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Category / Blissfull moments

European loves (Gent, Belgium)

by Nora

Morning lovelies! I really intended to write this post earlier, but yeah, you know, school year is heading to its end and this means exam preparations, extra rehearsals for ballet performances, weekends full of taxi-driver duties for the little Misses of the pond…everything to keep me away from crocheting and blog writing. But, here I am,...

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Easter break part 2 (the mountains)

by Nora

Easter holidays have gone fast and I’ve just found a tiny tad of time to sit down and share with you the second part of Frog’s family break; Remember? The mountains! As already said before here , Mr. BeardMan owns an old family house located at a mountain village in the northern part of the country....

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Blissfull moments Crochet Nature Spring

When dusk falls at the streets

by Nora

I think I’ve elaborated quite some times on this blog on my routine drives of the little Misses of the pond to their afternoon activities; It’s actually three times per week, three afternoons, from 6:30 to 9:30. Three whole hours, meaning enough time for them to do all their music and ballet classes, but also...

When the almond trees bloom

by Nora

“The almond trees have bloomed!” This, in plain Greek, means that spring is here; even if it’s still not warm enough and it still rains some days, even if it’s just the first day of the first month of my most loved season, when you hear that the almond trees have bloomed, then you know...

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Blissfull moments Spring

Long weekends away from the city

by Nora

Long weekends are the joy of the working mum, the celebration of school girls, the smile of the long forgotten country house and its abandoned garden. All these and much more was the ‘weekend plus Ash Monday’ when the Frog Family found the chance to escape to its paradise. With backpacks filled with school books...

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Blissfull moments Crochet Nature Spring

Calm weekends, the sea and the “milk&butter” monster blanket

by Nora

Hello lovelies! It’s Monday morning, a bright one, few clouds at the sky, sun is shining through and even if the temperature is still far from spring, well, we do have some serious hopes! A calm weekend has just passed, with a few outs and abouts, with the little Misses of our pond arranging meetings with...

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Blissfull moments Crochet Nature Winter

Flowers, fresh bread and grey skies

by Nora

My usual mornings rarely include routes other than the school runs and the home-office boring drive. Today was one of the exceptions, as I had to head to the centre of our town for a quick morning coffee with a friend and beloved co-crafter :-). I hadn’t met her for ages (well, for two months this...

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Blissfull moments Crochet Winter

Winter escapes and a chunky crochet shawl

by Nora

Just after New Year’s Day, Mr. BeardMan and me found the chance for a brief getaway. To be precise, for a three day trip outside the city and… WITHOUT kids! It’s a tradition we established not long ago. Twice per year, once in winter and once in summer, we escape shamelessly, leaving the girls with...

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Blissfull moments Crochet Nature Winter

Christmas all around

by Nora

December is a month of celebrations at Cherry Frog’s pond, starting with the name day of Little Miss no 2 (name days are celebrated equally to birthdays here, mind you), going on with the birthday of Little Miss no 1, my winter baby <3, and then of course…Christmas and New Year. It’s such...

Chestnut picking

by Nora

Chestnuts and mushrooms and pomegranates are three good reasons to love fall. Especially chestnuts. A few weeks ago we decided to set off for a long weekend to a traditional village 350 kilometers northern of Athens, a small place of 500 inhabitants, where my husband, let’s call him Mr. BeardMan, used to spend...

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Autumn Blissfull moments Crochet Nature

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