Making Christmas

 I have been trying to figure out how am I going to pack presents for my friends.  I found almost a year ago in a thrift store little photos of famous artists from the fifties, which someone collected from cigarette packs.  They are so charming I had to take them.  They have been waiting since then to be used.  I added some paper for cakes in silver and also chocolate hearts.  This will be my standard this year.

I also made my advent decoration.  This time with moss, some glass snow and little figurines from the model train shop.  I bought kids playing in the snow and with their sledges. But outside the snow still does not come...

The Winter ...

 

...is here and I finally get to knitt.   I made this cowl for myself with a wonderful cashmere tweed, handmade, that I could not resist.  It comes from the godess hands of Rita.  

I decided I need something to put on that is fast and does not bother with knots and stuff inside my jacket.  I realized that I can also use it as a very cute headband.  

The next project will be something involving this tresure of zippers I found in the thrift store.

The days are gray and cold and it seems to me that we need some color here.  So much that the book project with Karin becomes more and more colorful I guess the more the cold days get near. 

Sun, fruit and freshness

The time has come for all ripe stuff in my garden.  This year the apricot tree has produce a huge ammount of fantastic fruit, all organic.  Too much fruit at once so I made some jam with puting a bit of Risling wine in it and smooting  everything afterwords to get a pieceless jam that everybody in my familiy will get to love.

The alfonso mangoes where directly brought to me from India.  They are THE Mangoes at their best.  How do I deserve that?  One week catsitting, that's it.  Lucky me.  The mangoes where eaten straight like that, all with the raw hands.  While the juice was running down their elbows,h the kids could not get enough.  Some where made to a delicious Mango Lassi with a soft scent of kardamom.