Summer Twenty Twenty

Summer started for us in Croatia in June - I had the Adriatic

Sea for myself - can you see me? Ok, it was in the morning

but also later on it was never crowded due to the horrible virus.

Our favorite Park Café - where they have internet for us with just

a cup of excellent coffee - and it is cool inside - people had to keep

distance inside or outside



This is not our yacht - we like our two wheels

Below: We were absent for three weeks - this belonged

to grandson #1 - looks crispy

I had more luck with outside plants

And back again with coffee guests




Mice which I love more than the real ones - very nice mice

They are from Ann Wood handmade

https://www.annwoodhandmade.com/very-nice-mice-

pattern-and-instructions-and-its-free/

...and it is free and so wonderfully explained




Small practical things, I am reading the posts of

www.sewcanshe.com - she shows lovely little things to

create. Summer was too hot for larger projects.

Below:
This is a Tanja-Steinbach-creation - a crocheted lantern

I took it with me for an „outside-sit-in“ with friends in

Blackforest - naturally with a battery-powered little candle

Walking - this is also Blackforest - high up - 620 above sea level

no fir trees - even corn fields and villages

And again the dotee dolls - I love small

This is the end for now

I will show much more soon

Hvar - window

Window of a palace in Hvar

Svjeti Stijepan

Summer abode

View from our terrace - privileged place

 .

And a minute later .....

Just in time .....

.... to find those beautiful girls in traditional costumes -

they waited for their song performance in this small church in

Ogulin - we made a stop here on our way to the island

of Hvar..

They posed in less than a second when I asked them if I may take a photo.

Probably used to be in focus.

 DH thinks that married women are wearing white an black

We entered to listen a bit

DH thinks that married women are wearing blak and white costumes

This is a special happening of the church in Karlovac

the church

and the fortress in this little town

Helpings are not small in restaurants - so we share this "Cremeschnitte" -

one plate, two forks, one dessert.

Spider-web - a bag - fleamarket and a souvenir

 

 

Work of a busy spider - does she want to catch some insect?

I amsure it is a she...

See our rusted gate - that's why we call the farmhouse a villa

 

Spider-web

The bag:

As it was before - lying about

as it is now around my hip or on the shoulder

It accompanied me to the vide-grenier - fleamarket - marché aux puces

and there not only old rubbish but also goodies to eat

Sausages on the vide-grenier

And then my true find - lovely old lace - for near to nothing

This one is tatted - old but without any flaw.

Tatted lace

I am not sure how the left one was made

 

it it so delicate and fine

 

 

Detail of tatted lace

How long a young lady or a woman sat to make it -

so many years ago - and I get it for 1 (one) Euro!

More lace - can you hear my scream of delight, Karen?

 

 

 

And then the souvenir of Hvar, Croatia, with

daughter - granddaughter - and happy grandparents

Meanwhile I washed and damp stretched the pieces

of lace - and they came out wonderfully.

Now, what to do with them - just look at them?

I will certainly keep the tatted girdle-like one complete

as it is.