some dinners and the chestnut tree

i'm working hard on finishing off last years cherries, there are still a few pounds in the freezer. i have started to bake all kinds of 'cherry pie", some with ground walnuts, ground hazelnuts, ground almonds, coconut flakes. some more custard like pies and others which are with just a little creme, etc. you get the idea. they fly from the table and i'm glad for that.
then is the asparagus season upon us, i have been able to buy local green asparagus at the market and we had them in risotto or what everyone liked in those little pockets of puffy pastry, what you don't see, there is a layer of cured ham wrapped into the packet too. on other occasions i served just plain asparagus with a piece of goat cheese, and yes that was gone and called for more by all, except thea she loved the cheese but not "that green bean", mama i don't like that...
i'm sure she will eventually get her palette to like even the green asparagus.

and then behind the house, our chestnut tree has been in bloom it was wonderful.

crocheting is happening

we got a good time crocheting over the weekend, the hocks were picked up and naomi as well as elias got started with new projects, while i was happily doing granny squares for the sampler afghan. simple 3 rows, 14 of them. it was lots of fun, and yes i'm already impatiently waiting for next friday's "week 3", by blair
i'm so loving the simple crocheting and still it's new to me. i have not crochet for a long time...
and using up old stash is fun and feels so good to me. i love shopping for yarn and wool, it's so wonderful to feel the new strands and choose new colours. but for now i'm very content to use what's in the house, though i got two new balls, a pink and a light blue. it was needed to brighten up the rather dull stash in my house.
i'm very curious how everything will end up looking, and i'm so up for the surprise.

naomi an elias started working on some kind of potholders with strong cotton thread. it's rather hard to work with it, but they didn't give up yet and there are some clear goals set.

loving the weekend

we were at my parents for the long weekend (pentecost was celebrated on sunday, and in switzerland we add a monday holiday). it was wonderful, great weather, tending the wines with my dad loving the buzz of all the bees in the flower beds around the house and where ever we went. there was a very special place in the woods, a bit of a clearing with lots of brumbles. the kids and myself, we all stood still for a moment, closed our eyes and listened...
of course fresh bouquets on the dinner table and of course fresh "thurgauer" strawberries, it's the time now to enjoy the local berries. they taste wonderful (since mid february we had strawberries in the store, from all over the world, just not from here!) though i didn't buy one berrie, they didn't even tempt me as there was absolutely no smell to them. this is very different now, i got some from the market. no resisting, as the smell of strawberries was in the air!
loving them and so do all around me, there will be more of this red treasure.