Honeymoon Bay - Tasmania

I love the layers of Honeymoon Bay in Tasmania

Mel

This is my dear friend Mel in Tasmania earlier this year. She has a great eye for colours, patterns and takes beautiful photos, which you can see on her blog "Something from my day", I love to share a good laugh with her and miss going out for photo walks together....

Tasmania - East coast

After two days in Hobart, we drove up the East Coast of Tasmania to spend the rest of the week in Orford, in a small house close to the sea. It was a little over cast when we arrived but we should have so much sun for the rest of our time there. I love Tasmania and I am already looking forward to a trip in the future.

Some rocks

Some shots I took up on Mt Wellington while being in Hobart. I adore the different patina the stones got over the years ...

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Matilda turned one on Tuesday.
One year already, can you believe it. This last year has gone by so fast and at the same time I can remember days which seemed to last forever (ha). What a ride it has been so far and how amazing it is to wake up every morning by the noises she makes and to see her developing her own little personality.
Having a child is amazing but also super tough at times. I never really had an idea how it would be, how amazing it is to watch them learn something new, when they giggle or recognize or smile at you but also little did I know how exhausted you could feel and oh how tired.
While typing this she is looking at a book while lounging on her teddy bear - and I think there might not be enough or the right words to describe how much she means to us ...

The thing about having a home...

This is our first night in Munich! We moved again, this time from Hamburg to Munich. We are staying at an AirBnB for two months now, hoping to find a good place very soon. While I was sitting on the train with Matilda today it dawned to me that we don't have a home at the moment. We don't have this place you open the door to and know the smell or every corner of it. Some of our stuff is sold again or on its way down to Munich to be stored away until we have found a place to live.

It seems there are all sorts of ideas of what 'home' is - The place you grew up, or live now as an independent person (however you like it). The place you own or lived longer than a certain amount of time, or the place you have all your stuff at - some like to think it is where the heart is or the people you love. I have to say, I haven't found the answer for this question myself yet...but I guess I like the idea that it gives you some sort of good & comforting feeling. The feeling where you can switch of, relax and being able give people blind orders to find something for you  ...I don't know, I like the idea of having a home and it is what I am really looking to these days. A home where we can start routines again, find places for things where they should be, smell our home-cooked meals when we open the door and spend enough time at that we can see pot plants grow out of their pots in which they were first potted....

Wish us luck that we will soon find a good place for us to live - in order to make a home

Hobart flowers

While being in Australia we also made sure to stay for a week in our beloved Tasmania. It is such a special place and I never get tired of it - there seems so much to explore, try and taste. This time we went with friends and after a few days in Hobart drove up the East coast to stay the remaining days in Orford. Three photos I took during our time in Hobart.

Happy weekend friends!

Rottnest Island II

And we went for walks and past pink lakes, it is hard to really see it in the photos but they were appearing in a great light pink. It was beautiful to see!

Rottnest Island I

While we were staying with Wills family in Fremantle we decided to go to Rottnest Island for a few days over my birthday. It is a 30 minutes ferry ride to what it seems to be paradise. The beaches are simply amazing around this small island and you can very easily get around by bike or just walking.

The water was crystal clear and warm. Matilda loved to get her little legs held into the water ... I wish I would have taken more photos there but you can get a better look on my Instagram.

Happy Weekend!

Happy weekend my friends. We will try and have a calm one with going for walks and having a coffee and hopefully with not much rain.

Light

Two more photos of our mornings in Perth.

One thing I have noticed straight away after we have been back is the amazing light in Australia. It seems to fuel people with so much energy. I wish you could bottle it up and use it during the colder and darker months here in Germany ...

Fremantle - WA

We had some beautiful mornings during our time in Fremantle.

Perth - WA

After surviving the long flight from Germany to Australia we couldn't wait for our first morning walk at the beach. Will's parents don't live far away from Port Beach in Fremantle and go every morning at 6am for a walk to start their day. It is such a wonderful ritual and there are so many people already up doing their exercise at the beach or just come down to have a cup of tea with a mate and a good chat. There is always a wonderful atmosphere not only thanks to the beauty of the ocean itself.
We took Matilda in the 'Kraxe' backpack with us and she really enjoyed her time (even had a nap at the end in there.
I can feel the warmth on my face while looking at these photos and the softness of the sand between my toes, oh and the light, the beautiful light there ..

On a golden Autumn day in Hamburg

Phew, this has been a big blog break. I hope you all had a great start into the new year. We were very lucky and spent the last five weeks in Australia, seeing family and friends and holidaying by visiting several places there. I look forward to showing you some photos over the next weeks even though I haven't taken that many this time.

I have taken the photos above on a wonderful sunny but crips Autumn day in Hamburg. I went on a long walk with Matilda and was able to take a few photos while she was sleeping.

Also, we only have a few more weeks left living in Hamburg. We will move to the South of Germany by the end of February. It seems so hard to find a good apartment in Munich. If you happen to know anything about a good place, please let me know!

London in November

Early November, we went to London for a for a long weekend. The weather was lovely and we were able to catch up with some friends, eat good food, see some exhibitions and just strolled around London's streets...

We had a lovely lunch at Leila's which was just so simple and delicious I am still thinking about it. Walked around Shoreditch and visited some of the lovely shops there, like the Mast Brothers shop. Indulged, and went for a nice lunch to the River Cafe, it was a sunny Sunday so we were even able to sit outside. I went with Matilda to the Ai WeiWei exhibition at RA followed by a nice lunch at the Rose Bakery Cafe up on the top floor of the great Dover Street Market. I carried her that whole day and I remember that by 5pm I thought my whole back was numb :) On our last day we went the Tate Modern, Borough Markets and also had a coffee at Monmouth cafe ...London is just always great... Can't wait to go back soon...

We are off for a five week holiday to Australia tomorrow. I am getting nervous when I start thinking about the long flight with Matilda and really hope it will be all fine. But of course I am also really looking forward to our time there...

Take care