A Sign of Spring

I can't remember a winter with such a seemingly endless period of grey and dreary days and weeks - which is a good thing, as the weather report confirmed that it has been the longest winter period without sunshine since 1949...!

The lack of sunshine resulted in increased investment in chocolate and flowers to ward off depression - this is not an official statement, by the way, this is how I survived the last months ;-)

A little pop of colour never fails to cheer me up and tulips are my favorites - a sign of spring.

I used Kim's textures "chill" (to pay tribute to the temperatures) and no. 2 from Ben's collection for this week's Texture Tuesday.

Have a wonderful week filled with sunshine!

Dreaming

"Like a dream" - that is the theme for this week's Texture Tuesday - or should I rather say "was", as I'm painfully aware of the fact that it's Wednesday already...?.

I didn't have the slightest idea, how difficult that would become with no sun and overall bad light to shoot in. I took several photos of flowers, tried my best in PSE... no, not dreamtlike... then the same routine with bowls...

Long story short - I ended up with this one:

I used Kim's textures "unexpected" (now, how apt is that...) and "Sybil" on the photo.

Actually, I'm not even sure if it meets the criteria for "dreamlike", but I'll link it up anyway. At least I tried, and isn't that what's most important?

Have a wonderful, dreamlike week everyone!

TV and Textures

I guess I'm the last person on earth who hasn't watched even one episode of Downton Abbey. Can you imagine...!

I've seen it mentioned here and there, but didn't pay much attention. Then I read about it more often and now it seems to be all over the place. Kim even created two beautiful sets of textures dedicated to the TV show - the Downton collections.

For today's Texture Tuesday, Kim asked us to use at least one texture of her Downton Collection - I used two layers of "Sybil" on this photo:

The set is really marvelous and I simply love it. The Downton II Collection is equally fantastic - I used two layers of "Violet" and one layer of "Anna"on this photo:

You'll find more photos processed with the Downton II Collection here.

Considering the beauty of these textures, I guess I have some TV work to do - as I hear, there are 3 seasons to catch up on. 

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Sending Some Love

No, I haven't been hibernating, although these past grey, cold, wet days - or rather weeks - would have invited to do just that, stay in bed or on the sofa cuddled in a cosy blanket sipping hot tea...

I guess, I just got lost somewhere between my job, a very nasty flu, back pain and endless piles of laundry and paper and lists of to-do's. This resulted in my being offline most of the time. I did try to stay updated with all your wonderful blogs and photos in Flickr while commuting to work, however failed more often than not due to connection problems on the trains.

Today, the theme for Texture Tuesday over at Kim's Café is "Love" - what a great opportunity to jump back here again, sending some love, thanking you for bearing with me. That is, if anyone is still reading my blog (insert wink and smile)...

Textures "Cora" and "Havana" by Kim Klassen

Have a wonderful week and a lot of love!

It's time

... to get going again!

After all the eating and sleeping over the holidays it's really difficult to find back into a routine that doesn't include too much couch time and lazy browsing of magazines after work...

taken with my iPhone

I hope you all had a wonderful start into 2013 - may it be an interesting and exciting year filled with joy and fun and health for all of you!

Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas!

The time up to Christmas was hectic and crazy - more than usual - and it has been hard for me to get into the mood. But now that I'm beginning to calm down a bit, I also feel the anticipation and joy that comes with Christmas and I'm looking forward to candles, cookies and Christmas carols.

However you celebrate Christmas or spend the Christmas days - have a wonderful time everyone!

Oh, well...

As Nancy pointed out to me in her comment here, it's almost December...

I feel like a broken record even only thinking, how time flies, and I won't bore you with all the reasons and details, why it wasn't possible for me to show up here more often (or at all).

So I'm just happy to have made it here today and linking up to Kim's last Texture Tuesday for 2012:

taken with my iPhone - texture "Kristin" by Kim Klassen

Have a wonderful week everyone! I hope to be here again soon (and more often, too...!).