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Spring is here. Well, minus the freezing wind, but still. My friend Hannes took this of me and Juss on wednesday. We had a fun time outside and talked alot about cameras, and in the end me and Martin decided to get a new one. The little digital soapbox is just a little too slow for our little boy, and i really want some not-so-blurry pictures of my family. (We have so few of them, taken all by friends with good cameras :P).
Okay, i must go back to my homework for the university...
It's busy times here :)

Have a good week!

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Hm. Ich wollte eigentlich gestern schreiben, weil das Gefühl gestern auftauchte und dort auch blieb. Der wind war heute extrem stark und brachte so viel neues mit, dass ich das Gestern vergass. Ob's das Dokumentieren nötig hat?

Einen Vortrag zu halten ist immer kleinwenig aufregend. Ein positiver Stress bei der Vorbereitung, ein Durheinander im Kopf, bevor man die Frage versteht, oder das, was man selber sagen wollte, Wörter, die in einer anderen Fremdsprache einfallen, aber nicht in der richtigen. Und wenn man die Gesichter der Zuhörer dabei studiert und sich wundert worüber hinter diesen und jenen Augen gedacht wird. Und das Gefühl am Ende doch einen Sieg errungen zu haben. 

Ich glaube, die Frage an mich nachher war rethorisch. (nicht so gedacht aber so geschehen). Es waren keine anderen am diesen Tag da. Ich und E. Ein Kolloquium, eine Sommerschule, eine Konferenz, ein Ausflug in ein neues Wissen. Und irgendwie war ich dann traurig, weil ich nicht kann, weil es kompliziert wäre, weil es schon die anderen Pläne gibt und die anderen Umstände. Aber ich war froh gefragt geworden zu sein. Und dann traurig, weil es diese Antwort nach sich trug.

Dennoch würde ich meine Umstände (komisch Mutterschaft jetzt so zu nennen:)) nie umtaushen oder gar bereuen. Meine Familie ist wunderschön und eine Quelle meiner Freuden. Es gibt in keiner Universität in der Welt einen Fach, oder eine Lehrkraft, die mir mehr beibringen könnte, als mein kleiner Sohn mir es schon in dieser kurzen Zeit getan hat. Und es geht nur weiter :)

Vielleicht kann man doch alles haben, nur Geduld haben. Es werden andere Möglichkeiten kommen und neue Chancen sich ergeben. Nur Mut! sag ich mir.

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The contrast might be too strong in this photo, but so was the sun today :) The whole day in the sun, in a street caffee, meeting people at random and having a good time. 

Have a great sunday tomorrow!

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Wow, it's been a while!

You could say, that i was down with spring-weariness. Especially the last weekend. This winter and the snow just seemed neverending and the ongoing grey brought my energy down. On sunday i was supposed to do many-many things, but ended but hibernating like a cave bear. I was even stressed out about it. The more surprising has this week turned out to be. Things just fall in place on their own and spring is finally here! I had even forgotten, that appart from snow, there is the possibility of rain falling down from the sky.

Antoher discovery was, that it takes three playmates with a wet railway under their nose to get that sniffles stick to us. But we're diligently informing everyone about it and canceling playdates. I still haven't figured out what the best method is: ignoring or quarantine oneself? Kids have sniffles all the time, especially in this climate and in this time of year. But since im not happy about it, that our little one got it, i guess neither would anyone else be, so home it is. Although some say, that after the third day it's not contagious(?). 

However, we still go outside, because the sun has been wonderfull these couple of days.

I made these three bears (actually four, but one was already given away) last spring for my friends as a gift for their babys to be born. I should have made three more, but ran out of time. It's funny how they all got to look totally different, when yet the pattern description was for all the same :)) Last year i did alot of handycraft: these bears, a sweater for Martin, two for Juss, even tried some sewing (im really bad at it): a blanketcover, but this year... just can't find the time nor the energy for it. And, well, i haven't seen Martin wearing that one either, and i can't blame him, i probably wouldn't wear it too :P

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This weekend was all about the smell of fresh snow and springs sunshine. It's quite an odd combination, but what to do: it's still winterwonderland here in April. Some friends piled up the snow from their yard into a 4 meter high pile and im sure their kids will be sledging into June. 

On Saturday there was an event in the botanical garden, something about birds and stuff (i didn't pay much attention to the newsletter). We ended up going and building a birdhouse for the starling (Sturnus vulgaris). The house should be put up soon, but there is also information that some birds have turned back because of the cold, and will be coming later this year. About the summer there is already a saying: the bad news- it will be a rainy and cold summer, the good news- it will be short. 

I thought we already did the rainy summer gig? Oh, well. 

What is great though, is that we have planned a one month holiday for July.. There were also plans for a wedding, but we postponed it for next year, since too much would be going on for just one summer ;)

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Last year (nov-dets) i participated in an oil-painting course. This is my first ever oilpainting in progress. Im quite happy with it and with the time to have spend in an art class. It was a welcomed aternation and something i've always wanted to try.

Since it was a public course, the people there where mostly women, with one exeption, and in various age-groups, from their 20es to their 80es. So it was a nice atmosphere and also our teacher liked to prais us :)))

So for now im signed up for another class this spring. Totally exiting!

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Hope you had a great easterholiday!

These are our onion-colored-eggs from last year. We did do them this year aswell, but i don't have a photo of them in the pc now, although, this year they came out much prettier, than last time :) Honestly!

Eastersunday felt fantastic, because at last we could breathe and nobody had a fever.  Im still coughing, but other than that, we're fine!

There are some news and then again, we're waiting also for some news, about what's happenning next year. For now i keep the cards still hidden and poker away. Hopefully, i can reveal stuff soon!

I also want to thank Naomi, a blogger-mommy, for writing this post.

I must admit, that im kind of convinced, that what i do, is right. Mostly, because i've done a big deal of research about it, then asked people, to whom i look up to, and most importantly, listened to my heart and instincts. But i know, that this is my way and not the one of others. So, if im asked for advice, i'll gladly give it out. Secondly, if i need advice, i'll ask for it. I think this way it works best. 

Show some love to a mother (your own, a friend, your partner), they'd appreciate it, trust me.

See you soon!