Thursday, July 14, 2011

Day 8: A bad habit

Coffee. Drink way too much of it! I should cut back, really, but I love the smell of freshly ground coffee beans in the morning and the whole ritual and sanctity of my morning coffee. Plus, it's a ritual I share with my husband, and that amplifies the goodness by quite a lot!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

What, we're on day 7 already?!

Oh dear, I'm behind. I was going to be so good with this and post a pic every day, but the sleep deprivation got the best of me. I have been going to bed right after the kids have gone to sleep, which means no alone time and no time to post. To redeem myself I must say that my intention with this blog to just enjoy this little space I've created, and deadlines are just not my thing. So here are days 5, 6 and 7.

Day 5: From a high angle


 Day 6: From a low angle


Day 7: Fruit (Cheating on this one, going with berries instead. They were too red to resist!)

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Day 4: Something green


"Its not easy being green" ;)

Far-fetched? Maybe just a bit, but I just had to post a pic of this little critter we found by the lake today.   Didn't notice the other two until I uploaded the photo!

Friday, July 8, 2011

{ this moment }



A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Hosted by Soulemama.

Day 2: What you wore today


My daughter. We're at that "if you don't carry me all day I'll be completely miserable"-stage, so into the baby wrap she goes.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

It's oh so quiet

It's been way too quiet these days in my little corner of cyber-world, but time has been hard to come by. Always someone needing something, something needing to be done and me needing to rest from these somethings and needings. My silence does not mean nothing has been happening. On the contrary, things have been happening that I've wanted to share. Discoveries, milestones, creating, inspiration and such.

:: Discoveries. My frequent visits to the local second hand store finally paid off. I've been on the prowl for fancy china - gold trimming and petite flowers, something that makes you think of mild-mannered old ladies with white hair tied in neat buns and well-manicured fingernails.  I want to start a tradition of celebrating special occasions by eating from our lovely old-lady china, but I don't want it to be something I'm afraid the kids will break - hence all the visits to second hand stores. I was hoping I'd find something before my sons third birthday, but no such luck. Instead I found this 48-piece set of plates and cups for a whooping 150 crowns. Wow. I love the retro look, the set has just the right touch of  "the 70's called and want their china back". Perfect for everyday use! The search for old-lady china goes on.


:: Milestones. We celebrated this biking fanatics third birthday. Third. It's such a cliché, but time really has gone by too fast. I'm always a bit down around his birthday, I guess I sort of grieve the year that has gone by. I've had to say goodbye to two year old Sebastián, and reminisced about one-year-old Sebastián, baby-Sebastián, the birth, the pregnancy, the longing. At the same time I'm so proud of all the progress he has made and look forward to seeing what this third year has in store for us.


:: Creating. Birthday boy ordered a crown for his birthday, so I took Claire out of the storage room. Claire is my sewing machine, named after the friend who sold her to me (You do name your appliances, don't you? Perfectly normal behaviour). Claire and I don't really get along. That is, the sewing machine and I. Sewing brings out the worst in me, but I cut and sewed and swore and glued and swore some more; and it was so worth it. Birthday boy loved the crown (and I loved that I had made it). I found instructions for this crown in Amanda Blake Soule's book "The creative family".

:: Inspiration. One blissful morning I woke up to the sound of my new coffee machine grinding beans for my morning coffee, it was a lovely sound to wake up to. I actually got to drink that coffee in peace and catch up on some blog reading. Ahhhh the small luxuries in life! While reading, I came upon this post, which touched upon photography. I'm no photographer, half of the time I have no idea what I'm doing, but I do enjoy exploring the world with my camera. So, since I have little time to sit down and write these days, I've decided to jump on board on this 30 day photography challenge. I'm way late, this challenge was posted in May, but better late than never, right?

So, here we go. Day one: Self portrait