Moments

Last weekend was full of:

dandelions,

first harvest,

my mama's baking,

knitting,

watching Eurovision

and

first BBQ.

Reading

How do you spend your evenings?

As for us, we like to snuggle up and watch different TV shows. 

But there are days, when all movies are watched and the only way to make you fill right is to read a good book. And you think that the world can wait while you’re exploring the new horizons.

Right now on my nightstand I have a wonderful book by Mollie Panter-Downes. It’s a book of short wartime stories, that beautifully shows us “every aspect of English domestic life during the war”. I’m not good at reviewing books, but if your feel that land slips from under your feet and your heart longs for something simple, then this book is for you. 

What I like most about this book is that it describes ordinary people that tried their best to help those who are at war and still cherished their simple lives.

It’s not a hard reading book about WWII, it’s a rather one about separation, sewing parties, fear during such a horrible period of last century. 

Hi!

I remember that I promised to show here on Monday, but the weather is SO GOOD that I hardly want to spend any spare moment near computer.

We had the most wonderful Pascha. It has been a lot of baking and decorating.

For the first time in my life I tried my hands at baking Paschal Kulich. Of course I like the way my mother makes them, but I also wanted to contribute. They didn’t look as festive as they should be, that’s why I’m only sharing photos of my mom’s baked kuliches. Don‘t they look wonderful?

As for my Paskha, it turned out just perfect. Unfortunately I didn’t have the special mold for it, but some researching helped me to solve that problem. I used a plastic plant pot instead.

And of course the main part of Pascha celebration was - The Midnight Paschal Service.

How are you? How was your weekend? Any plans for the upcoming weekend?

Христос Воскресе! (Christ is Risen!)

[you can find this picture here]

I hope you have the most beautiful day! 

See you tomorrow!

Red eggs for Pascha

Yesterday on Holy Thursday after a big clean (we call it Clean Thursday) of our home, we sat down in our kitchen for a quiet evening. 

We will spend this Pascha with our parents, so it was very necessary to make some essential preparations ahead. 

For example, on Holy Wednesday I made Paskha, which will be ready only on Saturday. It was the first time I made it, so fingers crossed:) If it goes well, I will definitely share the recipe.

And yesterday’s evening was dedicated to the dying eggs with onion shells. As long as I remember, we always decorated (dyed) our Paschal eggs with onions. We are not a big lovers of onions and it can take us forever to collect the right amount, that’s why I started collecting them from the first day of Great Lent.

As you may see from the photos, we used mint leaves and lace to make eggs look a little bit more unique. And stockings to hold all these uniqueness.

I dare to think, we got very lovely results in the end.

Palm Sunday

What a blessed day today! 

Today Eastern Christians celebrate Palm Sunday.

And I’m not quite good at greetings, but this one brings a lot of joy to my heart:

{May the spirit of this holy occasion, the warmth of the season make your heart bloom with joy and happiness, have a blessed Palm Sunday!} [source]

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This week is almost going to the end, but I want to share my latest experience in..... watching Rugby. It may seem odd, but it was the first time I saw the game. And I should say it was amazing!!! I never thought that attending games (live) can be so exciting.

In our family tennis is sport Number One. It will be more correct if I say, that  my husband ADORES tennis and hardly can imagine his life without it. The only sport we are talking about is tennis. And if you ask me who my favorite player is, there will be the lightning-fast answer - Andy Murray.

If we will talk about Lithuania, there will be basketball as the sport Number One. That’s why when I have an opportunity to see something different (than tennis or basketball) I always try to enjoy every minute.  

What about you? Are your a sports fan? if so, which one you prefer more?

Colors of my weekend

Happy Monday!