Saturday, 16 July 2011

Some purple, some green....and something else?

On no condition, I could not let it go unnoticed  the discreetly perfumed dress worn by my garden at the end of June- beginning of July:

 

 ....nor its little accessories...


But the matching with the delicate umbrellas of the two young Gingko biloba  arouse the real admiration, isn't it?




And as always, She gracefully made me a precious gift:






Have a beautiful summer, my dears!




Monday, 20 June 2011

Hot days

What have WE done (....my husband...+ me) recently:





...Painted t-shirts.
For 30 happy dancing kids.

...different faces...different colors.....



Have a beautiful day!







Sunday, 19 June 2011

Just that....







For you all, feeling like me these days...






Have a beautiful day!

Thursday, 28 April 2011

My heaven on earth... / Raiul meu de pe pamant...

Dupa cateva saptamani de munca intensa, cu multe nopti in care a fost nevoie sa reduc somnul la minim (maximum 3 ore), de Paste am reusit sa fugim din Marele Oras la casuta noastra de la tara.
Ca de obicei, ne-a asteptat cuminte si ne-a primit cu drag, iar noi ne-am bucurat ca in sfarsit putem dormi dupa pofta inimii, in liniste si aer proaspat. In cele patru zile ar mai fi fost nevoie de niste lenevit, dar nu ne-a lasat inima sa privim pomii nesapati/nevaruiti, trandafirii netunsi si acoperiti cu musuroaiele de pamant de asta-toamna, iarba care a invadat lalelele, narcisele sau muscari.... asa ca am dat zor sa intram in graficul lucrarilor de primavara. Ba chiar m-am bucurat ca am prins merii si o parte din peri, neinfloriti, ca sa ii pot stropi cu insecticidul si fungicidele necesare.






Visinul, ciresii si prunii, mai grabiti, mi-au luat-o inainte






Dar altfel cum am mai fi putut sa ne umplem sufletele de frumosul asta atat de simplu si minunat al pomilor infloriti?...

Chiar si magnolia ne-a asteptat



sa ne arate ce flori mari si frumoase a facut anul asta. Incet, incet, pana am plecat, vantul i-a tot furat cate o petala, asa ca modelul covorului de iarba din jur s-a tot imbogatit...




Si pentru ca veni vorba de iarba: paralutele pe care le-am semanat acum...10 ani doar pe marginea unei portiuni de alee si cele pe care le-am plantat pe la pomi in cate un an, s-au prins  ca ne e tare drag de ele, asa ca, an de an si-au tot aruncat semintele incolo si incoace, si s-au tot intins. 


De cativa ani, pana in iunie, tundem iarba "cu model", tot ocolindu-le.
Oricum, satula de ingradirile de tot felul din oras, in curtea mea de la tara incerc sa-mi las plantele cat mai mult in largul lor...
 
Le pun garduturi sau le grupez, doar ca sa le feresc de patrupedele mele blanoase. 
De cate ori intarzii mai mult cu ingrijitul vreunui strat cu flori, Grivei trebuie sa vina sa mi se aseze in fata, sa se culce sprijinindu-se de mine exact acolo unde am eu treaba, ca nu cumva sa le iubesc pe ele mai mult...


 Aceeasi libertate de miscare ca a paralutelor am lasat-o si florilor de Nu-ma-uita... Le las peste tot unde vor ele sa se duca. Chiar si printre dalele aleilor...

Chiar inainte de a pleca, au inceput sa infloreasca si merii





si calinul (Viburnum)
care are un parfum........



Pana la urma, in cele numai patru zile cu vreme atat de frumoasa, munca a fost cu spor si odihna deplina...
Aaaaa....daca ma gandesc mai bine....partea asta cu odihna e valabila DOAR pentru unii...


Noi ceilalti, astia cu doua picioare, am mai pastrat un pic de oboseala si pentru viitoarea vizita....Doar nu era sa plecam complet odihniti.....Poate data viitoare......?


Pe curand!
Abia astept sa ma intorc la tine, Raiul-meu-de-pe-pamant!

iar voua, tuturor celor rataciti pe-aici, pe blogul asta,
va doresc sa aveti fiecare cate un mic rai-pe-pamant, unde sa va despovarati de griji si suparari, chiar si numai pentru o zi!

Sa aveti o zi frumoasa!
Have a beautiful day!

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Spring breeze / Adieri de primavara

Slow, slow, veeeery slow are showing some signs of spring....
The sun was friendly, but the temperature was not so.
I stay indoors most of the time working and thinking at the spring things.
I miss the frisky breeze bringing all the fresh smells of my country garden....
I miss the colorful windmills from my childhood...

Here is what came out:




I am a self-taught quilter. Every object I make is a little exercise. I make mistakes, I'm slow but I know that is the only way to be better.
For those like me, heaving as main source for information the internet, and got on my blog, here is a brief summary of how I made this classical patchwork pattern:








Have a beautiful day!



Tuesday, 1 March 2011

March 1 - Martzishor


Long ago an old woman called Dochia, had a step daughter. Dochia hated her.
In a grim winter day Dochia gave her a very dirty clothes asking her to wash them in the river until they will become white as snow. The young girl washed them long, but the clothes became black. Then came a young man  whose name was Martzishor  and asked her why she cries. She told him what had happened. Then Martzishor told her that he has magical powers and gave him a red flower with white. He urged her to wash again the clothes and after that return home.
When the girl arrived home, the clothes were white as snow.
Dochia could hardly trust his own eyes.
She did not believe that his step-daughter will be able to complete the task.
Suddenly she saw the red-white flower on the girl’s chest.
The old woman thought that spring has come and gone with the flock on the mountain.
Along the way, every day the weather has become more and more beautiful, so she took off, one by one, the nine coats she wear. But after the 9th coat she was caught by a cold rain. When she reached the top of the mountain, showed Martzishor who told her: “Now you see how bad it is to sit in the cold and wet?”Then he disappeared.
A bitter cold came suddenly and Dochia and the flock were turned into stone blocks.
It is said that these blocks are those found in the Ceahlau Mountains, in the northern Romanian Eastern Carpathian Mountains (Carpatii Orientali).
About the above Dochia legend, well....of course this is only one of many others...


Traditionally The Old Woman’s (or Women) Days (Zilele Babei/Babelor), (1-9 March) compose a cycle of nine days. The weather of each one of the nine days means the feelings of Dochia on her way on the mountain.
On March 9, when died Dochia, is considered the boundary between cold and warm seasons.
March 1st is The Spring “baba” and symbolize the seeding. March 2 is The Summer “baba” and symbolize the works of summer and March 3 is The Autumn “baba”, the harvest.
How will be the three days, so will be the three seasons of the year, and how will be the weather in the 9th “baba”, so will be the weather for the 40 following days.
If you want to see what will be your next year, you have to choose from advance one of The Nine “Baba”Days. If the one you choose is sunny and beautiful, you will have a very good year, but if the day is cloudy and rainy, you will have a difficult year. 

Well, who have the courage to choose a day?....

Until you will decide whether to do it or not, I will continue to prepare the little signs of the spring, "Martzishoarele".
I'm making martzishoare as bracelets. Of course,  new models. Some of them are already worn.









Have a beautiful spring!