Art is everywhere is Berlin - pretty much any blank wall of a building or hidden allyway has some form of graffiti, stencil, poster or paintwork. The Berlin districts of Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain and Mitte have some of the most impressive pieces, and they can be easily found on a self guided walk. Even during a thunderstorm.
Where ever we travel, we try to get out of the cities and find somewhere to hike. Since our main aim for our europe trip was to see Norway, we chose Preikestolen, or Pulpit Rock in Southern Norway. The cliff face sits 600 meters above gorgeous the Lysefjorden, and at around 5 hours return, it's a perfect day hike.
on day 3 we changed accommodation from the hotel near the louvre and the river, to the other side and to rue des lomards. we booked a little apartment to see how french people really live. so while we were waiting to check in, we went to see the amazing van gogh exhibition at musee d'orsay
our first stop on a 6 week tour of europe, Paris. Amazing as always. this trip was purely for the search of macarons. but surprisingly i only had 6 in total. 6 of the most amazing and delicious macarons ever thou.
i've always wanted to print my own designs on fabric or other material, and ages ago joe got me a kit from a kickstarter project called lumi inkodye. the kit included 3 coloured dyes and clear printable sheets to make your own negative. the basic theory is that you create a negative from your own image, paint the dye on to the fabric, place it in the sun to develop. seems easy enough. so over the easter weekend i gave it a shot.the first step was to create the negative, i choose a photo that i took in tanzania in november. i wanted something with high contrast between black and white to give a strong printed image. so a zebra seemed like a good choice :)
i was the first awake, which never happens, except maybe Christmas Day! so i snuck around the house and garden, leaving a little trail of eggs for sophie and katie. didnt take sophie very long to work out the game :) so much fun. for all ages.
easter saturday
crafternoon!! i had so much fun making these little baskets ready for
katie and sophies first easter egg hunt! i am pretty sure i am more
excited than them really :) i have started to teach my self water colour
painting, so this was a good little project to start.
fun times at the annual cricket challenge last week. early friday off work, drinks on the side lines with the girls.
great start to the weekend. too bad the office lost to the depot for the second year. Joe played really well thou, they only needed 7 balls off the last over to win the match... make that 12... make that 17... ah well :) next time
ok. i have finally gotten around to buying a fancy new camera. so my first post is with some of my first photos of my super cute niece Sophie and my pretty puppy Boots. instead of bombarding facebooks and instagram with a million pics, i'll post them here instead :)i hope you like them, i'll take better ones soon.
