Crochet covered bottles

 























I'm still enjoying crocheting around all sorts of things.  These days I use small wine bottles and try out different patterns to cover them.  They become lovely vases if you just put one nice flower in them.

I especially love this blue colour!

 

Magical lights!

It's been a bit quiet on my blog but I have been really busy lately.  I'm using all my free time to crochet these lights.  I think they are perfect for my christmas gifts this year.  These purple ones are a gift for my mom.  She adores purple.  So these will probably match perfect with most of her outfits. It's not my favourite colour but I must admit they turned out all right.

More candle holders

 

I have made some more candle holders.  This time I used a nice ochre colour.  Although it's more of an autumn colour, I love to use this colour also in winter time.  It adds an even warmer and cozy touch to the candle light.

 

I don't know if you can tell, but for the right one I've used just simple granny squares.

Because I'm enjoying myself so much crocheting, the other day I bought some more really nice colours.  So I'll be making lots more of these.

Celebration!

 Today, I made this cake for my family.  I was inspired by a dutch magazine I bought this week.  There was a picture of a beautiful pie in it with these words written on the pie : WE ARE SO GOOD TOGETHER.  And indeed this is how I feel when I think of my kids and husband. 
Lately we've been a very busy family, even during the weekends.  And today, we were all at home so I decided to treat them well and I wanted to celebrate us just because we are a family. 

Of course my cake didn't look as pretty as the one in the magazine.  But they didn't care!!  We really enjoyed our little celebration today.

I hope you had a lovely weekend too!!

Little frog

While we were looking for chestnuts this weekend, we suddenly noticed this little fellow hiding.  Of course it's not hard to hide if you look like this. 

Our youngest one couldn't resist him and followed him around until he could pick him up.  He was really gentle with him and the frog didn't move at all while he was holding him.  He was probably scared to death.  But luckily he was freed again after taking this picture!

Another sunrise

My eldest son took this picture early in the morning, this weekend.  I was still enjoying my bed at that time.  But he thought it would be nice for my blog.  So here it is ...  Although throughout that day, it was cold and gray, the sun did a great job to paint the sky in such a nice warm colour in the morning.

Sunrise!

 










On a sunny day, this is the first view I see in the morning when I leave my house.  I can't get enough of this sight.  It always makes me smile and I feel so lucky to be alive.
With this beautiful weather last week, I could enjoy this view every day. I took this picture just in time, because I'm afraid our Indian summer is over. 

Now I can keep on smiling just by looking at my blog!!  Hope you enjoy this too!!

Beautiful morning!

I saw so many beautiful spider's webs this morning in the orchard.  But grasping them on a photo was harder than I expected. Sometimes you can see so much more through your lens than with your own eyes.  But the webs just kept disappearing when I looked through my camera.  At last I took one picture I liked.
I really need to learn a bit more about photography and practice a whole lot more. If any of you have some tips, they are always welcome!!

Simple beauty!

I was so happy I could still spot some nice flowers on my walk this morning.  

Weatherwise summer has not been very nice in this part of the world, but it's so nice to see that these ordinary flowers just don't care.

Enjoy them while you can

Although I am still hoping of a little bit more sunshine to end this summer, autumn is just around the corner.  I do love autumn with his beautiful colors, but I'm also sad the beauty of all these flowers will disappear for a long time.  So enjoy the sight of these beautiful flowers!!

Beach inspiration

We went to the French coast this weekend.  

It rained a lot but in the evening the sun came out a bit and it gave us this beautiful  sky!

It was magical!!

Lovely weeds

I went for a walk this morning with my new camera. I came across so many ordinary weeds, but when you stop and have a real look at it ... they are so gorgeous.  I have no idea what the name of this plant is, but all the pictures are from the same plant in different stages.  Nature keeps amazing me!

Happy springtime!

One of the advantages of living in the countryside is seeing these lovely fields while driving my kids to school.  Despite all the damage we bring to nature, it still gives us these amazing views.

Have a little smile!

A friend of mine gave this to me ...  This is how I like to live my life.  It is just wonderful!  Wouldn't it be great if we would all try this...

Smiling is infectious,

You catch it like the flu,

When someone smiled at me today,

I started smiling too.

I passed around the corner,

And someone saw my grin,

When he smiled I realized,

I'd passed it on to him.

I thought about that smile,

Then realized its worth,

A single smile just like mine,

Could travel round the earth.

So, if you feel a smile begin,

Don't leave it undetected.

Let's start an epidemic quick,

And get the world infected.