Gravel for road surface and rock garden
| Home Remodeling | 7 seen
The other day I first met with one of our closet neighbors, he approached me and told me, that in couple of days he will cover road (we are sharing together) with a gravel. I already mentioned it in my previous post about pond works. I asked…Building a Rock Garden
| Home Remodeling | 4 seen
Today we made a rock garden from scratch, well almost. The thing is - idea to have a rock garden have always been in our minds, but we hadn't yet figured out how to solve the biggest question - rocks.
We had already idea of place were rock garden…
Building a foundation for a garden oven - Part 1
| Home Remodeling | 5 seen
Idea to have a nice garden pizza oven were sit first already last year, together with the works we started shaping a form of our rural house, we recently inherited. Thus we had to wait for more than a year, before actually proceeding.
The…
Pond Digging - Part 3 - The Result
| Home Remodeling | 26 seen
This morning started with a surprise, I was still sleeping, when my partner awakened me and told - pond guys are digging. I was surprised, because I didn't heard a sound. Maybe I was too tired from yesterday's pond draining or as it turned latter -…How to drain a pond with a pump and hose - Digging Pond - Part 2
| Home Remodeling | 14 seen
Today I had a chance to excel in pond works - I was left with no choice but to drain the pond. Luckily the pond guys brought an electric pump to make my life much easier. If you are new to home remodeling series, make sure you check out an…Chasing Sunset Photography with a Strong Foreground (Pāvilosta / Jūrkalne)
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Chasing sunset photography with a strong foreground is a brief story, which happened on the next day after Summer Solstice. We took our moms and a little doggie and decided to visit coastal Latvian beaches.
At start we headed to Pāvilosta…
Jurkalne Seashore Bluffs
| Tourism objects | 36 seen
The Jurkalne Seashore bluffs (Jūrkalnes stāvkrasti) are one of the most picturesque parts of Latvia's Western part seashore, located some 20 km from Pāvilosta.Jūrkanle bluffs are great for photography or quiet walk near the beach. The bluffs in…
Postcards from Pāvilosta
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In today's Piece of Life photo series - Postcards from Pāvilosta. I made an article about Pāvilosta and Pāvilosta's lighthouse a while ago. This time we headed to Pāvilosta in company of five after we celebrated Summer Solstice.
I was…
Rude Manor
| Tourism objects | 56 seen
Rude manor (Rudes muiža) is located in Laidi parish, Kuldīga district Latvia. According to Kuldīga tourism information center it's one of the best preserved Empire style manors in Kurzeme.
Rude manor complex with a simple, but elegant…
Q2 2016 Blog Traffic & Online Income - 133,939 Users / $3,034.76
| Blogging | 8 seen
Welcome to the second quarterly traffic and income report for Q2 2016( April, May and June) . Make sure you check out previous quarter report or go thought the income report archives starting 2014. If you are new here - I…How I grew my blog to 1 million Pageviews in 34 months
| Blogging | 14 seen
It took me 34 months or almost 3 years to get to the 1 million page views milestone. In this article I will reveal 3 simple tactics (no tricks here) how I achieved it. I took the title and inspiration for this post from Chris Lema article: How…Pond Digging - Part 1
| Home Remodeling | 11 seen
Today come with a huge surprise, we were not on site, when a pond digger called and informed - we are heading toward your house to clean (dig) your pond.
The thing is, we negotiated with pond guys such tasks a few week ago, but didn't agree on…
Peony Nursery „Ziedoņi”
| Farms | 25 seen
Peony nursery Ziedoņi is located in the Western Latvia, district of Kuldīga in Pelči village. I had a chance to visit this garden mid June 2016, at time when flowers did bloom.
I wouldn't call this a little Latvian Keukenhof, but some great…
Meson del Asador Restaurant review in Jerez de la Frontera
| Restaurant reviews | 26 seen
I now have a new personal favorite restaurant (with the other one been located in Izmir, Turkey - I will cover it in future, when will plan a trip to Turkey) - Meson del Asador in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain.
We went here just shorty after…
Hotel Exe Guadalete in Jerez de la Frontera Review
| Hotel reviews | 16 seen
We booked hotel Exe Guadalete in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain for one night at the start of June, 2016. It's a nice, decent hotel with free parking and cozy bed.
Right in the heart of Jerez... Is it a hotel with a convention centre or a…