my boy

 he is 8 years old already. I am the happiest mom in the world to have a kid like him.

happiness and amazement

It's something kids have it in such an abundance and we should so much learn from them. Just to stop for a moment and see the beauty in small everyday things.

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 Veselje in navdusenost. Toliko se imam nauciti od otrok; da se za hip ustavis in res vidis lepoto v cisto obicajnih vsakdanjih stvareh.

renewing

Dani found an old table. It was a perfect playground for today. I have no idea how will we remove all the paint that the table didn't receive. Studio was today filled with sequins again. I made some new zippered pockets with sequins and will post about them soon.

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Dani je našel staro, oguljeno mizico. Na terasici smo imeli odlično barvno igrišče. Nimam pojma kako bom spravila barvo iz delov ki jih mizica ni prejela. Delavnica je bila danes spet polna bleščic. Poleg rednih uokvirjenih torbičk sem naredila še par takih z zadrgo. Slikovna poročila kmalu.

new house and surroundings

The best thing about our new house is that it is standing right next to a small pine tree mini forest (say 10 trees all together). Good people reused old tires and made a super cool playground for kids over there. Jonatan and Mika are crazy about it. I love when they run barefoot, get dust all over them and feel free. Together with lots of rosemary bushes all around and the smell of the pine trees I feel like I'm on holidays in the Croatian coast line all the time. Tito still doesn't know exactly if to play with this skinny girlfriend or to be a bit afraid of her.
Oh and have a great weekend!

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Najboljša stvar naše nove bajte je, da stoji zraven mini gozdička borovcev. Dobri ljudje so v njem naredili super igrišče iz odpadlih avtomobilskih gum. Jonč in Mika sta navdušena. Všeč mi je ko se podita gor in dol, vsa zaprašena in bosih nog. Meni se še vedno zdi kot da sem na morju na Hrvaškem; vonj borovcev in rožmarinovi grmički pred vhodnimi vrati. Tito še vedni ni čisto prepričan ali bi se igral s svojo novo prijateljico ali bi se je rajši malce bal.
Pa lep vikend!

flowers and chocolate

 

Received this yesterday. And today...chocolate all gone while sewing some new bags in my upside down workplace. You just can't resist Max Brenner's chocolate. Also not his beautiful boxes.

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Tole sem prejela včeraj, glede na to, da smo imeli dan družine/materinski dan. Danes: čokolada je šla v trenutku medtem, ko sem zašila nekaj novih torb v moji raztreseni delovni sobi. Čokoladam Max Brennerja se ne moreš upreti. Prav tako ne njegovim čudovitim pločevinastim retro škatlam.  

Avocado

Saturday afternoon. Outskirts of kibbutz Ramat HaKovesh. Avocado orchard. Huge, amazing avocado orchard. The trees were so big that I almost felt like walking in the woods near my village in Slovenia. It was good family time, you can see it on the kid's faces. After we left the orchard (with loads of avocado stuffed in Mika's stroller) we took a walk in the kibbutz, oh, what an amazing place. It made me want to pack our stuff and move there right away. Photos on the way.

PikulaBags is now available in a cute new shop in Ljubljana; Babushka boutique.

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Sobotno popoldne. Zaledje kibuca Ramat HaKovesh. Avokadov nasad. Ogrooomen avokadov nasad in drevesa polna sadezev. In to se ni vse, 3 razlicne sorte avokadovcev. Hoja cez to hosto me je miceno spominjala na tako pogresane sprehode po gozdu zraven moje vasi v Sloveniji. Ko smo odhajali (s polnimi vrecami avokadov) smo pokukali v kibuc. Uh..kaksen kraj! Zagrabilo me je popakirati vse nase stvari in se kar takoj preseliti v ta cudoviti konec. Slike na poti.

Pikule so vam, dragi Slovenski prijatelji, sedaj na voljo tudi v Ljubljani, v novo odprti trgovini na Gosposvetski: Babushka boutique.

Garden

Jonatan wants to have a garden and plant vegetables. It was a wonderful weekend and after some rain the soil was soft enough to work with. We prepared the land and next weekend we are planting strawberries and beans, lettuce and kids want watermelon, but I guess even here it's too early (hmm, or too late?) for that. I know, it looks like it's spring in Israel while in Europe winter is celebrating it's peak (I guess?). My hands took a good rest from the loads of sewing I did during the week. Tomorrow another Tel Aviv day and I promise to take my camera with me this time.

Citruses are are popping out in their crazy colours everywhere. It's great just to wander around the orchards, pick oranges and peel them right on the spot.

Mika and Jonatan were working very hard ;)

Also the dogs.

And I will soon need to change my over worn Campers. I've seen these ones last week in Tel Aviv and also got hooked on their look...

 These days I am mainly working on Pikula's new overall look and preparing goods for a few stores in Tel Aviv.
Plus, I am extending a free shipping offer in Pikula's Etsy shop until the 15th of December. Hurry up if you still need a gift.

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Jonatan ze nekaj casa hoce, da naredimo vrt. In je prisla sobota, pa smo jo mahnili z orodjem in zaceli s pripravami. Po prvih dezevjih je zemlja koncno zadosti mehka, da se jo sploh da razkopati. Otroka sta uzivala, Tito je dirkal naokrog s prijatelji, jaz pa sem olupila mnogo tehle cudovitih pomaranc, ki bingljajo izpod pomarancevcev povsod naokrog. Tu naokrog je zimski cas nekasna podaljsana ali pa prezgodnja pomlad. Vse cveti, brsti in bode navzven ,saj je zemlja koncno dobila tako potrebni dez.
Moji prevec ponoseni cevlji potrebujejo zamenjavo. Ko zasijem se par taskic, si spet privoscim nove Camper cevlje. Tele sem videla v Tel Avivu prejsnji teden, ah.
Pikula trgovinica ponuja brezplacno posiljanje povsod po svetu, ne zamudite in ce se niste nakupili daril, pokukajte, mogoce se bo naslo kaj za vas.