Grass under ice

While I was looking up....

Grass and a stone-the frost series

How I keep snug and cosy on xmas day....

...I wear these lovely booties Mumsy has knitted for me as one of her xmas gifts, wonderfully warm! Thank you Mumsy!

A cute little house for Mumsy...

...this is one of the handmade gifts I prepared for Mumsy; when she saw this house-threads container she was delighted and could not stop giggling, I think she likes it!

Countdown to Christmas on a swing...

Happy Christmas to all of you, have a wonderful day full of joy, happiness, laughters and yummy treats!

Along the countryside lane III-the frost series

Tilly and the sewing machine

The red gingham heart...

...one of my Mom's recent cretive projects. Where does she get her endless patience to create such pieces I really don't know! Awesome, cute and inspiring!

...and let's celebrate Mumsy's b'day with a homemade cake!

Happy Birthday Giulia, Awesome and Wonderful Mum!

Let's start with homemade meringues...

Cosy late Autumn afternoon

Acid green and white petals IV

Moss and still water

Secluded lane-from the Autumn walks series

The Magenta Trio III

Poised petals III

I was planning to carry on with my knitting projects....

...but our cat in residence Tilly got there first!

Scattered petals IV

Playing hide and seek...

A tiny ghost has landed on our cake...

.....wow, we have a spooky cake, and it is yummy too!

At the end of the garden IV-the Autumn series

Blue in the morning....

At the end of the garden III-the Autumn series

Autumnal rose

The maiden and the rose

At the end of the garden-the Autumn series

By the garden gate...

Blurred pink IV

The petals' contours IV

Orange pistils and lilac petals

Layers of magenta III

Petals and shadows IV

Silhouettes and shadows

Playing with shadows III

Holding the bouquet...

My very first sewing machine

They have flown the blue nest...

...new "tenants" will move in soon, we are surrounded by so many beautiful and lively birds!

Slices of apples and petals

Recycling the jam jar...

Magenta and violets III

When I feel restless and lose my focus...

...I head towards the kitchen and bake a cake. Mom joins in also to help me choose the recipe and make sure all goes smoothly, the cake looks lovely, on top underneath the icing sugar you can spot slices of apples from the orchard and between two layers of dough we put some delicious apricot jam, alas it is not homemade.
The cake is still cooling off so we have decided to wait until tomorrow to taste it,... I don't usually sleepwalk, but I think I might tonight, and probably will go straight towards the kitchen.

The white background

The magenta heart

Admiring country houses' front doors....

By the garden wall III

Green texture III

Defying gravity in the afternoon

Bloom and petals III

Nine cookies baked on a Saturday afternoon....

I wonder how long they will last...