Snapshots while driving...

I have a funny friend who often takes photos while driving... so I tried, but I did stop the car, AND I was on small country roads...

And then... this wall was built over twenty years ago and the cave-man and I noticed something funny the very first time we drove by... can you spot it? 

I have yet to find someone who has seen it before we point it out to them... =)

Halloween night

Our gnomes that live down in the garden (and guard our dear Oliver's tomb) always leave a little surprise on Halloween...

Torch in hand the girl's go exploring and find two little bags og goodies...

Matteo and Minerva on their way to 'Trick or Treat'...

(we wouldn't send her alone)

                      And this year Aurora was a Sugar Skull

Cleaning up?

He's cleaning up the plants outside...

 ...and I'm cleaning up the stuff inside... 1st of November! =)

Halloween!!!

The dining table has been covered in Halloween things gathered in the years ... and some of Minerva's rubberducks that suit the atmosphere...

Aurora and boy-friend baked some Halloween cookies... and thankfully also pizza for dinner...

PS Behind the scenes some of the other rubberducks are lurking... and playing... =)

Olive trees

The olive trees are getting heavy with their fruits, which will be picked in the next month or two, even though the land is dry from lack of rain.

I have always loved olive-tree trunks... even though these are quite young ones...

Knitting... lots of green?

I am SO behind on blogging!!!

There has been knitting... a bit on the side, and lots of ripping... frogging... Can one frog more than one knits? It seems so at times...

Stripes to keep her warm 

                                Hazelknits little-colonnade made with a lovely skein of Hazelknits Artisan Socks... gifted by a very talented blog friend with a exquisite Etsy Shop...

Then my LYS lady gave me some leftover Borgosesia Alpaca, and I knitted a second Shaelyn shawl (the first one flew to California to warm Alice)

This week I grabbed two small grey skeins of Handu and knit myself a Stripey slouchy lamb to go with the cute lamb button that a friend gifted me years ago at Christmas...

And last but not least, I had a bit of Manos Del Uruguay Silk Blend left over from other things and I REALLY wanted to knit a Rikke hat so... I LOVE it!!!

Gravad or Rimmad Lax?

Luca goes to University in Florence, and left home over a month ago... now he's coming for two day visit for his dad's birthday, and he's bringing his girl-friend too, so ofcourse I asked him what he wants to eat those two days and what he wants his girl-friend to taste... Right off his answer was salmon! So.... this morning we bought a 4,5kg fresh salmon... we put a part in the freezer for a good soup one day, and the rest we cured with salt and sugar and dill.... wrapped it up and put it on a tray in the fridge with a weight over it, and it'll be perfect for birthday lunch accompanied with boiled potatoes and maybe a sauce... 

Finally Fall?

It is finally finally raining... slowly, calmly but enough to actually wet the dry earth and clean the streets... Bliss!

Mr. Apple

    Our world is richer because he lived, and poorer because he died.