Tohle je citron naloceny do medu. Kdyz uz se do toho pustite, pouzijte bio at nekonzumujete chemikalie, ktere pouzivaji na postrik.  Sklenice se ulozi do chladu, nejlepe do lednice a obcas protrepe.Citron se "rozlezi" a vse vypada jako marmelada. Po mesici muzete konzumovat.  Pri nachlazeni nebo jako prevenci dejte asi lzici do hrnku a zalijte horkou vodou. Muzete take pridat nakrajeny zazvor, ten dobre uvolni nosní dutiny.
Co delate vy a jak jste prozili leto? moc zdravim, Monika.....

Lemon and honey - cold and flue remedy. Recipe here. Yammy!
What are you up to these days and did you have a good summer?


Na zaver jeste vitam a zdravim vsechny nove ctenarky blogu!
And last, but not least I would like to welcome all of my new followers!  

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