A Snowy Saturday and Very Cold

December 30, 2017 / elizabeth / 2 Comments

Not a good day for going outside…except possibly to go to the greenmarket where I find

interesting patterns on the rutabagas –

and whatever these things are…

It is miserable out and one’s hands turn red immediately.

Snow falls on the wool

and the bread…

pears and more pears…

so I go home to make wooly hats

Happy New Year!

A Day in the Country

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 / ewix / 5 Comments

A friend has a magic house in the country near the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.

Everything there delights the senses.

We go up to the loggia to drink tea and coffee…

and eat cakes.

We look at the view

then walk out into the garden.

After that a lunch of treed – chicken and veggies on a bed of soft bread.

Then time to reflect in mirrors

and in water.

I’m nostalgic already.

Hygge

January 1, 2017 / ewix / 7 Comments

Apparently the Danish word ‘hygge’ – pronounced hoogah – was chosen one of the trending words of the ill-fated year 2016. It has to do with cosiness and comfort and how to survive a long cold winter. Candles – a soft, kind, romantic light. Chatting with friends.