Eventful week

This was a very eventful week - no wonder I did not have time to blog about it ;-)

Tuesday started like this:


then this happened:



At the end of the day:



A few hours later I got an amazing gift:



Wednesday's stage was set...


the amazing art of staging a sandwich...



But she is the real star of the day:



Thursday Max came to us for a vacation - he followed a few hours German class as well ;-)



Friday an attempt to help out a few neighbors, In the morning to support a sick neighbor, and in the afternoon the last primer goes on the wall of the room where Poo the bear was exterminated.

Saturday was compost day:

I'm so fortunate to have friends that love boytoys. It saves you a whole day of backbreaking labour.





Not that there was NO labour left, but it was half the effort of last year, and double the result.



And just to keep the record complete, I've hauled a fridge for the snackbar on friday as well ;-)

Now my back and my arms and legs need a rest.......... sunday, first day of summertime.

{This moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

I'm so easily entertained!

I've exterminated Poo the bear today. He was rather surprised.



Some of his friends were braver....


but got distressed later on...




Even Poo was elated by a little thing - the butterfly - which I found all over...



He held on to a log in an effort to stay.....



but the bigger picture was a rather positive one!


Piece by piece Poo and his friends made way for a blank canvas.


Helping out a friend can be very entertaining ;-)

Crocheting Cecilia

A while ago Rachel and I decided to start a CAL. We both wanted to make Cecilia, a Julia Vaconsin pattern.

While all the terrible developments in Japan had us pretty much glued to the TV, I made considerable progress.

I started on feb 23rd.


I make size 40, these are the two front parts.



Because I want to change ge front to a V-shaped nek, I'm making both fronts simultaniously. My ability to remember is rather weak, and I'm not good at taking notes to offset that.



By now, I'm almost starting the armwhole shapings.



Rachel sadly had to stop for a while, as she has overstrained her hands. Between the start of the gardening season, the starting of seeds in the greenhouse and inside - my involvement in Folia, to record my garden activities and get some planning done, luckily I'm busy in very deverse movements. So the risk of RSI is somewhat smaller for me.

So I crochet for a while, then fold pots again, then check my laptop, then crochet again.

Still, it's growing!

{This moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Origami recycling for the garden

We always have more newspapers thrown into our house than we need.
Except now of course, as I look for them to fold paper seed - starting - pots ;-)



Typical! The paper was collected last week by the soccer team of our village. They come once a month and collect all paper to earn some money for their club.



I've found this video this afternoon, and for the first time I'm actually making the pots - they are square - to save space - and I like that they have a solid bottom - makes for a sturdy pot that lasts until release in the garden.