tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130552882024-03-10T04:46:58.722+02:00mama therapyElenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.comBlogger516125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-32085756893462376562017-11-04T14:30:00.002+02:002017-11-04T14:30:31.735+02:00Im on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/elenaspotfigs/" target="_blank">instagram</a>.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-19553658448287516852016-07-09T12:07:00.002+03:002016-07-09T12:07:57.892+03:00bearing fruitIn our "garden" my fig tree is bearing plenty of tiny tasty fruits every summer. When a fig is mature we delicately rotate it off its branch and share it between us. Its a fruit we all enjoy so much. Last year we got two pomegranate plants which since has grown a lot. In the spring it gave two-three flowers which all fell off just when they started turning into fruits. The last artsy picture is me through a dusty mirror. When husband is back from the pharmacy I will be applying lice shampoo on the whole family. It is starting to become a once-a-summer routine here.<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/42091504@N00/28154746876/in/datetaken-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="426" src="https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8821/28154746876_b76a6a37ec_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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Santa came according to Swedish tradition on the 24th.<br />We celebrated also according to Cypriot tradition, on the following day.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-66298413915839589302016-02-21T22:32:00.000+02:002016-03-14T08:37:27.028+02:00paphos mosaicsWith our Swedish friends P and family we went to see the Archaeological park in Paphos, including beautiful mosaics.
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Now and then, it is good to chill by the Mediterranean.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-10957671052522392182016-02-21T21:16:00.003+02:002019-08-14T07:09:54.062+03:00a very nice trail we walked last augustA trail we liked very much. <a href="https://www.visitcyprus.com/index.php/en/discovercyprus/nature-3/nature-trails/item/81-artemis-circular-lemesos-limassol-district-troodos-forest-nature-trail" target="_blank">Artemis (Circular)</a> or <a href="http://www.troodos-geo.org/cgibin/hweb?-A=243&-V=georoutes" target="_blank">Artemis Geo-Trail</a>. It was like taking an art tour. Beautiful formations by nature, some creature like, bling added by humans, and even real art placed along the trail via some governmental project. Seven km was cool according to little one.
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Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-7656896490334390322016-02-21T20:04:00.001+02:002016-03-14T08:32:23.687+02:00kids grandpa in townLast May kids grandpa came to visit us.
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We received nine silkwork larvaes to take care of from Eddies kindergarden just before summer holidays started. We fed them with Mullberry tree leaves which we found in the neighbouring area. For weeks they ate day and night. Then one day one by one did they start cocooning. They remained in their white and yellow cocoons for weeks. Covered in the softest silk thread, the metamorphosis took place. Then the beautiful silk moths came. Blind, not able to fly or eat they just mated and laid eggs until they slowly and peacefully started dying. <br />
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Have come to realize these kind of orchids aren't fit for the Mediterranean climate, much due to some really cold winter nights, but also the super strong summer sun (however which you could avoid by placing them smartly).<br />
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My next attempt with orchids at home will involve bringing them indoors during the coldest nights. First just need to figure out a good placement for them in the absence of window sills.<br />
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Also this year involved some local orchid spotting.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-15432743464283287212015-02-15T09:45:00.000+02:002015-02-15T13:20:34.718+02:00sun between storms<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsiknopempti" target="_blank">Tsiknopempti</a>, also known as Fat Thursday elsewhere, is supposedly often sunny and nice here in Cyprus. One could believe the gods wanted to ensure they could fully enjoy the smell of meat from the many active souvlaki grills on this day.<br />
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While it was stormy, wet and cold, otherwise all week, on this day the skies indeed opened up. With kids still in their uniforms, we went straight from school to look for sea shells that might have been flushed up the shore during the storms. The sea was magnificent. Leo found an impressive <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_%28gastropod%29" target="_blank">triton shell</a>.<br />
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On our way home we passed an area usually with orchids early spring. Already, we could spot some from the car's windows while driving really slowly. There's an all time low temperature heading, since we moved here. We shall see if the orchids endure it, until the next time when we go to see them. <br />
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I'm knitting. On a poncho. So, I will soon have a finished object to show you. It's knitting up into a big chunk. Made of lambs wool and some angora goat mohair. So warm.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-28699475201926485202015-02-07T12:39:00.002+02:002015-02-08T18:43:23.563+02:00walking, snacking and discovering small thingsA city promenade to everyone's liking involves a snack break. If it can be topped with a lunch at KFC by the Marina, with a sea view, it can give a long good after taste. Not that the kids will be relaxed and well-behaving well home the rest of the evening, as a gesture of gratitude. But with rosy cheeks there will be spontaneous sweet comments, such as "what a great day we had", "thank you mama for treating us with KFC", along the evening. That, and the stretching of our legs and getting to enjoy the small things we discover as we walk is what we treasure a lot.<br />
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Walking from the Marina we discovered that the extended wooden walks along the Molos sea promenade are one by one made open to the public. On our way home, after a coffe and some croissants at the new La Croissanterie at Anexartisias Street, we passed that Opera Travel copper plate sign that I just love. I don't think the business is located there any more, but I hope they will save that sign.<br />
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Can you just not like those old doors with bright paint fading, so typical for south Europe. A fig tree by one of those charming door step's definitely made me smile. Did you know that the somehow recently renovated water tower in Limassol was the source of water for all Limassolians from when it was built 1930s until it was closed 1947, as underground water supply system was set up. It has a historical value for many Cypriots as it's one of few monuments of mechanics in Cyprus.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-49142125558791557202015-01-24T15:30:00.000+02:002015-01-24T15:30:56.000+02:00fishingLast weekend Leo and his papa wanted go fishing. At Akrotiri Fishing harbour we where alone except for a man fishing at the end of a stone pier. No fishes where caught this day, but great time was had by son and husband.<br />
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The rest of us made a little promenade. I'm always up for a brisk walk along sea, filling my lungs and head with well needed fresh air. Tiny shells can be distracting for a little girl though, and I guess because we hadn't been out there for some time, it took some convincing before all had found their walking mojo.<br />
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I'm impressed by the Cypriot wine makers, the great wines they produce and with such enthusiasm. You can follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WineriesCyprus" target="_blank">Wineries Cyprus on Facebook</a> to see what the wineries are up to.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-48860729335662518632014-12-30T10:16:00.001+02:002014-12-30T10:45:07.242+02:00winter at lady's mileFlamingoes by he bumpy Lady's Mile road. A well needed promenade with lovely people we've met recently. The morning also involved kite flying, an attempt to fish, and shell picking. <br />
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In the last pic is a small version of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnidae" target="_blank">Pen Shell</a>, a fragile, long and triangular shaped shell. It normally lives in the sediment with the pointed end anchored using a "byssus" fibre. In the Mediterranean area the long silky bussys fibre has since ancient times been used to produce "sea silk". Fishermen also in Cyprus used to be eager to find them for the silk-like
fibre, which after combing and drying in the sun could be used to
produce various items. Sea silk was considered an extremely fine, rare and valuable fabric, and for centuries it's been used in manufacturing of gloves, shawls, stockings and cloaks.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-64083135570354036112014-12-30T08:22:00.001+02:002014-12-30T08:25:50.040+02:00boxing day<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/42091504@N00/15958379699" title="Untitled by Elena Toth, on Flickr"><img alt="Untitled" height="426" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7516/15958379699_045ff3f98f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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Limassol shops are busy with sales nowadays. Should get into the craze some day to grab shoes for the smallest. In the meantime we are being lazy, eating left over food from Christmas, strolling the old town, beach promenading, having fika with one of my favourite neighbour Eleni. Still no knitting done. Realizing it's been more than half a year now. How about you? What are you up to these days?<br />
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Nice Cyprus cooking blog: <a href="http://www.afroditeskitchen.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-483372721454052682014-12-28T12:43:00.001+02:002014-12-28T15:06:02.129+02:00a pre-christmas promenade<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/42091504@N00/16101084755" title="Untitled by Elena Toth, on Flickr"><img alt="Untitled" height="443" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7498/16101084755_f8424234d9_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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We had a nice promenade this pre-Christmas day in Akrotiri. The weather this day was, as a meteorologist would say, partially cloudy with chances of rain. We actually had to run a little on our way back to the car as the dark sky was getting really close.<br />
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It's funny how ones conceptions of things can change so rapidly depending on where one lives. Since we moved from Sweden to Cyprus such terribly negative words as rain and dark clouds have come to have quite the opposite meaning. Well, I still avoid getting wet and cold by the rain. But with a constant risk of drought lurking and with an abundance of sun and blue skies, rain has become something we actually welcome.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13055288.post-37679914738159139642014-11-23T19:03:00.002+02:002014-12-25T20:27:08.904+02:00daytrip to a byzantine Troodos churchDay trip to the byzantine church Panayia tou Araka, a UNESCO World Heritage, just outside the village Lagoudera in the Troodos mountains.<br />
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Along the way we stopped a few times by the road to admire the spectacular scenery. The next to last picture with views towards Morphou plain and western Pentadactylos mountains.<br />
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At the church daugther grabbed my camera, and took some pretty pictures. The picture with the sun bathing ceramic vases is by her. Oh, and by the church was this giant oak that husband had a little crush on.<br />
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I'm doing Pilates with a Finnish lady this term. It's definitely vitalizing, after years and years of no organized physical exercise.<br />
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Recently started doing training in digital marketing area, at the local firm I'm working for.<br />
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Not much knitting since before summer. Maybe correlating with the warm weather we had so far. Daugther is showing a poncho I finished a while ago above [more about this <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/mamatherapy/lace-capelet" target="_blank">knitting project</a> at Ravelry] and I might make one for myself eventually.Elenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306633635105602060noreply@blogger.com0