feeling slightly "on hold" lately

the gorgeous weather is a treat though

it´s so warm my cat likes to retreat into my shadow

and does not approve when i move around

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after talking to a lot of cat owners

mine seemed to be the sweetest creature out there

so kind and careful

probably because she get´s to be so wild around the garden

(my gardening companion thinks she´s a special breed between a monkey and a cat

since her climbing skills are so outstanding)

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lots of patient sawing

the new collection is almost finished now

and a PENDANT for RIKE adorned with a sky full of tiny stars

(+ a new addition to my moon cookie cutter collection)

thank you for all your patient "business help"

thinking about putting it in the shop now

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new shoes with shadowy dots

can´t wait to wear them

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have a sunny weekend

oh that glorious weather!

looks like we will have a break from all that sunshine starting this weekend

but how beautiful those weeks have been...

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a perfect start for the flea market season

strangely almost all my bargains were somehow rose coloured

a marble lamp foot and a rose/copper coloured mirror

i tried these shoes on with too thick socks

so i probably have to give them to K

unless you´ve got an idea how to shrink vintage Bally sandals a size or two

(wearing my favorite HUI HUI scarf)

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E is gone now for almost two weeks

but she left glasses full of coloured water and paint stained cloths all over the place

i quite like how the cat and i turned out

she says i´m getting more and more exhausting

being grumpy and talking endlessly about plants

but she liked that "painter´s primerose"

(i made up that name since it looks like someone draw delicate lines on the petals

probably with a LAMY fountain pen)

and to prove her right:

i´m completely enamoured with those pale yellow wild daffodils

just planted a few last fall to see how i like them

and i do very much

dreaming of a whole meadow of those now

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have a wonderful weekend

ZWISCHENZEIT

W doesn´t like ugly lighters and sanding paper in pictures

he thinks it doesn´t look pretty

but i say the truth is beautiful

we do need beauty in our lives

but one tends to hide reality for the sake of it

so now it´s time to show of those bright blue fleece sweaters and old hands
he´s working on one of his old classics

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the last hours of Fasching

made myself a construction with bouncing and bobbing paper balls

cat likes it to

E is doing a little dance wearing TI´s hat - thank you so much
tried to make Ninas CHOCOLATE CONFETTIS
looks like the circulation air setting of my oven does not work
made myself some egg coal
but since i´m obviously in a Zen-like state of mind i didn´t took it to hard
the Krapfen were shop bought after this
but KATHREINERLE made them herself

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can´t get enough of INTELLIGENT CLASHING
or the new ladies collection by MUKU

these first weeks of the year haven´t been easy for quite some people

and i do hope it´s going to start looking better for all of you

made my pain feel benign

it looks like it´s fading a bit now - knock on wood

and i´m starting to feel like my old self again, a bit tired out and worried though

the only likely explanation is that my back starts to affect new parts, systems and organs now

my physiotherapist is working on that and we´ve found some unbelieveable hurtful parts

once we had to stop otherwise i would have been sick all over the place

too much pain right under the sternum, making me feel nauseous all the time
enough complaining

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W said it´s about time to pick up a dangerous hobby

since what harm can it do, i´m already damaged

so i was watching the olympics for inspiration

but the snow boarders only made me think of a younger me

watching some friends skate boarding for hours

being bored out of my mind and never tempted to try it myself

(of course one couldn´t admit that, since those were the cool guys and i´m very much not)

their way of chilling out and talking so slowly made me itchy and i´m not even an adventuresome person

they were really nice guys, but get a move on!

me = totally unchilled

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what i did was finally popping some asprin,  proofing my uncoolness

and bidding on tap dance shoes for E and me

when i told her about my ambitions for our performances she just said

"whatever - i just found a video of myself pretending to be a tree

and i was very good at that, so tap dancing is really not a problem
- performing is my profession."

(she also told me i was going to live till the age of 85,  which probably will be like THIS)

and that´s my favorite TAP DANCE SCEEN - people, people, people!

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also i started to believe in the healing powers of the colours hot pink and yellow

yellow because of  sunshine and TURMERIC and the sight of puffy mimosas

hot pink just because

applying lipstick is also  a good remedy

and i´ve found the moon posts on THE SPHINX & THE MILKY WAY rather soothing

(this does not mean i don´t believe i "real" medicine though!!!)

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i´m currently on a sawing break to avoid a sore ellbow

but finally it looks like we´re going somewhere - or not

now we´re moving on to the bigger pieces

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those GARDEN PICTURES make my heart ache
S forced some chestnuts, they look positvely creepy 

quiet times around here

taking lots of walks

in an oh so ugly neighbourhood

nice trees and house number plaques though

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needed a bit of yellow to make up for the missing sun

mimosas - again

and since it´s Valentine´s Day

i filled the little porcellain guys heart shaped vase

(i think he loves me, hihi...) 

primroses - i have a thing for them since LAST YEAR

and couldn´t resist a light green and almost grey one

they´re called "auriggerl" around here

could there be a better name for anything?!

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it took us quite a while to finally come up

with a piece of hair jewellery that actually works

lots and lots of prototypes

but now i think that cockscomb thing looks quite fun

a few more shapes are still under construction

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watching a bit of olympics

thinking of wearing my hair like the girl opening the gates for the figure skaters

reading a lot of  KATE ATKINSON

i think she´s fabolous

even her dog characters and i´m not even into dogs

lots of drowning, missing sisters and, well life and death

(although the Jackson Brody sequels can´t keep up with the first one)

picked up EAT after reading NINA´S post

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happy Valentine´s Day!