Finally it is summertime in Lithuania! Last fall, on my last visit to my hometown Kybartai, my childhood friend suggested I came to spend more time with them this year. She used that rarely used Lithuanian word vasaroti, which my Anglon translates into "to summer". On June 19th I had a …
Našlaitės krepšeliuose
Lolitos audinių legenda Šie rankdarbiai mūsų namuose žymiai senesni nei aš. Jiems tikrai daugiau nei septyniasdešimt metų. Audinius audė mano mamos mama Elena Ulianskienė, gimusi 1901metais, o našlaites siuvinėjo jos dukra Elzbieta Ulianskaitė – Brazauskienė gimusi 1931m. Galėčiau bandyti …
Pansies in Baskets
Old treasures Pansies are one of my favorite flowers. They are very colorful and versatile. Last century they were one of favorites to be embroidered by Lithuanian women. I remember seeing them on pillow shams, table runners, placemats almost in every of my friends' house. Myself also embroidered …
