Place to belong

In Denmark we just had fall vacation for the past week and that gave me a perfect reason to finally go home and visit my parents again – it’s been a while since I’ve done so. The week before that included a crazy work load, so I was very pleased to be able to just relax and enjoy myself. After almost a week of relaxation I had to face the reality of chores and and things needed to be done in the apartment (oh the grownup-ness!) and I went back to Aarhus friday. I’ve been running around like a mad person; catching up on my studying, doing laundry, filling the freezer with homemade chicken stock, beans and applesauce and and and.. But most of it was nice things – things that I didn’t mind doing (like baking the best walnut bread ever).

Talent: NATALIE KUCKEN

I just stumbled across Ben Trovatos feature of a young female photographer (makes me sound old, yuk). As it says on her website, Natalie Kucken is a 17-year-old photographer, who startet shooting at 14, “creating dreamlike worlds to collect and keep in pixels“. A lot of young photographers that I come across have a similar style of photographing, but this girl’s different. Her imagery is playful, yet deep, and I really enjoy her experiments with light and her electronics. Take a look at her inspiring photos.

 

And there’s more on her website and blog. Do go look!

Humbly handmade

This week I took my friend to the forest and shot some photos for my etsy. It was sunny and perfect, and I’m endlessly happy about the photos.

Please visit my humble etsy :) More to come!

Little joy

The past three weeks where I’ve been home alone, I’ve created a new tendency in my dayly doings. I’ve started piling up projects, heeps of projects, that are all fun – but it leaves me knackered at night. The workload keeps growing and it’s hard to keep up. All of this means headaches, which means more stress because I don’t have the energy to get things done!

So it was a great feeling to walk into the dewy, sunny garden this morning and harvest my spring onions. Apart from my beans they’re the only crop I’ve left from this summer. Amazing greens and lovely oniony aromas..

(I promise this won’t turn into a garden blog only – would be pretty dull over the winter time)

My Victory Garden

I’ve shown you my garden a few times (like here and here). But autumn has come to Denmark, which means there’s not much for me to do in my wee garden, but enjoy what’s left of flowers and colours. Mentally I haven’t been ready to give up my garden, and all the gorgeous vege that I got from it (a lot of it withered in the sun and rain when we were on vacation), so I decided to plant some lettuce and some swiss chards (or silver beets, bright lights or whatever you may want to call them) in my windowsill. I’m especially excited about the chards, since it’s the first time I’ve sown them – but my mum has them at home in the window boxes and they’re both beautiful and so delicious. Plus, it’s so nice having something growing and something to look forward to when the autumn brings rain and wind.

Ps. If you wonder what I mean with victory garden, I can explain; this was what you call the gardens people planted during WWII in their yards, windows.. All to start producing their own food.

Oh happy day

This morning when I woke up from my deadly, heavy sleep I actually thought it would be one of those dreadful days, where it’s impossible to wake up and you never get any of those thousands of things needed to be done. But to my surprise the sun is shining leaving me hopeful and happy (having the day off university probably didn’t hurt either). So apart from doing my homework (later, later) I’ve time to enjoy the silence of the sunshine, my home-grown chilies and the beautiful flowers from my significant other.

One of those days

It’s one of those days.. My head is telling me to finish all the things I started, prepare, photograph, tidy. But I’m so unbelievably tired. It doesn’t help to stare at the to do-list that I wrote on friday, where only two are crossed out in a tired black line. Had an intensely uncomfortable time at the doctors today, where all I wanted was a hug and being held by S afterwards, but uni work had to be done and an empty bed awaits. I don’t think I’m asking too much when I want him to come home and just be here.

A little sunday magic

Swarovski and  multimedia artist, a photographer and a film maker Bruno Aveillan have created this cinema spot. I’m sharing it with you, because it’s a short beautiful and magical film of only 3 minutes. With the film follows a few amazing photographs. I’m already in sunday-love with the campaign.

We all need a little sunday magic!

Please help.

It’s hardly been possible to ignore. That the famine in Africa has reached a new high, and that the people are in desperate need of food, water – and our help. I myself have found it hard to find the money to help, but I did tried to stretch my finances a bit and I made my donation. Not a big one, but it’s hopefully better than nothing.

SO basically I just want to stress how important I think it is that you try to help – just a tiny bit.

Imagine. It’s more than 12 million people starving, dying. I hope you will, or already have, help(ed).

You can go here to donate, or to any local foundations that you feel comfortable with.

Thanks for listening :)

Friendship

The best thing is when you’re favourite friends show their love and support for no special reason, but it turns out it was just the right time.

And two who love  each other, 

can heal even the most vicious wounds

just by looking at each other

and smoothing each others’ hair.”

- Viggo Stuckenberg