NordenBladet – Estonia has definitely turned into a welfare state and the cost of living is not insignificant as compared to Switzerland and Scandinavia (rather it is higher than in those countries). We are an IT country where a unicorn is born every once in a while. The digital lifestyle is more and more rooted. Today it is normal that food gets home with the help of delivery. I couldn’t even imagine otherwise anymore. Yes, certainly I sometimes go shopping myself but it’s very convenient to make a few clicks and everything is delivered to you. It spares a lot of time. It is still a bit annoying that the delivery sometimes arrives not on the same day but only on the next day.
I remember distinctly that our usual food basket used to cost 60-70 euros. Today one order is 260-350 euros, however, now I order a larger amount. Anyway, I do not know how come we spend so much money on food. It’s plainly horrible. Estella Elisheva would say that buying normal food costs 4-5 times more than eating junk food… and she is right.
In the morning I went with Ivanka Shoshana to Saku, Hedwig’s pottery hobby class. Now she is already for the third time in class making various interesting vases. In one class she models and also colours the vase that has already been in the furnace and in the next class again she creates a new thing and then colours the vase that was prepared previously. And so every time – creates one thing and colours one thing. Earlier for many years we used to go to Saku Manor for private classes but now Hedwig has moved the studio to her home. I also dream about a home studio! I could have as many as four studios – one for knitting and sewing, one for painting, one for ceramics and one for drying herbs, storing them and preparing natural cosmetics. Hahaaaa… Why can’t I be like a normal person? How come I always have such grandiose ideas? So annoying… I always get the feeling that I have too little of everything. 😀 😀
Today (August 4th) is Allan’s mother’s Sirli’s birthday. We made her a surprise gift and invited her over to the countryside for several days. I prepared potato salad and also made the traditional cookie-whipped cream cake. My present to her was a 30×40 cm acrylic painting His Highness Mouse the First, the painting has also been up in the Estonian National Museum (ERM) for half a year.
Currently, from the large speakers, Horoskoop’s songs’ volume has been tuned up. Korraks vaid / Just once (Uno Loop), Need on need laulud / These are the songs (Kalju Terasmaa), Meie kaks / The two of us (Helgi Sallo), Mul tihti nukker meel / I often feel sad (Toomas Jõesaar), Lõppenud on päevad / The days are gone (Helgi Sallo), Urjala jaaniöö / Midsummer night in Urjala (Voldemar Kuslap), Mustamäe valss / Waltz of Mustamäe (Voldemar Kuslap), Kaunid baleriinid / Beautiful ballerinas (Heli Lääts), etc, etc… For those of us that don’t know, „Horoskoop” was a musical show in Estonian Television during the years 1968-1973 🙂 We are creating a birthday atmosphere for Sirli..
The weather is so fine.. I wish this beautiful weather could last forever! Super chill and good vibe… Sirli is preparing and frying fish, Allan is painting the boards, Ivanka is swinging and Estella is doing yoga. I just told Allan that life on Earth in the countryside is soooo nice, doesn’t he agree. He laughed and replied that he couldn’t imagine living on the Moon… hahaaaaa. I came inside to take a look at tha laptop… writing this blog and peeping at the stock market for a second. The markets have risen 15-30% — nice! (read: sour grapes). I can let you know next time I am offline and not trading, then it’s for sure that the markets are skyrocketing… ? ? ?
Have a nice evening! Hugs! We will start eating the whipped cream cake any minute ? ?
Do read also my previous blog posts (all posts are available in four languages – Estonian, Finnish, Swedish and English!)
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