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I love autumn!

Can't wait for my holiday to start and hope that my sister will like Brighton, London and the UK.

I'll try to roast a chicken on Sunday and hope that I'll manage to carve it.

I cleaned out the cupboard with all my tea. I have tons of it but always drink the same ones.

I started stitching a Christmas picture yesterday an expect it to be 60 hours of work.

Day at work was good fun though I wasn't too productive.

Weekend will be rainy and cold according to weather report so I'll spend it inside with reading, stitching and Dvds.

Sunday again

*seen* Nothing! Really, no single movie all week long! *heard* Girls, Girls, Girls. A quite sad song about love and dreams. *read* The Centenarian Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared. Nero Corleone.*done* Spent a lot time on the balcony. Read. Stitched a card for my sister. Celebrated my sisters birthday. Enjoyed our village fair. *eaten* Too many chips. My favorite cake. Ice. Salad. *drank* No single gulp alcohol though I felt drunk yesterday *thought* That I haven't gotten such a nice compliment for such a long time. I asked somebody why he was smiling at me yesterday. His answer: "I saw you standing there and thought, that you love your life. So I smiled at you." *been glad* that I'm able to love my life. *been annoyed* by somebody who tried to kiss me  *bought* a CD of a local band

Blueberry pancake

If somebody offered my a blueberry pancake a while ago I'd said no, thanks. Not because of the pancake but because of the blueberries... I had so many of them when I was a child as my granny was always going "into the blueberries" as we used to call her trips to collect as many of them as possible. We also often had to join as kids and it was a death-boring thing.... The only more or less interessting thing about it was singing, as this upset granny quite a bit cause somebody could hear us and try to steal our berries.... So I'm not a big fan of blueberries.

Well, not "am" but "was" as a bowl of them just jumped into my shopping basket on Friday.... And a second bowl found it's way to my kitchen yesterday.... I don't know why I haven't liked them for so long as they're just delish!

So this morning I felt like having some blueberry pancake. I topped them with lemon yoghurt cause I wasn't able to open my bottle of maple syrup.... The lid was almost glued to the bottle.... So I had ti find a substitute topping.

For 2  servings

150 g flour
200 g yoghurt
2 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs
salt, lemon zest, baking powder
blueberries
butter for frying

Whisk eggs and yoghurt in a bowl and flour, sugar, a pinch of salt, some lemon zest and some baking powder in another. Add the flour mixture to the yoghurt, stir well.
Heat a tad butter (really just a pea-sized bit) in a frying pan, put the batter into it (roughly one tablespoon par pancake) and top with the berries. Fry for three minutes each side and transfer to a plate. Repeat with some more butter and the rest of the rest of the batter.

Serve with maple syrup - if you're able to open the bottle - or whiped cream, lemon yoghurt or whatever you like.

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My sister and I booked our holidays on Wednesday. It is coming closer! It will be the first time in the UK for my sister and also her first flight! She is already quite excited about it! And so am I!

Since I found out that Zalando sells Irregular Choice shoes I'm checking the page every now and then to see if some lovely ones in my size turn up. Today I finally found lovely ones, red with dotts!

The shoes will be a great thing to wear for the dotty-party a friend is planning.

Yesterday I met a friend in town but as we met relatively late and it made no sense to go home I drove through half of town by tram and read to use the waiting time.

I read the second great book this month, Random Acts of Heroic Love. So much wisdom on 400 something pages.... And such a good book was standing unread on my shelfe for at least a year.

My bestie and I will watch Starbuck tomorrow. 

I have a new favorite series at the moment, The Tube. Watched the 2012 one and now started the older one from 2003 or so.

Downstairs in the restaurant the piano player/singer is in action and it is good fun to try and recognice the songs he is playing. As sometimes he has his own way of singing/playing them.

My first sewing project in years

I really want to be creative at the moment and one of the things I wanted to do is sew something. I found a tutorial for a pillow includinc zipper a while ago and decided to make some for my sofa. Though then my sister told me that her boyfriend loves to open and close the zipper of his favorite pillow while watching telly. A while later an idea was born; a pillow with a zipper just for fun and a part that can be removed with buttons. And a great idea for me to practice buttonholes and zippers as I haven't used the sewing machine much since I left school.

He is a typical boy (though turning 23) and loves cars, so I decided on this car design. It took me quite a while to sew it as I had to do the side with the zipper twice as it didn't worked the first time. And the button holes turned out to be a nightmare too, as the machine should actually save the size of the button hole till you switch it off, so you just have to do one properly and then the rest should go automatically. But didn't.... It isn't perfect in any way, though I really tried my best. And really enjoyed sewing! Should do it more often!

 Front side with the extra part

 Front side without the extra part

Back side with zipper

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I'm still quite impressed by A novel in the viola.

I started sewing a pillow this week and will still have a good deal of work to do tomorrow. Two zipper and six button holes.

My boss and me had to enjoy this last week on our own before getting an apprentice again on monday.

When everything goes to plan my sister and me will travel to Brighton and London mid september. I hope she'll like it as much as I do!

I see down on a railway track a bit away and while I had dinner on my balcony saw "Churchill Doppelpfeil" passing which is a red engine, who was nicknames "Red arrow" and since it was used to transport Winston Churchill when he visited Switzerland in 1946 is named after him.

In guess I'll bake apricot crumble on Sunday. Can't have enough crumble.

Hiking

My sister called yesterday if I'd like to join them today. She and her boyfriend wanted to go hiking with my parents and take a friends dog with them. So I said I'll come as well. It was the first time in years that I went hiking! Well, if we don't count some "long walks". But real proper hiking with backpack and hiking shoes... Haven't done it for a long time. So down to the basement to find my hiking shoes and my raincoat - wasn't even sure if I still have it...

We spent a really great day, though weather turned bad in the afternoon and we got quite wet. Afterwards we visited nanny for some coffee-drinking and it was such a great day!

 View over Walensee

 Yeti? Bigfoor? Nooooo! Kiri!

 Kiri enjoys the view

"Menhir left by Obelix on his way to Rome"

 The last part of the journey was a bit a wet business

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Sometimes when I have to wait at the station I count the wheels of passing trains.

I was prepared for a rainy day today and ended up dressed ways too warm.

I bought some stitching supplies today and the shop assistant asked me how I find the patience to stitch. Funny that's what everybody asks.

Started a new book today after it was standing on a shelve unread since late last year... A novel in the viola by Natasha Solomons. So far it is absolutely living up to expectations!

My new grey cardi arrived today. It's from a label called Postcard from Brighton.

Just had a really tasty dinner! Feta with tomato sauce! Yummy

Been busy stitching

I've been quite busy stitching for the last three weeks. Just can't stop and have so many things I want to do! At the moment I'm working on another sheep-pictue, "Baaaattle of Hastings" where some sheeps are standing on the battle field with shields and flaggs and stuff.

Elephant Happy Birthday card for a friend

Great sheep in Literature card for my bestie -as we both love spying

Butterfly card, no idea yet for what I'm going to use it

Keep calm and read on bookmark for myself

Smilie bookmark for a friend

I'm really in love with the elephant card, I guess I'll stitch some more of them. I like the colours as they're so seventies though I guess it would as look great in green and yellow or violet/pink.