corner view - evening

a late corner view, but yesterday i finally found the right time and place to capture the evenings around here. these days we have an awful lot of candle lights. there are the christmas calendar candles, the advent candles and just plain candles. and this week we have the chanukka candles too. what luck that i love candles with these two holidays celebrated at the same time in the same house.

i wish you all plenty of beautiful light to brighten your evenings whatever you celebrate.

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what i brought home

ok, i didn't really bring this home. my mother brought it to me, this amazing embroidery piece with common butterflies in denmark. it was made by her aunt ida whom i met once. she was a nun and by the time i met her, she lived in a home for elderly nuns. i cannot have been more than 6 or 7 and i remember being a bit disappointed. see, i was expecting to see a sound-of-music type nun in black and white, heads covered and all. i maybe even expected that she would be this strict, old fashioned nun. and i thought that would be very exciting. but she wasn't. she was dressed in a simple grey dress, nothing covered her head, and she was just nice and sweet.

she made this piece for my parents when they married, even though she wasn't there. my parents got married in the town hall, followed by a simple lunch for the close family. my mom looked amazing in a pink 60s, jackie o style dress with red, pointy shoes. my dad in a slim fit suit. not that i was there either, but i saw the photos.

anyway, aunt ida sent them this butterfly piece, and i remember it hanging in our home. later it came down and was packed away. recently my mom found it in a box and decided to give it to me. i could not have been happier about her choice. i love it. it is so exquisite, so many details and so perfect. and it's like bringing a piece of my childhood home into my very own home.

beach. and bones

we went to the beach the other day. with mormor and morfar (grandma and grandpa in danish). it was crazy wonderful. as it usually is. i cannot think of anything that can just clear my mind and brain like an hour or two at the beach. especially this time of year. as much as i like summer days at the beach, these israeli winter days, where the sun is strong enough to warm you, but still leaves the air fresh and clear, these days i think i like a little bit more. the high sea, the amazing colors, the white foam, the air, the light...sigh... it's true love.

a couple of weeks back we went right after a little storm. and we found these huge bones. the kids loved it and obviously had to bring them home. you know, it's not everyday you find dinosaur bones at your local beach. so we took them home. and i actually think they are gorgeous, because they have been in the sea for so long. they are completely whitewashed and smooth, and their shapes are interesting. but what is it? anyone out there in blog world who knows about bones? is it from an animal in the sea? a dead cow? (just, please, please don't tell me it's human...). beside that joint looking thing in J's hand, we also found these two long bones. first is around 30 cm, second around 40 cm.

and then there is this one. it has a very strange shape, but it really does feel like a bone. what could that be?

and as you see, the weather still makes it hard to believe it's soon christmas, but i cannot say we don't enjoy the nice and warm weather. what are you enjoying these days?

in the city of gold

we took the day of. the kids, my parents and i went to jerusalem to meet D's younger sister who lives there. we walk through the old city bazaar. it is an absolute tourist trap, especially religious tourists, but nevertheless, it's fascinating and there are so much to look at. we made stops in some churches and at the wailing wall, watched the amazing view over the "city of gold" as the sun set and reflected in the yellow sand stones of the city and the gold of mosque roofs, giant menorahs and crosses reaching for the sky.

it was a great day. there's no traffic in the little streets of the old city and it's a colorful potpourri of race, ethnicity, culture, religion and ages - people as well as buildings.

we are exhausted now, in our minds, bodies and souls. in the good way.

more photos to come...

how sweet is that

look what i got. in fact i got it a couple of weeks back, but never found the opportunity to share.

it came as a complete surprise, all the way from holland and sweet pien from pienduzz. she felt sorry for me after this post. and then she wrapped one of her cute little bags in an old map from holland. so lovely. thank you so much!

wishing you all a sweet and lovely week.

holiday season

so, it began. the holiday season. hanukka is coming up, and christmas is starting to show in our house. so far i made some felted hearts from an old sweater, set out the little angels, and hung the mobile my mother brought me. by the way, this mobile was my grandmother's. it's from the early 1960s and it is absolutely adorable when it's moving up there in the corner.

but beside these decorations it's hard to tell it's christmas. especially since we are in the middle of a 25 degrees celcius heat wave, sitting outside for breakfast under the palm trees. so we had to bring the christmas calendar candle out there with us to remember. that it is indeed that time of the year. (and yes, we're not in schedule with the candle, but we'll get there, sooner or later. we always do)

corner view - corners of my home

when i got back home today the sun was gone, the light too. so for now, these two not-so-new photos. i think i will have to follow up on this corner view.

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