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 ♥♥♥

birthday celebration

V sobotu jsem z rodinou a prateli oslavila narozeniny. Bylo nadherne pocasi a tak jsme posedeli na zahrade, jedli, pili, povidali ale take hrali ruzne hry, no zkratka pohodovy den, jak ma byt.....

 I celebrated my birthday this Saturday with family and friends. The weather was great and we spent the afternoon outdoor, talking ,eating, drinking and playing games. Lovely, relaxing day, how it's suppose to be....

Dominik a jeho pritelkyne me prekvapili timto vybornym dortem, ktery sami upekli.

Dominik and his girlfriend surprised me with this delicious cake, that they baked themselves.

 

 

Minuly tyden jsem se  pustila do vyroby kvasku podle tohoto receptu, ktery jsem nasla na blogu u Michleny  a znej v sobotu upekla  chleb podle meho osvedceneho receptu. Chlebovy kvasek jsem pridala i z drozdim,  ktere normalne pouzivam a vodu jsem jeste nahradila podmaslim. Chleb byl vyborny, vonavy a chutove opravdu rozdilny od chleba peceneho bez kvasku.  Kvasek byl jen ctyri dny stary a tu "pravou" chut pry docili teprve po ctrnacti dnech "zrani" i kdyz pouzit se da uz ted.

I started Sourdough starter last week and I baked really delicious bread yesterday. I used my bread recipe (with yeast) and added the starter and also some buttermilk. Here is a good video how to make the starter and let me tell you,  the taste and the texture are well worth the extra work!

 Zaujal me jednoduchy (mnou jeste neodzkouseny) navod na "rezani" sklenenych lahvi. Trojitou prizi namocime v odlakovaci na nehty a uvazeme okolo lahve. Zapalime a sklenici pomalu otacime. Tesne pred dohoreni (plaminek meni barvu a zkomira) lahev ponorime do nadoby z vodou a ledem. Sklo by melo prasknout kousek pod mistem, kde byl provazek. Kdyz se to nepovede na poprve, muzete zkusit znovu ale pouzijte novy kousek prize. Ostre hrany obruste smirkovym papirem, pri brouseni pouzijte trosku vody - tolik navod.

I didn't have time to try this tutorial yet, but I can see how can this get addictive :))

❤

 to all the fathers out there!! We celebrated father's day with Neil's sister and her two kids. They spent the weekend with as and we had a lovely time. I hope, we can do it again soon :))

Dnes je " Den Otcu ". My jsme si uzili vikend z Neilovou sestrou, neteri a synovcem a dnes spolecne oslavili tento svatek.

                                                                         Dominik and Emily

Novy prirustek do me  sbirky, neni to nadhera?

New addition in my collection, isn't she beautiful?

 Mak a vozicek, s kterym si hral uz Neil a jeho sourozenci.

Neil's and his siblings old wagon, that his sisters kids outgrew. Mak's loving it.

Dalsi variace z kynuteho testa, na tzv. "sneky".  Na podrobny a krasne nafoceny postup se muzete podivat zde.  Ja jsem zdvojnasobyla davku (pulku bile mouky nahradila celozrnnou ), z ni udelala pet mensich "zavitku" a po upeceni je jeste polila citronovou polevou.

Puvodni recept

Tresto:

300 g mouky (2 hrnky)

1/2 lzicky soli

120 ml vlazneho mleka (1/2 hrnku)

15 g cerstveho drozdi (nebo 1balicek suseneho)

30 g rozpusteneho masla (1/8 hrnku)

1 zloutek

1lzice cukru

Napln:

50 g rozpusteneho masla (1/4hrnku)

4-5 lzic cukru

3 lzicky skorice

Another variation of cinnamon buns " Estonian Kringe " I  doubled  the batch and made five of them instead of just two and  I also drizzled lemon glaze on them after they were baked.

Preji krasny tyden....
Hope you have a great week.....

a little bit of everything ........

Pracuji na zahrade a okolo domu.  Pocasi je stale nadherne a tak toho vyuzivam a snazim se toho zvladnou co nejvic. Presazuji, sazim, uklizim, no vzdyt to znate jiste sami :)) O vikendu jsme z rodinou a prateli oslavili Den Matek, jak jinak nez posezenim na zahrade.

I've been busy, busy, busy in the garden and around the yard. The weather is still superb and I am taking advantage of it,  trying to do as much work in the garden as possible.  Mothers Day went by in a flash, we celebrated with kids and friends.

Makeef je blazen do traktoru, Neil ho uci, jak snim pracovat a on to zvlada neuveritelne rychle !

Makeef is obsess with the tractor, Neil is teaching him how to operate it  and  he learning sooo fast, it's amazing!

na zahrade
in the yard

 poklad ze sekace

 second hand treasure

podlozka -( popis v cestine dodam)
coaster - pattern link available on this blog

Srnky se vesele prohaneji po zahrade a co neni oploceno sezerou :((
 Deer, having a good time in our yard, they eat everything that is not fenced :((

 Z Makeefem vyrazime do mesta na male prochazky, ktere si uzivam......

I enjoy outings with Makeef around the town.....

  a on si zase uziva obcerstveni a mlsky .....

and he enjoys the treats......