OCCUPYGEZI

(via everywhere)

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we are so lucky

even though our workshop (and my parents house) 

is right in the middle of the flood plain of the Danube

and everything is constructed in a way to avoid water damage

we only have had clear ground water running through the property

thanks to an amazing pumping station and an excellent dam system

so all we that is needed now is a bucket of desinfectant chalk paint

when the old quarrystone walls are dry again

our heart goes out to those who have lost so much

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the garden actually looked quite pretty

kind of like a jungle

and the water reflections made the workshop look very mysterious

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hopefully you all know the lovely ceramics from OTCHIPOTCHI

made by PAULA

they´re just perfect, so delicate and clean

and there is a little secret in the works...

TINY BOUQUET #36 FOR PAULA

made from old and new (to the garden) flowers and tiny trees i had to cut down

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CONGRATULATIONS TO K FOR GETTING HER DREAM JOB

now i only have to support one sister:)
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do you know how to get my hands on this CELIA BIRTWELL x UNIQLO dress?
they don´t ship to Germany...

we just tried to waterproof our workshop, showroom and my parents ground-floor

since the peak of the Danube floods will arrive here tomorrow

like probably everywhere with all this rain

so we´re going to be a bit behind and very very wet

hopefully it´s not going to be as bad as it currently looks

for all of you out there

sounds like the rain has stopped for a bit

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for my birthday dear JULIE created me a delicious menu

considering all my diet restrictions - but it´s sure doesn´t look like that

she also made me the most wonderful little cookbook

thank you so much for this amazing gift

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and thank you NINA for a spot on cookie cutter and an edition of one of the most beautiful books

ATLAS DER ABGELEGENEN INSELN

i also just made her FICHTENWIPFERL again - so woody and sweet

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my mother´s Dijon roses

cut before they started to rot in the rain

and pretty columbine varieties from my favorite old plant lady from the farmers market

she brings new to me ones every week

hopefully my garden will soon look like the one in the old photograph

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at first i thought those two wreath styles wouldn´t go together

and i had to choose

but now i like them both - do you have a favorite?

i´d love a bit of help with this decision

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LOOP EAR STUDS to go with the LOOP RING - custom made

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an INTERVIEW with Ana Kras

i like THIS GIRL´S style

(i don´t think i got one of my own, since i like to change everything so much)

pretty pink CHIVE BLOSSOM VINEGAR

MAD STYLE (via MISS MOSS) - wow, so much thought put in every tiny detail

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which reader are you going to use

when google reader runs out?

violet season is over

but there are still some fragrant varieties in full bloom

and you don´t actually need the flowers in case you want to give this a try

the sirup does the trick

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THE TIREDNESS OF ROSABELL

by Katherine Mansfield

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her stories are unsettling

full of moodswings, lifes turned around in the blink of an eye

heavily scented with all kinds of flowers

slightly hysterical

they can make your heart break a little

so do watch out

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drenched in London rain

milliner Rosabell dreams not only of delectable feasts

she also imagines a completly different life like the ones her clients lead

full of gleaming fires, maids, cozy boudoirs

completed by a dashing suitor

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i felt so sorry for this hungry girl

wet and so exhausted she almost cried climbing up the stairs

comforting herself with beautiful stories

sleeping in this cold dull room

i wanted to bake something very luscious and extravagant for her

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something like a four (dreadful) flights high haselnut cake

spread with hazelnut-chocolate cream

coverd in a violet and anis scented goat cream cheese frosting

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and then i did something very unhealthy but utterly delicious

i put marshmallows and violet sirup in a cup of hot cocoa

made with chocolate, cocoa powder and goat milk

probably one of the craziest things i ever tasted

it could have come right from her dream

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read this and almost all of Katherine Mansfield´s stories HERE

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in case you want to bake this cake

here is the recipe for two layers only

it is really heavy and four layers are probably too much for real life

and in case you´re not intolerant to eggs

use any kind of cake batter with a bit of flour substituted with toasted ground hazelnuts

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140 g spelt flour

50 g slightly toasted ground hazelnuts

1 tsp baking powder

75 g sugar

125 ml butter milk

mix the dried ingredients and add the milk

incoporate until you´ve got a silken runny cake batter

fill into a lined baking tin - about 22 cm diameter

bake at 175 degree celsius for about 25 min

until a tooth pick comes out clean

cream about 400g cream cheese with a few tsp of sugar

blueberry juice for colouring, crushed anis seeds and as much violet sirup as you like

when the cake is cool take it out of the tin

half it with a thin sharp knife

spread each layer with some hazelnut chocolate cream

frost it with cream cheese mixture

i used a butter knife and sometimes my fingers

since i´m not a pastry chef at all

 and if you have some on hand sprinkle with edible violets

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thank you D for "lending" me your wonderful staircase

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now i need some ideas to use up all that leftover violet sirup

it was my birthday last week

the 30th - sounds like a big deal, but i didn´t feel a thing

and it was full of such nice surprises

which made me tear up

but since i´m so very busy right now

(so busy i had to actually buy some cake instead of make one)

i´ll have to show them to you some other time

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a sneak peak of a new PHOTO ESSAY i´m working on

i´ll probably post it tomorrow

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a wedding necklace we made

based on the VARIOUS NECKLACE

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green shoes - shiny green beetle

so much green outside

and so cold

planting carnations, pink sage and lots of mint varieties

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this weekend - and a bit longer - i´m going to be in Berlin

attending THE HIVE and visiting my sister

is anyone coming, too?

also i´d love to hear some ideas on what to see there
thank you so much in advance

right after posting the dandelion crown last week

i found NINA´S dandelion syrup

of course i rushed out the next day

and picked 300 flowers

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but i managed to break the tiny plate my grandmother gave to me

filled with VANILLA CRESCENTS right before she died

and chipped my favorite mixing bowl in the process

(i do have quite a few others, but this one had the perfect shape and size

and it was light blue on the outside)

also i cooked the syrup too long

so it´s more like candy now

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the black cats took off a few months ago

but their mother is back now

got her neutered (trying to break free from the trap led to a scratched nose)

and now we do everthing together

she loves to be loved and sometimes cries when we´re not around

the oddest little creature, so haunted and so into being cuddled

one of her things is climbing into a tree and singing like a bird

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topinambur is my new best enemy

i actually cry out in horror when i spot an other sprout

have to dug up whole beds to get rid of it

it´s not pretty

so whatever you do - do not ever not plant it in a pot

i would heve thrown it all away out of anger

but my garndmothers friend who planted it all over the garden (!!!)

loves it so much i had to pot some

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PETALS - dear ALMA likes them, too

want to read everything on the EVENCLEVELAND BOOKCLUB tumblr

a nice post on THE SPHINX AND THE MILKY WAY about why we share our work