bb18

New crochet project on the kitchen table.

I haven't touched a crochet hook for a month and that's a long time for me.
After the Sicily summer holiday, I suddenly missed the crochet.

I felt like working on small 'garden projects', feasible on summer days, so squares seemed perfect to me.

I gave my original baby blanket pattern a new twist.

Now the squares are done and ready to turn them into a baby blanket and that's certainly a kitchen table project.

bb18 - baby blanket 2018 - is almost done...

kaftan sale

S A L E

Last kaftans in the ETSY SHOP. Now 29 euro!

summertime, and the livin' is easy

Summertime, and the livin' is easy...

la vita è bella in sicilia

The first weeks on Sicily we walked an average of 10 km per day, so we finally decided not to go on the Etna the last day. Time to relax on the beach the last days of our holiday.

Sicily may be part of Italy, however it's separated geographically and culturally and the island is rich in its own dramatic history. Blessed by a wonderful climate and welcoming people, proud to share their beautiful island with you. With a wealth of art and archaeological gems, historic cities, medieval villages, truly superb food and stunning nature. Sicily surprised us.

La vita è bella in Sicilia!

il manifesto

On the second day of our stay in Palermo, we came across a bright billboard, on the way to the botanical garden.

We tried to find out the artist of this striking drawing of the woman with lilac & yellow headscarf. So we looked it up and initially thought the number 863 on the sign, would lead us to the artist. Not...

On our way back, we even tried loosen the poster from the billboard (I have to admit), but it was stuck on dozens of layers of posters. In the end we decided to photograph the poster and make a poster of it later.

After a few days when we past this place again on our way to the station, we came to the conclusion that 'our' beautiful poster was covered by a supermarket advertising. What a shame! (for an unknown cola brand, how irreverent...)

Luckily we still had the photo! And luckily now there is a new version at our home, a splendid souvenir of Sicily.

Just in case there's someone who knows the name of the artist, I would really like to know.

aci trezza

Aci Trezza is a small village in Sicily, 10 km north of Catania.

Located on the coast of the Ionian Sea, Aci Trezza is a popular spot for Italian vacationers in the summer. We visited in the preseason, so it was still fairly quiet.
On the coast of Aci Trezza there are three tall, column-shaped islands. According to local legend, these great stones are the ones thrown at Odysseus in The Odyssey. The islands of the Cyclops or "isole dei ciclopi" are located below Mount Etna, which looms over the village to the northwest.

We drove with our small Fiat 500 to Aci Trezza and made a boat trip with the most charming elderly local fisherman around the islands of the Cyclops.

After our boat trip we stayed on a 'lido solarium' above the lava beach and when we returned to the parking, we were lucky, because we ended up in the middle of a Godfather scene, when a newly-married couple got out of church.