We are two Aquarius living in the Alps.
For the first year, we put a Christmas tree up in our new home since we bought the house. December and Christmas have been many times really hard for us, and we have not always been in a mood to decorate a Christmas tree.
It’s again this time of the year - Christmas season! So many kids asked for snow, and Santa delivered! Outside it is snowing, and we have sat here on the first floor of our unfinished house looking back at the passing year and the best things that happened to us.
We have been to Ljubljana so many times but never had the chance to go and see Ljubljana castle. It has been always something else that needs doing or fixing and we have been postponing this visit for a long time.
When we bought our house, we saw that in our garden, we have a persimmon tree. The first autumn it gave so many persimmons, and we started thinking, what are we going to do with so many fruits that we don’t like eating?
Passing by a billboard around Dolenjske Toplice, we saw the ad that they will have this festival to mark the apple harvest. We love apples, so why not go and see what Slovenians do at such events?
Our first two winters in the house we bought were very cold. The first thing we did when we got the keys was to disconnect the old hazardous diesel heating system and remove all the ugly radiators and pipes. They looked really awful, but then we did not know the real state of the house roof.
When we bought our house, we didn’t know our future home would be surrounded by a chestnut forest. On our first autumn walk, we saw the chestnut trees and people who were collecting chestnuts. That was such a nice surprise!
There is nothing that adds such charm to a property than a beautifully landscaped garden. If you want to have a stunningly looking garden all year round, you should choose the right shrubs and plants so in each season there is something that blossoms and attracts attention.
We have been waiting for this moment for so long! The first floor of our old house is finally done, and we can go and buy some furniture. :) We started our old house renovation in July 2023. The first floor of our house was horrible when we bought it - several layers of linoleum on the floor, different tiles in the kitchen, pipes and cables crossing the walls, and different floor levels in all rooms.
It’s the beginning of September, and a lot of things have happened in our garden. It’s our second year growing vegetables on our land, and every month we learn something new. We still try to figure out what’s best to grow here - what thrives and what dies—because not everything you sow or plant will reward your work.