Always take the weather with you?
brainstorm (Photo credit: Graela) Yesterday afternoon, while I was at work, the sky suddenly went incredibly dark. The next minute, the heavens opened – I’m talking torrential downpour! Then the...
View ArticleFridaaaay! (letters)
It’s Friday again (hurray!!), and we all know what that means… Dear rain. Apart from last Saturday, I can’t remember the last time you stayed away for more than a few hours. Enough is enough, ok? Go to...
View ArticleCross stitch woes and Friday letters
Hiiii! Posting on my blog has been a bit sporadic recently. I do apologise! Cross stitching like mad was the main culprit. I really needed to get the finished article in the postbox before the first...
View ArticleIreland, days 8-9: Exploring Kerry and hiking in the rain
Although our apartment was in Killarney, we didn’t really see much of the town (other than Tesco and the route to the Tourist Information office), so I won’t be giving any information about it in this...
View ArticleIt wasn’t supposed to be an actual mud pie…
Yesterday, I fulfilled my “provide sweet treats for your colleagues after you’ve had a birthday” obligation and made Mississippi Mud Pie. Crushing 600g of chocolate biscuits took a while! Biscuit...
View ArticleThe Liebster Award and some random ramblings
Charlotte from Sherbet and Sparkles recently gave me the Liebster Award (thank you Charlotte!) and I thought I would pass it on before I completely forget about it.A while ago, I was given a different...
View ArticleNeighbourhoods Around the World – Karlsruhe
A slightly different blog post today. I’m taking part in a series hosted by Annabelle over at The Piri-Piri Lexicon – Show me your neighbourhood around the world. The idea of this series is to take a...
View ArticleGarmisch-Patenkirchen
The party Jan and I were supposed to go to in Switzerland fell through, so we spontaneously decided to go the other way instead. Jan managed to book a hotel room for the night in Garmisch-Patenkirchen...
View ArticleFriday letters
I have one more post to come about last weekend’s trip, but first it’s time for Friday letters… Disused letterbox (Photo: Wikipedia) Dear J & M. It was lovely to see you again at the weekend and...
View ArticleNeuschwanstein and Augsburg
My previous post about our long weekend away ended with Jan and I driving along the Romatic Road on our way to Schloss Neuschwanstein… Castle Neuschwanstein is actually located in the village of...
View ArticleFriday letters
The weekend has (almost) arrived and with it the incredibly crappy weather. Not that it’s been particularly nice for most of the week, but at least the rain had seemed to be holding off… until today. I...
View ArticleFriday letters – the autumn weather edition
Aaah, it’s that time of the week again… the day that I bombard you with mini letters to the universe and you pretend you find them entertaining. Shall we get started? Dear clocks. I hear you’re going...
View ArticleAutumn days…
We woke up on Saturday to rain, which continued for the rest of the weekend and is forecast to carry on until at least next Monday so I thought I would upload some photos I took a few weeks ago to...
View ArticleFriday letters on Remembrance Day
It’s Friday at the end of what has been a bit of a weird week for me. On Monday I had a doctor’s appointment, one that had been arranged for a while and was nothing special. Tuesday I called a doctor...
View ArticleFriday letters
Hello everyone! Now I’ve posted once this week, I thought I should at least try to keep up. So Friday letters it is. Let’s get straight to it, shall we? Dear boyfriend. If you’re going to wake me up...
View ArticleFriday letters
Ah Friday… you wonderful harbinger of the weekend! I’ve been having trouble falling asleep all week, so you’re even more welcome than you would have been anyway. To celebrate, let’s have some letters....
View ArticleA Photo an Hour: 16 December 2017
Happy New Year friends! I hope you all had a good start to the year, whatever you were doing (I was in Geneva getting soaked – the heavens opened just before midnight!), and 2018 is an amazing one for...
View ArticleAutumn walk 2019
Every year since we moved to Basel I’ve gone for a walk at the end of October and taken photos of the autumn colours. The second year, it was pure coincidence that I took the photos on almost the same...
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