Recently enjoyed things

1 - Inspired by some improvements in the building I live in, I've been doing some repainting myself. Its kind of relaxing to paint your sorroundings. Afterwards its inevitable to keep noticing how much better it looks (each time you pass by).

3 - Typical portuguese homemade sponge cake eaten in a picnic + J's favorite expresso coffee. 

3 - A finished pair of mittens made to offer a friend!

4 - The first dim sum I ate in Portugal. Delicious.

5 - The best feet-hug I ever got from Toffee.

Somewhere only we know II

Today I remembered this place I used to go, a long long time ago. Up north, hot summers, harvest time now. 

 * The photos were taken by J and me (a while ago) in one of our last visits.

The best thing I read today... "What matters"

A new place to go: 'Embaixada' in Princepe Real

A new place called “Embaixada” recently opened in Princepe Real, in the beautiful Ribeiro da Cunha Palace, a XIX century neo-arabic building. I went inside to have a look around on a rainy day and was really impressed with how wonderful it looks: many shops from new (and old) entrepreneurs, a nice restaurant in the courtyard and especially the building itself which is absolutely stunning. Have a look:

Maker of things

Came across this website and loved it. It starts with a (simple) question: 

"Who we are is intrinsically connected to what we do and the things we build.
So what does a lifetime of making things look like?"

New-old things

An old embroidery manual from my great-grandmother and a new woolen scarf I'm knitting (my first one ever).

A new-old chair for my desk. Love it.

A new playlist for my walks through the city (autumn mood) and some images cut out from an old calendar -  Rodin's work, too beautiful to throw away.

New lives for old clothes (practising my sewing machine abilities)

Old scraps of paper I've been saving in a box will soon be part of a new project.

Old chair, new tricks from Mia (100 meter hurdles...).

A new craft project: granny square blanket

My first attempt doing a granny square blanket, following these wonderful instructions. Not quite there yet, but slowly learning. Quite fun to do, though!

An image a day

A few years ago a good friend of mine offered me a beautiful 'Tibetan book of offerings'. There is  a sentence and a photo for each day. I had it close by for many years but somehow I lost track of were it was and today I found it again. This was the page for today:

In the evening, I tried to organize some of the photos we took while we were on holidays, 

And this was my favorite!

Holidays seem so far away already...