retro circles blanket

Dokoncena hackovana deka podle predlohy a navodu ktery jsem nasla na blogu
 " Three Beans in a Pod "  Musim ric, ze to byla zabava od zacatku az do konce. Zadne takove  " uz aby to bylo hotove, hackuji x-ty ctverec a nudim se " :) Takze dnes uz naposled v plne krase deka "Retro Kruhy"

For the last time.....finished "retro circles blanket" from Tree Beans in a Pod blog. It was fun from the beginning to the end, I newer felt bored making this blanket even though there are many, many many squares and they are all the same :) 

Zvolila jsem trosku jiny okraj nez je u deky podle ktere jsem hackovala.
I made a different border then there is on the original blankie.

Libi se mi tenhle maly "vzorek" ktery vznikne pri sesiti ctvercu.
 I love this little detail which emerged when I joined the squares.

 Z houbami se na zahrade roztrh pytel, toto je jen mala ochutnavka, je jich tam stovky a vselijake druhy. Par jich rozeznam jako jedle ale stejne je nezbiram, oni se o ne zvirata (jak je videt na fotkach) postaraji :))

We have tons of mushrooms in the yard, this is just a fraction. Some I recognize as edible, but I am not picking them . The animals (as you can see) like to munch on them :))

mnam
yummy

Chtela bych si vyrezat nejake drevene ozdoby a tak jsem pozadala  Neila aby me naucil zachazet z lupinkovou pilkou. Takze cvicne, od oka, ze stareho kousku dreva, vznikl tento stromek. Asi 15 cm vysoky, ktery ceka na novy nater.

I would like to make some wood cutout decorations, so I asked Neil to help me with the scroll saw.  We made this little tree, from an old piece of wood. Free hand, about 15 cm tall, that I still have to paint to make it more pretty.

 Mejte se krasne, Monika.
Take care, Monika.

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!  

               ♥

Spindle - Vřetánko

Dnes jsem v bazaru objevila tohle nadherne vretanko.Bylo pohozene mezi kuchynskymi potrebami protoze si nejspis nekdo  myslel, ze je to kvrdlacka, mela jsem zkratka stesti! Po prichodu domu jsem  ho hned vyzkousela,  je to u naz tzv. ruske nebo take tibetske vretanko a krasnou ukazku jak se snim pracuje najdete tady nebo tady.

 Jak se předlo na vřetánku


Today at  Value village I found this beautiful spindle  in the kitchen section. I think, that someone  thought, that it was some kind of wooden utensil. Ha,ha, lucky for me! It is a Russian (Tibetan,support) spindle and you can watch a good example of how it works here or here.

Na fotce je take pouzdro na telefon, ktere jsem hackovala vcera a cepicka pro neter dokoncena pred par dny.

 Also in the photo is a case that I made for my phone yesterday and a hat for my little niece, that I finished couple of days ago. 

 Zpracovavam urodu, tady je plna misa jablek, pripravenych do odstavnovace. Z tohoto mnozstvi je asi 7 litru dzusu, vloni jsem zavarila asi 120 litrovych lahvich.


Apples ready to be juice. I made approximately 7 liters of juice from this amount. Last year I caned about 120 liters. 

Prvni houby tohoto roku :)) Tyhle fotky jsou z minuleho tydne, kdyz bylo jeste hrozne sucho. Od te doby poradne naprselo a tak se zitra chystam zase vyrazit.......


My first mushrooms this year :))  These photos are from last week, when the weather was still so gorgeous and the forest was  dry as a bone. It rained a lot since then and I am planing to go mushroom picking tomorrow.......

Hornby

Minuly tyden jsme stravili na Hornby, poklizeli jsme  a " zazimovali "  dum a zahradu. Neil si tam mimo sezonu casto " zaskoci", ja tam prez zimu jezdim minimalne.  Byla to take dobra lekce pro Dominika. Skolni autobus nam tady v Merville stavi primo u domu a cesta do skoly trva neco prez pul hodiny. Takze rano jede v 8:00 a v 16:00 je doma. Ovsem z ostrova Horny je to jine kafe. Autobus ho vyzvedaval v 7:00  a domu se dostal v 17:30.  (skola je  od 9 do 15:00)  Tak si moc dobre uvedomil, jak to mistni deti maji tezke. V zimnich mesicich je rano i vecer, kdyz se vrati domu  tma.
   Pocasi nam pralo, moc jsem bohuzel nefotila a tak alespon par snimku z nasi ulice. Aralia v barvach podzimu. Jmeno mi prozradila Jaromilka, dekuji!

We spent the last week on Hornby, cleaning and winterizing the yard and house. Neil  often goes there in the winter, I on the other hand  usually stay home. It was a good lesson for Dominik. In Merville, the school bus stops right at the end of our property and the ride takes little over half an hour. He leaves at 8am and is at home by 4 pm. ( school goes from 9 to 3 )  On Hornby he had to be at the bus stop at 7 am and wasn't back till 5:30 pm.. He also had to walk one street over. He did realize how good he has it, compere to the Hornby kids. In the winter months they leave and come back home in the dark, day after day :(

  We had beautiful weather  but I did not take many pictures. Here are few photos from our neighbors property, I don't know the exact  name of these trees,  but they are so gorgeous this time of the year. 

 

 

 

Take jsem nazbirala lisky a bedly a vcera jsme si na nich pochutnali v polevce.

I also picked some mushrooms,  we already enjoyed them in the soup I made yesterday.

A aby houbicek nebylo malo, dnes jsem v sekaci koupila tyto umelohmotne dozy.

I " picked " more mushrooms today at the thrift store. Funky, retro jars.

Vcera jsme se vratili domu a Dominik i ja jsme  pekne nastydli, cpeme se vitaminama, echinaceou a popijime caj. A co jste delali o vikendu vy?

We came home yesterday and both Dom and I are down with cold. We are taking  vitamins, echinacea  and drink lots of hot tea.  What did you do this weekend ? 

Rijnova zahrada - October garden

Vcera jsem vyrazila na zahradku sklidit jablka a zeli a take poklidit zahonky. Slunicko palilo jako by bylo leto a ja se nejak nemohla dostat k tomu abych vytrhala rostliny ktere jeste stale rostou,kvetou a plodi.Staci jedna chladna noc a bude jim konec ale zatim to vsechno jeste nechavam rust.

I went to the garden yesterday to harvest apples, cabbage and also clean the beds.The sun was so strong that it felt like summer again and I couldn't possibly just rip out the growing,flowering and producing plants. One cold night and that will be the end of them but for now I just left everything to grow.

Na ceste a pod ovocnymi stromy je plno hub.

There are many mushrooms on the path and under the fruit trees.

Muchomůrka červená

Vcera mi vyrostla "pod rukama" Muchomůrka červená:)) Doufam ze dalsi budou rychle pribyvat protoze bych je rada pouzila na vanocni vyzdobu.

Take jsem si udelala cas a nacrtla par zimnich obrazku.Uz se rodi napad jak s nimy nalozit.........

Bedly

Tak uz je to zase tady.Kazdy rok nam vyrostou bedly.Z celeho pozemku vzdy jen na jednom miste-pod jednim stromem.Vloni jich tam bylo asi dvacet a ja je vsechny vyzbirala.Letos se trosku opozdily a tak jsem se bala,ze jsem je minuly rok zdecimovala.Ale najednou jsou tady,jak vidite uz hodne prerostle,protoze jsem na ne ani nesahla.Mozna utrhnu jen par mladych a zbytek at si roste dal :))

Lišky

Prvni "nadeleni'letosniho podzimu :)))Chodime na ne do lasa za domem,zacinaji rust touhle dobou a vloni jsme je zbirali jeste v listopadu.Mam sice jeste nejake v mrazaku a par sklenicek nalozenych ale neni nad cerstvou houbicku.

 

Take vam musim zdelit,ze jsem zamilovana :)

A to do tehle uzasne saly,kterou jsem dnes objevila pri brouzdani po meste a musela si ji odnest domu.A to rovnou na krku i kdyz venku bylo asi 20 stupnu.