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Another morning, another beatiful mist

It seems I have a new tradition - for the second year in the row I have captured beautiful morning mist in our country house backyard.

Alright, previous year my beloved did the shooting while I was dreaming about roof works. This time I couldn't sleep (as I was thinking of upcoming bathroom remodeling works), and I noticed - a mist. In our backyard. See it for yourself:



Mist over our pond and neighbors meadow

Few things have changed this…

Cats on The Rocks

Recently I featured a post about how we built a rock garden in the front of our country house. I reported a lovely sunset just shortly. In today's Piece of Life series - little creatures who enjoys the most of our new rock garden. Meet our lovely cats Tiger and Richard.Cat on the rockA nice observation place for planing an attack on...birds? Or at least a try.Cats on the rocksDouble attack?Cat on the rockAre you shooting me?

Red Sunset in our Rock Garden - Cool Evening Mood

This Summer spoiled us with a lovely sunsets, but one of the most empathic had been observed  in front of our house at rock garden. 



Red/Orange Sunset at Rock Garden

See how we built this rock garden a few days ago.



Country house during sunset

There is still a lot of to do, and it will require a huge investment to completely remodel/rebuild this house, but evenings like this breaks it even.



Sunset over pond

Yup, we dug…

Drupal & Servers

Drupal 7.50 introduces User warning messages for incorectly removed modules

The other day I did perform a minor upgrade from Drupal 7.43 to Drupal 7.50, and was a bit scarred when noticed a huge warning page, at first I thought there are some problems with my files and folders or I have done something terribly wrong.

Thus I learnt that this is a new feature, implemented starting Drupal 7.50 version



Drupal user warning

User warning: The following module is missing from the file system:Module Name. In order to fix…

Home Remodeling – Bākūži

Beam Replacement for Old house - Building Bathroom from Scratch - Part 2

Here comes another update on home remodeling works - building a bathroom from scratch. After I successfully concreted stone wall it was time to install new beams. For this side of house we did not had any beams installed (ok, they were, but they were rotted, as the roof was leaky, see how we changed a roof)A while ago I ordered beams at local sawmill (beams are 20cm X 20cm) and about 4 meter long. Today I called to the father and …

Our neighbor - Fox baby

For the second year in the row we have one small and lovely neighbor - baby fox. Once we met him at the bus stop, looked amazing - fox going to the city, the other morning bad farmers had mowed crop fields and baby fox seemed very disappointed.

Today we met our friend, just wandering on the road.



baby fox on the road

I wish I had a telephoto lens attached, to capture a lovely portrait, as the fox didn't seemed scared or so, just…

Home Remodeling – Bākūži

Making Rhubarb Wine

In our garden we have a lot of rhubarbs, one thing you can make out of them is a rhubarb cake, but turns out there is at least one more thing you can do with rhubarbs - you can try to make a wine. In today's Do It yourself series - my (our )attempt of making a rhubarb wine - I'm calling this an attempt - because we actually didn't make any wine this year. But if you are looking for a receipt on how to make a rhubarb wine, here is one: …

Home Remodeling – Bākūži

Gravel for road surface and rock garden

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 what kind of gravel does he is using for road surface, and decided it would be a good idea to have a little bit gravel for upcoming home foundation works (concreting). We agreed that he will give me a…

Home Remodeling – Bākūži

Building a Rock Garden

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 will be situated (in front of house, were use to had been a dump - see: The Big Spring Territory Cleanup )Luckily after pond works were done, pond guy told he could help us with his New Holland…

Building & Renovation

Building a foundation for a garden oven - Part 1

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 other day, while the pond guys were finishing digging pond, I dug some soil, to lay in the foundation for garden brick.



Laying foundation for garden oven

With the help of a shovel, I will dug…

Building & Renovation

Pond Digging - Part 3 - The Result

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 - the modern excavators are quiet. 

Anyway, I was not surprised at all - because when pond guys started, they didn't even informed me, see how it started in part 1.

I made (more correct, my…

Building & Renovation

How to drain a pond with a pump and hose - Digging Pond - Part 2

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 article on how it all started about a year ago. And of course check out first part on pond digging, when we discovered that pond have been dug without our presence. Surprise pond digging in the middle…

Chasing Sunset Photography with a Strong Foreground (Pāvilosta / Jūrkalne)

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 piers, I left girls wandering around while installed a tripod and thought I will make a few HDR's here. I have been into HDR photography since the day 1 I discovered this lovely technique back in Tbilisi…

Latvia

Jurkalne Seashore Bluffs

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 Jurkalne belong to the landslide-landfall type. The largest amount of erosion can be observed in Jurkalne.Seashore near JūrkalneA quiet beach untouched by civilization and bluffs of up to 20 metres…

Postcards from Pāvilosta

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 equipped with a tripod and I already knew - I will catch a sunset today



Pāvilosta piers

Much of the Pāvilosta history and foundation is related to harbor here - Information(link is external)…

Latvia

Rude Manor

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 Empire stylemaster’s house, a stable, a few barns and servants’ houses is located on the picturesque Rude hill.Rude manorIn 1819 the estate became Firck family’s property. In…

Building & Renovation

Pond Digging - Part 1

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 terms. Huge was our surprise when arrived on site we saw following:



Freshly dug pond

Well, not completely, pond guys called me and informed me, tey couldn't finish works today as they need to pump of…

Latvia

Peony Nursery „Ziedoņi”

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 impressions some could get here. In fact more than flowers I actually enjoyed a short conversation with husband of the garden owner and we were talking about grass mowing.Peony display gardenIn June this…

Spain

Meson del Asador Restaurant review in Jerez de la Frontera

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 checked in Hotel Exe Guadalete, located few blocks from this restaurant. At start it looked just like just another restaurant, let's say nothing special. We were brought our menus, we started to…

Hotel reviews

Hotel Exe Guadalete in Jerez de la Frontera Review

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 convention centre with a hotel.



Hotel Exe Guadalete in Jerez

Set in gardens, Exe Guadalete is located in Jerez de la Frontera, 15 minutes’ drive from the Costa de la Luz. It features an outdoor…

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