Detail of the feather decorated twigs Sebastian made in kindy today – a common Shrovetide tradition in Scandinavia (and other places)? The twigs are supposed to symbolize the suffering of Christ, although few know the real reason for them – they’ve become «just decorations» for most. Me included.
A winner with my kids, the cookies don’t even have to be homemade. I remember the day I showed them how to dip the cookie in milk – they looked at me with disbelief and almost had to be forced into trying..! :D "What on earth is our crazy mum up to now?!" Especially our [...]
A child’s treasures. Our youngest is the kind of kid who will pick up almost anything from the ground and claim it to be interesting. Cones are the best thing ever, according to his point of view. He can also never leave the house without bringing at least two toys – even when we drive [...]
I am in no hurry to see it snowing, I enjoy the winter as is – with lots of neat motives for photography!
At the shopping mall in Kiel they had a reptile exhibition. Pretty neat!
Spending a couple of days on a cruise ferry between Norway and Germany, I brought the book «In praise of slow» by Carl Honoré. I am supposed to read it because of work stuff, but it _is_ really fitting for the situation – what else to do on a ferry but to take things slow?
