today was the last day in the studio until sometime next month. the birds have been released from the golden cage. and those same birds are flying to the netherlands on sunday (brining with them the cow and the zebra, of course)
anyhow, it always feels good to break the routine and have a reality change. but first of all, W.E.E.K.E.N.D!
if you paint your entire house like a blackboard you can leave little more or less cryptic messages for yourself and your guests. i visited a friend in her atelier. and this is what i found. some of it.
tonight i am having beer and chocolate for dinner. i think that is legitimate when you’ve spent 7 hours rehearsing and 4 hours teaching after that. cheers and goodnight.
…and my mothers old dress.
yesterday i almost put the kitchen on fire while talking to a new old friend. it still smells like burned peas in the kitchen. that’s what happens when you leave a soup unattended and loose yourself in conversations. i hope i can stay attentive this week. i am so dreamy. so fuzzy. me and my zoo. the dried out cow and the ambivalent zebra. all of us fuzzy dreamy together.
i pass this balcony each time i come from the train station. and i think someone did a great job in creating an oasis in this concrete jungle. especially the poodle in the upper left corner cheers me up. i wish i could have a sneak-peak inside aswell…
we better keep finding those cheerful spots. not to be swallowed in all that grey. wish you all a colorful week ♥
"I asked the Zebra,
are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Are you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy days?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on and on and on he went.
I’ll never ask a zebra about stripes...again."
…i spotted my friend through the fence and we toasted with coffee and cake for the third aquarius, in her absence. i wear the same rain outfit as two years ago, (my mothers old raincoat) also then celebrating the third aquarius, but in her presence. and later i walked by the ocean and got slightly drenched but that doesn’t matter when the ocean is so beautiful and you are a plastic version of little red riding hood.
this was all yesterday and today, well, that is another story.
just a short while before it is already february… here a summary of january’s from the past few years. not sure what to say about it. this year,it feels like this month only started. and yes, sometimes you can wear a dress in january. over here. just don’t try it inside the house, where there’s an average of 16 degrees and freezing cold tiles. welcome february, may you be sweet.
wild spinach with garlic and lemon. i keep craving for green vegetables. that is no doubt the healthiest craving i ever had.
spicy peppers. and i am talking about the real spicy kind. i put those in everything i eat, almost.
and now, for a little mexican delight. fry some onions.
chop a bell pepper and a few tomatoes,chop chop, add them to the onions with some optional spicy chili peppers. fry fry.
and then, unless you have some old, dry tortillas at home, add a bag of natural nacho chips. fry fry fry. pour half a glass of water inside the pan, put a lid on and let it cook for a bit. make sure to stir it once in a while until the nachos has turned slightly soggy and at the same time colored and crunchy. et voila, you have a very tasty and easy version of chilaquiles!
now i am going to watch this movie and practice my swedish, and could someone help me by answering the question what animals dig and live in burrows? except of the wolf and the rabbit, or am i completely off track already? what about the bear? and the wild boar? any information will be appreciated!
i am reading about synesthesia, listening to the street buzz and wondering if three black and white colored cats in a certain composition might be an omen? things are happening.
we are having a free wednesday, thank lord or someone else, cause it seemed like we were milking a dry cow the last couple of days. and me i seem to have lost my wonderful talent of falling a sleep at night. instead i lie there thinking of omens, dry cows and well-composed cats and wake up dizzy and tired. a good reason to be happy today is the rain and thunders outside. i will treat you with a pancake lizard.
grattis på födelsedagen älskade vän! hoppas du får en fin dag. skulle gärna bjuda dig på en silviakaka och en massa prat. pussar och kramar
hip hip hurray my friend is having her birthday!
there were birthdays and parties and dancing until four in the morning, there was cava and raspberry soda, balloons and pancakes, there was spring in the air and open windows, there were many long walks, even getting lost, and lots of laughter with swedish julia. there was a lot of missing, a few tears, but plenty of enjoying too, there were the guys working at the garage, as if waiting to get pictured, there were empty streets, too little sleep and two very sweet days. how were yours?
