Swirls and gold

- cool door handles! I like the coordination with the hanging sign above the shop.

Some signs and wonders from Goslar.

Hexenland

During easter we went to the Harz Mountains in Northern Germany. It was warm and sunny, with lots of good footpaths in the mountains, medieval market in Goslar and witches gathering for the annual Hexentanz at Brocken.

Mining activity for about thousand years - most important the silver. Among others: Slate, which is all over the place. So many roofs and often whole buildings covered with slate-tiles. Like the skin of a dragon :O)

Easter Egg Rolling

Soon it will be time for easter egg rolling. The real experts are concerned about boiling-time, layers of paint and maybe coating with nailpolish - ensuring eggs to survive the downhill-race..

These photos are from last year, - the sunshine gave a fine opportunity for a different family-photo.

Happy Easter!

Pig in Space

I like how the rust creates an illusion of mud.
A real free range sow :O)

Speaking of mittens..

A little while ago, I made a pair of mitered mittens to go with the hat - and then one more hat.

Awesome Magpie Mittens

The magpies are skydiving and having fun outside - not minding the fourlegged garden patrol. I think they can feel spring around the corner.

I saw some really awesome magpie mittens here, the pattern is made by Yarnjungle. Soo fine! I'm not an experienced selbuvotte knitter, but these mittens make me want to try. At least I have a whole spring and summer.

Plastic Fantastic

These beads made a short comeback in our house recently.

After many days of coughing, feeling dizzy, rolled in a blanket on the couch, only one hand free because of the constant tea-sipping.. this project was a nice little distraction for the patients - and the rest of us.

I'm not so keen on plastic, but it can be fantastic :O)

(Lots of different plastic bead owls out there).

Update: I didn't know this, but we have in fact a real living owl called "Pearl Owl" in denmark - "perleugle" in danish. Known as Tengmalm's Owl in english.

Fine little cloud

Ceramic brooch made by Kylie Johnson . Found via decor8.
Grey sweater? - or thunder-blue? Purple.. pink?

Easy Rider

The sun is back - soo good!

I wonder how old this weathercock might be? And what it is meant to tell? Could it be the danish King Christian X on his white horse - celebrating the danish reunion in 1920?