What is in your PANTRY?

Inspired by Leslie of 4aroundthetable  it was fun to review her goodies in her kitchen closet, "the pantry". 

My love for clothes and closets in general is huge, and so it goes for the food closets too..."eating and preparing food is my hobby". 

Leslie is very healthy indeed and so it was a pleasure to "snoop" with her in her kitchen. What a great idea...loving that she is using baskets to keep organized... without further delay, here is a peek in my pantry and perhaps Leslie's idea will become a chain reaction and other bloggers continue this trend...and I definitely can't wait to see Tina's Enchanted Home pantry and lots of others! 

Our Pantry is walk through connecting the dining room and kitchen, it has shallow shelves to store things perfectly...so I can always see what is there and things don't get forgotten hiding in the far back!

I ADORE the look and the practicality of baskets:

What do I use most?? ONIONS and GARLIC for cooking almost every day. 100% can't live without them. But also this closing basket is a gem, all hidden and nicely dry ... perfect storage for fast access. 

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Everyone needs an ITALIAN shelve:

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CANADIAN, we need maple syrup absolutely:

OATS and dried GINGER jars!

Definitely Legumes in cans or dry:

Good to have MINERAL waters and coconut waters and some Czech medicinal miracle drink hidden there too!

Coffee OF COURSE: LAVAZZA ONLY FOR ME!

SNACKS: running on the low side I notice now taking pictures. Chips I love real potato just with sea salt, nooooooo flavors please! Some Czech egg cookies and Dutch almond ones and Pizzelle because Tina from Enchanted Home blog showed us the Icecream desert that I have to try with them yet....

Then I have a handy closet pantry in my kitchen where I have a full basket of TEAS and lots of olive oils and balsamics and other spices refills etc. 

On the other hand, my biggest storage is the fresh foods in our 2 refridgerators (veggies, fruits, meats, milk products or almond and peanut butters!) and freezer too, like Leslie, I believe in frozen fruits to put in our smoothies each day...easypeasy stuff! 

Thanks for snooping with me and what ever you are up to these days, here is a lovely summer field photo that gets me in a great mood and hope it does the same for you!

XO, Z

Breakfast room: Hydrangeas and more.

 Our last year's planted hydrangea has yet to blossom ...but in our local farmer's market flower shop you can buy anything and arrange your own choice of flowers and so I did hydrangea with carnation and rose and more...darring me?

It has been lovely for our breakfast room:

Also loving the breakfast rooms that Tina has posted at the Enchanted Home.

In the end, I also managed to re-do our family living room from having the oversized giant couch there to elegant blend of seating options (one of them being a fabulous bergere chair by the fireplace) in gray colour scheme: 

Still in search for the perfect painting for above the couch wall...must be oversized and feature the Rockies in gray, blue-green and some pink hues ...simple really (smiles). 

No, I have not found anything yet at all!

Before my Dad left, I have been very sad and still am missing him dearly, we all had a lovely hike in Kananaskis country and a goodbye "father's day" lunch which was very special.

Plus I got to use my new "chateau Jemniste" table setting with new Czech porcelain on it...fun. 

I also love how the Chateau Jemniste where we had our wedding presented hydrangeas for someone's wedding ... marvelous! 

Saying Goodbye WAS HARDer than one can imagine.....

If you want the merino wool top (which I can't recommend enough!) click here.

Skirt is by my most favourite designer: Paul Hardy!!

We miss our grandpa! 

XO, Z

Hallway seat update!

And some more regular life things that are happening...with us in Calgary.

Yes, thank you all ladies for wonderful comments & tips on the "sharp Wall Street" tuffet that is quite fun and colourful too... you were right, it looks wonderful in our hallway. 

You be the judge of that please! 

Normally, I keep the colours less bright, but our nook as you may have noticed reflects some of the same hues as this newly purchased tuffet (teal, blue, yellow, tuscan pink-red) and today we have some colourful  flowers on the table there in Tina's beautiful silver CREST from her Enchanted Shop! With time, this piece looks just perfectly aged, check it out HERE when it was new. 

On another note, our son Radovan has grown a lot since he was 3 (half a year ago exactly). He was 100 cm then and he is 106 cm now! And he is proudly almost always the tallest for his age ... 

Here he is:

And what makes us happy everyday besides the tons of hugs and kisses we give each other and to daddy is the unbelievable amount of SUN shine we get in Calgary! 

Here in front of our house, we play despite the snow...looking forward to the spring in Europe soon...

Hope you are having a happy week as well.

XO, Z

Post Valentine's recap:

Few bloggers made an impact on me and here is to spreading the love...

I really enjoyed those "love" readings over at a blogger friend Caroline, click on if you want to read more:

“When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn't healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits - anything that kept me small. My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.”
―Kim McMillen

If I did make the time to go on a date with my hot husband I let Tina dress me at the Enchanted Home Blog into Lanvin dress in hot pink!

And I would have a laugh with Jennifer from Belclaire House about a pink bedroom and wanting to spend all the time with our son's.... And husbands at home snuggling.

I will apply all this knowledge during our long weekend celebrating a family day in Canada!
Have a great weekend too. XO, Z