Merry Christmas everyone

My ceramic village in the living room window sill, lit by red lights.
Merry Christmas everyone.
We have Elin and Robb with us and have a wonderful time.
This is our last Christmas in this home for a while,
and we are making the most of it.

Christmas is also time for making a new dress

This one is meant for Elin, my daughter.
I think the color is wonderful.

My first picture since back in Vienna

This is oil on canvas.
40x30 cm

I made a few clothes for myself also

Two new knitted items for little babies

It is so much fun to make little clothes.
Those 2 items I knitted from the yarn that Gina and Liezl gave me.
The multi color for little girl still awaited, and the orange dress for little Abdullah's daughter who is 10 month old.

Alte Donau - my new neighborhood

It is a treat to cycle to work in the morning. Along the lake on a small path.

It takes me 55 minutes to run around the lake. It is a new found sport which I have never done before.

I will post my newest painting soon.

Best regards from Vienna

Erla

Back in Vienna

Being back in Vienna is like being back home, in many ways. Like so many people like me who have moved to one country after another, home is never home anymore. So why does this feeling of being homesick continue?
While I was still in Iceland I made a little baby blanket. It is for my nephew's daughter who we expect to be born next month. My family is very excited and wait her arrival with great anticipation. The blanket was photographed in late evening on my balcony in Iceland.
The balcony plants did great this summer. See?

The midnight sun in Reykjavik

It is with a heavy heart that I leave Iceland this time.
The summer is such a magical time (well ok, when it is not raining and windy)
This picture is taken early this month, just few minutes before midnight.

More knitted goods

After a rather slumbersome winter I have a few things to show.
Some other ones I forgot to take a picture of and gave them away as usually happens to my work.
It gives me joy and purpose, both to knit and to give.

The little coat for Freyja.

The coat I made for Freyja was made from Icelandic wool, but of course.
Freyja is the Icelandic mythology name for the woman who posessed power, insight and the eternal magic that comes with being a woman.
This little coat for a two year old, with such a powerful name fits her perfectly.
Greetings to all women friends far and near.

The hidden message

Guess what.
I just found out that there was more to Robb's mothers day card than the instructions.
It was a message for a happy mother's day in Icelandic.
Painted with lemon juice, heated with iron, and voila!
Nice !

The little coat for Ýmir

This little jacket is made of wool, for a wonderful little boy named Ýmir.
He is only about 5 months old, should fit him now.

Happy early summer

I have to share a card that my daughter sent for mother's day.
It was painted in lemon juice so it needed to be heated.
Robb was kind enough to send instructions.
It came out really nice after heating.
Look !

Tryggvi has started his own blog

My husband has been quite creative lately
He has made these really nice portraits of family and friends.
I think he is doing so well.
I like all of them, but especially the beer tasters from the Czech Republic.
Look at Tryggvi's art

Dreamlit dolls - Mary Lou

Mary Louisa is a woman who I have been connected to through the blog world. She lives in New Jersey and studied in Iceland. She creates amazing dolls and has a really cool website. Look at this lovely Hummingbird doll, one of Mary Lou's creations.