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I love natural flower head wreath. Usually, here in Latvia, we make them on Jāņi (more about Latvian tradition called Jāņi read in one of my previous posts) or on a wedding day. So here is how I make it. I learned it from my grandmother and she learned it from her grandmother. All you … More DIY: Meadow flower head wreath
Okey…. I can’t sleep for two night already. “What is wrong with me!?” I asked myself. I’m having a poor sleep. I had no idea until this morning! I woke up feeling tired already. What is wrong!? Maybe our caravan is parked in the “bad” place!? I started to think about what’s changed in … More Poor sleep
We are still in Latvia. Can’t start our journey. Yesterday Janis installed solar panel on the roof of caravan. We where happy – finally it’s there and we can go. But then suddenly our caravan started to blink like a Christmas tree. Safety first! 1am Janis discovered where the problem was and started to fix … More Worried
I love this tea set and I use it very often. I adore vintage porcelain especially from Bavaria region (Germany). I would buy them all if I had enough space to store… but who actually need 1000 different plates and coffee sets 🙂 This set that is made in Riga, Latvia in Soviet Union times is special … More Grandma’s tea set
This is exact half of our family 🙂 Happy Wednesday, Ilze
Today was a long, long, long day. I woke up at 7 am and went outside to catch a sunlight while girls were sleeping. After 20 minutes I went back in to check if Helmī is up and she was. Smiling like a sun from her crib! Good morning! After breakfast, we discovered that our car … More Long day…
Sorry, I forgot! I’m forcing branches to bloom every year for the last five years. And it worked! Always on time! Ready to decorate Easter table. But this year when I wanted to write about it and show “before” and “after” something went wrong. I guess the branches feels the rainy days outside. Despite the fact … More Update: Branches after 10 days
Interesting. I can’t recall how I found it, but I did and now I’m obsessed with 1st season of The Lucy Show! The Lucy Show! It’s from 60’s and I think that’s the reason why I like it so much! You can watch it on youtube. StoryLine (from IMDb): After the death of her husband, Lucy Carmichael … More The Lucy Show
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Finally, I can say I’m cured and the spring is here too! Finally, spring greens are coming out and we can make green smoothies, juices, and elixirs to get back on track. I’m low on iron as every spring and spring greens are essential for me to feel energized and healthy. Do you feel tired … More 3 Edible Spring Greens
So, here is an update of my branches I took inside 5 days ago! I put them in the warm water to force the blooming. I brought one branch from a plum tree, a cherry tree, a bird-cherry tree, and a larch tree. Now. This is how it looks 5 days later. I still have 7 days … More Update: Branches after 5 days
1 000 likes on my Latvian mom’s blog. That is something I’m grateful for. I wanna thank you all – my readers! Thank you for reading and for liking. For commenting and for good thought sending. Thank you! I’m still in bed with wet cough drinking herbal tea and eating berries. It’s pity I can’t … More Grateful
This weekend wasn’t as planned! Definitely wasn’t! So… as you might know, we wanted to start our first small travel trailer trip to visit my mom. We didn’t! Why? Girls were ill but getting better (on Friday morning). So we thought that we will go… We tried our caravans Truma gas heating system for the first … More Our Natural Remedies
Have you ever heard of 8th march as an International Women’s Day? Do you celebrate it? Comment below! Ilze
Tagine is here! I’m so happy to receive this! I couldn’t wait to have it. My first “maybe I need it” was 3 years ago. Then I couldn’t decide how big I want and what style. We have a lovely store in Riga – Muhamors and you can take a look at all the beautiful tagines … More Happy Mail Day #2: Tagine / Tajine
For the first time in 5 years – I slept in (I’m not sure about the right definition here… Overslept… Neah!) Let me explain. My dear mother is with us right now. I woke up at 10am. Some may say that it is not “slept in” if you have to get to work.. it’s overslept! Maybe. But … More I slept in!
Today we gave an interview for the local magazine. Usually I’m not the one who likes to be in magazines. I simply don’t wanna be popular. (Be real, you can’t get popular by giving an interview in local magazine!). …all started at the end of November 2016 when someone wrote me in the Facebook by claiming that … More Interview for a magazine
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