korrina has been busy studying for an exam this week and also writing a paper, while working at the restaurant and the yarn store. unfortunately, all the activities have been taking a toll and she has a bad cold and feels very run down. she's been drinking a lot of echinacea tea, garlic tea and vegetable soups. hopefully it will all help and she'll start to feel better soon.
"olive vine," or orange lentil soup with yogurt and sauteed baby spinach with garlic. we first had this soup at a middle eastern restaurant here in the village called "moustache," and then had a similar soup when we moved to brooklyn from a place called "olive vine" (where we would often go when the girls were little). ever since it's been our "olive vine" soup.
i stayed home in the morning to work on my craft that i'll be hosting at our homeschooling craft fair. in the afternoon i met chanda at a cafe near her modern dance class.
today in her monday geometry class they talked about fibonacci numbers and worked some more on their five pointed star.
morgana sent pictures of the advent wreath her austrian mom (manu) made. she used a straw wreath as a base and wrapped different evergreen branches around it with wire. eva makes a wreath like this also. i could i guess . . i just have to buy the evergreens. i can't go into my yard and pick them like everyone else! the other consideration is that our table is quite small, and the wreath can't be too big.
morgana received her box finally! she's happy to have the yarn and simple hat pattern korrina sent as she's tired (she says) of making pencil cases.
working on her german homework . .
I am about to teach again, but just a short comment, it is not so difficult to find a small straw base. I don't know if I bought mine in Germany or not anymore, but they do come in different sizes. And sometimes the branches from outside are not good. One year I cut some that immediately lost their needles. What you could do is to buy a cheap door wreath and take it apart. That is what I have done occasionally. Those branches are often better.
ReplyDeleteAhh, that's a good suggestion. Thanks Eva. Also, we have a Michael's near us now. I bet they might have a small straw base.
DeleteThey should carry those. I just spied "Weihnachten im Stall"!!
DeleteYes, I see it! She must have been reading with the little ones :)
DeleteWe also have that book ;).
DeleteI hope Korrina will feel better soon, we have a few sore throats here. Why are there sunglasses with the Austrian Advent wreath???
ReplyDeleteToo funny that you ask about the sunglasses, Eva, because I was wondering the same thing!!!
DeleteKorrina must be feeling better today since she is having a bite to eat with school friends after class, and is not home yet!
Maybe for skiing? O good, she must be doing better then. That is a good sign.
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