*Ceramic moons & hedgehog couple

Finally I sorted out all the pictures I made of my latest ceramic pieces and here is the first part: Ceramic wall moons, a little hedgehog couple and a bird with blue-white flowers. They are all individually formed by hand and each has a little bit different face details.

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*a wintery breakfast

 Another mild day, I noticed that my spearmint plant is already getting new shoots and also some other herbs and I was able to harvest some fresh rucola for today's salad. I'm already starting to crave all the fresh greens from the garden. The veggies in the shops are so tasteless at this time of the year, actually all year around, but in winter it's even worse. I daydream of all the fresh cucumbers, peas and tomatoes and oh all the berries! And fresh nettle tea!

I started to read the last book of "The mirror visitor" series. I love Christelle Dabos way of writing so much! I really hope she will continue writing and I will be able to read many more of her coming books! Have a cozy evening!

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*A new year is here

First post in the new year!

It took me a while to write this blog entry, there was a lot going on that needed attention, caring for Sunny, packing orders, wood work, paper & tax things, loads of laundry that had been piling up lately. It is also usually the time of the year where I like to go through all drawers and boxes to sort them out, I also took up clay work again. We had a calm New Years celebration, with homemade food, playing board games and a little dance under the open sky at midnight. I am cutting a new video where I am showing a part of my ceramics and recent moments. We were wrapped in a thick blanket of fog the last days, but yesterday the sun came out a little to my surprise and it smelled like spring. Spring is far away of course, but there are those certain days in winter that give you a fleeting foretaste of the "bliss season" – you surely know what I mean.

The pictures are from the first Advent week as you might notice on the candle of the advent wreath. The last picture shows my order from my dear Olivia who has only recently opened her first little online shop. I love everything she makes and she sent me those beautiful festive paper cranes that are decorating my home since.

I hope this year will treat you nicely, I really mean that!

I just realized that I entered my 18. year of blogging!

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*the last day of the year – happy list

This last day of the year I would like to end with a "happy list".

Not everything was so happy lately, but I really want to end this year with thinking of all the little moments that spoke to my heart:

• mist in the stillness of the forest

• a rainbow on Christmas day

• 7 flying swans

• crows, crows, crows

• preparing gifts

• drinking from my new handmade ceramic cup

• listening to the sound of Sunny's breathing

• sparkler

• reading poems

• winter light

• wholesome dreams

• feeling complete for a moment

• the smell of labdanum

• morning frost

• you and you and you and you!

I'm looking forward to a new blog year

and I hope you are having a Happy New Year!

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*The fourth Advent week & Christmas

{Music: White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes cover) – Ocie Elliott}

The walk at the river was so nice,

I saw a flock of 7 flying swans that day,

but was only able to catch two on my camera in the end, but still! It's always so impressing!

And one morning I filmed the mist that was hovering over the fields in the early morning hours and on the 24. December we saw a huge rainbow. We did not have a white Christmas, but that's ok, as long as we get some snow here and there. The Christmas tree is really beautiful this year and I am very grateful to have my little furry companion still with me. The end of the year is near and I hope you are spending those last days in the most possible enjoyable way!

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*when the first snow came

Analogue memories from the first snow in November.

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#advent_challenge2022

01/12: Christmas dinner

07/12: Surprise visit

13/12: Grandparents

19/12: Elf

25/12: Snow globe

First of all:

Merry Christmas to you!

I can hardly believe that I managed to finish all paintings for this years "Advent challenge"! It was really against all odds! So much personal and painful things have been going on the last weeks. We also had to cancel our Christmas plans, were not able to visit my family, but sometimes life goes just different paths and since many years I feel that it is harder to plan anything at all. This feels sometimes bitter, but it also has it good sides like everything has two sides on this earth place.

Hopefully you like my interpretations of all the prompts we had been given for this years Advent challenge. First I thought some of them will be really tricky, but in the end I tried not to overthink it too much and see what comes out. I hope you had a nice celebration and are enjoying those days before New Year. I personally like them very much, they seem so calm and inviting to reflect about everything and making oneself ready for a new start.

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*The third Advent week

{Music: Fade Out – Layla Frost + Ker Yegu – Yann Tiersen}

In the third Advent week we went to a Christmas tree plantation in the forest to pick out our soon-to-be-Christmas tree. It was a misty, but beautiful atmosphere there and then not much later the snow came back. I enjoyed some cozy moments with tea and candle light at home and got some really nice packages from friends. One day we had this wonderful type of morning frost that I love so much. The early morning sun made everything shine in those gorgeous pastel shades and the smoke from our chimney turned pink!

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*a crescent moon on a day without light

Before the first snow came, we had the most gloomy days. I went out in the morning to take pictures of and with my ceramic moon brooch and I love how they turned out. It was almost too dark to be able to get some sharpness and this series actually fits these days so well as we are having the shortest days of the year. From now on the light will come back again every day a little more.

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*The first & the second Advent week

{Music: Chasing stars – Moux}

In this video:

Some of my ceramic work,

some more snow,

my handmade Advent wreath, 

a bag that I sewed for my mother,

time with wind, books &

home decoration

and birds of course! :)

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