Friday, December 14, 2012

happy one year birthday, ztina and zigne ~

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a year ago two little adorable girls were born. one white, one red.
the white one of course turned colourpoint and the red one stayed red.

it was a pretty worrisome first week or so.

but after that they've only brought joy and sweetness. and a bit of nuisance, since they are unmistakenly first grade tykes. sweet natured, but mischiveously so.

ztina enjoys sneaking into rooms were she's not invited, she loves to sniff out honey jar lids and pencils to carry with here to her "secret" stash under the armchair. she loves to sleep in a pile with her little sister, grandmother, auntie, and mum (when she's not annoyed with her daughter).

while zigne talks a lot, purrs a  a lot, has a tail like a teapot ear. she enjoys to play with teabags, old or new, when you turn your back to get the warm water the teabag may have disappeared from the cup when you turn to pour.

the happiest of birthday to you both,
i'm so glad you decided this was the household to turn up in,
that you are you and
that you firmly thought it was an excellent idea not to move.
sweethearts.
the cutest of sweethearts.

(please ignore crazy cat lady as seen behind zigne in pic)



Thursday, December 13, 2012

stockholm december 13, 2012

lucia day today.
lussebulle - saffron bun.
lots and lots of snow.
good food, good company.
soy latte and mulled wine tea.
needles of the unpleasant kind.
comfort yarn.

















Wednesday, December 12, 2012

fiftyfive granny squares to go

thought this would be a neat little project to take with me on the flight to budapest. using up leftover yarns (inspired by an idea in the scrap yarn knitting and crocheting book), magic yarn as in the socks and wristwarmers.

72 squares to get a cardigan. writing this i have 55 more squares to get there.

as usual crocheting is eating yarn so i'll have to pick up more yarn balls tomorrow anyway.

what woolly projects are you working on right now?
christmas gift in the making?



Tuesday, December 11, 2012

mr irresistable liquorice nose

same procedure as every day. this is how loaf dog gets up in the sofa. who can say no to that? smart dog tuesday.



Monday, December 10, 2012

vegetarians are more intelligent

spicy heart

why am i not the least bit surprised about the conclusion of this study on intelligence and eating habits...

also kathy freston's tedx talk is a good thing to watch on this subject.
lean into it, stop being stupid and a hypocrite.

which in some ways brings me to spam, spam, spam. upon nice requests i changed the comments on blog to no word verification needed. i did so hesitantly since even with wv AND moderation there are issues with spam nastiness. but hey, who knows, maybe it'll be okey with just moderation?

over night i got +20 spam comments, and more coming in during the day. if it continues it's just not doable, neither energy- nor timewise to not have word verification, sorry about that. or well, we should totally blame the nasty spammers for wasting our time and energy.

i've set the comments to 'approve new commentators/sign in'-mode. perhaps that will work. fingers crossed. - edit a few days later; so far so good i think...

leaving comments should be easy for good people, such a pity that we have to abide to the nasty spam people's rules... i bet you they're not vegetarians!

Sunday, December 09, 2012

meet drac-ulla

drac-ulla and carrotboy

Carrotboy insisted we brought his new friend Drac-ulla home with us from Budapest. And who am I to say no?

budapest christmas fair

Well, to be honest, despite the fact that I'm not a great fan of incense I was in deep lust after this green thing when I spotted it huffing and puffing with a bunch of other dragons at the Christmas fair. Ah, such a pretty, magical, happy market stall, wouldn't you agree?

drac-ulla

She has had her first puff in Sweden, vanilla scented.

drac-ulla and zigne

She has met Zigne, who was not impressed.

drac-ulla and zigne

I will now look for a high quality incense, with a lighter scent, not so overwhelming and smokey like most tend to be. Any suggestions highly welcomed! Even if Drac-ulla doesn't have to puff all the time it is nice with a bit of it now and then. And even nicer if the scent is a pleasing one too.

The Budapest Christmas fair's markets stalls were brimming with lovely crafts and fine foods, over al much nicer stuff than you find at Swedish markets I have to say. We did get other nice things, other than Drac-ulla, more of that later. Right now I'm just very happy about the fact that my broadband seems to work again, hopefully not just for a wee while, and keep this post short.

Saturday, December 08, 2012

a weekend morning start

this autumn/winter we've come to enjoy a *new* way to start the saturday (or sometimes sunday); having breakfast, reading the morning paper/doing fun work at a city cafe.

it happens far from every weekend (and it begun before the big troubles with the no broadband happened) getting up early is not my forte, but still every second weekend counts as a sort of routine, right?

window seat, soy latte, innocent smoothie and a veggie bagel, that's how i like to start my weekend morning (if i'm in the mood to get out of bed early). in the company of bobbaloos too. of course.

how do you like to start your weekend morning/s?



Friday, December 07, 2012

some red treats in budapest

looking through the budapest photos i realised there's been a lot of red things. and not just because it's christmas time. not only. i thought i'd make a cavalcade of things red in budapest, but as i still (three weeks plus now...) have no regular internet it just limits the possibilities and fun with it.

- with no cafe or friend with wifi nearby, and the phone/internet provider being as stupid as they usually are no matter what, the solution to the problem is sadly not imminent. it is such a nuisance galore, in this day and age i don't think you can call it a luxuary problem since one really does need it if one works from home amongst other matters we need computer/internet access for these days... -

but i'll give you three (plus one) red things from budapest. as a foretaste of a photo cavalcade.

one of the three nice soy lattes i had at starbucks against a backdrop of the basilica and fabulous recycled kind of christmas trees (which SO deserve a post of their very own).

a very lovely red cherry cheesecake enjoyed at a classic and posh (given the unusually high prices compared to other budapest places of food/drink) cafe.

the red, worn, torn, out of date and therefore very picturesque budapest trolley buses.

and last but not least, the pretty christmas fair logo on a cup filled with warming mulled wine on a cold, cold day with freezing winds. cheers!











Thursday, December 06, 2012

carmina burana

opera is very much not my cup of cultural tea. but seeing glimpses of a very special set of 'carmina burana' featuring seven 80 years old ladies on stage telling their stories of great losses and great loves, i knew i had to see it. when it got rave revues too it was good to know we already had gotten tickets.

front row seats, practically ON stage it was a special experience (even if it wasn't the ultimate way to enjoy/see the performance). loved the music and the women's stories, very moving. wish their stories would have played an even greater part of the set. did not enjoy the theatrical opera singers (one with very badly groomed feet. yes we were that ridiculously close to stage), as i never do.

when we walked to the train after the show, in a stockholm the day after the snowstorm hit, a lonely saxophone was heard playing in the night. magical.

all and all a nice evening spent.
do you enjoy the opera?





Wednesday, December 05, 2012

take off and landing

from a bobbaloo point of view.

also the worst part of being greeted back home with a blizzard, chaotic traffic and hours of queueing on the roads is, according to the same bobbaloos, the appalling lack of pastry.







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