day 3,4,5

              

what a city. so much history. lots of energy. colors. pink splashes in between many different shades of gray. it snowed today. wet and heavy flakes. and we had our last performance last night. i can’t sleep even though i am so very tired. my sisters are just a couple of kilometers away for a change (look at those curls) and i had the great opportunity to meet ariane (pic nr 3, i blame the giggles for the fuzzy photos) in real life. this lady has the most warming laughter and it was so much fun to meet. making real life friends through blogging does make this whole cyber-space business seem more legitimate, don’t you think? gotta go, berlin is still waiting for me.

day 1&2

         

three tendencies while touring: 1. walking with the whole group often means one strong will, many different desires and much time for little action. 2. walking with the boys means all three of us are ‘flowing’ (hence no one decides), and so much laughs and jokes that i tend to forget to notice where i am. 3. walking alone means me and the camera getting lost in mainly trashy areas or areas of a very mixed population.

this week i am in love with berlin. even with the grey rain. i beg your pardon, europeans.

auf wiedersehen

 

leaving for berlin today and the rain is pouring down and time is slipping through my fingers. can’t seem to fit it all in. looking forward to this adventure. and to sleep a dreamless sleep above the clouds. see you on the other side.

♥

a few details

     

this week i fell in love with the sink in my friends bathroom, it must be my affection for wabi-sabi which makes me fall in love with broken sinks and floors. i also got a bottle of whiskey which tastes oh so good, and there is nothing like drinking whiskey while listening to the rain. we are waiting and hoping for snow, can you imagine?! olive trees, cactus and white, powdery snow. it is a pretty and impressive sight once it happens.

and here some great kitsch and schmaltz to listen to on rainy, wintery days while drinking whiskey. be well, stay warm!    

once upon a time

if there are times when i doubt why taking this humongous amount of pictures in life, there are those moments watching old photos from once upon a time that makes me extremely convinced of why capturing them to begin with. it is so much fun looking at the past of my parents through photos, and with a mother who has a memory of an elephant it becomes even more of an experience. so do photograph, and save some for the coming generation!

♥

      

9 things i like: nephews♥fuzzy light reflections♥spider webs after a sleepless night♥frost that looks like feathers on a afternoon walk in sweden♥the excitement of a new year, even though it is all in our mind♥my company on that same afternoon walk♥writing/reading/snacking/viewing on long train rides♥funky patterns in the ice♥colored legs and a nightgown from some old lady♥

and you, what do you like today?

greetings from a ragdoll

    

there is something morbid about forgotten dolls. it looks somewhat like a crime scene. and i feel a little bit like a worn ragdoll again, it happens every now and then. perhaps it has to do with the intensity of changing countries, spending lots of time with different people, missing my flight, and getting that weird brain frequency which sums up to thinking in strange paths and patterns.

thinking about it some more, it would suit me more being a worn barbapapa then a ragdoll.

i hope you guys will check out my last post and join my new addiction. and that the beginning of 2012 has been good to you. remember that the winter is not over, better accepting (enjoying) it than fighting it! coffee, anyone?

this will make 2012 a lot more enjoyable, check it out!

a friend of mine has started a really awesome project where you can all take part in making the world a better place! very inspiring and fun, i can highly recommend you guys to join in, see you there?!

p.s the cute face above is the logo from his website, so all the credit goes there!

2011/faces

     

one of the best things with 2011 was meeting so many different, beautiful people. looking through my photos, i find a huge collection of unknown faces from random meetings and plenty of portraits of close friends or people in my surroundings. it made me very happy to look at them again. so i decided to make a yearly summary of faces. most people are missing here though. perhaps i will make another one.

happy new year. thank you for 2011. i think of so many people today, people i haven’t spoken to in a while, people i haven’t seen in a while, people i still haven’t met and hope to meet one day, people i spend plenty of time with, and i love so many of you, so very much! suck it up, please do…