In collaboration with Tomelo CLEO I think you have already noticed that, during our stop in Portugal, I was determined to discover Portuguese brands of natural skincare. Today I want to talk about two main products created by Tomelo – one particularly particular – a brand from North Portugal. As you can see in the…
Sometimes, especially in wintertime, one doesn’t want anything fancy, but just something simple and good to have along with a cup of tea or coffee. From this idea I offer you a spiced bundt cake. Here in Finland bundt cakes are quite common. They are called kuivakakku, that literally means “dry cake”, and this is…
My favorite season has finally arrived and that means coziness, gloomy days spent inside under a blanket, reading a good book. We were the other day considering with Klaus that we really are autumn people, we two. We love slow living, calmness and tranquility, as autumn is, slowing down and preparing itself for the long…
During late summer/early autumn Finnish forests transform into a real gold mine, with all these tiny round berries all over the place. With Klaus we went several times to forest to pick as much berries as possible to stock up in freezer for winter. We are pretty satisfied as we now have a freezer containing…
As we got to know that we would stop in Portugal during our #tkabroad, the one month trip around Europe we did earlier this summer, I knew I wanted to do a beach picnic. It had been something I would dream about for a while and I was so happy we could make it happen!…
In collaboration with Pentik In the previous post we outlined our hopes and plans regarding our balcony and also explained how we DIY its furniture. In this post we will concentrate more on how we reached the balcony’s final look. Since in Finland everyone walks without shoes at home and the balcony’s floor is made…