grow baby grow

Ok, today was all cold and wet so it is bad timing really that I'm doing a post on gardening now but what can you do...maybe you find this inspiring and keep it in mind for the coming gardening season.
I'm talking about the English habit of growing vegetables out of so-called grow bags. It basically means buying a bag of compost, slicing holes in them and putting seeds in them directly. So easy, so efficient - just never seen it anywhere in Germany before.

We have tried it with potatoes (not directly in the bought bag but in plastic bags nevertheless) and it worked amazingly well, just doesn't look very nice.
Anyway, a great way to do some easy and mess-free gardening that should work on smaller balconies as well.
Tell me, have you ever tried it? Have you ever seen this outside the UK?

Weiberkram

Die liebe Manu hat mit ihrem Blog "Ist Weibsvolk anwesend?!" 2-jaehriges Jubilaeum und nimmt dies zum Anlass eine Blogparade zu veranstalten.
Thema ist "Weiberkram"...dazu hatte ich gleich eine ganze Menge an Ideen.

Ein Blick ins Badezimmer hat mich dann jedoch ueberzeugt!

(...uebrigens sind das fast alles die Schaumbaeder meines Mannes...also fast schon ein ironischer Beitrag zum Thema Weiberkram?!?)

Freitags-Füller 19

Ist denn tatsächlich schon mehr als der halbe September rum?

Ich habe ein Rezept für einen gedeckten Apfelkuchen gefunden, und gestern hab ich es nachgebacken - mal gespannt wie er geworden ist.

Am 6. November 2012 habe ich noch nichts konkret geplant, werde in Wiesbaden sein.

Wenn ich die Massen an grellen orangenen Kunstkürbissen und Plastikblättern sehe, dann hab ich es nicht so mit der Herbstdekoration.

Socken an den Füßen gab es nun seit Monaten nicht aber zumindest die letzten Abende daheim hab ich nachgegeben.

Hmm...wie könnte der Titel meines Lebens lauten. "Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin"?

Was das Wochenende angeht, heute Abend freue ich mich auf entspannen, fertig packen und Vorhänge nähen, morgen habe ich meinen routinierten Mainz Trip geplant inkl. Mittagessen beim Thai...und abends flieg ich gen London und Sonntag möchte ich geistig erstmal in England ankommen und mal schauen was wir so machen!

Liebster Award

The lovely Miu has given me the "Liebster Award".

I feel honoured and send a big thank you over to her.
As I´m aware that many bloggers are not into the whole award thing I won´t pass it on, but: As I can be quite egocentric I will still tell you 11 things about me followed by answering Miu´s 11 questions.

In order to avoid the dreadful "I" at the beginning of each sentence I listed 11 things that I´m quite keen on.

I like...

•  my feet
•  white lilies
•  Jaques Brel
•  marzipan
•  wandering through London on my own, without a map
•  to become a godmum one day
•  making a good bargain
•  the smell of Lush shops
•  chai tea
•  watching ballet warm-ups & rehearsals
•  pixie crops

1. What's your favourite song at the moment?
The "title" song from the musical Rebecca which I saw on saturday in Stuttgart.

2. Would you like to change something about your body?
I´m a big girl and, no, it´s not just heavy bones. 
I´m wobbly, I´m pale, my hair is as straight and thin as anything and the first wrinkles make their appearance on my forehead. So, yeah, of course it would be quite pleasing to be changed into Sophie Dahl or Christina Hendricks . 
But on the other side, I don´t really give a shit. I´m happy, have a husband and friends, I´m fit enough to walk 20km without any problems and can still find clothes which I like. It´s not something I think about a lot really.

3. Which country would you like to visit?
I wouldn´t rule out any country and I´m sure it all can be amazing and, at least, teach you new things. But countries that simply attract me for no obvious reason? Russia, India, Easter Island (aka Chile), Finland 

4. Who would you take with you to a desert island?
As my direct family consists of exactly 2 people it would be my husband and my dad...and Tiger the cat of course.


5. What's your facourite scent?
apart from various perfumes...autumn leaves in the sun, cinnamon, dill, basil, lavender, olives, forest, steam trains

6. What is your favourite season?
spring and autumn...precisely, the first day in winter when the air smells of spring and the first hints of autumn in a summer breeze. I started to deeply hate winter!

7. A product you would not like to live without?
Of course you don´t wanna hear anything like oxygen or water now so...hmm...clothes...a wi-fi box...a laptop...tooth paste...impossible to reduce it down to one item.

8. What language would you like to learn?
perfect French...fluent Finnish...Dutch, Russian, Italian, Irish Gaelic

9. Do you have an idol?
not really an idol but people I admire are the Queen and Christoph Schlingensief - what a mix ;-)


10. Do you play an instrument?
the recorder...a bit poor really. But I own an out-of-tune piano!


11. If you could change one thing in the world - what would it be?
a cure for every disease

the museum of love

Last friday my husband and I had the opportunity and honour to shoot another good friend´s wedding which took place in a charming little museum...it was great fun and a very relaxed, sunny day.
Good to have a chance to get to grips with the new camera before what seems to be THE year to get married (at least it looks like that when I have a look into my 2013 calendar...).
There is still a lot of room for improvement but I´m working on it...and I absolutely love working on it so keep the wedding invitations coming in :-)

Divas and Dreams Photo Challenge: High Heels

wishing you a lovely weekend