tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9834459283238710902024-03-14T12:55:01.263+00:00TarekicesTeresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-67291257935104321362013-01-30T18:55:00.000+00:002013-01-30T18:55:21.532+00:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear friends<br />
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It's so good to feel so welcomed by all of you! It makes me feel sad that I stayed away for so long but it also makes me feel good realy wonderful to be back.</div>
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Though you may not know it, I have kept up with you, through Google Reader (most of you) and Facebook, some others. I've been happy and sad with you, and seen all the beautiful things you have been making. As for me... it will take me a while to mention all the things I wish to share with you. These are just a few of them...</div>
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I have joined a knitting club in Lisbon. Did I mention last year going to a knitting meeting in Sintra? It was wonderful, a lot of fun, and I met a lot of lovely ladies who share my love for yarn and chatting. Then one day I decided to go to another meeting--this time in Lisbon. It's held in a shopping center, in the restaurant area, where there's plenty of space and light to work, eat and drink some goodies and especially to be with my new friends. They're the "Cenouras", (the Carrots, named after one of the original ones who's the sweetest strawberry blonde you can imagine). Since then I try to make sure I go everytime I can, because each meeting I skip makes me feel like there's something missing. And there is. The friendship, the companionship, the lovely hours spent around a table covered in yarn, projects, cake and tea, and all the chitter-chatter and sharing that go along with it.</div>
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Here we are, with Cristina's new yarn standing out in front of us--she went on a yarn-fast for a full year and we decided to reward her for her persistance with a bunch of alpaca skeins in her favourite (green!) color, from Drops Garnstudio. It was such a pleasure to see her happy face when she oppened the parcel, carefully wrapped in many layers to make it more fun!</div>
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Another one of the highpoints of the meetings was Ana's party. This was her cake. And who's Ana, you may ask?</div>
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A year ago in the beginning of the year (before I joined the group) Ana, a 20-something-year-old journalist, showed up at the meeting and introduced herself. Hi, my name is Ana, my sister gave me this skein of yarn and these needles for Christmas and I want to learn to knit. So she did. She now makes beautifull sweaters, mitts, and the other day was teaching all of us to make moebius (more on that later). So to celebrate her 1st year as a knitter we surprised her with this cake, baked and decorated by the daughter of one of the girls. Isn't it stunning?!</div>
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Needless to say, she was utterly surprised and absolutely loved it. Great job, Ana!</div>
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Now on a different note... after a long struggle with tumors and 3 surgeries, I finally had to acknowledge it was time to let go of my sweet friend Pantera and let her go over the rainbow bridge. To help soothe the sorrow we had taken in another little girl, Janis who is a half Norway Forrest cat but is really tiny, because she didn't eat enough as a baby.</div>
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And lately we gave her a little "brother"--who in spite of only being 4 months old, is a big as she is :)</div>
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Of course I find myself calling her Pantera all the time (black as my dear baby) and think about her all the time...</div>
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And it's so cute to see her mothering him, though they're the same size!</div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-31007539574180704712013-01-23T21:43:00.001+00:002013-01-23T21:43:21.211+00:00It's been too long...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes, it has. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Everytime I think it's been 9 months since I last wrote here it makes me cringe. A baby could have been born (no, no baby was born, mine at least :) ) But creativity has been up, and I definitely have not been idle these months. And I have kept track of many of you through Google reader.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There have been many changes in my life. I daresay most have been good ones. But changes, anyway. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I'm back. With lots of things to tell you about, and pretty things to show you. Some that I made, some that I saw. It will take a little time...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And in the meantime, I'll leave you with something that I keep on my mind, at all times. </span><br />
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-39226673599903351832012-04-11T20:44:00.000+01:002012-04-11T20:44:19.646+01:00I've been having fun...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello there... or should I say Hello Kitty? :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Before anything else--for those of you who have been such sweethearts to ask and worry, I had my 1st year checkup after chemo and everything is fine and dandy! But I do need to get more sun, drink a lot more milk, get some exercise because... you guessed it, osteoporosis is trying to set in and we can't have that, can we?!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was fun to see again so many of my companions of surgery / treatments... and have to recognise each other through our companions, because we all look so different, much thinner without the cortisone and especially... with our hair back! :) We'll all be back in 6 months, all well again, we hope!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And this cute little fella... he's Robbie Monkey, named after Robbie Williams' song "Me and my Monkey". </span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He was finished during a football match where my club was playing (Sporting Club de Portugal, Sporting for short)and he was rooting for his friends the lions. And he's going to a Sporting fan who's also a fan of that song, of course :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's cooler around here again, the garden is doing fine, thank you for asking ;) but it misses the warmth and so do I! But we need a lot more rain...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These are some of the things that have kept my busy and happy... my "green garden"!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Last year when I started thinking about it I Was told I was being silly, what's the point? If only we had a real garden... It didn't make sense, I was told. I I was quiet about it and kept the idea in the back of my mind. With the economy getting harder and people managing to struggle, they are coming up with ways to save some money and I found tons of photos and ideas that made my heart jump in joy... yes, it is possible to have a green garden in a balcony! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So I decided...heck, I want one! I want to get my hands dirty in the ground, to pluck out the old leaves water them and see them growing day by day, and above all, to feel the joy of picking your own vegetables just before lunch or dinner and eating what you so caringly have raised!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I particularly liked an image of a wooden palet turned into shelves for herbs. A friend of mine from work thought it was a funny idea and offered me the palet from her husband's company.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The seashells decorate the vase of the gingerroots and the basil is thriving in the red pot... in the back, there are some plants budding from seeds that I gathered last year from a plant I don't know that gives out the most gorgeous little flowers, all colors in the same plant! Maybe when they bloom you can help me identify them :) and in the blue pot I just planted some sweet peas today, hopefully they'll make it too :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I even have my very own potting and srpouting bench, recycling old pet water bottles and plastic icecream boxes for little nurseries (they work! perfectly!) for more lettuce, tomatoes and even rucula (aragula, is that what you call it?)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But all of them are beginning to show their blooms :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So far we've had a few lettuce salads with coriander and basil, I've made lemon grass and verbena teas, and can't wait for the new babies to grow :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Is it because if I do, if I never run out of things I "must" do--and no, I'm not talking about household chores--I have to remain healthy and well enough to fulfill these promises?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've been quiet but jumping around and reading your lovely blogs... and loving everything I see and read around blogland!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But for me, there's just too much going on right now...not always stuff to blog about, sometimes just plain busy stuff and a big lack of mojo for blogging. Hopefully this weekend I'll have a bit more time for sharing what's up! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just couldn't wait to share these--some lovely fabrics I've been collecting in the hope that soon I'll start stitching away some nice things :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So that that's what was "cookin'" up there...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well, what do you think of my outfit? Kinda cute, huh?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Oh... and would you like to visit @ Facebook? I'd love to see you there!</span></div>
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<br /></div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-33853228236734820272012-02-22T15:02:00.001+00:002012-02-22T15:02:38.375+00:00Yes, everything is OK! :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's over, the stress, the fear. Until my next checkup (yes, we all know what that's like even if we try to be rational, rationality has nothing to do with this atavic fear!!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So here are just a few little flowers... and my THANK YOU for all your positive thoughts (even though I only got to comment moderation after lunch I did read all of your sweet messages before my exam, to fill me up with positive vibes :) )</span></div>
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</div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-87311854468743132302012-02-21T21:24:00.002+00:002012-02-21T23:38:36.408+00:00"Everything is OK"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The last time I got one I got the bad news. A year and half ago. Since then I had surgery, chemo, radiation and a long recovery time. Now I believe I'm back to health, in spite of slightly tight movements and aches especially on my arms and shoulders. I've lost most of my weight water gain but still need to lose a few pounds that I have piled up since then. And aside from that, I feel good. Sometimes blue, sometimes sunshiny, but heck, who isn't?!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But I'm scared. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Super, mighty scared. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Out of my wits scared. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyone who's been there (or has a loved one who's been there) knows what I mean. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's a cold, clamping fear that tightens our throat and the opening of our stomach and won't go away until you hear those words "everything is OK" and then you know you'll have until the next checkup to let go of that fear. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Fortunately I get to know right away. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's scary to look at the doctor's face trying to decypher what she's seeing on the ultrasonograph and any time she clicks and records the image on the screen you flinch. It doesn't hurt. It scares the heck out of you. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Everything is OK". Because she knows I need to know right then and there, no matter what the words are. And you know you'll fight like a gladiator for you life, if the veredict is bad. But you don't want it to be. Again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow to tell you those same words. With a smile.</span><br />
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</div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-12952237389407246882012-02-21T11:33:00.000+00:002012-02-21T11:33:05.879+00:00Hoping this is now...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-67799813487382113592012-02-20T14:00:00.001+00:002012-02-20T14:00:58.929+00:00Pascoal part II<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Pascoal is a cute little Easter bunny--less than 20cm tall, that is about 8" I believe. Easter in Portuguese is Páscoa, and that's where he got his name from--he's come here for Easter!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And it's really hard to get a really good picture of him now, because his color is so much prettier than it looks here!</span></div>
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<br /></div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-8094906170314713262012-02-14T23:29:00.002+00:002012-02-15T09:42:49.352+00:00It's real!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than starting something with LOVE... and that's what happened, without expecting it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My colleague and friend Natacha recently started knitting with me. She hadn't done any knitting in a long time and wasn't very confident or experient. At first. Then she fell in love with it, just like me. And soon enough she was making beautiful things! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The two of us happily knit along at lunch time, after munching down something really fast to be able to have a bit of time for ourselves. And whenever we can.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The design for the "brand" was made. The color for the labels was chosen--a lovely silky beige / golden shade that will look pretty with everything, from men's to women or babies' accessories.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-2397542895111360082012-02-08T17:46:00.002+00:002012-02-08T17:46:58.019+00:00Colors that make me happy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...knitting once more...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Is it the winter blues? The shorter days, the fewer hours of daylight that get to you? The cold, and it's nothing to compare to the cold that's been going around in the rest of Europe or the World?</span></div>
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</div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-81151778719617344562012-01-29T23:33:00.003+00:002012-01-29T23:45:14.490+00:00Spinning and Knitting together<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rosário from <a href="http://donapontomaria.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">dona maria</a> hosted a Spinning and Knitting Meeting at the wonderful, gorgeous <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CafeSaudade" target="_blank">Café Saudade</a> in beautiful Sintra. It was a nice, cozy and friendly afternoon spent around wheels and spindles, knitting needles and handspun yarn and hand dyed rovings :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Even got to meet personally two other nice ladies I already knew from their blogs, Sofia (<a href="http://sofialgarvia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">SofiAlgarvia</a>) and Ana (<a href="http://maosdesapo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">mãos de sapo & pés de pato</a>) from whom I already bought some hand dyed yarns :)</span></div>
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</div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-16283939389916228982012-01-23T17:37:00.001+00:002012-01-23T17:37:44.333+00:00Sneak preview...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-9727450809910595232012-01-22T20:44:00.000+00:002012-01-22T20:44:14.735+00:00Winter Roses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/holden-shawlette" target="_blank">Holden shawlette</a>, made from a gorgeous hand-dyed and handspun wool I got from Rosário of <a href="http://donapontomaria.blogspot.com/2012/01/o-que-fazer-com-uma-meada-dona-maria.html" target="_blank">dona maria</a> blog. Isn't it the prettiest yarn, with all these shades that range from pale pink to a slight peachy color and deep red? A true bunch of roses! And I'm really excited to see the new yarns she's been spinning--next weekend I'll be going to a Spin and Knit meeting in beautiful <a href="http://www.google.pt/search?q=sintra&hl=pt-PT&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=SXQcT_T-I9T74QTL3PTiCw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CCwQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=685" target="_blank">Sintra</a>, a group of yarn fans happily gathered around a table with tea and cake :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I went looking for something white to make these colors stand out I picked a linen bed sheet I had stashed away in the bed linen drawers. It was in my mother's layette (or is it Trousseau?) and she handed it down to me, to cherish and love and... not dare use it! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hundreds... hundreds of tiny little wheels, attahced to each other one by one, making a foot wide edging for this bed sheet. I can't imagine having the patience to make one of these bed sheets... Plus the embroidery all over it!</span></div>
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</div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-85572696776991904502012-01-18T13:27:00.000+00:002012-01-18T13:27:04.402+00:00You're beautiful, Mom!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-19211798947360643602012-01-01T19:26:00.002+00:002012-01-01T19:26:47.427+00:002012 is here!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Have a wonderful New Year, my friends. May all your special wishes come true! I wish you all much health, love and peace for this year that starts today--and I hope it will be a new start for me too!</span></div>
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</div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-33966820047390880362011-12-29T12:39:00.000+00:002011-12-29T23:19:51.175+00:00Happy New Year!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This will most likely be my last post in 2011, as the end creeps up on us so fast (and my holidays sneak away so fast too, *sob*). I will try to show you later on my Christmas presents--just a sneak peek here.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">First, and above all, let me tell you how WONDERFUL you have all been cheering me on through bad times and good times, and in a way nursing me back to health. These have been 2 complicated, rough years healthwise and it has been fantastic to read your blogs, visit your gorgeous homes, gasp at your fantastic crafts and ideas and find new friends while sharing the little things I started creating again. Your messages have been truly appreciated and if sometimes I don't reply right away I always try to do so at some time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I want to THANK EACH and EVERYONE of you for being here for me and hope to have many more wonderful days spent with you in 2012, which definitely will be a good one--no more treatments and total recovery, yeahhhh!!!! Just check-ups every 6 months :-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was lucky enough to have met personally one of them, Carla of <a href="http://simplybycarla.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Simply by Carla</a> who is an amazing quilter and patchworker--have to take pictures of the fabulous sewing / crafts bag she gave me for Christmas! It looks like a jigsaw puzzle but she says it's not as difficult as it looks. Right. As if I believed her :-) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then there's Marjo of <a href="http://marjoscosycorner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Marjo's Cosy Corner</a>, a sister in arms as she had to go through the same ordeal I did this year. From knowing what the other one was going through I believe we were able to give each other some comfort and strength--I know she did / does to me!--and I'm truly glad we met this way. Hopefully we'll be able to meet personally in the near future, as Belgium is not so far away from Portugal!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Even though distance is a bit of a problem for meeting personally, there are other fantastic people who are always here to leave a kind word and share a smile--<a href="http://mereknits-mereknits.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Meredith</a>, <a href="http://mcinva-roomontheleft.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Marilyn</a>, <a href="http://beadsandbirds.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carol</a>, <a href="http://meme-rose.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">MemeRose</a>, <a href="http://crissisideenschmiede.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crissi</a>, (hmmm... what is it with the M's and C's?!) <a href="http://valeriasknitknit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Valeria</a>, <a href="http://floridacrochetgarden.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Susan</a></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, <a href="http://croapqueen.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jo</a>...among so many others! (Please make sure you visit them too, you'll love their work!)</span></div>
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</div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983445928323871090.post-48023915968449723092011-12-27T00:44:00.000+00:002011-12-27T00:44:28.889+00:00At last!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Burned down in 1988, the Armazéns do Chiado has a long tradition of merchandising (this was a trading area as far back as the XII century). When it was rebuilt after the fire they managed to preserve the front of the building, dating from the XVIII century, after the earthquake.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Terreiro do Paço, a.k.a. Praça do Comércio with the statue of D.José</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bridge connecting Lisbon and Almada</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two friends who finally met! Carla and I drooling over gorgeous fabrics :-) (we're sure the girl in the store thought we were nuts, asking her to take a picture of the 2 of us in front of all that fabric ;-) )</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I got to meet Pedro too :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christmas wouldn't be the same without a Nativity scene (next year I'll put up my grandmother's)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sparkle and red berries scattered around the house</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And some wonderful scents perfuming the entire place, with Marjo's tulip peeking from behind :)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So... who's coming over next for a visit? ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wishing you all a wonderful last week of the year 2011</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">xxxxx</span></div>
</div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820695064482879570noreply@blogger.com5