Leafless

I went for a walk yesterday after dinner, it was getting dark already and it was only 4pm. Clouds were covering the sky, and in a distance a huge disc of the sun was seen through them. The cold pierced me to the bone; I do need a new winter jacket and gloves. :)

When I was almost back among the houses, I noticed that trees were already almost all leafless. When did this happen?

I am looking forward to spring (leaves will grow again in April, so for six months we will be looking at this dull brown and gray landscape), though there's lots do be done until then. Life to be lived.

I baked bread in new baking tins in the evening, but the light was too bad to take any photos. It is this time of a year when we should actually rest and prepare ourselves for the time after Easter, time of growth. It is time to make plans and it is time for learning. I should probably not complain over fog which we have every day now, should I? ;)

Dirty windows

"My gosh, I am ashamed you have such dirty windows!" thought this cat named Kaj, and looked away. Felix didn't even come close, so ashamed he was, and Piki rather stayed behind a corner.I have 21 of them (windows, not cats, fortunatelly), and it takes some time to clean them all... I am sure you all do a better work! Why do cats always look away when you want to take a photo of them?

Sweet little owls

I am not so sure that I would bake them if I didn't have to write an article for a magazine. It took me three days! I made a dough the first day, but the light was too poor to take any photos, so I continued making them the next day. Then I forgot to buy M&M's and white chocolate, but you know how it is with shopping on Saturday - crowded! I finished them yesterday. Ž ate most of those which fell apart. Delicious, he said. You can find the recipe here.

For the dough I used 250g flour, 150g sugar, 125g butter and 1 egg. I mixed 30g of cocoa powder into 2/3 of the dough, but I suggest you use only 20-25g of it, if you are going to bake the cookies.

Time consuming, but lots of fun!

Made of wood

Yesterday I spotted this table while rushing through the city center:I like it, though it is a bit dark. I like bright things.

Have a nice weekend!

Fruits like flowers

I still haven't found how this shrub is called:Do you know? It has these beautiful "flowers" on at this time of a year.

It smells nice

I was sitting in my armchair last evening, listening to some music on a radio. It was warm in a living room and after many, too many months it smelled of freshly baked bread. It was funny how quickly I have forgotten how much of everything I have to put together for a dough, and how long I should bake it. A colleague brought quinces yesterday to work. I took two of them home with me, and enjoyed in their nice smell all afternoon. It is amazing how certain things can bring pleasure into life.

Snow

Today it snows in some parts of Slovenia; we had a short snow shower about an hour ago in Ljubljana, too. It was quite unusual to see a car, covered by snow this morning when I was driving to work. I promised myself to go out more often this winter. My wish is to ski again, and to buy myself new sledges, as the ones I have are too big for me. I should have some fun in the months that are yet to come.

This morning we had a chat with my colleagues, and it felt so cozy talking about all sorts of things, laughing, enjoying ourselves. Of course, we had coffee and tea while chatting. This is what we drink sometimes:Overpriced; shops earn lots of money by selling that. I was checking the prices yesterday in the shop, prices of cocoa, hot chocolate and coffee. All are very expensive if they are imported. Though sometimes we should indulge in such (expensive) things, as we have only one life to live.

Enjoy yourself today!

Festival of colors

I have to admit that I have never before noticed that the colors of autumn were so beautiful like they are this year. Every year when when my life is almost unbearable, nature shows its most beautiful colors. Not only colors, but the weather in such years is always excellent. I have taken less than twenty photos in October, but I did take 220 of them this weekend. Fog in the lowlands brought me to the places where trees don't grow anymore, to where my heart always rejoices, and where you can always see me with a broad smile on my face. Always.

Let me share with you some photos from there, from my favorite places on the Earth.My favorite spots, some of them still not visited, like the highest mountain in Slovenia (the one covered by snow):Yesterday I took a path not far from my home (well, I had to drive up the hill first), through the woods which are still showing their most beautiful colors. I was completely alone, if I don't count numerous birds and probably some bears and foxes near by. :) It is amazing how a beautiful blue sky can bring warmth to someone's soul, in spite of a shattered life. I hope you had a nice weekend, too.

Colors in my home

Moving furniture around, Ž hit his nose against a pendant light and broke it. Not his nose (he bled, but hasn't broken anything), but the light. In a way I was glad about it because I was thinking of replacing it with another one. The other day I saw a beautiful pendant light in a magazine, so I browsed the Internet yesterday to see what the price was. I was shocked! I thought that such light would cost about 100€, but it costs nearly 1500$! I wonder if there is someone who would make such light for a normal price... I just love it (it is called Muse) and it would look wonderful above my dinning table - hopefully we will get a new one by the end of this year - I can hardly wait, because it will be the first time I will have my own, and not borrowed (by my parents) dinning table! So, by the time when such pendant light finds its way to my home, I will enjoy using polka dot things I received from my dear friend the other day. I love them, they brought colors into my kitchen!

Have a lovely weekend, and enjoy the colors of autumn!

Hope

Do you know a woman on this picture:She loved flying even more than I do, she had courage I can only dream of. She died a few weeks before her 40th birthday, and 4 million $ (today this would be 60 million $) were spent to find her. Most probably that she was eaten by fish. A heroine. I felt like flying reading about her life yesterday, feeling that I will be finally able to accomplish things that I wrote on my to-do list months ago.

The news is good, and thank you so much for keeping fingers crossed. It helped! The wound hasn't healed yet, but hopefully all will be well soon. Though, I am not finished with visiting men in white. Late in the afternoon I was smiling a lot, doctor giving me some news of hope. I also received some good news from my dear friend at the same time, so there was one reason more to be in a good mood. All is well, and life is good.When I was lying in bed, flipping through the pages of my bellowed Mein schöner Garten magazine, inspiration came back to me. A need to create came back. I felt that hope was coming back into my soul, finally, after so many months. I've read on many blogs lately that we get what we need. We can always hope that we get nice things in life, like health, love and friends.

Have a lovely day, and let your hopes come true!