streetfindings

when i lived in the netherlands, most of my furniture and other funny stuff where found on the street. the streets are usually like a treasure hunt to me, so many presents laying around. even better if you are broke. or when you move a lot and still won’t consider investing too much money in your home.

like this week i found:

a little coffee cup. perfect size for a candle.  

 

a half-used ‘hello kitty’ coloring book. i think i will pass this one on however…

a funky poster with a naked lady on it. something very 70’s about it.

and last night i found a strange cupboard/shelf thingie. which is very handy since my clothes have been piled on the floor and on this mini-shelf i constructed out of bricks and panels. i pimped it up a bit with some wrapping paper and a curtain.

 

i think it used to be a counter. it even has a hook on it. not sure what i will hang there? a plant?

sara♥dumpster-diving

one more

 

we ended another week and i must say that it has been a good week at work. i enjoyed some great sessions of dancing this week. with amazing partners. there is a lot to be learned when dancing with someone else, listening to their bodies. how do they feel, what do they want and desire, are they confident or not, dominant or passive, flexible or stubborn. and all of those questions can be boomeranged right back at yourself.

i decided i want to take more pictures of people. especially people i don’t know, people i see on the streets, in cafés, on the bus etc. i need to find the courage to do it more often, combined with a certain sensitivity not to offend or force myself upon people.

except of that, it has been a weird week. many thoughts and unfinished ideas in my mind. and a screaming empty wallet. i will tell you more about that another time. now, i am going to begin my weekend. hugs and love to all of you who read, i am happy you drop by.

halfway through

 

i decided to enjoy the city and it is so much easier once i made my mind up. it is also much more fun when there are dogs around. happy, joyful creatures.

everybody seems to have their birthday in november, i bake cakes and blow balloons whenever i am not working.

halfway through november and still no rain in sight, am i being obsessive about this issue?

i think i need a haircut. and i keep practicing my telepathic talents.

russian cacao and bo’s lost friend

 

sometimes you judge the book by it’s cover and you buy cacao for the pretty, russian packaging.

sometimes you make an early cup of tea and it becomes a fuzzy image for the collection.

some days you find an abandoned doll which made me think of bo, or what do you say lilli, perhaps a lost friend of the happy bunch? with lipstick and all.

and some days is the day which starts the week again and i wonder how come time flies so fast? here we go again, dive in and swim along.

4

 

the fabulous 4 above, mrs plant, mr yam, miss basil and mr parsley on my windowsill. excuse me, but i do not have a scanner…

4xTVseries i got rid of my TV about nine years ago. i still recommend people to do the same. but i used to love party of five when i was a teenie and keep waiting for the right time to watch true blood.

4xthings done today *baked a cake*had an important conversation*sang a song*photographed*

4xthings to long for *sweden*my family*the netherlands*breakfast*

4xthings on the wishlist *a hug*rain*that my landlord will allow me to build my own compost*peace&harmony in israel*

4xdislikes *fishy tastes*a messy kitchen*inequality*disharmony*

here you go, evelina and fru a. wish you all a 4midable weekend!

today@work

today i am being reminded of how often i enjoy my work. and that i am doing what i dreamt of doing. what a happy scenario, it could be so much worse!

each morning however, i fear to wake up to find my leg dislocated from my hip joint. just hanging loosely inside the skin. but even that would be a relatively happy scenario.

in my neighborhood

 

these are my hoods right now. living here, my collection of windows keep growing. and this dream is becoming reality. so far, i have an avocado pit, a sweet potato, basil and some parsley growing on my windowsill.

the good news is that i started collecting compost here. i am hoping to convince the landlord that i can build one in the ‘garden’ that belongs to the building. and if not, i decided to bring it to a community garden not too far from here. small projects that keep me busy in a good way…

tonight it finally felt chilly and i needed to put on a long sleeved shirt. 100 grams of chocolate became a daily dose. those are the closest winter signs so far.

saturday blue

 

i am reading about sad things on the internet and all i can do is post a burst of colors from this saturday blue.

mr yam and miss basil on my windowsill and i wish all the sadness out there would go away.

tigertails

 

the other day i was taking pictures in the supermarket when the security guard came up to me. a tiny bit irritated, he explained to me that i am not allowed to do so, and he asked me why i do it?

-‘because i enjoy it!’ was my honest answer. he should have seen my harmless collection of tiger tails and twinkies to understand just how threatening my pictures could be….

and then there is the girl working at the café at the train station: ‘i know you, you are the girl with the special cup’, and she actually makes my long espresso with some milk in my foldacup without arguing and i am forever thankful. it became like my little challenge, to convince people to do it. (sounds easy perhaps, but with all those laws&regulations about hygiene, and the total conviction that throw-away cups is the shit, i meet quite some resistance)

that’s about it for now. 3.48 and i am way past my bedtime.

we went for a walk

 

we went for a walk and it was very sunny and warm even though in the morning i woke up missing my thicker blanket. and we visited a few galleries and drank coffee and the two locals said they felt like tourists with me and my camera playing our usual games.

in the evening i bought a handful of jellybeans from one of those candy machines you have on the street, but since i bumped into so many people i knew and chatted along i forgot to eat them and they melted in my hand into a soggy mess of colors. is that absence or absolute presence?, i am not sure…

november’s

   

last years november was spent on tour in germany and in belgium. i got a good portion of european autumn that way. the year before that i lived somewhere else, read my first book by murakami and injured my neck. and the year before that i still had bangs.

last night i premiered wearing pants again. my legs felt so protected. my feet are still naked in their flipflops though. but november is here and the temperature has dropped. wish you all a nice and cozy month.