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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
What's Hot and What's Not on a Wednesday
1 commenti Pubblicato da QueenForOneDay a Tuesday, December 15, 2009One more week has passed and it's time again for the "Hot or Not" list. So, what's been happening here in Morsasco all week long?
Hot
- New chicken coop finally built and happy chickens moved into their new home, far away from the bedroom window to not to hear the rooster crowing at odd times. Aren't they supposed to have an inner clock or something? Ours apparently doesn't have one, as he starts whenever he feels like it.
- A picture published on Craftgawker!
- New (for me) blog discovered today - loads of gorgeous stuff for printing, like the Carnivorous Plants Calendar
- Christmas presents problem solved, thanks also to Luana's helpful link
- Ordering books from Amazon, inlcuding Julia Child's "French Cooking" - it was too much talked about to be ignored
- Making lists
- Ticking things off lists - very satisfying :)
- Loosing a baby chick to an unknown beast just one day before moving into the new coop - very sad :(
- Bad hair days ....
Pass at Loobylu's for more Wednesday Hot or Not lists
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Another week, another hot or not list following Loobylu's thread.
Hot
- My first ever Nativity. It comes from Peru :) Love Maria and Joseph with the traditional Peruvian caps and capes and the baby Jesus in his nutshell-crib. Have discovered it at a fair-trade market in Genoa, along with other Nativities from all over the world and tasty mango fair-trade jam.
- Two more weeks till Christmas - means two more weeks till I can go to Germany to visit my parents and grandma+grandpa. Means lots and lots of cooking and baking and trying out all kind of new recipes.
- Our dogs. One (or rather three) of the most beautiful things when I come back home after 1,5 hours of commuting. How could I eve live without them before?!
- A very long weekend due to the two days of holidays yesterday ("bridge") and today (The Immaculate Conception) - lots of time to indulge in knitting by the fire, making long walks outside and finally building the new chicken coop.
Not hot
- Two more weeks till Christmas - and no idea about presents to make ...
- A nasty landslide that has blocked the (already slow) commuter train line for most of the last week. Means - 2 hours to go to work and other 2,5 to come back home .... And it's only December! I'm wondering what it's gonna be like when real winter comes?
Fortunately, only 2 Not's this week - against 4 Hot's. Definitively a good week :)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Yes, it’s that time of the week again. Following Loobylu’s thread here it comes again – what’s hot and what’s not on a Wednesday?
Hot
- Four baby chickens that have successfully survived the 600 + km of us changing home
- The Sharon fruit tree and the pomegranate tree in my new garden that provide me with sweet tasty fruit for my lunchbox
- The wood-burning stove in our living room – never had such a cosy warm winter
- Kimmi dolls – have just discovered these gorgeous Japanese wooden dolls last week. Still cannot decide about to whom of them to give a shelter on my library shelf.
Not
- A Skorpion in the bathtub - these are the disadvantages of living out in the "wild"
- 2 weeks of continuous fog around here
- Commuter trains that are always late
- The last part of “Un medico in famiglia”
What is hot or not at your place this week?
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
What's Hot and What's Not on a Wednesday
0 commenti Pubblicato da QueenForOneDay a Wednesday, October 28, 2009Following the thread on Loobylu’s page (which, by the way, is one of my favourite blogs, and the first one I started reading, either) I decided to participate in this week’s Hot or Not series.
So, what’s hot on a Wednesday?
The last beautiful Indian Summer days in Rome are definitely hot
Going to the Vatican Museums tomorrow – Hot! I am ashamed to say that after more than a year in Rome I still haven’t been there. Tomorrow is my last chance…Why? See the “Not so Hot” part :)
The Feijoa tree that’s growing in our backyard. It bloomed beautifully all summer long, and yesterday I tried my first fruit – it’s fantastic! It tastes like a mix of wild strawberry and kiwi, sweet and tangy and intense. I think I’m hooked on those ….
Shopping – hot hot hot!!!! I did quite a bit of online-shopping lately and am currently waiting for:
These gorgeous Japanese crafting books bought from here, which is the best source when it comes to Japanese books.
A book full of scarf knitting projects from here – winter, I’m ready!!
A shortbread mold with a beautiful butterfly pattern.
Lots of fabrics and other pretty little things from Dawanda – the German equivalent of Etsy (by the by, I’ve got a shop on Dawanda – come to visit me soon ;)
Waiting for baby chicks to hatch – incredibly hot! Our sitting hen is currently hatching 16 eggs which should be due in 3 days. Last time we scored 5 out of 10 and kept her. She’s quite a beauty by now:
What’s not-so-hot?
I am leaving Rome. Like, next week already. I am moving to Genoa, which is a cool city, and I will do a nice job, which is cool as well, but I will be missing Rome. Things like stepping out of the metro and finding the Coliseum right in front of you, or strolling along the Fori Impreriali – my favorite part of Rome, stopping for a piece of pizza in San Giovanni or going to Porta Portese flea market ….It’s just the usual story – you think you still have a lot of time to do everything, and then the time is over, you move on and leave things undone. Oh, I’m getting too melancholic here…
Angry neighbors in general – not hot
Angry neighbors that don’t like dogs and keep on complaining – so not hot
