The summer seems to be over, but I'm just not ready to let go. I had a tiny garden on my balcony this year featuring some pretty lush cornflowers, a few lanky poppies and a couple of 1-meter high immortelles (I had no idea they're called like this, but it certainly makes sense). The poppies didn't survive the heat well and were the first ones to wither, but just yesterday I noticed 10 tiny new sprouts in the pot ready to give it a second go. Good to know I'm not the only one who isn't prepared to give up on summer :)
So the new addition to my linen & lace collection is
dedicated to poppies - those vigorous and charming redheads brightening
our days and ways throughout the summer.
Today is the National Day of the Republic of Latvia: the
96th birthday of my country. Lately, I think quite a lot about my home
country, the place I come from and places I might be going to, the
importance of culture I understand and feel part of and general sense of
belonging on top of it all. I feel how these topics become more
essential with every year I spend abroad and I might be coming closer to the point
where I figure it all out. Or not :)
While waiting for this moral
epiphany to occur, I'm taking part in the birthday celebrations from a
distance by sending my love and sewing this lovely make-up bag in the colours of Latvian
flag. Cheers!
Daudz baltu dieniņu, Laimiņa, dodi...
I decided to finalize the make-up-bag-week with a mini version of the same pouch (plus I went through my stash and found a tiny red zipper and a little scrap of fabric left over from the ladybug's project). The result looks much nicer in reality as it does in photos (oh, sweet daylight, where art thou?) and I'm actually pleased with the result: the size is very handy for occasions when we are going out and need just a couple of things. And these wallets nowadays: jeez, they're huge! Sometimes light&easy is all we need. Just like some people eagerly engage in small talk with strangers and think this is the easy level of communication. This might be it, but I honestly struggle to see the added value of any conversation - either significant or small - leading nowhere and feeling like a complete waste of time. I prefer making small things to talking about the ones we cannot change :)
