Winter escapes and a chunky crochet shawl

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...

-Read More-

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...

Wet December days

by Nora

It’s a strange December~ Very wet but not that cold until yesterday. Mornings I wear my distressed biker boots, the ones I’ve bought during a recent trip in the US, the ones I’ve fallen in love the very first moment I saw them 😉 and dive into the wet grass with no fear and no...

-Read More-

Everyday tits & bits Nature Winter

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...

-Read More-

Autumn Blissfull moments Crochet Nature

A studio full of memories

by Nora

My grandmother’s name was Nina. She was born in Smyrna in 1912 and fled with her family to Greece four years later, during the Minor Asia destruction in 1922. She’s gone through a lot and she has become a hard woman, as all women in matriarchal Greek societies have been. And while she was difficult...

A day of autumn gardening

by Nora

Yesterday I decided to take a day off work and drive to my paradise to take care of the garden before winter hits, to weed the flower beds, do all the pruning of the jasmine tree, the bougainvilleas, the laurels, the rose trees, the ivy and the plumbagos. So, just after the early morning school...

-Read More-

Autumn Blissfull moments Nature

Winter escapes and a chunky crochet shawl

Christmas all around

Wet December days

Chestnut picking

A studio full of memories

A day of autumn gardening

The beginning

Let the Frog Feed You with News!

You have Successfully Subscribed!