my - well, actually not "my", because they belong to themselves - cat disapeared

cat girl took off almost three weeks ago and now her brother starts to stay away too

it´s weird since they seemed to love it around here

and they would never miss their bowl of warmed milk at the neighbours
somehow i think they try to find a way to escape winter (wish i could, too)

it´s the sadest thing
(trying to cheer myself up with this CAT VIDEO)

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and i collected quite a few more food intolerances

especially cow milk and almost all grains

my belly feels already so much better

but i´m afraid the food supplements drive my stomache crazy

spent some time at the emergency room last weekend

because it felt like someone was stabbing me from behind

it seemed to look like gall stones

but then they didn´t find any 

- i was already thinking about asking if i could keep them after they´ve retrieved them -
and i went home again

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a few days later i got a full blown cold
still here in bed with me
not the flu, but awful enough
living of tined peaches, rice-noodle soup and white tea
waking again and again to the sound of snow shoveling
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some things brightened my days though
a nice interview over at GOLD.PAPER.TALK
a bit on magazines and typography and me (wearing a Peter Pan COLLAR - found via BASTISRIKE)
- thank you, dear Marleen -
a beautiful package from OLGA
and some of our pieces on an exciting journey
also some WSAKE rings in the new LUNA magazine
(W was kind of confused by the article
"does this Mila person actually wear our rings?!")

MIMA posted an interview with WSAKE 

and wrote some very nice words about us - thank you so much, Indre!

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my days are spent planing and working on prototypes

and to clear my mind i think about the garden

what has to be done

and where to plant what

(including California poppies from NINA)

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another tiny custom made golden thing - a knuckle ring

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yesterday i went to a carnival ball

dressed up as my own cat in the very last minute

but i would love to come up with an actual costume

maybe i´ll give the welding outfit from FLASHDANCE a try...

adorned with a few blue bulbs

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snowy and cold

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?