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I have been looking at air hardening ceramic clay for a while and thinking it would be nice to try it out -- it is so different to all the other things I already know, should be fun!
But you know how these things go :) -- I never found time for it. Then during one of my visits my mother was showing her Japanese bowls and plates collection and mentioned that she did not find any chopstick rests that she liked and sort of hinted that it would be a great Christmas gift.
Hah -- what a great opportunity for me to try out the very thing. Upon my return home I got myself a pack of the ceramic clay and sat down to make some designs (not really :) it took me about 2 months to finally get around to it, good job, there was time before Christmas).
So here they are:
But you know how these things go :) -- I never found time for it. Then during one of my visits my mother was showing her Japanese bowls and plates collection and mentioned that she did not find any chopstick rests that she liked and sort of hinted that it would be a great Christmas gift.
Hah -- what a great opportunity for me to try out the very thing. Upon my return home I got myself a pack of the ceramic clay and sat down to make some designs (not really :) it took me about 2 months to finally get around to it, good job, there was time before Christmas).
So here they are:
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Halloween is nigh and shops and crafters are burning up huge amounts of orange and black supplies.
Get your broomsticks and cauldrons ready! It's Halloween!
My take on this years Halloween accessory is this:
Get your broomsticks and cauldrons ready! It's Halloween!
My take on this years Halloween accessory is this:
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Second day in Corsica met us with a grey cloudy sky and a promise of rain.
Looking at the satellite pictures it is seemed most likely, that we won't get too much rain if head north - up to Cap Corse, sounds good!
So we saddled our little Renault Clio (got an almost brand new one -- just 200 km on the odometer) and went up north. We didn't see any rain on the way, just some clouds and even some sun :)
After passing through Bastia (will see it on another day) we went driving on a supposedly most spectacular road in this part of Corsica -- D80. The nicest part of it is on the west side of the island and it truly is spectacular -- beautiful rocks with the sea as the nice background.
This side of the island we saw some interesting beaches.
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A long overdue honeymoon trip to Corsica. I loved the island, enjoyed the nature and the food and decided to share some of that with you.
We stayed in a great B&B Maison Borghetti run by very nice and friendly hosts Brian and Patrick. Patrick's food is awesome, and that is coming from me, who is notoriously picky about her food :)
We spent our first day walking to some deserted villages (Fiuminale Soprano and Fiuminale Sottano) in the mountains the whole trip (Google maps do not have all the paths in them, so the links are accurate only somewhat -- the first part of the trip is marked on the map as it was taken but the second part is missing a long chunk that went down the mountain and along the river and then the last bit to Talasani was over a path and not the road, but at least you can get some idea of where we went waling) took us about 6.5 hours including a picnic on a mountain and a break to rest our tired feet in a mountain river. We met a few over-friendly donkeys and crowds of semi-wild pigs.
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For my birthday last year i received a paragliding stint. As last summer was hectic with wedding preparations, changing my job so the coupon was sitting patiently in a drawer and waiting for this spring, which kept on being winter for a very long time :)
But finally the weather cleared up, the rains withdrew and this last weekend I went up!
This is how it looks on the ground:
But finally the weather cleared up, the rains withdrew and this last weekend I went up!
This is how it looks on the ground:
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