summertime, originally uploaded by Marian Florcita.
Errmmm …another one of those storms… and huge damage. Apparently our little village turned into a lighter version of “Tornado Alley”. Roofs flew, windows got broken, trees snapped in half. Shutting landed at the neighbour’s garden.The woods behind our house are still being tended to since huge trees fell and [...]
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Mariana’s multi flavour cake
Basic Ingredients:
-2 Cups multi-purpose flour
-2 teaspoons baking powder
-1/2 teaspoon of Bicarbonate
-2 Eggs
-100gr Unsalted Butter
-1 Cup of Sugar
-A few drops of vanilla essence
-1 cup of Milk
Method:
First off you should know that when I mention a cup up there, I mean a coffee cup, a mug…what you use every day. [...]
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Ever had those days in which everything seems to pile up? And all of a sudden you think….errrmmm how do I make it all happen in these few hours? Hmmmm….
Well, I’m off to Kim in a few hours to bring her a present -more of that explained on Friday on the Merry go round post.
I [...]
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And we are back. We spent a few days in Bahia Creek. A beautiful beach far away from everything. No running water, no gas, no electricity (well, there is electricity but where we were, there was none!). Eternal white sand dunes where we layed at night to find shooting stars and satellites… we tried to [...]
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Love the drawing in this one. Another simple and to the point from www.wwf.org
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Because life is not just about felting… well, my life at least. In this household we do a lot of things to try to change the way we think about our life and how it affects the planet. I could list numerous things that we have slowly implemented and included in our daily life [...]
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autumn leaves wrap
Originally uploaded by Marian Florcita
Autumn… best thing it has: soft light, afternoons in a sunny spot outside, wrapped with your favourite woolly shawl. A cup of tea, a book…. lovely.
Note those huge clogs there… my husband’s… who actually – like a true Dutch man – uses them for gardening, going for walks with [...]
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blooming hazelOriginally uploaded by Marian Florcita
Spring is here. Finnally. Sunday, it was sunny and the temperatures went up to 13C! Unbelievable! This was enough for us. We put on our boots and went out to play in the garden. The season has officially started!We opened our compost and spread it around, we had [...]
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I hope you’ ve all started the year with the right foot having fun doing whatever you wanted with whomever you wanted.On the 30th of December my son had an operation -horribly scheduled really- and even though it wasn’t a huge deal, it was painful…and the recovery is even more painful. And for a 2yr [...]
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