Friday

It was a week with long working-hours and not so good night-sleeps. I look forward to a nice quiet weekend, sleep ins, catching up with friends for coffees, doing all sorts of things I feel like to do...

Tonight I will cook some nice dinner with friends.

I wish you all a great weekend.

Maria

Hearblack.

When I came home from my trip on Sunday night I opened the mailbox and found a little envelope in it.

Nate & Katie from the beautiful blog Hearblack sent me a couple of gorgeous cards with the nicest wrapping.

Sometimes when things are wrapped up this nice it takes a while for me to open them as I just like to look at it and don't really want to destroy it. Well, I finally opened it ...

Thank you so much you two for your wonderful cards, I love them. Especially the one with the feather on it.

(I will think of something nice for you. Check your mailbox)

Maria

29°

It was Summer this weekend and I spent it at my parents place in the south of Germany - wearing shorts all day.

I always realize down there how fast a weekend can actually go by...in one moment you run out of work to catch the train down there and suddenly you sit in the train again, hearing the noises of shutting doors and suddenly being on your way back...

I was thinking today that I sometimes wish to be a child again, having plenty of time for doing things or seeing people like sitting next to my grandmother or sister chatting and knowing tomorrow I could just do the same thing again without thinking about time at all...

But living away from home and just being back for a couple of days every now and than sometimes brings me into this time-conflict in which I just try to see all the people I would like to share time with when I am there...which is often in two days not that easy and can make me sad

Time became such a precious thing over the last years...

- I hope you all had a wonderful weekend with lots of time for everything you love to spend time with..

I had some great strawberries and yummy asparagus salad and did spend my time with dear friends and family...

// Maria

yellow-red-blue

I had friends visiting me on the weekend and we were out all Saturday enjoying the sun and the blue sky.

#1 Started the day with my Saturday addiction and had a blueberry, cinnamon and pear Franzbrötchen and also the first strawberries...hmm

#2 We just walked along the neighbourhoods and stumbled over an yellow arrow and found....

#3 this beautiful studio open. These two ladies make really great shirts, dresses, scarves and curtains with some beautiful screen-prints on them..

#4 We kept on walking had ice-cream and ended up at the flea market to look at all the nice little stalls and the things they were selling...I saw this Hamburg photobook from the 70's and became a bit melancholy while looking through it...I will miss this city...

#5 I needed to take a picture of this sign of an old furniture store...

Have a wonderful week

Maria

CPH. 2

On Sunday whe drove along the sea to the Museum of Modern Art in Louisiana. It is a beautiful space with a wonderful garden around it in which you can sit, feel the sea breeze, rest, look at the sea and just feel free after you've seen all the great art in the museum.

They had the "Louisiana Colour in Art" exhibition running which I quiet liked. The instillation Gleaming lights of the Souls by Yayoi Kusama was my personal favourite. You come into a small room not bigger than 8 sqm which is mirrored on all four sides, with a shallow pool of water on the floor. A changing constellation of small lights hanging from the ceiling produce an amazing chain of an endless seeming reflection. Magical.

After having a tea in their cafè we walked a long the sea, had an ice cream - and where thinking what we could make for dinner. : )

The weekend went by so fast and I had such a great time spending it with my dear friends.

It will take a bit until I will be in Copenhagen again...but I will come back for sure.

On my way to Hamburg on Monday I saw a dramatic sky the whole train ride long which couldn't decide to be bright or cloudy.

Maria

CPH. 1

#1&2: the sun was shining so brightly when I took the ferry on Friday night to Denmark. I was on the upper deck leaning against one of the walls there having the sun shining on my face...it made my day and was the best thing to start my little trip to Copenhagen

# 3&4: the illuminated kitchen at my dear friends place. I love her turquoise tiles in the kitchen.

# 5&6: the people in Copenhagen love biking.

# 7: We went to a great flea market in Frederiksberg. I got a couple of nice things like a striped jumper and wooden candle holders.

#8: Some brunch after a nice morning at the flea market

#9: We were walking around the city and I couldn't stop looking up...not just because of the great blue sky we had on Saturday but also because of the street lights I am really fond of and the houses themselves, oh Copenhagen, I have a crush on you

#10: hearts in Nørrebro

#11&12: more bikes and houses

#13: me sitting in the sun...

#14: preparing a lovely dinner. grilling veggies and fish outside in the garden, boiled potatoes and a fresh tomato salad

I had such a nice weekend....will show some more pictures of the last two days soon...

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend a lot too...

Thank you so much for all your nice comments lately, I am always so happy to read them.

/ Maria