Winter

Hibernation. Reccuring colds. Bookworm-ness. Cosy fires. Roadtrips and a trip to Sweden. Tiny bit of music. Dogs and cats. Flowers and green strawberries. Work. More work. Chainsaw. Trenches. Bonfire. Birds. Thorns. Good chats. Bit of creativity. Sound. Mesmerizing frequencies. Food. Thinking about life and death and life stories. Observing the old. Leak on the roof. Too many potholes. Wool. Hot chocolates. Uplift. Drops. Slow. Stretching daylight. We're definitely over the hardest bit, yuppi!!!!The rest shall be told by pictures. :) Adios!

Uisce n her brother, Bodhi playing

 Chillin

 Friends in crime...did I leave the bedroom door open?:)

 Brave Squeek, the cat

 Highway belly

 Mince pies yumm

 A lot of dogs in the boot

 Me and my most consistent audience

 Swedish sea

 Old windmill

 Juniper berries

 Make sure you pay the troll, else the rock might drop on your head;-)

 Zsuzsi and a biiiig standing stone

 Swedish lake

 Green roof

 Zsuzsi and Magnus. It was veeery cold

 Fun and games

 Wrist warmers

 Tractor hat

 Wristwarmer

 The making of the drum case

My lovely drum case for my lovely milky way drum

Speaks for itself

I think this picture speaks for itself, this is the porch pretty much finished from the outside. I'm delighted! And may it be a lesson to all: be brave and you can make all sorts of things even when you haven't a clue :)

Raindrops and grey skies

It has been a while...again:) Tonight is a night when staying home and creating has won over responding to the mental urge of I should go out and socialize 'cause the night is long and dark. Ah well, there'll be plenty time for such merriment. I've been listening to this band called Rising Appalachia  for the last hour whilst rekindling my lost enjoyment of glass painting. They're simply great. Simple and great. I don't know what they're singin about as I rarely listen to words (you can still talk to me:) but the music is catchy.
Anyhow, this year I decided I take on Christmas preparations a little bit. Remembering those years when I spent the month pf december making presents for people I care about. I've lost that since, and usually at the end of December woke up in panic of some sort. Not because I should've had gifts for certain people, but because I lost the creation time when I remember those people. So here we go, this is going to be a december of creation!
The little bit of freetime of the last couple weeks have been spent with building a porch onto the mobile home. Still a good bit to do, but the main structure and outer walls are standing, so it all seems very easy, not as scary and wobbly as it did at first... Sturdy it is! Have a look:

 

It's even more advanced now but haven't got more pictures yet.

Another thing, I;ve started recording a few snippets of cello songs, I should say early versions of tunes which will possibly develop further, have a listen here.

Uisce dog is 1 year old today, wo hoo. Who would've thought I'll have a 1 year old pup in my house a year ago...I certainly didn't. :) I've been a little worried about her today as her spaying wound from 2 weeks ago seemed to have flared up a little, but been treating it with antispetic wash and aloe vera, and it seems a bit better. I made sure she had some special birthday bones and cuddles today:) 

That's it for now, enjoy the heart of the long dark evenings!!! And make sure you find the lamp of inspiration! Here's mine: 

Autumn

Been a good while since my last post... I suppose it's been busy times. A 2-week long trip to Hungary at the start of september (to attend my little brother's wedding and visit family and friends), and since it's been work, more work, music (including a rather interesting short term african-vibe project), preparations for the winter around the place, and all sorts of other bits and bobs. I feel quite happy and balanced these days, with of course moments of lost equilibrium, but generally enjoying the learning of presence, awareness, surrender and openness. Etc.:) Continuously enjoying the delightful presence of Uisce dog, she's great craic and an amazing balancing element in life (wish ye could see her right now, stretching out on sofa in front of fire, one paw under her face in a very humanlike manner /camera's been lent to some friends so can't capture it right now, but can assure you its supercute/)
Anyhow, I give you pictures instead of words. Happy fireside evenings and delightful autumn-fallen-leaf kicking in the woods to ye all!!xx

Playdough

My sister...

My nice and nephew, cuties

The newly wed's moving in to their new place

Beautiful hungarian woods

Myself and my great friend Iza on our day of hillwalking

Horses

Pretty traditional hungarian cottage

The sign we followed for some of the way

Nostalgic kids railway in the woods

Found this old pic at mum's, me and our first dog, Fleti

A cockatiel found at mum's garden. Apparently still there after a month. Enjoying the freedom

Mum's old dog, Lili

Woodland path

Uisce pretending she's small

Tomato sauce yumm

Tomato sauce bubbling away in the pot

Look what I found in the compost!!!

Sleepy times