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27.11.2018

Christmas favourites: Villeroy & Boch - Lisää jäätä





Some favourites: V & B Christmas collection and "Kivi" candle holders (Iittala).




Jos olisin nuorempi, haluaisin kerätä V & B -jouluastioita, mutta koska astioita on jo kertynyt aivan tarpeeksi, tyydyn ihastelemaan näitä jouluisia esineitä.

Lämpötila on pysynyt pakkasen puolella nyt useita päiviä, ja jää peittää järven melkein kokonaan.


Milipeda glacialis 😊



Vettä on noussut jään päälle aivan joulukuusen muotoon. Tunnelmallista marraskuun loppua! 😊




🎄 Soon it's December! 🎄



P.S.: Uusi Muumi-animaatiosarja näyttää todella kauniilta!



17.11.2015

Breakfast?


Hello! Tuesday is the MakroTex photo challenge day! This week's theme is breakfast.

What you see here is not (all) the truth of my breakfast...  I don't drink my coffee black, but I think in photos a black coffee looks better than a caffè latte.  Secondly, these photos were taken at noon, because it's November and it's still dark outside when we Finns have our breakfast. :)










Not very happy with my breakfast photos, I posted only three of them. To cheer myself up, I add some photos of our "autumn lights". It's not long before we can put up the winter/ Christmas ones. :)










And we already have snow!








♥ Wishing you a serene day. ♥






5.10.2015

In my kitchen


Hello everyone! With this post I participate both in Mosaic Monday, hosted by Judith, (unfortunately the site doesn't exist any more) and in MakroTex challenge, hosted by Susanna. This week's theme is "in my kitchen".










The collage looked too boring. I edited it using Picasa.












Outside my kitchen window...



Have a lovely new week!


2.3.2015

Last hot chocolates




When we were living in Italy, our year was divided in two parts, the ice cream season and the hot chocolate season. In Italy, of course, you can taste the best ice creams in the world, and also very nice hot chocolate is served there. La cioccolata calda is thick and not very sweet.

Since the hot choc season is coming to an end soon, it's time to dedicate some photos to this lovely beverage that contains flavonoids, antioxidants and pure happiness.

This is my favourite cup for hot chocolate. I like love its colour and the material that feels lovely to touch. Perhaps the set could be called breakfast ware, there are also saucers, bowls, mugs, a sugar bowl, and a small creamer, which I find especially cute (see the mosaic at the bottom of this post).




Dark or extra dark chocolate, milk or cream, sugar. Adjust the amounts according to your taste:




The cinnamon roll and the biscuits are just for the photo. In my opinion, the chocolate with whipped cream is so delectable and rich it doesn't need anything to accompany it. I have sprinkled cinnamon over the cream; powdered chilli or ground black pepper would be our other favourites.





Participating in

Mosaic Monday
at Lavender Cottage Gardening
(unfortunately this site doesn't exist any more)






 Roses of Inspiration, on Tuesday,
as well as 


Have a lovely week ahead!