Happy Easter to all my friends who celebrate .... ❤

Vesele Velikonoce vam  vsem, kteri je slavite.

 

 Zajic letos dostal novy kabatek.......

Bunny got a new coat .....

Minuly tyden jsme oslavili  narozeniny  zete,  pochutnali si na sushi a uzivali si krasneho pocasi To se mimochodem jeste zlepsilo a cely velikonocni vikend je nadherne. Proto take zase takova pauza zde na blogu - slunisko nas tahne ven :)

We celebrated our son-in-law birthday last week and enjoyed sushi and really nice weather.  That's why I am not blogging lately since we spend our days outdoors :)

Ja krajela ingredience, Tereza a Neil pilne rolovali a snad ani nemusim podotykat, ze sushi mame vsichni moc radi!

I was cutting the ingredients, Tereza and Neil were rolling and I guess there is no need to say that we LOVE sushi!

A jestli mate jeste trosku casu, tady je inspirace dnesniho dne.....

If you, by any chance, still  have a spare moment, here is today's inspiration....

healthy chocolate ice cream-mousse recipe

Cokoladova zmrzlina zdrave. Tak by se dal nazvat tento recept, na jehoz vyzkouseni jsem se uz delsi dobu chystala. Nadoba"vyrobniku" zmrliny musi byt predchlazena v mrazaku a ja zapomela, ze jsem ji tam po minulem pouziti nedala. Takze cokoladova hmota putovala tentokrat do formicek a do "vanicky, kde jsem ji  behem tuhnuti jednou za hodinu promichala aby se nevytvorily ledove krystaly. Tento recept je take vyborny nemrazeny, vychlazeny se da podavat jako dezert,  tzv. cokoladova pena. 

 Recept:
2 vyzrala avokada
2 vyzrale banany 
2 hrnky kokosoveho mleka
3/4 hrnku medu
1 lzicka ruzove vody ( nemusi byt)
4 lzice kakaa
Vse rozmixujeme v mixeru do kremove konzistence.

I made this chocolate ice cream yesterday and I couldn't stop eating it when I was filling the forms. It would be really good chocolate mousse dessert as well. Just chill it before serving it and garnish with some coconut flakes. I didn't use my ice cream maker because I forgot to put the container into the freezer after the last use, but the ice cream turned out really well just stirred  :)

   

 Navijec prize v akci. Tentokrat jsem si vyzkousela Navajo spradani, to znamena, ze jsou smotane tri nitky z jedne. Na nazorne video se muzete podivat zde.

My wool winder in action, this time I tried Navajo plying. You can watch good video tutorial here.

Dnes jsem  narazila na tyhle videa. I kdyz v  anglictine, presto krasne priblizi atmosferu minuleho stoleti. Prvni je z Ostrova Vancouver, mesto  Victorie a z mesta Vancouver, rok 1935.  Druhe je prochazka Prahou. 

I came across these videos today and liked the old images very much. One is From Vancouver Island and Vancouver, the other is from Prague. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did :)

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Uz je to vic jak mesic od meho minuleho prispevku, cas leti! Uzivame si hezke pocasi a prochazky po okoli, zahrada a sklenik se uz take probouzi.

It's been more then a month since my last post, time flies!  We are enjoying nice weather and  I love walks  through our neighborhood. Our  greenhouse is "waking up" too. 

Posledni "varka". Jeste nez jsem pred par dny onemocnela, stihla jsem jeste umotat tohle pradenko. Hlidala jsem o vikendu vnuka ktery byl nemocny a tad sama dva dny lezim. Nastesti jemu uz je lepe.

Before I've got sick after babysitting our grandson this weekend, I finished this batch.  He is much better now, but  I am in bed  with the same cold and stuffy nose he had :(

not just Ricotta cheese ....

Poslednich par dnu jsem  po delsi dobe opet predla a take barvila. Odstiny zelene, hnede a i trosku te fialove se tam vloudilo, se promenily v barevne pradeno.  Prirodni, cokoladova barva je ma oblibena a mam jeste hodne ovcich kozisku ve stejne barve pripravenych ke zpracovani.

I am back to spinning for the last few days. I love the natural chocolate color and I am so happy to have more of this fleece. I just have to wash it and card it and, and, and.....  I also experimented with dyeing again and ended up with shades of green, brown and even few bits of purple. I like the finished skein.

 Poklady ze "sekace".
 Treasures from the second hand store.

 Zkusili jste si nekdy udelat ricotta syr? Jak rika tahle bogerka, jestli ho  nekdy ochutnate, uz ho nikdy nekoupite v obchode. Ja si ho udelala do zeleninove lasagne a malem jsem nemela dost, protoze jsem stale ochunavala :) Recept je opravdu jednoduchy a syr jsem mela hotovy za 15 minut.

Potrebujete :
4 hrnky plnotucneho mleka
1  hrnek podmasli
1/3 hrnky smetany ( ja pouzila cerstve nadojene mleko a tak jsem smetanu vynechala)
spetku soli

 Tekutiny dejte do hrnce a zahrejte na 185 C. Jestli nemate teplomer nevadi, kdyz vidite, ze se vam vytvorily "hrudky" je hotovo. Precedte prez platno, nebo gazu, osolte (nebo ne) a nechte chvilku vykapat na hustotu, jakou mate radi. Ja mam plateny pytlik a ten jsem na chvilu zatizila a ricotta bylo skoro moc sucha, takze opatrne, jde to opravdu rychle :)

Zbylou syrovatku muzete pouzit  misto vody pri peceni chleba, ja ji pridavam do mych  ovocnych a zeleninovych stav, ktere si kazdy den delam. Muzete sni zadelat treba vdolecky a jiste najdete i dalsi pouziti. Pri nejhorsim ji rozredim a zaliju kytky. Zde najdete vic informaci o syrovatce.


 I made ricotta cheese following this recipe and as she says, if you try it and taste it, you will never go back to store bought ricotta. I made veggie lasagne with it and had a hard time to stop sampling so I would have enough for my dish :) It was truly the best I ever tasted, especially made from fresh raw milk!  

Makeef  v novem Cowichan svetru.
Makeef wearing his new Cowichan sweater.

finished doll

 Vcera vecer jsem dodelala a oblekla mou hackovanou panenku ale nejsem si jista, jestli se mi jeji saty libi. Nejsou to rozhodne me barvy , zvolila jsem je mimodecne nejspis kvuli jejim cernym vlasum. Co  myslite,  mam se pustit do novych, mozna hackovanych?


I finished my doll last night and dressed her up, but I am not sure if I like her dress. These are definitely not my colors but with her black hair this is what I picked. What do you think, should she have a new dress, perhaps a crochet one?

Preji vam krasny tyden pratele.....
Have a great week my friends.....

Crochet Doll

Stale kaslu a mam zacpane dutiny a tak odpocivam. Pustila jsem se do hackovani panenky, tenhle napad nosim v hlave uz dlouho ale nejak nikdy nebyl cas ho uskutecnit.  Delam si poznamky abych mohla pripadne napsat popis.  Brzy vam ukazu, jak pokracuju.

I am still coughing and stuffed up and therefor I am resting a lot. I started making this crochet doll, something, I had in my head for a while, but never got to it. It's coming along quite nicely, and I am trying to make notes as I go , for I would like to write a pattern for it. I'll keep you updated.

Pred nedavnem jsem na aukci sehnala tenhle stary navijec vlny(druha fotka) a dnes jsem si od jedne clenky naseho Zdruzeni Pratel Vlny dokoupila dreveny "stojanek" (jiste ma cesky nazev ale ja si ho bohuzel nemuzu vybavit :)) Jak uz to tak nekdy byva, zrovna vcera jsem se hodne rozmyslela v obchode, jestli si ho mam koupit ale nechtelo se mi za nej utratit tolik penez. Dnes jsem otevrela email se zpravou, ze je jeden k mani  a to za tretinu ceny!  Proste nekdy se to tak stane........


Not that long ago I bough this vintage wool winder (second photo) on eBay. Today I've got wooden swift from a member of our guild . I believe, that things come to you in certain way and that there is time for it too! I was looking at swifts just yesterday in the store, but decided against it since it was  little pricey.  I opened my email today and there was one available to buy from the guild  for a third of the price I would have paid yesterday. Sometimes the universe just works this way.......

Urcite si mnohe z vas pamatuji na tyhle retro navijece. Ja tedy ano :)
Maybe you remember these, I do :)

 Tady mnohem prehlednejsi fotla z internetu. Na dreveny stojan se nasadi pradeno a to se navine do klubka.
Much nicer photo of above, that I found on internet. You put the skein on the swift and wind it into a ball.

 Syn vcera vyrazil do Campbell River, mestecko asi 40km od nas a tak jsem se snim svezla (navstivila obchod z vlnou)  a za oknem auta si uzila i trosku modre oblohy.  I kdyz bylo asi 7 C. foukal studeny vitr ale ja mam tuhle cestu moc rada, protoze ji vic nez pul vede primo kolem oceanu.

Yesterday my son drove to Campbell River , little town  situated about 40km north of Merville  and I went along.  It was 7C  the wind was cold and I was happy to be inside the car, but....  I love the ocean view!

Chunky knits

Poslednich par dnu jsem stravila v posteli s hrnky caje a pocitacem po mem boku :) Tyto nadherne pletene kousky vypadaji moc prijemne, mekounce a vyzivaji k tomu aby se clovek zachumlal.....

I spent the last few days in bed with aches and pains, with cups of hot tea and my laptop by my side :)  These "chunky knits"  look very soft, cozy and inviting .....

Za oknem mi rozkvetly hyacinty a ve vaze jsou me ( koupene ) letos prvni  tulipany....je to mozne, ze by se blizilo jaro?  :)

My hyacinths are  flowering and I bought my first tulips this year....could it be, that spring is on it's way?  :)

 Ja vim, ze posledni dva prispevky byly o jelenech a asi si myslite, ze jsem se zblaznila ale vite co se rika " do tretice vseho dobreho" , proto tedy...... dva talire z armady spasy :)

I know I went a bit  "deer crazy"  on the blog the last few posts, but you know the saying  " third time's the charm " , so I present........two plates I found at Salyan :)

 Vnukovi jsem dopletla tento trosku netradicni tradicni Cowichan svetr. Tu tyrkysovou jsem si nemohla odpustit, za prve pro to, ze jsem ji sama cesala, barvila a predla a za druhe, ze jsem chtela "ozivit" jinak dost monotoni barvy.

I finished this not so traditional Cowichan sweater for my grandson. I had to put the turquoise in not just for I carted,dyed and spun the wool, but I also wanted that little color punch in otherwise monotone color scheme.

Na blogu Bunny Mommy jsem nasla popis na tato hackovana srdicka. preklad zkratek najdete treba zde.

I like Bunny Mommy's blog and here is her tutorial for these cute crochet harts.