Hot summer day

Today the summer has officialy started. It has been very hot for about a week now here with temperatures up to 34 degrees Celsius (93,2 Farenheit)! Hot, hot, hot. Today I took my Irish for a bit of refreshment in the river. She definitely enjoyed it!

At one point the ball sank into the bottom and Flora said she is not a fish. So a girl has to do, what a girl has to do to save a ball :)) This is what my trousers look liked afterwards. 

Note to myself: next time take a ball that floats! This was not the first time I was rescuing this ball. Once I almost left my boots in the muddy river. I guess I'm getting older, my memory is not what it used to be. Who am I kidding, my memory was never any good!


So, tell me what do you do in those hot summer days? What works for you? Do you have any pets? How do they bear heat?


Happy summer to all! 

Ikea shopping

I'm not blogging as I would like to. There is so many things going on, I just don't have time. This time I would like to show you a few things I bought at Ikea.

I needed free standing lamp for reading in bed. This is what I bought

I would like to have wall of frames. I already have some great prints I bought at Etsy and they are finally framed. Still not on the wall though.

A few plastic bins, so practical. I wish I bought more!

And finally this step stool. At the moment it is in one corner of the living room, but I know it will come handy someday ;)

Have a great time!

Update on Flora

Thank you all for your lovely comments. Flora is doing very well. Actually she thinks, she is just fine and wants to run, jump, play and all that. Unfortunately, she is not allowed. All she does is sleep and eat. We started clicking a bit otherwise she would go insane. Just some static tricks, like give me five and similar. It's like if she was a puppy all over again: a lot of short walks, four meals a day and a lot of sleep.

She is wearing two Tshirts so she can't get near her stitches. She is such a darling, doesn't complain when I have to dress her nor when she has to take her medicine.

The god thing is, stitches are comming out on Wednesday. This is how she looks without the Tshirt. The hair has started to grow although you can't see it on the photo.

Have a nice evening and stay tuned, I promise next post will be sewing related!

The longest night

Hi everyone! Did you have a great time with family and friends on the new years eve?

For me it was one of the longest nights ever - quite literally. My Irish Setter Flora had an urgent operation. She was restless and without success tried to vomint on the evening of the 31th of  December. I know all about bloat, so when she had the symptoms (read more about bloat and the symptoms here), I rushed her to the animal hospital and a few hours later she went through very much needed operation. It was a long night siting on the steps in front of the surgery waiting and praying all goes well. And it did. She spent the following day and two nights in their care, but she is home now. She was relieved into my care this morning with a lot of medications (antibiotics, pain killers etc.). She had something to eat, because she wouldn't eat at all in the hospital and is now sleeping. Thanx God I live close to the animal hospital (10 minutes drive), thanx God the veterinarian on duty was a surgeon and thanx God all the rest of the team rushed into the hospital quickly. Certainly not a night I would ever like to repeat.

I wish you all a very happy, creative and above all healthy year 2012!