tonight i dreamed i met a guy working as a knight on horseback

at a kind of reenactment amusement park

but he also worked as an English and maths teacher

since he needed some structure

we were married within three weeks

and lived in a weirdly awesome bungalow

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when i looked out of the window this morning

everything was green instead of white

and so warm i didn´t need a jacket

so i set to the first bit of spring garden cleaning

everything seems so be ready to start a new year

so many promising dark red buds

on the tree paeonies planted last year

and the sedums and tulips look like they just can´t wait

best find - a hidden helleborus in bloom

(and there IS going to be a whole bed filled with those for sure)

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the crazy thing is

this garden doesn´t seem to have any weeds

besides wood avens, rosa rugosa, sunchoke and grass

(two of them self-inflicted by grandmothers friend)

last night when i was pondering on how a meadow

needing to be tended to by a sickle

was clearly not an option for me and my back

i thought about turning it into a huge thyme spread instead

the flat and tiny kind

well, we´ll see about that...

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BLAU is the new magazine by ZIERRAT UND GOLD
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a hoop earring - custom made of gold
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OATCAKES 
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a BEEKEEPERS QUILT made of my grandmothers left over yarn
made while watching HOMELAND
has to wait
since my hands and arms are too sore
due to too much time spent on the computer
(but my physiotherapist admired my arm muscles - made by filing)

rather quiet around here

lots of reading and planing

and starting to work on new things

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walking through so much snow for hours a day

somehow made my whole body sore

wasn´t that successful at pilates afterwards

no powerhouse

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W is listening to THE JAZZ AGE

(ALMA likes it too)

it was a surprise for all his help

he adores Brian Ferry and plays the trumpet in some Dixieland-Jazz Bands

no he can´t get over the harmonies

i bet he´s trying to play them while listening to the record right now

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TINY BOUQUET #30 RECREATION 

had to cut my geraniums and made lots of tiny new plants

the only kind of recreation going on here :)

now i reached my goal of 30 bouquets before my 30th birthday
(this must be the only project ever i finished 5 months too early...)

well, it was so much fun

i keep on doing them

do you mind?

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a nice GIRL gave me some delicates blog snow

sister K said my last post was "particularly uninteresting"

but that´s how it is

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in case you´re still looking for a tear off calendar

POLADARIUM is quite pretty

and i´m very happy two of my pictures are included

took them in photography class at art school

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the new edition of REMEDY QUARTERLY is about COMFORT

and there´s a little story in it about the last thing

my grandmother baked before she passed away

her little red handwritten cookbook is a real treasure

(TI got some amazing handwritten heirlooms for Christmas, too)
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in case someone is wondering
on what i´m going to spend the money
earned with the next two sold FESTIVE PENDANTS:
THIS ROSE and THIS ONE and maybe THIS ONE, too
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made me think of the textile workshops at artschool
never dared to work there
now i want to pack my bags and move in with LIBERTY
have you seen their new TANA LAWN COLLECTION?!
seriously - hire me
(via TRUE UP) 
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 filled those SNOWBALL COOKIES with marzipan
left over from Christmas
froze some
now i can bake me some fresh cookies every other day
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the columbine seeds arrived in pretty little paper envelopes
it´s Winter now, but Summer soon
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TINY BOUQUET #29 OLD AND NEW
last years berries, this years hazel and willow
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does this mean girl cat wants her nails painted, too?

just filled the flat with acid smoke

since i forgot about a bit of fruit punch on the stove

while giving little cat girl a belly rub

(pictures of her and me taken by sister E)

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thank you for your kind and uplifting comments on the last post

the dark thoughts are gone

but i thought i is okay to talk about the not so pretty things once in a while

right now i´m in a kind of new year mood

planing and getting things done

like ordering eight kinds of columbine seeds for the garden

and getting a new hair cut at one of those cheap places

with a MTV show about how to score a date playing in the background

(apparently dressing and dancing like the hookers living down the street
back in Stuttgart helps a lot - thank good i´m no confused teenager any more)
 looks good though
the cheaper the hair cut the more i tip

forcing fritillaria bulbs - those really take their time

well, of course we work on "real" stuff, too...

not all the time is spent arranging pink pepper

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we keep the FESTIVE PENDANTS in the shop

and as long as Winter lasts also SNOW CARDS and POSTCARDS

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this is really stunning: TOMORROW IS AN OTHER DAY (via DESIGN FOR MANKIND)

can´t think of something more appropriate "hospital art"