summer bits and pieces

so this summer

we climbed mountains in montenegro

and hiked

and walked trough the magic meadows

we got soaked to the skin

and spent entire day by the fire

drying clothes and tents and sleeping bags

(and accidentally brewing soup

with slivovitsa instead of water!)

we spent an amazing weekend in the countryside

babysitting the piggies

..

meet: spotty, pirate, white one and black ass 

miss kitten was very eager to help us stacking the firewood for winter

her brother, mr kitten was more interested

in scaring the shit out of big cat

(grandma's cat is the most cowardly cat i ever met

he is terrified of cameras too

therefore no pics of him this time)

we also met the vulture eagles..

nikola is working as a park ranger

and one of his duties is to take care of the 

huge number of those wonderful creatures 

..

these fellas are in aviary 

which is a large 'flight' cage

where injured birds are living

until they get well again

oh.. and we hand picked tomatoes

and all the other veggies

from that handsome garden that nikola's parents have

..

it's such a cool thing

to take a morning walk to the garden

instead of my usual morning walk to the farmers market

and then handpick all sorts of veggies

i might need for that day

these are my grandma's cacti

they are blooming like crazy!

i can't get one to bloom

if my life depends on it

but grandma has some mad gardening skills 

baking, on the other hand

is totally my thing

..

and these are plum dumplings!

plum is national fruit over here

and now is a plum season..

everyone is traditionally making their own slivovitsa 

(which is, strangely, the only alcoholic beverage i can live without)

..

in case anyone is interested

i can write a post on how to make those dumplings

(i'm actually thinking about adding baking posts to my blog

for quite some time now

so, this may be the right time and place to check 

if anyone is up for that)

ok.. over and out

have one more weekend of traveling

and plum picking ahead of me

and then i'm back to sewing and regular posting

..

mokosha