My little escape!

I needed a little "girlie hangout", a place that I could call my domain, so my sweetie built this studio from the ground up and built the long soap table from reclaimed wood. This man is so amazing and talented and suprises me everyday!

This studio is my spiritual refuge, where I make my soaps and other crafts and also turn the music up 10,000 decibels! I do make lots of natural soaps for just about any occasion and in order to push out the big orders, "trance, techno and rock" inspires me to do so!
My latest loves: "Why work when you can play" by Jonas Steur, "fame, Strawberry Fields" by Estiva, "Redemption" by Sophie Sugar etc.....This type of music really does move me.

Do you guys see the hot air balloon? It just missssssed my studio! ha! ha!

I loved going to college and working in the Finance cut throat world for a while, until I just got so nauseated with peoples' greed and then traded it all for this absolute sanctity! Was I sabbatically correct? I think so!

Nazarina A.

On vacation hooraaaaah!!!!

On vacation for the next three weeks. For me it can only be a gastronomic one of course, so I shall be back in my studio with some more interesting soap ideas and of course some scrumptious foodie ones as well so please do not lose interest now come back and visit me again!!!!

To ski or to snowboard ?

I ski and my husband snowboards and we maintain that if you practically live in the backyard of the most popular ski resort then it would be a shame not to ride those majestic slopes. We go often either with family or friends or just by ourselves when nobody wants to venture out in the cold. I love when it snows because there is that extra soft blanket of snow to cushion your b.... when you wipe out!

Jogging: Love that fresh air

I run almost every morning around a pond quite close to my house. Well, this morning I reached for the bread but the cupboard was bare so I reached for the panko breadcrumbs instead to feed the geese. Unfortunately, I slipped on some geese " poo" and went flying into the frigid water. Some guys came by to my rescue, but found it difficult to contain their laughter! Somehow I felt that their apology was not sincere but thanked them anyway. Were the geese really worth all this?

Nazarina.

A man and his garden

The only other man I knew that was so passionate about a garden was my Dad. Now I see this same love for nature in my husband. From small beginnings, where the seeds are sown to enjoying the fruits of his labor. Last summer alone he planted eight hazelnut trees. We live off this garden every summer. The winters are far too harsh for anything to survive so we transfer the whole "kit and kaboodle" to our sun room. The trees and other flora that has to stay outside normally bears the vicious onslaught of the snow and wind.
Lo and behold! when spring rolls around, signs of growth would feebly peek through the remnants of the soft snow and try to make its presence known, very much like me!


An organic garden:

This garden is absolutely organic! All the fruit and vegetable wastes that come from my kitchen goes into this garden and even eggshells all serve as compost. My husband waters this garden everyday with just a few drops and this tiny bit of moisture and his love and patience and not forgetting the sun is by far better than any chemical out there. Life is one fast roller coaster, so from time to time get off it and plant a few, because gardening will slow you" way the heck down".

Nazarina.

These tomatoes are the bomb! They splatter in your face when you bite into them!

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