Wordless Wednesday-Greek Wild Orchid

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On PCs, asking, and a broken nail

Hello, dear friends,

It's 8:49 p.m. as I type this. I can say I am quite pleased that my working day will be over in an hour or so.
Funny day this has been. First, in the morning, the program that I use to issue customers a special company card for discounts and special offers, refused me entrance, no matter what I tried. Until I called the exprerts. Second, the program I use to issue receipts collapsed this afternoon. B-i-g trouble if someone from Revenue poses as a customer. Eventually, all was solved with the click of two mouses: mine and mostly that of a kind employee from the company who does our technical support, and it was all fixed. "Ask the expert". It is true. Why didn't I just call straight away? The expert knows and if he is willing to help, the better. In my case, I gathered the nerve to ask for the specialist's mobile phone (he was in Athens) and tada! they gave me the number. Not what I had in mind. I thought delays,a nd "call us later". But that simply did not happen. after all, this is disorganised Greece, where people work not just on rules, but also on that unexplicable filotimo. And that is how most of the time things keep rolling. Literally, the word means "love of honour"; it may also mean dignity, courage, duty, and sacrifice. Here is some more on that very nice and meaningful Greek word.

In between the collapsing PC programs, the company e-mails us with a specific kind of paper labels we are to use in order to print the new prices after the VAT increase from 19% to 21%, effective Monday. I have been phoning local shops with no results. No one was willing to make the extra effort (a phone call) to get me the specific labels. Finally, it crossed my mind, late in the evening: the internet. Of course. If I can have something shipped from across the Atlantic, why couldn't I check their Greek dealer's web site and place an order? I just had to go to the expert.

As I type this, I'm home. It's 1:03 a.m. C,F and I just finished watching Miss Congeniality for the ninth time. We've also stocked on three movies that we hope to see over Saturday, Sunday and possibly Monday. I can't recall the names right now, but I'll tell you what I think of them as soon as I watch each one of them.

I also wanted to tell you. My blood tests came out today. Guess what? They are bound for a trip. A lovely lady customer of mine is taking them with her to America. She has had some hormone problems of her own and she has long been telling me to look after myself more. But I did not listen. Then one day we talked. Next thing she said, "Do some fresh tests, mail me the results, and I'll take them with me to some very specialist doctors I'm going to see in the States. They'll know what you must do". And so, dear friends, I'm mailing them on Monday, and by the end of the month they will be crossing the Atlantic to the US.

Among all the upheaval, I had my clarity moment. You know what I learned today? Something that has played a crucial part in a pivotal moment of my life, and that I have forgotten to put into practice in many years.

 "Ask and it will be given, knock, and it shall be opened unto you".

I do not think I am alone on this one.I wonder, why is it that we often find it difficult to ask for help, for attention, for love? I wonder, am I that afraid of a possible failure, of a betrayal of that little child in me? Is it that I am too proud to ask? Or that afraid?

Christ at Heart’s Door, Warner Sallman

And there is another thing. If you are going to do it, ask the specialist. Gather the courage and knock that door. Ask. I have wandered so much trying to find answers, but there is only One who can give me the answers I need. And He does. He has an answer to all of my questions, if I only ask. Have you read the text on my sidebar "On Prayer"? If you haven't, please do it right after this. Open the communication lines. Someone is ready to listen, if only you put your pride aside, and just ask for exactly what you need. ( Here are some verses on asking).



P.S.I almost forgot. I also managed to break a nail along the way, the third this week. How does one manage to brake their short nails? Does it happen to you, too?

Celebrating 12 years of hard work

Goodmorning dear friends,
We came back from the beautiful city of Volos last night just after 10. We chose a longer route, less picturesque, but turns-free. I am fond of the seaside. I think I somehow link walking by the seaside with some distant childhood memories. I took some lovely pictures at dawn and midday from our hotel. I'll have to transfer them to the computer at home and post them.
Today is the big day. The store owner with a delegation of Spanish businessmen that we met yesterday at the conference, is coming to our city. We have put up baloons. The catering people are ready.The new floor is currently being laid downstairs to create some extra shop space. And the last brush strokes of paint are being added. I promise to post photos.
i was also thinking, I never really posted from our summer travels, did I? I must share the beauty with you, my dear friends.
Thank you for thinking of me and our family yesterday. My speach was very well received. The Australian representative asked for a copy of it. Other shop owners asked me if I was in politics or involved in public speaking. My own folks were a bit judgemental. They said I sounded a bit nervous. What did they expect? I haven't spoken in public for some 12 years! I am pleased because I was with it most of the time. I usually live intense moments as if they were a dream. That is why I don't have recollections of my own wedding!

12 years then. I am grateful to God for sending us up here. Otherwise our family wouldn't be what it is today. I am so thankful for our work. I am thankful for the company we work with, its humanity and care for people and the environment. I am thankful for the people we have met and those we shall meet.

You are cordially invited to our party tonight. Be with me, I shall feel you around.

Shop alone and some nerves

Hello dear friends,
I am at the shop, I am alone, and I'm quite scared. It's 21:40 and there is very little traffic. C is on his way back. He has been away all afternoon delivering our products in a 4 hour drive radious. I am thankful for work and for my husband.
We have been busy preparing for Monday's party. We are celebrating 12 years here, and we are having a party for our friends and customers. We had originally planed a sitted lunch for 50, but we ended up publishing the invitation in the local press.
I really do hope that we will be having alot of people attending. It is nice to know that you are loved and appreciated.
Tomorrow afternoon we shall leave for Volos and our bi-annual conference. We were sent the program this morning. I find I am the only franchisee who will be addressing the conference. There are directors and managers from as far as Belgium, Switzerland, , Germany and Spain, even China and, yes, USA!
The company is going to collaborate with ABC and they are looking forward to opening their first shop in Boston.
I am speaking on Sunday between 12:25 and 12:35 (that is approximate, but we have been asked to stick to schedule, so it may be exact!), after the Head of product research and development manager who is also a shareholder (very tough guy) and the General director of the Benelux branch. If you can, please keep me in your prayers around that time. If you could keep us in your prayers this weekend as we shall be travelling, it would make my heart rejoice.
I am going to rehearse tonight with C!
Sending you kisses. May God bless and protect you all.

Some take it on their hair

Some take it on their hair. Some go to the gym. I would certainly benefit from either or both. For the time being I take it on my blog. Not the one still untouched, as designed by the talented Tara, but this one, that has seen more changes than my hair color.
I now have a new look, more orangey, more like it's Autumn time. Which I like. What I like most is the text background. Pleasant to my eyes. It does feel cozy to me. I hope it is pleasant for you, too, because you do know how much it means to me seeing you here, don't you?
Today it is fresh. I like fresh air. I am starving for the open air. I must get back to my morning walks.

We woke up in speaking terms, thanks to last night's televised debate between six party leaders, five from the national parliament and one from the European parliament. C went to Village cinemas and came with pop corn and m'mallows. I had a terrible headache and spent most of the afternoon in bed.
I did some planting and I have some extras to plant today. So that is my excuse. I also need to make a warm lunch. Something with rice, probably, that is called a risotto. I also want to make a lentil soup that we all enjoy, and we can have it tomorrow which is a Wednesday meat-dairy free. Good for us, today is the final debate between the two future Prime Ministers, Karamanlis and Papandreou. That, my friends means either pita kebabs or most likely pizzas. And beer. So my dinner dilemas are solved.
I have an even more important thing to do. This weekend is the bi-annual company conference. After last week's events I decided I might as well do a bit of maintenance, so I am planning a visit to the hairdresser's on Saturday. Saturday afternoon we leave for Volos. Dinner. Sleep in fabulous beds. Then the company conference in the morning. In which I am to deliver a 10 min speech on the following subject:
"Entrepreneurship: Motives and Ethics".
I have to work on that before 2.30 p.m. when C and J will be back home and e-mail it to the company for translation.
We shall leave Volos at c.4p.m. on Sunday. Then on Monday afternoon we are hosting a party at the shop to celebrate our 12th anniversary. The company owner will come and deliver a speech, accompanied by a dozen Spanish entrepreneurs who have bought the master Franchise for Spain, and want to see how we do it. There is obviously alot to be done and arranged from catering to sending invites, to summoning the town's best.
There, that's the plan, God willing.
Wait! Do I smell apple pie? Gosh, I've missed home made apple pie. C wants me to make home made creme caramel. I must look for a recipe.
Fisr things first. I am making green tea and go planting!
Love you all alot.

How I spent this day

Tired but I like the action. We have been very tired in the last few months, tired as in a tired shop, tired us. Feels better, though there is still alot to do. Today we began early in the morning. I very much wanted to go for a coffee before we start, but the workers begin work at 8am at the latest. Today's schedule included plaster workers, electricians, the people who put up the new logos, and the people who cleaned the windows. A lot of dust!
Tomorrow we paint the office. The elctricians do the wiring, but we have to make up our minds as to where we want every little machine to go (credit cards, scanner, printer, equalizer, etc).
Tonight we looked for a new WC set. I picked one of the cheapest, that I liked best amongst the cheapest!
We also took J for a soccer game. He began playing/training three days/week. So good for him. I have been neglecting our menus and he got plumper, so we stepped up the action on the field.
The girls have exams and some nerves. F is sitting Physics tomorrow, while D sits English.
I surfed a little tonight, with some interruptions for visits to American Girl. We subscribe to the magazine but we haven't received an issue since January!
I also uploaded some photos on Flickr.
Nice finds on the net today: lovely gardens I'm going to share with you in a new post, and a blueberry muffin recipe I don't have the time to make, but maybe you will! Do drop me a line and let me know if you do.

From here.
Goodnight, see you tomorrow!

A glimpse of everyday

I am at work, and it's getting dark. C bought some wood and is currently stashing it outside the den. During the holidays shops stay open all day, so in the past few days we have stayed at the shop all day. Reminded me of the old days, before we moved house, when we did that every day. Gosh, how did I manage all those years?

I have put up last year's decorations, as the new ones weren't getting anywhere near. At last the company sent them and they'll be here tomorrow, so I shall be decorating and changing sheets and the like. I was hoping to do some baking tonight. May be not. I already feel sleepy and there is tons of laundry to do.

Today C and I drove to the old city. I like walking in that part of the town, the smell of freshly ground coffee, the old craftsmen bent over their handicrafts. C said we could take the children and visit on Saturday. There aren't many left, as they're being pushed out by more "modern" materials and the ready made.

In other news, we are looking for a bride for Taki the cat. We are against medical procedures in this household , if we can help it, so now we are waiting for the right one to show up. I wonder what I'll do when time comes for my children to marry!

We stopped eating dairy today, as part of the feasting for Christmas. It can become challenging, especially when it is winter, and you/I/we need something warm to eat particularly in the evening. But we'll manage I think. I'm glad the children don't make a fuss about it as long as there is some sort of potato dish in the menu!

C will be delivering beds and a dining table and benches tomorrow. As we are in the heart of the mainland, most nearby towns are on an one to two hour drive radius.

OK, I'd better be getting ready to go home and make a soup of some kind. It's getting colder and as the weather men said, it's going to get rainy, too. Oh I love winter!

Thankful Thursday-Thanksgiving

“And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”~ Colossians 3:14-15

Today was one of THOSE days. I woke up in the morning half an hour before anyone else. Made cheese and tomato sandwiches and played with Billy (who is now also called Patch after the character in 101 Dlmatians movie 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure).

I stayed at home to do some laundry, laundry folding and tidying up the children's rooms. An hour after everyone had left, C called me. He was in serious trouble with a cheque he had signed. The money he was expecting hadn't come through and he was about to get into the banks' black list if we couldn't/wouldn't pay before noon.

I dressed up as soon as I could, put our plastic money in a bag and headed for the city center to withdraw what I could. Few steps down the road C drove by. We went to the shop, where he announced the good news: The company's finance manager called to tell him that the company owners had agreed to lend us the money till the week after.

I must confess that I have been steaming through my ears in the past few weeks over the company and the way it has developed, and its relation to us. But today I feel thankful.
I am thankful for our work. I am thankful (as posted on Thanksgiving) for the paycheck, the things I've learned and the fire it's put under our a..
Thankful because we got to live in this beautiful part of Greece.
Thankful because we have expanded our horizons and have been able to live more or less the "green" life that I have always dreamed of.
Thankful because after all is said and done, we came to see the owners' appreciation of our work in this strenuous moment.
Thankful because, although we had a 39% drop in business this year and C had to sell family property, we are alive and well.
I am thankful for our family, for my husband and our life together.
I am thankful for my dear blogging friends who are brightening up my day, every day, surround me with their love and prayers and lead me to a life of Faith in Jesus Christ.
I am thankful for the people we have met along the way in Greece.
I am thankful for the past, I am thankful for the present.
Finally, I am thankful for Iris who hosts Thankful Thursday. Thank you, Iris. It's lovely to touch base with you!

Life around here

Hello, dear friends,

I hope you had a good weekend, as in loving, heart warming, Christ filled. Our life changed so much since we boarded into Jesus' ship, that I am scared it is a dream and I am very scared to open my eyes. Going to church on Sunday, seeing my husband leading our son to Holy Communion, makes me so proud of him, so grateful to God and to all of you who have been praying for us. I am aware that this a fragile time, as our faith has not been based on family values and traditions and we are making our way on our own. I know Jesus is working on my heart and my husband's heart, and I hope and pray that we will manage to build a solid faith on which our children will grow in Christ.

C has been away for a couple of days and will leave again this week. I am so sad when he goes, not because I have to cope with the daily trivia on my own, but because spending our days together is so much part of my life and we really feel we miss his presence when we sit for lunch, or when we say goodnight at night.

Truth is, things have been going rather bad round here and he has been trying to find a financial gateway for the shop, and us. Work has been minimal. We are upscale and decorating is not a priority right now. But the company has helped either, we didn't have any new stuff this year apart from some rugs, and people are not tempted to get in. We still get some orders for mattresses, but we're virtually on an auto pilot on that. We have been selling ourselves, as a friend told me, for quite sometime now, but I don't have the confidence to do so anymore. I find it harder and harder telling people what a good company we work for and how cheerful we are and happy with their products.

After ten years working with this company I feel tired and sometimes truly pissed off. When we began it was a family run business and we were feeling closely knit together. As the company grew, the structure began getting more bureaucratic. Communication and service are a daily chore. I am sometimes tempted to let it all go, close down the shop, take the family to C's village and live off the land and sheep. Sometimes I think we could get another company's franchise, but this is a risk, and I don't want to gamble on our kids' future. I tell myself that we have an income and a social status that allows us to have a house and send our kids to a good school. But the truth is we're sinking into debt trying to maintain a shop that no longer pays for itself.

By the end of the week we'll have a company rep visiting. We'll probably hear how good the company is doing and that things will get better. I don't know if I want to hear this, I don't know if I want to let myself be talked into it again.

I am praying that God will show us what to do. I've done all the thinking I can. I am exhausted.

Summer afternoon

It's Friday afternoon, C is away to deliver a couple of beds, and we just got an order for a boutique hotel. Not bad given that we haven't really been on the map lately. An interior designer friend also landed me an offer for a few yards of Designers Guild fabric, so you may say the day wasn't wasted, after all.

It began raining at about 5 p.m. I run from home to the shop, making a stop at the local general store for coffee and biscuits. I love the feeling of running, the freedom of being able to go from spot A to spot B on my two legs. Makes me grateful for the ordinary.

We had pizza for lunch (!) using our new oven. I am not familiar with it yet, but hope to get in touch soon. C and D are so brave. They get their hands on everything without fear that they may destroy it. I used to be like that. (Note to self).

It has been very hot and humid over here. We say we won't spend any more, but we couldn't help purchasing two fans, one for the downstairs kitchen/living room, den, and one for our bedroom. Less expensive, more environmentally friendly than air-conditioning.

The girls took turns posing. How fun is a fan!

We're on House and Garden!

Well, not exactly us, as a family, but the company we work for.
The current issue of the Greek edition of House and Garden is publishing an article about the owner of the company and his family. Only House and Garden and Domino can do that kind of photography.
I am going to write more about this on my Happy Turtle blog later today.

Travelling to and fro'

Hello,
We're back home, thank God.
Those two day trips are tiring, yet I cannot refuse that a change of place and view is a good thing, if you go to nice places and meet nice people.
We left home on Saturday afternoon. The sun was setting as we made our way through the mountains. (Click on images to view larger)

All along we encountered endless rows of orange trees, cypress trees and olives. We could not stop anywhere, though, as this is a high speed road. We arrived in the evening at the company HQs, and socialised till 10:30p.m.. The children met with the owners' children, and although there was some fighting involved between D and J, the night was spent quite nicely, finding out about each other's favorite Converse shoes (F), playing the piano (J) and doing some serious scribbling (D).
We then visited our goddaughter's parents, and chatted for awhile, although by then we were all sleepy.
Next morning, it was time for work. We listened and took notes.
Lots of people around. I was very pleased to speak with the in house designer who is Dutch and very sweet and stylish in a quirky yet understated way.
In the evening we went to see D's godmother. They are always so happy to see us, that I felt all the tiredness of the day melt away.
We left the kids at C's parents where we were staying, and we managed to sneak into the Athens center. I love looking at the old houses, some of them are being refurbished, many are being abandoned because it is too expensive for the owners to keep up with the cost.
We got quite close to the Acropolis, but not as close as I'd love to! However, I managed to take a night view.
Then, on Monday morning it was time to go. We went briefly at a bookstore where I bought a book on Jesus as prophesized in the Ancient Greek texts, and a book of Snoopy wisdom (I'll share both). We had lunch with C's parents. We had traditional meat balls, cabbage and carot salad, kaseri cheese, and, yes, you've guessed it: spinach pie.
We took the road back home, through the old national road, crossing my ancestral land of the Peloponesus.
It was getting darker as we were driving back home.I keep in my mind the beautiful, classical landscape, the bubbly work atmosphere and my in laws garden.

I wish to thank you for your wishes. I kept them in my heart all along the trip. Have a lovely week ahead, and I'll visit you all tomorrow (my day off!)

Travelling to Athens

Tomorrow afternoon we shall be leaving for Athens, a six hour drive, for the weekend. With God's will, we shall be back on Monday evening.

The company we work for, holds its bi-annual conference at the company's head offices and we need to be there. We are going to be shown the new furniture and bed linen. It is also refreshing to see another store, actually the flagship store that covers 1500m2.

I love the atmosphere, because there are always people from different countries who import our products: Spain, Holland, Belgium, and China. Last year we met the people who want to import our products in France and the US (Chicago). Can we go please? It's not that I'm not happy here, it's just that I get restless from time to time! Rumor has it that the company will charter a plane for all of us to be present in the opening of its huge store in Antwerpen, Belgium. We'll see. I am not one to jump for freebies, anyway.

The truth is, I get rather bored with the socializing, smiling to local representatives to the point of your jaws hurting, but I know that the company likes our working together as a husband and wife team and I must stand by C who is equally bored.

The food is always interesting, all sorts of salads and wierd dishes, as the owners' families are strictly vegetarian.

So, I hope to have some nice news and photos to post next week.
I hope you will all have a beautiful, God filled weekend.

Flood

About two hours ago we got a phone call from the owner of the shop that we rent. He said that he thought the pump that he uses to drain water off the basemetn of the shop was not working. C got dressed up immediately. I begged him to get the children ready and go with him, but he went alone.

He called me awhile ago , he was crying. We had had flooding before as some of you may recall, but this he said is the worst. The water this time rose to 40cm. Matresses, beds, pillows, duvets and a sofa, plus the Ikea wardrobes we had purchased for our new home and were storing in the basement, are all soaked. We got new merchandise in on Saturday. Who would have thought?..

C says he is giving up. We cannot afford a second destruction within a year (the previous one was in May). We may ask the company to take the franchise and maybe keep us as employees. This is obviously going to be a tremendous change in our lives. No private schools for the children. This is the first thing they told me as soon as I broke the news to them. J was particularly sorry because we had just made space in the basement for them to do their homework and play.
I have been feeling a change coming. I know that God wants to tell us something. Becoming frugal is the first thing that comes to my mind. Bonding us together, perhaps. Or maybe redirecting us to another profession. Or even a country? Or is it to get me out of my perhaps self-indulgent depression?

I do not know. But I would like to ask you to please keep our family in your prayers. I'll see the shop in the morning. And then the cleaning task awaits us...It is so sad...
I' m going to put the children to bed now. We as well as them need all the strength we can get.

Kind Words Watering The Soul

This morning I served a customer for a bed she wanted to commission from us. The lady, in her 60s, was accompanied by a gentleman. I thought he was her husband but he turned out to be her uncle. In large families, one can have an uncle the same age as himself. The man spoke English and from his accent I thought he was a Greek-American. I did not comment on it, because I didn't want them to think that I was using the connection to my commercial benefit.

On their way out, the man stopped at the door, turned around and said slowly:
"You are a very good businesswoman. I know who is good for work, and you are. You are one in a million".
Later, I caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror. I have quite a few wrinkles around the eyes. I have began dying my hair, although I had vowed I never would. My very pale complection is paler and my skin looks slightly tired and thin.
I put some blush on and looked again.Yep, I am not in my prime, perhaps, but through trial and error, and through my loving Father God's plan and grace, I am slowly turning into the lady I want to be.

A difficult situation

We got word today by e-mail that the mattress and pillow producing unit of the company we work for burnt down completely yesterday. We do not know yet anything about the circumstances. No one got hurt. We were told to alert the clients about the probability of delays in delivering their products. The unit was new and there was no security plan.
We hope that God will help the owners and with them, ourselves, who rely on them for the retail. Amen.

Work update

I have updated my design/work blog. You may check it by clicking here.

So-so news

Hello dear friends,
First of all I would like to thank those of you tagged who accepted my tag, visited me, and have posted on your blogs. I promise to read your entries as soon as I can.
I am right now quite emotional about this, but I try to keep my composure, and I may need to take a blogging break for awhile, or I may take to blogging full time!
A not so good surprise awaited me this week as I was doing my daily morning routine at the shop. As I went down the stairs to leave my coat and my bag, I plunged into some cold water. !!!??? followed. The basement was flooded with lots and lots of water. I went to the storage area where items ready to be delivered are awaiting and it was flooded, too.
I took some deep breaths, trying to assess the damage. We had just refurbished the ground floor and we had moved all the "see you later" products below. Plus we had furniture ready to be delivered by today midday.
I know this is not the end of the world, but it is a shock we will have to deal with. We must first take things out obviously, see if there is anything that can be saved. The insurance people came to assess the damage, but the first idea they had was that we have to sue the shop owner (we rent) for damages. It may take years and lots of expenses before a court decides, though, so this is not my top priority. We have been taking the water out yesterday and today. Most of my sample books are ruined. The stand now under the sun a bunch of fabrics and cardboard.

I keep thinking that there may be some message life is trying to give me in all of this.
C told me jokingly, "Well then we'll have to move to Latin America!". Well, if he were serious about it, I'd say YES right now.

New fabrics in store

My new Designers Guild sample books are here! I always look forward to their arrival. They are my OPEN FOR BUSINESS sign. I so much love working with this company. Both the people and the fabrics are the most inspiring, fresh, and authentic in the industry, not to mention the quality of the fabrics themselves.

And what a lovely moment this is for the company as Tricia Guild, the founder and creative director, and one of the most tallented, creative and charming women I know, is being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Homes and Gardens Classic Design Awards! Congratulations! You deserve every applause!

These ones are so wonderful to touch and comfortable to live with! The turquoise weave is just unbelievable. Excellent in weight and texture and part of a great color range. The reds and pinks are perfect for dressing a bed. The wallpaper above was a difficult choice to pick from the great selection of plains in mouthwatering colors, leaf prints and chinoiserie.While as a fabric on an arm chair next to a breezy window, or in a home office, it brings in mind lovely summer afternoons. Perfect for personal creativity corners where you need vibrant visual stimulation.

These are great neutrals. The one to the left will look great on a sofa, with pillows from the embroidered one (below), and the fantastic shiny olive/gold linen.

And these are lovely curtains. Fresh, elegant, contemporary. Excellent work.

About my work

I usually do not write about my work, as those of you kind people who stop by and keep me company, know. I have tried to fight this shyness of mine when it comes to speaking about what I do. It is bad for my self-esteem and for my work. I have done some progress, but it usually shows when I am at my best. When I'm not, I become shy again...
The reason I blog about it today, is that the pictures I am going to show you have already been published on the net, so I feel more comfortable showing them here.

This is a boutique hotel in a mountainous village in Northern Greece. It's a long trip but when you get there the fresh mountainous air is worth it! Love walking in the little stone paved walks.

Stairway...


...and some deco. Some greek folk art and daily use antiques collected over time and some new reproductions made locally.
A room view. All natural mattresses, top mattresses, pillows, comforters, etc. from our shop, made from natural rubber, organic cotton, all natural wool treated with cedar -no chemical moth killers, and all organic bed linen.

Favorite winter vista.

Task complete!