http://www.birgits.net ... on photography, design, parenting and the odd geekish subject Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:36:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shopping from US online stores isn't always the easiest thing when you are living across the Atlantic. Some stores don't ship internationally at all, which is a pita when the items they offer aren't available elsewhere. Fortunately for me, Jen <3 doesn't mind being the middle man, meaning I have ... http://www.birgits.net/floored/ .. I am so smitten by the Pullip bug right now. Just look at these gorgeous photos! They are taken, and edited, by a young boy named David. Looking at his flickr profile I wouldn't be too surprised if the kid makes a career in design, not everyone have as ... http://www.birgits.net/this-is-why/ So, after having drooled over asian ball-jointed dolls for several years, I've finally splurged out for one. I have been wanting the Dollmore Eve "Lilis Liv", but $550 is more than I can afford or even grant myself for a toy, beautiful as it might be (and although my partner ... http://www.birgits.net/doll-fever/ I've recently had a boost of attention towards my flickr account, the reason being a few decent but yet mediocre macros of butterflies. I am not playing the flattery game here, honest, I won't even show any of the photos in this post. My point is that I have _loads_ ... http://www.birgits.net/mysterious-flickr/ Lazy first evening of summer vacation, originally uploaded by anotherme's stuff. I am between laptops - now that I've finally gotten a desktop computer at work, I've convinced my significant other to take over the "monster" laptop that I purchased a couple of years ago in order to actually get that ... http://www.birgits.net/lazy-first-evening-of-summer-vacation/ Przewalskis, originally uploaded by anotherme. - but these were too beautiful, colourwise as well as shape wise. They are Przewalskis, the last wild horse species and a symbol of Mongolia, according to Wikipedia. The ones I've captured weren't exactly "wild", being that they were living in a zoo, but at least ... http://www.birgits.net/and-i-dont-even-like-horses/ Home from a lovely weekend in Germany. On Friday, arriving in the evening, we just checked in to a hotel, had a schnitzel, then walked downtown Cochem to check out the ongoing wine festival. Saturday was spent at the Nürburgring race track, and on Sunday I was on my own ... http://www.birgits.net/photowalking-in-cochem/ I know, I know, Johanna - why even bother with a blog when I don't write anything..? I am in the middle of a process of gathering enough guts and carelessness to actually start using my blog - it's not like I don't have anything to write about, it's just ... http://www.birgits.net/bring-me-the-moon/ Please excuse the mess. http://www.birgits.net/revamping/ Moving my blog over to birgits.net, forgot to deactivate the LJ-crosspost plugin before cleaning out at the other domain - managed to delete several LJ posts before I noticed. Apologies to anyone who'd commented at LJ (I guess I shouldn't be working on script stuff at 4 in the morning, ... http://www.birgits.net/woops/