...MORE FRAMES...

The right side of that mirror, two postcards of Caudi's design that I bought in Barcelona, in the small frame a postcard from Maldives, our honeymoon destination, 20 years after our wedding, but it was worth to wait. And at last but not the least is my hero Nelson Mandela. Our "Madiba", like they call him in South Africa which was our home country during so many years.

FRAMES

I am not an art collector. I like simple frames. I frame postcards that I have bought during my traveling. I have special things in frames that are important for me. I don't have many family photos in frames, the family travels in my heart.

At the entrance of our chalet there is a large mirror on the wall in the middle of the corridor. Both sides of that mirror there are four frames on the top of the long shelve. On the left side a frame with a date, a special date when my husband and I met for the first time. Then next to it there is a poem about our daughter and me written by my husband. In the small frame there is some Moomin characters and the white frame has white wings - the wings that carries my dreams...

A RAINY DAY BLISS

A rainy day in Turku Archipelago can be a bliss.

Walking in the forest with warm soft rain is one of those moments I enjoy, since I was a child. Very relaxing and the rain deepens all the green colours, a real green therapy. In July you can find blueberries and Chanterelle mushrooms in the most of the forest areas. This year blueberries are really everywhere but to find mushroom you need more patience, they can grow half hidden in the moss, soft grass or old leaves. Chanterelles are one of my favorite mushrooms, easy to identify and their flavour is the best when freshly cooked. The best way for storing them, is drying.

DECORATION & LIFESTYLE EXPO IN AIX-EN-PROVENCE, SOUTH OF FRANCE

A meeting in middle of June for all those in love with the decor of the south. Deco magazine Maison Cote Sud organizes an expo in Park Jourdan in town of Aix-en-Provence. The expo is open for public and you will find quality producers and manufactures of furniture, art, ceramic, all kind of deco items, local delicatessen, etc. I visited the expo for the first time this June, it was their 11th expo and since they started. You can find it on http://www.vivrecotesud.fr/ at the end of website page you can click for English version.

Storage place with stairs. Oak stairs that takes us to the
mezzanine. Metal hand rail and protection cables are made
with curtain cables.