Liquid gold Interested visitors of the largest Greek island would everywhere find shelves full of spices and all sorts of products made from extra virgin olive oil. These days the packaging is getting more attractive and professional (thus giving the impression of a reliable choice). Quite understandably, an ordinary customer with little awareness and no […]
Aromatic adventures on the island of Crete Read More »
This is a very quick overview of a transformational holiday where we come together to create something. On the island of Crete. It’s in the name, sort of… And it actually has been the place of creation for thousands of years. The Minoan civilization was considered to be flourishing in a relatively peaceful co-existence between different
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Some years ago I started using a few drops of lavender essential oil combined with ylang-ylang as a bed-time ceremony to calm down the mind and promote sleeping. Initially, I simply put the drops on a paper tissue flower and placed it right next to my pillow. I loved the marriage of these two oils and
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My secret garden… is not so secret anymore – to start with a quote from Depeche Mode. How could I keep it secret for so long? I have certainly had my own time contemplating over all the beauty. Now it is time to share. You might enjoy seeing the world – and within that –
It’s just one of those amazing everyday stories of my life in Crete. But may not be such an ‘ordinary’ one in many other places in the world. Hence sharing my off-topic introduction about ‘sharing’ the events that led me to getting a bag of fresh organic lemons and how I ended up making the first lemon
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The second anniversary of my landing on Crete and starting a new – or next stage of my – life is here to come. I kept delaying proper blogging over the months. At least I did some posting on facebook… better than nothing. I have piled up a huge amount of stories through pictures capturing my adventures. While
2 years on Crete – how about a second post here? Read More »
How to create your own Rainbow? A new discovery I made recently while watering the orange trees in the garden My landlady asked me to water the orange trees in my garden. This is the first time ever I watered orange trees, and I had this idea not only putting water around the trunk, but
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Where to start? ‘There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.’ I just run into this quote from Federico Fellini while feeling quite the same way and almost the exact same wording came to me and only wanted to double-check something on the web… Anyway, here is
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The most special bouquet I have ever got. And a new challenge of my Cretan life. This is the kind of bouquet (or bucket 🙂 ) you get when your sweetheart has a farm on Crete. These artichokes are the fruits of love and hope. Now they are the 7 wonders of my kitchen, forming the
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