Holiday - Hooray!

Today we are departing for Spain and we are all looking forward to a relaxing and easy time at the sea. I could also imagine travelling with this beautiful little trailer. All so sweet and a treat for the soul!

I hope I'll be able to post during our time away - however, please stay tuned - I'll do my very best!

Wishing you an easy time as well.

 Please note that on August 6th there is another giveaway!

Bye for now!

Emilie's daughter


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Bruschette

Quick dinner yesterday: Toasted some bread, rubbed in some garlic, sliced some tomatoes,  squeezed them onto the bread, added some chopped basil, salt and pepper and poured a little bit of olive oil over. These bruschette were accompanied by feta cheese, green salad and a glass of red wine.

Live is never trivial but it can be so simple...

Emilie's daughter

Pillow case out of a bag

One of our boys went with his biology class to the North sea. He had a fantastic time and was fascinated by flora and fauna. When he returned he presented me a fabric bag showing the lighthouse of Amrun. I immediately liked it but thought it to be a pity  for shopping. So I made a pillow case out of it. The only thing I had to do was cutting the handles into two pieces each, sew a hem and then bind it to a loop. Doesn't it look great on that chair?

Have a creative Friday!

Emilie's daughter

A day of relief

 Before going to the orthodontist

after the orthodontist!

After four years my son had his brace removed yesterday! 

He is so relieved and happy and I must admit it was worth the money and trouble we and he went through! 

What a cheerful day of laughter and impeccable smiles!

Emilie's daughter

For you!

These cupcakes are for you, dear blog readers! It makes me so happy to have you here!

Wishing you a sweet day and thanks for visiting me!

To all readers from France: Happy Bastille day!

Emilie's daughter

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White! White! White!

May I serve you some more eye-candies today? I got captured by these photographs and the white, light and summery ambience.

Here the weather was really muggy yesterday but after some rain it feels cooler now and one is able to breathe again. 

I hope the sun is shining on you today and if not,  I am sure you've got some sunshine in your heart!

Emilie's daughter

pictures via Sköna Hem

Photographs - magical!

I am totally in love with these pictures!! The light, the arrangements, the atmosphere... magic! They were shot by Rachel Whiting. If you want to treat yourself to more eye candies then then look here.

 I hope today is a good day for you.

Emilie's daughter

In the wilderness

Hi, here is hubby (also know as Albert's son).

Thank you, Emilie's daughter, for invitation to be your guest-blogger today!

This weekend, we were 3 hubbies and 4 of our sons (one sick, one abroad) going

 away for our so-called "annually men's nature adventure trip".

That's how it started: heavy backpacks and hot weather in the

beautiful Emmental (community of Eggiwil and river Emme, to be precise).

                              

 Hard work to do: crossing the Emme several times, backpacks

heavy like hell, but lots of nice things in there!

Shortly after arriving at our biwak place, we started our culinary event with a few

nice pans of melted cheese (raclette , we call that here) - first course!

Cheese alone is not the solution: we baked our own bread. 

Second course: Beautiful tiger prawns with spring onions and herbs!

 

Now let's go to the "main course": this is a young pig from Wichtrach (near Berne)

which had a nice, but very short live - I know we are horrible, sorry little beautiful pig!

Although it has been prepared before by the best butcher of Bern,

Mr. Steiner and son...

... we injected olive oil to get the pig even more tender and delicate.

The story goes on ... the pig is fixed to the spit ...

... and has to be turned over the fire for 5 to 6 hours - some beers helped the cooks ...

... and the nice pig as well!

  The great moment: the chef (please notice: he's wearing an apron in the middle of nowhere!)

carves our wonderful young pig ...

 

... and the pieces - just wonderful ham - are kept warm in a "side-pan".

That's how it looks like after one hour we started eating and 7 hungry guys around ...

The bellies are full and we relax at the fire ...

... and fall asleep inside (the tent) ...

... or outside between the trees ... imagine: it was raining cats and dogs that night, but our shelters and sleeping bags kept us dry and warm.

Finishing the next day - this time with a nice pot of spaghetti.

And that's us: 7 Swiss indians in the wild!

 A last sight back - mother nature, we love you!
And thank you Yänu, Dömu, Välu, Thömu, Mättu and Möru! You are really friends!

 Albert's son