This week I'm going to tell you my
Top Ten Books On My Spring TBR
Prudence by Gail Carriger
The Scam by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Star Teacher by Jack Sheffield
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Monday, March 14, 2016
Week 10: Food
This week's topic was food and I personally find it really hard to take a good picture of food. I rarely like photos I have taken and am usually critical about food pics by others as well. It's just so hard to capture it in a way that conveys how tasty it is that does look visually pleasing but I tried and am not unhappy with the result.
Austria has a big tradition of serving Sunday roast (called Sonntagsbraten in German) which usually is either pork - as in this photo - or beef with some sort of cabbage - red or white, served warm or cold - or other vegetables and a dumpling. You have a huge selection of dumplings here - bread dumplings, potatoe dumplings, semolina dumling, ...
No way,
honey! It was too good to share.
Next week's topic is specific to my hometown. I would like to see pictures capturing
Vienna
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Week 9: Yellow
This week's topic was Yellow and this took me longer than I expected but here it is:
I am a reader and book lover and the "for Dummies" series is my absolute favorite when it comes to non-fiction books. I love them because their explanations are really simple and easy to understand and since my history lessons in school were basically non-existent I love learning while reading them. Hopefully I'll add many more to my collection.
The promt for next week is
Food
Friday, March 4, 2016
A Love Letter
Dear Jan,
Over the last four years I had the priviledge that your mum and dad loved and trusted me enough to let me be a big part of your life and I enjoyed every second. For writing this post I sorted through four years of pictures I've taken from you and I can tell you; there were so many!
I first saw you when Eva and I visited you and your mum in the hospital a few days after you were born. You were so tiny. I immediately fell in love with you.
After that we saw each other regularly. While your parents were in lectures we cruised around campus - you usually sleeping in your stroller. When you were older we had some great conversations while walking around. You were looking at the clouds over your head while I was telling you about life, struggles I was facing, the colors of the rainbow, unicorns ... so basically everything important.
We visited the zoo to look at the tigers, spent so much time at the playground that it's now named after me, learned to walk over bridges (the little one on the playground), learned how not to freak out on the swing, you decided to call me Eva instead of Karin (thanks for that buddy) and we spent hours sitting on a bench facing the busy street right around the corner from university watching cars - especially ambulances and police cars.
Now you are in kindergarden and a big brother. Now we go on different adventures. You taught be how to be really patient, how to learn to understand a child's language, that kids are way more sturdy than adults think (no Judith, relax I never dropped him). I discovered that it is okay to let a kid stay up late while you are babysitting, especially when he has such cool parents.
I can finally go to Toys'R'Us again and buy all the Lego and stuffed animals I want without feeling ridiculous. Playing with Legos for hours is one of your favorite past-times nowadays and even though I hate board games, I am playing them with you because everything is fun with you and I don't want to disapoint my baby boy.
And at your parents' wedding you were the only guy I wanted to dance with. And we did - at three in the morning (because everything was too exciting for you to sleep).
Now you are 4 years old, in kindergarden, an adorable big brother (you'll cringe about this when you're old, I know), talk like a grown-up and are the best kid I know. We still share a special bond and I am happy that we do. A huge thank you to your parents that they made this possible for us.
it's March 4th, 2016 - your 4th birthday!
Happy Birthday to you!
Over the last four years I had the priviledge that your mum and dad loved and trusted me enough to let me be a big part of your life and I enjoyed every second. For writing this post I sorted through four years of pictures I've taken from you and I can tell you; there were so many!
I first saw you when Eva and I visited you and your mum in the hospital a few days after you were born. You were so tiny. I immediately fell in love with you.
After that we saw each other regularly. While your parents were in lectures we cruised around campus - you usually sleeping in your stroller. When you were older we had some great conversations while walking around. You were looking at the clouds over your head while I was telling you about life, struggles I was facing, the colors of the rainbow, unicorns ... so basically everything important.
We visited the zoo to look at the tigers, spent so much time at the playground that it's now named after me, learned to walk over bridges (the little one on the playground), learned how not to freak out on the swing, you decided to call me Eva instead of Karin (thanks for that buddy) and we spent hours sitting on a bench facing the busy street right around the corner from university watching cars - especially ambulances and police cars.
Now you are in kindergarden and a big brother. Now we go on different adventures. You taught be how to be really patient, how to learn to understand a child's language, that kids are way more sturdy than adults think (no Judith, relax I never dropped him). I discovered that it is okay to let a kid stay up late while you are babysitting, especially when he has such cool parents.
I can finally go to Toys'R'Us again and buy all the Lego and stuffed animals I want without feeling ridiculous. Playing with Legos for hours is one of your favorite past-times nowadays and even though I hate board games, I am playing them with you because everything is fun with you and I don't want to disapoint my baby boy.
And at your parents' wedding you were the only guy I wanted to dance with. And we did - at three in the morning (because everything was too exciting for you to sleep).
Now you are 4 years old, in kindergarden, an adorable big brother (you'll cringe about this when you're old, I know), talk like a grown-up and are the best kid I know. We still share a special bond and I am happy that we do. A huge thank you to your parents that they made this possible for us.
Happy Birthday Sweetheart!
Love,
Karin
Monday, February 29, 2016
Week 8: Sunshine
This winter was a really good one for us here in Vienna. It can easily happen that we have fog almost every day between October and March but this year we had so many sunny days that my lack of motivation can not be blamed on the lack of sun (damn it!).
I wanted to try to capture sunshine during winter like I usually see it. This was kind of a hard task during a rather sunny and warmish week but one day while drinking my coffee the right conditions appeared. So I sprinted to get my camera, stumbled onto the balcony while sending a quick prayer that I won't fall on my camera and crash it (I was rather clumsy during the week) and was able to capture the sunshine.
Next week I'm on the hunt for the perfect shot capturing
Yellow
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Week 7: Sleep
I am one of those people who needs quite a lot of sleep to feel human so having a comfy bed is key to me.
Here's the view I get every evening before turning off the lights - my stuffed tiger which I got from my mum at the end of school when I was probably 14 and the book I'm currently reading. I don't have a nightstand so my alarm clock is on a board of the bookshelf next to my bed and reaching around the outside of the shelf each night to put my book away turned out to be prone for knocking everything on the board to the floor so I decided to keep my book in bed with me. Makes going to sleep easier and so much quieter. :)
Week 7's prompt is:
Sunshine
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