Christmas

Merry Christmas to you all. It is very grey here in Germany and and not as snowy as it was last time I spent Christmas here. I have a great time - meeting people, reading, drinking tea and eating my way through the Christmas cookies at my grandmother's place..Thank you so much for your lovely birthday wishes. I hope you have a wonderful time...Ma...

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I am just about to go to bed, tired after a beautiful day with so many people who thought of me, called, wrote me lines, sent a card .... friends who came over, chats over coffee, tea and cake, laughs. It's been a great day. I made Nigel Slater's beetroot cake this morning and I wanted to take a picture but forgot and now it is all gone but it was so great, a perfect Winter cake....It is great to be back hom...

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Fremantle Western Australia

I am here in Fremantle since last Tuesday. It is our Summer stop before we fly over to Germany on Tuesday. I was lucky and could work from here and enjoy the beautiful warm weather which everyone was missing in Sydney over the last couple of weeks. I went for a swim in my lunch break which was early in the morning here due to the 3 hours time difference to Sydney, had the most delicious fruitbreat I ever had as snacks and great great coffee at a friends place who just...

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Corners from the new place

You know when you move into a new place it is a bit like having a white piece of paper in front of you. You can arrange your space totally new add bits here and there, pin up different things to the wall and make it your home. I moved into a small room in a shared house last Sunday (only for a couple of months) and I am still in the process of making it my new home. It is a nice room gets great light, which was very important to me and has trees in front of it. At the...

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More Summer food

I am still having unpacked boxes all over my little room and thought I share some Summer food images with you. #1 One of my favorite things in Summer is to have some bread with fresh cucumber, chive, and raddhishes #2 The breakfast with Summer fruits#3 Summer also means lots of fresh basil and this is one of the great meals we make, pasta, home-made pesto with boiled potatoes and squash#4 This is a great recipe from the amazing 'Plenty' cookbook from Ottolenghi. Lentils...

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Necklace

It's Sunday afternoon and I am almost done with the move, I wanted to say a quick hi in between all the cleaning and carrying boxes and show you the necklace I got from Trixi the other day. You might have seen them here and here and now she is also selling them in her own little store. Have a look.Have a wonderful start into the week. Ma...

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