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… And A Happy New Year.

frike — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:15:10 +0000

Here’s to the new year! Exciting things are about to happen. Things will change, life will ebb and flow, as usual. This is it! Let’s try to not be too scared (just a little, healthy bit).

Awesome drawing by Chris Piascik.

Merry, Merry Christmas.

frike — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:42:43 +0000

Hello,

Christmas is near and that makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. This year, I’m really into it. Looking forward to all those things: counting my blessings, gathering with my loved ones, baking cookies, giving and receiving presents, eating, eating, eating, taking walks in the dark, contemplating that baby in the manger.

I mean, seriously. Somehow I am unable to have any ironic feelings towards Christmas this year. We have candles and wreaths and stockings and many other pieces of Christmas decor, and I love it so much.

I dunno. Is this what getting older and having babies does to you? And is that a bad thing?
Either way: have a merry, merry Christmas, and a happy new year.

xoxo, F.

Wordless Wreath Tutorial

frike — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:30:26 +0000

TTTE (Too Tired To Elaborate). But it’s rather self-explanatory, no?
xoxo, F.

Some Small Things.

frike — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:48:32 +0000

Hello blog!
I haven’t posted in a really long time. Stuff keeps getting in the way! Which is annoying (to myself only, I realize), but also, well… this is the life. So here’s some of the stuff.

Scones with strawberry jam.

So basically, instead of doing what I should be doing – i.e. thinking and working really hard – I tape pictures which I cut out from magazines to the soap bottles we use in the kitchen. And then I’m happy.

Interesting succulents by the kitchen window.

Goodbye, fall! I’ll miss you. Not sure if I’m ready for winter/ Christmas, but we’ll see!
xoxo, F.

Can You Believe It? Fall Is Here!

frike — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:52:54 +0000

Oh yes! And I love it. It has gotten quite chilly, but that’s fine.
We eat a lot of sweet potatoes and squash and pumpkin dishes, creamy sauces, casseroles, plum desserts… all the good, comforty stuff.
We go outside ‘collecting:’ chestnuts, sticks, leaves, stones…
We drink a lot of tea and hot chocolate.
We have to wear caps already!
We are thinking about the first batch of cookies. (Peanut and caramel?)
We look around us and are so happy and grateful. We try to be relaxed and creative and diligent and not scared.
This is it! This is the life.

Gladioluses…

frike — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:12:52 +0000

… or gladioli?
Either way, they sit on my kitchen window sill and are very pretty. I love those retro colors.
Fall is coming! And that’s not a bad thing.
xoxo, F.

To hold aloft the enchanted flag of summertime…

frike — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:07:50 +0000

Hi there,
those words up there aren’t mine (sadly); they are Michael Chabons.
Anyway; summer is almost over, and yet still in full swing. What did we do?

We went blueberry picking:

Most of them were eaten right away, just like that. Yumsers. But I also made pancakes:

And also a beautiful, wonderful blueberry raspberry tarte:

On our dinner table we have flowers grown on the balcony:

They make me so happy.

How’s your summer going?
xoxo, F.

Summer gardening.

frike — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:17:14 +0000

Hello blog,

here are some things I did.

I’ve been gardening (or rather: balconing [read: thrown store-bought seeds onto some store-bought soil in a flower box]), and the flowers turned out beautifully.

Also, a vine has grown from a grape seed (on the window sill). Hello, my name is Dr. Greenthumb!

There’s lots of stuff I’ve been doing, and I took lots of pictures and schemed on a million blog posts, but, you know… life gets in the way. But that’s okay.
I want to post some pics of the blanket that I’m knitting and the stamps I have collected and maybe of some scrapbook pages, we’ll see if I ever get around to it (i.e. overcome my laziness). Also, a new really nice and detailed cooking or baking post would be great, right?

xoxo, F.

Delaying.

frike — Fri, 20 May 2011 11:25:50 +0000

Is what I’m doing. Bah.

Exactly. The answer is: a lot.

xoxo, F.

Image via FFFFOUND! and EIKNARF

Magic, where are you?

frike — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:32:44 +0000

Words by Roald Dahl.
Picture by Carl Larsson.
Blossoms from the park.
Combination by me.

xoxo, F.