Cat talk

via 

This illustrated quote comes from one of my favorite modern artists, 

the magnificent Lisa Congdon 

and her new book.

( Is there a Santa in Springtime? )

Here is our eldest, five year old Patcha the crazy cat. 

A darling, really.

And our naughty little Feta 

(named after feta cheese, you may have guessed)

Two darling little creatures

making us love and relax

and laugh.

Are you a cat person

a dog person

or

a fish person?

Or maybe 

a garden person?

Do tell!

My Athenian Weekends-January

Goodmorning, dear friends,

I know I am blessed with one of the most beautiful mornings one can see from a window, that of the Acropolis. Its golden glow, different at all times of the day and night is just amazing.

Since we moved to Athens, we have been spending every weekend with my in-laws. It is so stramge how our lives change, our moods shift and once this shift happens everything falls into place and is as it was meant to be.

Soft and fragrant in a grammy hugging way, my mother-in-laws blankets have nothing fancy or modern, they are worn in places , but they smell divine. They are not machine washable but they get an almost ritual wash at the end of the winter and are kept tidily wrapped till the first cold winds of November blow.

At moments like these there is no place in the whole wide world I wouuld rather be.

In my garden, following a few days of rain and wind, the sun came out and the roses are getting new leaves.

I got a pair of pink UGG-style boots, all fleecy and cozy. Funny, my daughter has them in brown but I was smitten by pink.

At an one-day trip to our fome town of fifteen years, I found this, my favorite skirt ever. It is a deep emerald green doubled silk embroidered with pink flowers. I put it on on Saturday and went for coffee-to-go with my sweetheart. I managed to spill some of it on the skirt so I washed it in the woolen circle and it came out nicely. Yummy relief!

This lemon tree is just across my kitchen door. I look at it almost every day. lemon are ripening so slowly and i am thrilled to see them turn a beautiful yellow.

Can you see a little green one popping out , too?

Wishing you a beautiful, blessed week,

Spring in our garden

My garden looks like this.

This is actually the cutest part.

There is a tree that turned brown.

And plenty of wild greenery that some I recognize as eddible, some I dunno. For example, does any of you, o wise friends, know what plant is this and whether it is edible? It is velvety soft and I have two bushes growing wild in my garden, so they'd better be ;)

So, last week, I put my gardening equipment to use and raided my garden.

Some keepers, there.

Some lettuce and onion growing slowly during the winter months.

And some strawberries that begin blooming.

And this is my small apple tree that I adore. She's a beauty! Now I need to plant some seeds, and if I can find some non-greenhouse tomatoes to plant straight in the ground. 

And did I mention the tulips?

I bought them bulbs in Amsterdam in Spring 2011 and they are now blooming. 

I love beautiful, living memories.

How is your garden growing?