CV - Small things

When all is somehow blurry due to overflow of things to take care of, the best is to focus on small things!







(and take sometime off to pursue your adored hobbies!!!)


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CV - inspiration

Even though lately I've been too busy, there are always endless inspirations themes around me!!

Colors, smells, nature, weather, …. Oh, well, anything can be inspiring all around us.

Moreover, having to move house soon, I'm in search of inspiration for the new house furniture: any suggestions?

Knitting inspiration at the wool stall at the market


Geometries in buildings…..





a wonderful springy menu!


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march...

So, where has march gone? It simply slipped away, and brought with it all my ideas about blogging. I was indeed busy, and the busyness will extend also to the first half of April, when I will be traveling a lot (working).

Spring is here, but I'm heading north, to a more wintery atmosphere…..

A year in knitting

So it is march, and I haven't done my usual summary of the knitting of last year! I cannot believe it, time is flying, it's march! And this knitting blog is really not very knitting any more. So here we go, 2013 was a good year!



I didn't manage to knit 12 shawls in a year, but I did 10, which was quite good, and they were all well received!



I made my first steeking, and I am pleased I did.



I managed to knit three jumper, one for my niece, one for my brother and one for myself!



I finished two baby cardigans, one of which took me 5 years to complete… Well, that's off, finally!



I made a summery shirt in cotton for myself



 I managed to knit 13 hats, a bit more than one each month



I'm quite pleased with what I did, and have grand plans for 2014, so stay tuned!

dreaming?

Dreaming of the sea, of birdsongs, of a gentle wind moving my hair…..

CV - experiment

Working together, sharing experiences and stories, enjoying life, experimenting!




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spring is coming?

A little bit of sun, and it seems that spring is nearing!

sunday at school

Last week was full of events, dramas, accomplishments, decisions, a really full life!

So on sunday there was much need of a break, of staying with good friends, and giving some origins to thoughts, leaving all those "difficult" things away for a day.



we visited friends, had a great lunch which, amongst other delicious things, involved home-made gnocchi



and I had a course on how to make pasta, all for myself. I actually helped in the process, learnt the recipe (easy peasy, 1 kg flour, 3 eggs, water (and, in this case, some borragine)).

Everything was ready:



so my 87 years old teacher, which was patient and precise, showed me what and how to do:



you put the eggs with the flour,



add the herbs, and start mixing from the center







when the pasta is ready, you make the sheets, starting with having them thicker, and going down thickness when they are ready,



(and I dutifuly operated the pasta machine). Then it's time to cut the tagliatelle and the spaghetti!





Let them dry suspended for a day or two. It is surely going to be delicious!

In the afternoon we chatted a lot with visiting relatives and friends, spent some time in the garden, enjoying the first sun. Even the dog had a lot of fun!

CV - bygones

Oh, so many memories and not so many photos on hand……



But these old boots, I have walked so many kilometer with thems, represent well a part of the ongoing voyage!

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CV - Slow

Slow is one of my favorite words, in its many meanings, especially number one shades are so appealing to me, as they imply savoring things.



slow |slō|adjective1 moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast: a time when diesel cars were slow and noisy | a slow dot-matrix printer.

• taking a long time to perform a specified action: she was a slow reader | [ with infinitive ] : large organizations can be slow to change.    

3 not prompt to understand, think, or learn: he's so slow, so unimaginative.4 uneventful and rather dull: a slow and mostly aimless narrative.• (of business) with little activity; slack: sales were slow.
5 Photography (of a film) needing long exposure.• (of a lens) having a small aperture.
    
adverbat a slow pace; slowly: the train went slower and slower | [ in combination ] : a slow-moving river.verb [ no obj. ]reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process: the train slowed to a halt | investment has slowed down | [ with obj. ] : he slowed the car.• (slow down/up) live or work less actively or intensely: I wasn't feeling well and had to slow down.

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CV - Vision

I have been having problems with my eyes lately. It seems that I'm entering that part of life in which the near vision is compromised, and so I can no longer wear my glasses to read, I have to take them off, as my left eye sees badly with them on. I suspect I shall soon get new glasses in order to read….  hopefully not too soon ;-)





Besides the glasses, my world vision changes over the years, as I have been documenting for the last 4 years with my 365 project!


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CV - motion

This week Corner view theme suits me more than perfectly, as I'm traveling around like mad lately. Not that I travel long distances, but I indeed move between houses quite a lot. Let's hope to achieve some peace soon…..



OK, I know, I shouldn't take pictures while driving…..

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CV - The colors of january

Sorry for using photos from last year…..

The colors of january here in Pavia are usually bleak, but when the sun comes out it's all magic!







PS And these are the colors in Australia in January









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CV - A good read

The Corner view theme this weeks suits me quite a lot: I love reading, and I had said I was going to make, now and then, a recapitulation of what I did in 2013, just to keep the memories. So it's not a dull list, but simply a way to … write down memories, which is partly what is about reading. If I may say….

2013 has been a very good reading year, with a grand total of 26 books read. In part this is due to me having now an e-book reader (actually I bought it two years ago), which has allowed me to always have a book in my purse, which is quite handy considering that I happen to travel unexpectedly and leave without passing from home so often. Of course I do continue to read paper books, which I love immensely.



My reads where quite hectic as usual: a lot of relaxing mystery books (All the Chesterton "Padre Brown misteries", two books from Andrea Camilleri, a favorite of mine), some thought-provoking books (I loved Serena Dandini's "Dai diamanti non nasce niente", Trevor waldock's "to plant a walnut tree", Nicolai Lilin's "educazione siberiana" and Frank Mc Court's "Le ceneri di Angela". Finally a book I loved a lot was by Chade-Meng Tang,  "Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)", that despite the title is a witty and interesting book, about aman working for google. Titels are in the language I read the book in :-)! Finally I read a couple of sic-fi books, a genre I do love quite a lot!

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Take time….

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.

Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let

reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in

whatever way they like.”

– Lao-Tzu

I'm reading this from Leo Babuta in his "Focus - A simplicity manifesto" - free version.
All these things are known, but they are put together so beautifully here. A refreshing read.

CV- Light and darkness

And so a new Corner View year starts! Happy new year to all readers and corner-viewers, it is great to find you all for another year….
"Light and darkness" seems the perfect theme for a new start, last year was full of shadows and happenings, and maybe now the time to harvest plenty of initiated and not terminated things has come? Let's walk towards it and see what happens…...


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New Year resolutions

So it's that time again, a new year has started, and I think: "uh, oh, it's months I don't' update the blog. This year I'll be more caring for that blog, and I'll post more often". Well, let's see if this is going to be the case!
For sure in the next days I'll write about my 2013 accomplishments (at least knitting-wise), and maybe I'll say something about plans and dreams.
Last year has been really busy and full of things happening, the big things are still there to be accomplished, but a lot of forward motion happened last year, so that now I shall have some results this year, at least if no surprises happen!
So stay tuned….