Cakes and Yummy food

Today is our last day in Split, Croatia before Beli and I fly off to the Midwest.
For now I leave you with these images.

#1 Within the Diocletian Palace
#2 Cake my friend N. baked for our last Croatian lesson of the year
#3, #4 My mother in law baked a delicious chocolate cake and lunch!

Next post will be from Iowa. 

Swans~Labudi~Cisnes~ in the town of Skradin

This weekend we drove to Bribir (where hubby's grandparents have a farm) to see family and wish everyone happy holidays since Beli and I will be in Iowa with my family. I felt sad to be there and not have Beli's great-grandfather greet us at the door like he used to do. I miss him. We all miss him.

On Sunday we drove about 10 minutes to the town of Skradin to purchase a few items that we needed for  lunch.  During the winter it's a quiet town, but during the summer it welcomes thousands of tourists, even celebrities! I was surprised when we parked our car next to the grocery store and saw several swans swimming in the river. They were quite friendly and swam towards us.

After feeding the swans, we strolled around the town. It was a nice sunny afternoon. 

A few  homes we saw along the way. I love the green shutters.

How was your weekend? 

Under the archway

Beli is taking a break from all the walking we did in Trogir.

Knock, knock

Yellow and Orange and Red

Another visit to the town of Solin to visit the other half of the Roman ruins we missed last time. Think of this as part I of the tour! 

 View we had while enjoying a slice of French cake I brought along from home. Beli called it 'birthday cake.'

 I would love to have something like this in my backyard!

All sorts of plants and trees.

Not edible.

 Step into the past.

 view to my left

 view to my right. We missed the rain!

Look what Beli found, two flowers in one.  

For more corner views dedicated to Autumn you can click here or here.

Sisters

She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities.  She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway.  She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark.  She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink.  

  ~Barbara Alpert

Both of my sisters birthday are in the month of October. Feliz Cumpleanos, Happy Birthday! I love you both so much.

My older sister is carrying our younger sister Lily. Yes that's me with the chicken suit! the photo was taken when we still lived in Mexico. It was a school play but since it will be Halloween soon why not post the picture. Haha!

I'm blessed to have two wonderful, beautiful and intelligent sisters. So in honor of mis  hermanas, here are a few quotes about sisterhood.

Sisters annoy, interfere, criticize.  Indulge in monumental sulks, in huffs, in snide remarks.  Borrow.  Break.  Monopolize the bathroom.  Are always underfoot.  But if catastrophe should strike, sisters are there.  Defending you against all comers.  ~Pam Brown

Sisters don't need words.  They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief.  Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling.  ~Pam Brown

My older sister is going to New York City next week to celebrate her birthday. Wish I wasn't so far away or I would join her. Love you Sis, have fun shopping!

Via polyvore

I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.  ~Author unknown.

Family time at the farm

I was indoors washing dishes when I heard a bell ringing. I looked outside and saw a group (herd) of sheep feeding on the front yard of Grandma's home. I noticed one black sheep and I quickly grabbed my camera and ran outside. 

Even Beli came out with Great-Grandma to look at them.

I tried to be as quiet as possible,but one sheep was always keeping an eye on me.

Seeing the one black sheep reminded me of my genetics class back in college. Remembering something about..."the recessive  gene and if a white ram and a white ewe are parents of a black lamb, both must be heterozygous for black, so there is a 25% chance that the lamb will be black."  I always had fun working with the Punnett square.

I took a few more photos then went back inside to resume my household chores. One of them was making sure the stove always had wood to keep the house warm. 

Beli loves to color and draw and she convinced Great-Grandma to join her. It was more of a demand, because Great-Grandma insisted she didn't know how and Beli screamed in Croatian, "BAKA, ZNAM!"(Grandma, you know how!) I even got it on video.