ordnung muss sein

my mother told me that when i was a kid, i used to have a fit if my shoelace bows weren't tied to make an equal size. when she told me, i looked at her in pity, asking how she'd coped with that kind of behaviour.
- well, i kind of agreed, she replied.
so i guess i know where my girl's got her sense of order from.

don't loose any more sleep...

...i've removed the easter eggs from my hanging garden. several weeks ago, as a matter of fact (let's not get into the x-mas decoration still hanging on my front door). the witch hazel (aka hanging garden/altar) is now inhabited by bees and birds, and a couple of richly ornamented fishy creatures.


i've really enjoyed this seasonal transition from spring to summer. i don't know why, but the older i get, the more important does the warmth and sun seem to me (even though i still don't like the dizziness of high summer). i've always been a fall girl, loving the chill and the moist of early fall and the october frost that signals winter approaching. and i still am, very much so. but ever so slowly, an appreciation of the warm season has crept up on me, and i almost feel that i'm being unfaithful by saying it out loud: i'm beginning to need summer. (need is even worse than like).

toy week: 4

this wooden doll's bed is one of the few things that i've actually spent money on. it was expensive. and irresistable. and she never plays with it.
except today, when she quite unexpectedly, and to my great joy, also played with another one of mom's favourites; the waldorf dolls. made by me (except the littlest one).
you hear that? how can she not play with something i made her?!?
oh, no problem, i assure you.

embroidered love

me and the kids made this small wall hanging for daddy on his birthday some weeks ago. my daughter made the text and drawing, i transferred it to linen (misspelled and all) and embroidered it, my son cheered us on :)

paper love

my daughter loves paper crafts just as much as i do. make her a paper scrap book and you'll have a friend forever. and what better way to spend time with her than exploring some paper love myself :)

toy week 3

this was a gift from a friend who had found it in a thrift store. it's like the one i had when i was a kid, but mine was blue. i really love this one, with holes in it and everything.
does she play with it?
no.
(it has nothing to do with the holes)
definitely a mom's favourite.

belated spring pics

so, the first big question is of course...
when they do make those tiny, tiny bundles of plant dyed linen thread...why can't they make just one of the ends stick out, so a woman can get to wind it without trying to kill the winding thing???

the second big question is; why are there still eggs in my 'hanging garden'?


spring just wasn't my blogging friend, i guess. but there was beauty, even though it wasn't published :)