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thank you so much for stopping by on Saturday

we had a wonderful afternoon

actually after such good weather we didn´t mind the rain in the end

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since some of you asked for the recipes

i made a lemon-thyme-cake from Nigel Slater´s Kitchen Diaries II

a LEBANESE ANISSEED CAKE

a GREEN TEA + RASPBERRY CAKE from Rose Bakery

(it´s the second recipe, but the first one sounds like a stunner too - french version HERE) 

PAULA´S WHITE WINE + FENNEL SEED BISQUITS

SHORTBREAD WITH ROSEMARY + CANDIED GINGER

and a nectarine-honey-sirup based loosely on this RECIPE

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E did not only brilliantly finish her studies

she also just had her 25th birthday - just like the ICE CREAM we´re so fond of

so we made her a popsicle stick necklace

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i´m pretty fond of my own TROPICAL MOON NECKLACE right now

it´s so perfect for summer outfits

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does anyone know where i can get those SILVER ARIZONA BIRKENSTOCK in Germany?

i like shoes that match our profession...

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every now and then my tall spruce trees get visited by three shrieking hawks

spitting cast all over the place

but i do like their sounds