it´s BOOKCLUB time again!

in case you want to join us - just let me know

we´re meeting again on 28.1., 19.30

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THE HEART OF THE VALLEY/ IM HERZEN DES TALES by Nigel Hinton

it´s the story of a year in the life of a tiny bird - a dunnock or hedge-sparrow

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one blurb´s saying it is a novel about

"... survival. The rapture of mating, the patient labour

of nest-building, the laying of tiny, sky-blue eggs - these milestones,

together with the fears and catastrophes of the dunnock´s year are beautifully

and movingly evoked."

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i did it find a bit corny and in parts a bit like reading 

one of those trashy novels with doctors, royals and lots of fainting - but maybe it´s a bit the translation´s fault

also i felt cheated on the apparently very interesting sexual life

the ornithologist boyfriend of my sister promised me

(i will have to ask him about a few more things about those birds before we meet...)

so all in all i´m looking very foward to the discussion

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made a seed cake looking a bit like a bird-feeding ring 

(seed crust?! i was afraid it might just get burnt, but it turned out exquisitley crunchy and now i know what the seed-cake-fuss in English novels is all about)

and a few bird fat balls for humans based on those SESAME BALLS

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the font used is from the wonderful free font poject by THE PYTE FOUNDRY

(thank you so much for the link, dear ULMA)

fonts for headings are not to be used in running text, but i couldn´t care less

so here you have it!

only for a few more days:

get some of our pieces for a very special deal over at MONOQI

so get your hand on some ducks and waves and other rings and ear studs

hurry - a few things are already sold out!

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all pictures by MONOQI

hope you all had some very lovely holidays

and a good start into 2016

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on new years eve we stayed at home (again) - none of the planned going dancing happening

due to icy streets (again)

E had a new year´s cry (again)

and forced us to come up with some deep stuff resolutions (again)

to put mine into a shallow shell: i´d like to match my life more to the clothes sleeping in my wardrobe

whatever that might mean

this BRACELET would have been the perfect attire to go with the fire works

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i´m starting to feel relaxed just now

and would like to have a few weeks of doing nothing ahead

since i was so stressed out in the last weeks  before christmas

i had to leave a physiotherapy session early 

because i started to have a panic attack

which would be something i have to work on in this new year

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other than that we have been rather lazy the last days

and eating A LOT, meaning almost non stop
including a fruit cake from hell that just refused to set, even after four bakes in the oven
maybe the week long soak in rum and cointreau made the fruits too drunk after all

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E was told recently she would need a good reason to be naked on stage

so here´s the one for dancing around my kitchen with no shirt on:

she wanted to spare her dress because her head was covered in prophylactic chemicals

since she got a text message basically saying

"Merry Christmas, i might have given you head lice!"
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drawings sneaked from SAMUEL´S diary
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grey cushion cover by THINGSLIKEDIAMONDS
swapping stuff is so great...