Solstices are interesting days. In winter I long to see more and more light during the day, in summer I crave to feel more and more coolness of nights. Simple celebrations of solstices are new to me. We have celebrated just few of them since I became more and more […]
Several books inspire B’s play, including books written and illustrated by Simona Čechová (I have mentioned her books in other posts – here and here). One of her books, Včelár Jožko (free translation Joseph the Beekeeper), where we base most of our knowledge about beekeeping, inspired him to become a […]
Few weeks ago I have started reading a book called Život na míru (free translation Tailor-Made Life) by Marek Rabij where he discuses clothes making in Bangladesh which serves as one of bases for fashion industry. I am struck and shocked by what I read in the book and suddenly […]
Today I have decided to present some projects I worked on in last weeks. They may seem too small to be called “projects”, but they are for me. I do not hesitate to share even small things as even small things may be life-changing. Flower cards I prepared this botanical […]
Our week stay in an old villa in Vienna reached us unprepared regarding B.’s night clothing. It was quite cold in the villa in comparison to our apartment. The weather outside got colder and colder as the week progressed; therefore, the villa got even colder too. I thought I packed […]
I did not feel like writing much today so I decided to catch up on the pile which is slowly growing. It contains M.’s trousers that need to be shortened, few M’s old T-shorts that need to be cut and unpicked turtlenecks that are supposed to be made into B.’s […]
I have started working on this calendar mat more than two years ago when B. was about eight months old. I planned it to be finished by his first birthday so we could use it at his first Montessori Celebration of Life. It did not happen but I have no […]
Sunny and warm days arrived and I went through our spring and summer clothes. I recalled that last summer I missed one particular hat for B. He has one that fits him well but when I washed it, we did not have a good enough replacement until it dried. So […]
B. has grown and his clothes are too small again. Most of B.’s clothes is borrowed from a friend or gifted to us by family. T-shirts, shirts and jumpers are favorite pieces to be gifted, trousers, leggings and pants are what we usually buy. This time I decided that I […]