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?
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?
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!
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…
marilyn used to live in my garden in rotterdam, back in the days. today she is gardening the garage and the pelargonium of my parents. time flies while i am here and we are about to end the month and enter a new year. not just any year. what do you think will happen in 2012? what are your fears and what are your dreams?
xxx.
it looks a little bit like eatable clouds on these pictures but actually the snow is rather grey and wet by now. still delightful to me.
i am listening to arabic christmas songs, they are my favorite. two worlds combined in one. the arabic version of jingle bells is hilarious, it sounds like they sing ‘lelijke eend’, which means ‘ugly duck’ in dutch, or what do you say dutchies?
♥/s
yesterday morning i left the middle east, spent a few good hours jumping between europe, asia and back again to finally arrive in the cold north.
it is so bizarre to travel at this speed. watching the sunrise in tel aviv, being treated like a queen for lunch in istanbul and having glögg with my parents at midnight in uppland.
i am thinking that soon enough, we might not have this option anymore… but let’s not talk about this now. anyhow, it was a day sweet as turkish delight and i am so happy to be here and there and here again.
i am spending the last couple of day making gifts. and while making, also receiving some. like julias collection of surprises with the sweetest smell *and taste*, already penetrating through the envelope and filling the postbox with a cloud of happy scent. made me so very happy!
did you know that the petals or stigmas of the flower on the second picture is what you make saffron from? saffron must be my favorite spice of all. in five days i hope to eat a bunch of swedish buns with saffron. and that there will be plenty of snow by then.
i also had my first pottery class this week and worked some more in the carpentry. i hope i earned enough to buy myself some winter shoes. since dried out wellingtons are not water proof no more and sneakers won’t do the job in the north.
enjoy your weekend guys! love and thoughts to all of you♥
