Time flies ...

Indeed it does and I guess with a child it even does a tiny little bit more (that is how it feels to me anyway). I started work again since a few weeks and Matilda is going to day care every day. It is a complete new twist for us to have me go back to work. The mornings are a lot more organized and I think we have already managed to develop a routine. It is so nice that I can bike to work which I love and it is nice being back as well, filling my head with different kind of thoughts again....I am glad though that I am able to work part-time and that I can spend the afternoons with Matilda which we mostly spend with friends in a park or close-by playground. The days seem (a lot) longer to me than before and I can tell that I am more tired in the evenings. I guess I have to transition a bit more into the new situation....so this is also why there has been such a big pause here on the blog ....

One thing I actually also noticed is that I stopped taking photos, also on Instagram. Just here and there I see something I snap a photo off but my analog cameras are getting dusty at home. I really want to change this and plan to make an effort at least on weekends.

So, this is why I am showing you a photo from earlier this year when we spend some time at Wills parents house in Fremantle, Matilda seems so much bigger now and has changed so much since then.

Maria

Four photos of our time while we lived in Sydney. Four wonderful memories, that is why I love taking photographs, to capture those moments...

Energy Bunker Hamburg

On a sunny Sunday many months ago we went to Wilhelmsburg in Hamburg to check out the Energy Bunker and its cafe on the top floor. It was a sunny and beautiful day and we really enjoyed the views from the rooftop and the great coffee at the cafe Vju.

More black & white

It is raining here in Sydney and I look forward to warmer Spring days. Here are a few photos mixed from Melbourne & Sydney

#1 Heide Museum Melbourne
#2 Mr Kitly shop in Melbourne
#3 Collingwood - Melbourne
#4 CIBI cafe in Melbourne
#5 Window in Darlinghurst - Sydney
#6 Surry Hills - Sydney

Have a great week.

Check out our food blog Mostly Saturdays for a few new recipes :)

Black & White - Melbourne

Strolling through Melbourne on an Autumn day!

Black & White - New Zealand

I also had a camera with a black & white film with me in New Zealand, I have to admit it takes me so long to fill a black & white film these days and it always surprises me when I develop a role to see the first and the last photo and to realize that months are separating them. Well, here are a few shots I took in New Zealand in June. More B&W photos to come .....

Music I am enjoying lately....

Bon Iver's - Heavenly Father 
Bahamas - Stronger Than That
Devonte Hynes (aka Blood Orange) - Paolo Alto 
Flume's Arcade Fire mix of Afterlife

Beautiful Pottery by Pippin Drysdale

On my last visit to Perth I was very lucky to visit Pippin Drysdale in her house in Fremantle. I also had a few glimpses into her studio in which the most amazing, delicate and beautiful pots are getting thrown, fired & glazed.

Pip just had a show in Sydney and it was great to see all her wonderful pots there - some in groups and some just on their own, some small and others impressively big, but all in the most exquisite colours and fine-line-patterns.

A day at the Northern beaches

A few months back I was lucky to have visitors from some dear friends from Germany. Nicole and her boyfriend spent two weeks in Sydney with us and while they were here we showed them around the city and our favourite spots. One weekend we went to the Northern beaches and enjoyed the blue of the sky & the water and just being at the seaside.

The other day

This week has gone by so quickly. It is sometimes hard to keep track but it is already Thursday. Incredibly. We are going to New Zealand tomorrow, after our trip in October we are back for 8 days this time we will drive around the North Island. I am getting really excited.

I am lucky and some of my photos got printed in some of my favourite magazines this month and I will talk about this a bit more over the next few weeks and show you photos.
But here is a link to the wonderful new Alphabet Journal . It is such a great publication and it amazes me to see how good things get created when lots of people come together but also if people believe into a project and make something happening with their financial contribution, as this magazine went through kickstarter. You can order your own copy here!

A stormy sea

When my sister and her friend visited us a few weeks back the weather was quite rainy and the sky was so grey that it was hard to imagine how blue and without any clouds it was just a week before they arrived. Nevertheless we decided to go to the sea, as no matter which weather, I am always fascinated by the power of it and often stand there staring out and letting my thoughts drift.

So we went, the waves were high and the water not blue but white from hitting the shore over and over again. We stood there for minutes, just listening to the sound and watching the amounts of water moving, how it was forming itself to big waves & collapsing in itself over and over and over again.
It was beautiful!