Bloom

Dress: Thrifted | Harvesting bag: Vintage sisal | Shoes: H&M (old) 

In less than a week or so, everything started blooming like crazy in here. This year, I promised myself to take advantage of this gorgeous season as much as I can.  Last year was pretty busy with my studies and my daily job. And the year before I was in China. There's only a few weeks to enjoy the beauties of Spring before Summer knocks are our doorstep. But this year, I have a lot of time for myself, so I shamelessly indulge in more frequent walks & pictures taking. I've never been so enthusiastic with the arrival of Spring to be honest - well not as much compare to how excited I am when the fall season approches. But now that everything is in bloom, I truly embrace it.  Each new week brings a new addition to the blooming painting: a new delicate flower appears in the trees, adding a new touch of color in the landscape and a new smell to perfume the streets.

I'm so ecstatic to spend my time outside, with the harvesting basket on my shoulder. I always make sure to carry a pair of scissors to bring flowers back home, a little notebook to press some botanicals, my knitting and enough space for all the flowers that will fill the vases and jars in my kitchen (and the bedroom, and the studio).I wonder how many different flowers I will bring back home in the next coming weeks. I already had some maple tree and apple tree flowers, and this week it was lilac.

Make sure to stop by Liesl recent articles (Spring in New Jersey & her stunning hand dyed yarn).

Mustard yarn & botanicals

Two of my favourite things together. This one puts a smile on my face. It makes me think of summer fields.

Printing photographs

You can find my work on Society6. I'll be updating the shop with new photographs on a regular basis. Feel free to check it out!

Colors of my studio

Almost every Friday evening, my boyfriend and I, head out to his family to spend the week-end together.  I usually like to stay in the wooden kitchen cooking, knitting,  dreaming of future projects, drinking tea and chatting.

It's always so relaxing and I feel completely refreshed when I come back home on Sunday morning. Then, I usually spend the rest of the day in my studio, cleaning a bit, making lists for the following week, chatting with my parents and taking care of the plants that I've collected over the week-end -this week I came back with a basket full of lilac! They're literally everywhere right now, and it's such a blast to walk in the streets with all of the blooming trees. I bought some material to start a new embroidery project. I'm so excited about it, and cannot wait to start filling this empty fabric with colorful knots.

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Last week was also my birthday, and I still cannot truly believe that I turned twenty-five. Time is passing by so fast. It made me realize how important it is to enjoy every single day fully, pay attention to the tiny details that make everyday so special. My boyfriend surprised me a week after my birthday with a huge cardboard box. I genuinely thought that it was a twist, since I'm always "not knitting". But he remembered that I always wanted to learn how to play ukulele. Even though my hands were just starting to get used to the feeling of the strings between my fingers, my heart was singing with joy. Is there a more cheerful instrument than uke?

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I made some progress on my Helga cardigan. Even though I promised myself to slow down and take the time, I realised that both back and front were almost completed already. That's usually what happens when there's a lot of rainy days & a bunch of good movies/ tv series to watch in the evening. Lately I've been enjoying The white queen, and a movie that features my favourite japanese actors. 

Reaching daily happiness

What make you feel happy in your daily life?

I'm a true believer that happiness belongs to those who know how to appreciate simple pleasures from daily life. I experience tiny bits of genuine happiness everyday, whether it's when I start working on a new project - I'm so happy to take part in Camp Aloha Friends this summer and teach a few classes; every time that I look at my tomato plants; or when a new package, filled with squishy yarn  arrives at my doorstep - and the thought of starting a new project with it of course; when patterns that I've been working on for months become something concrete, or they don't but turn out beautifully in a completely diffferent way; the branches that I've collected outside during a walk & keep their blooms for a few more days; witnessing how fast plants and flowers can grow in just a few days ; or discovering that someone that I've been following for a long time on Instagram has decided to start sending his sheep's fleece to the mill & sell his organic wool in just a few more weeks online.

My cat lady side

If you would ask me to pick out one thing that I adore more than yarn, it would definitely be animals. I remember when I was still a little girl, my mom was always telling me not to put my face so close to cats and dogs - how annoying I thought she was! I wanted to spend all of my time cuddling them, playing with them, and most probably sneaking one of them in my pocket to bring back home with me. From time to time, these happy memories of furry friends come back to me, and I'm so glad to be able to rely on photographs to remember the good time.

Whenever I decide to go out for a walk, I'm always eager to spot a lazy cat napping under or tree, or another waiting patiently for his food to come. Here in Latvia, they're everywhere! Most of the people feed them and take care of them. That's probably why so many of them decide to settle so close to human houses. I love to see how they behave in front of the camera -half interested, half suspicious, and snap a few pictures of their adorable faces.

So be prepared to witness my cat lady side.