beach

a bit of a scary walk on the beach

▶ Everyone: thank you for the sweet comments! it was just as it looked: cozy, relaxing, beautiful, sunny and very cold :)

and another bear

actually there are two new bears in our house! the mailbox bear and this light blue koala bear! and yes, i know a koala is not technically a bear, but to me they will always be the most bear-y of bears! (German Luna magazine made this sweet post about me :) )

▶ Sopchan: i made a pretty big margin so it would stick better, so it wasn't that huge
▶ E: how about this bear?
▶ Hanna: Its so cold these days and i switch between loving being inside and cursing the snow! its probably even colder in sweden!
▶ Lina: I am really surprised to hear from so many new people!
▶ Celine: It was pretty hard to figure out what you could turn a long slot like that into! but im really happy with the result!
▶ Cindy: Ja! loppen! mount eerie! no kids! juhuu!

fa-mi-ly

thats all you need - merry christmas everyone!

www.aiting

I feel very ambivalent about this whole waiting thing -one minute im fine with the baby taking its time, enjoying the last quiet, me time and the next i feel like i might just go crazy if something does not happen soon! im restless and can't concentrate on anything. baby, baby come out!

summertime

I finally had time to edit some of the photos i have taken in the past week. We have been hanging out at my aunt and uncles house while they were away in between going to work. These are from an evening when Louise stopped by, we grilled and talked and enjoyed the summer. don't worry -i did not touch the beers :)

▶ Everyone: Thank you for your sweet comments! i will be back to some real replies soon!!

"vaccination" (sung by alphabeat)

smo-smo-smo-smooothies -its the perfect taste for summer! D is back from Roskilde! Which is so good -even if i did get a lot done while he was gone, i found it very lonely! Rufus has been to the vet today and gotten his vaccinations. He is a very brave dog and does not even squirm when he gets the stung by the big needle.

▶ All my favourite readers: Thank you so so much for all your sweet words about the pillow! i have a lot of projects going on right now and its such a big motivation that you guys say such sweet things! you are the best!

one + one =

I hope you have had a wonderful weekend. i did. how cute are the two in this picture? tomorrow and the next week will be a whole lotta work! only 10 days till my thesis is due.

sandra + sandwich

I never showed you the other Sandra Juto print i bought. This one i gave as a birthday present to one of my best friends. I think she really liked it! + nothing beats a good sandwich, you know? tomorrow is a national holiday in denmark, but im just gonna keep on studying and working on my bachelor thesis.

▶ Niller: now that you remind me i do remember hearing of it! but this site is prettier ...
▶ Emma: I bought the shoes in Weekday (as i wrote in the post :) ) -the copenhagen store- but im sure they have them in sweden
▶ Violette von Rosenweiß: aw thank you so much!
▶ BB: im way to attached to my things -maybe i should learn a little from her example
▶ Kaela: yeah i never knew how hard it was to find names for a boy. -and what a funny story about your friend. I would not be able to hold the little thing and not find something to call him/her!
▶ Cecilie: velbekomme :)
▶ Rynke: i would totally send you so sorbet, but it would eat it before i got to the postoffice!
▶ Lina: your welcome
▶ May: Thank you -both about the shoes and the baby news
▶ Gracia: Im glad to lead you there
▶ Gamze: Thank you so much! it really is super duper!
▶ Jenny: Then you are lucky that they are swedish.

cemetery fun

the cemetery close to where we live is not in use any more and therefore works as a park and nice place to take a walk. I like the place because of the big pine trees and the randomness of the graves. I know it might sound weird to go the cemetery to relax, but it is a really nice place.

▶ Maria: Cool photoshoot if it was us in the background, but no its just a picture :)
▶ Ai: They do -this one just seems to keep returning :) i really should remember to appreciate when i do not have a headache!!
▶ Emma: You have got candy-eagle-eyes! that was really nicely spotted of you, cus yes, it is a candy necklace that my friend sigrid gave me recently :)
▶ Sandra: i love little cups like that, but it can be hard to find good use for them!
▶ Leen: Thanks! they are from H&M!!
▶ BB: i know! i don't buy flowers often but these were sooo cheap! 5 "bouquets" for only 10 danish kr!!
▶ mieletcannelle: Im so glad you decided to delurk! your blog looks really good!

sunday, sunday

D found the famous koala-cookies! we haven't opened yet, because im scared they will be awful! I have a new purple hat with sculls on it. Rufus has a giant elephant to play with. He has ripped out one of its eyes. When Ivan visited this week it was the first time he noticed Rufus. So funny. The past visits he has not been aware of him at all, but this time he petted him and could not stop laughing every time he saw him!! it was a joy! rufus would run back and forth and Ivan would burst out in a loud laugh every time he saw him! So amazing.

▶ Epe: Can you believe he is only 5 months old! so big!
▶ Lina: Hoooray for family!

week-end?

i feel like saying: Finally weekend! ...but im not sure there is a point to it, when you have to work... :) hope you are all gonna have a lovely and relaxing weekend -i have a lot of good plans in between the work.

▶ Lisen: I hope you get to sleep all weekend -sleep a little extra for me!
▶ BB: Mine goes pretty hot too, but im bad at letting that stop me.
▶ Gracia: i have actually moved our bed sometimes, just so rufus could get a little more sun :) In the morning the sun is on our very long sofa, and R moves down the sofa with the sun. a couple times he has fallen of the sofa insearch of the sun :)
▶ la_sale_bete:it is the best!
▶ Julia: I so so get that. Some days (actually today too) all morning i promised my self that i could go to bed and take a nap as soon as i got home! :)

love and dogs

Happy Valentines day! And Happy Rufus' Birthday! -none of which we actually celebrate... The photos are from a little series of family-portraits we took the other day as a gift for my mothers birthday. They have got both love and the little birthday dog, so you can just imagine the celebrations.. Rufus is three years old to day!! -which adds up to 21 dog-years -just think: Next year he will be older than us! and he doesn't even know it! What do you guys think? -should we be celebrating his birthday?

▶ Laura: And good luck with yours! Rufus doesn't particularly like being dressed up, but he lets us do anything to him :)
▶ Lisen: Hvor smart at man kan tage dem fra hinanden igen! D havde også en dobblet dyne, men ny bruger vi to enkle... vi er for grådige begge to!
▶ Lina: Yeah he does -i have no idea how he made the little cave! and cool tag -i will get on it in the next week!
▶ Brita: Doona -i like!
▶ Roberta Jane: Cool shop! i have made a little, simple coat for rufus but a sweater would be so cool!
▶ Louise: I was afraid the t-shirt photo would seem mean, but im glad you think its cute :)
▶ Fanny: I won't be able to stop :)

6th of 6th

i was tagged! twice! a loong time ago. By Lea and Emma: “Open the 6th picture-folder on your computer, open the 6th photo and blog it. Write something about it. Then tag 6 more people to do the same.” Here is finally the 6th photo of my 6th folder. I have done a similar tag some time ago with the 4th of the 4th, and that time i chose from my inspiration folder -this time i looked into my photo-library and found this very significant photo to be the 6th of the 6th.

It is D and Rufus on our very first day with the sweet little doggy back in 2006! Whippets are some what rare in Denmark and we travelled across the country by train to pick him up. When we were finally home D and sweet little Rufus fell asleep right away. (Though when this picture was taken he actually did not have a name yet)

Its one of my favourite pictures from that time! Right from the beginning the little puppy felt totally at home with us: he had left his mother for the first time and travelled by car and train and now found him self with total strangers -and still he fell right asleep on the chest of his new master. -He still does this, but its not quite as cozy since his weight on your chest makes it hard to breathe.....

Actually valentines day next Saturday is Rufus' third birthday. I can't believe he is really three years old... Now for tagging. I think I'm gonna stick to three tags instead of six: Fredrik, Bombay Beauty and Sarah Carlson

▶ Maria: When i was a kid i only liked the "hat" of a boiled egg -you know the little piece you knock off. I think that it was the first sign that i really just did not like eggs .)
▶ Ashley: hi hi -I'm so sorry! Hope the chocolate was delicious!
▶ Mieke+Willems: Thank you. i hope he will like it when he gets older too! its hard to find something lasting for boys, i think!
▶ Fine little Day: thanks - they make a lot of really good stuff and the posters we have by Stine are some of my absolute favourite things!
▶ Daniela: Thank you so much! an award! how exiting!
▶ Amy: ha ha -what a nice dream!

a day at the beach part II - a man and his dog

my man looks like a yellow penguin when we go out -or maybe just a chicken? they are both cute no matter what..

▶ Fanny: very hungry!
▶ Lea: Yeah, i can't get over how happy he looks in those pictures! makes me wanna go down there every day!
▶ Laura: Yeah it would make the greatest flip-book!
▶ Lisen: hihi -thats true. hope your arm is better by the way! he is generally not that bothered by the salt, but wounds and salt is a bad combo!
▶ Hanna: Yes i guess that is right -but the road salt is probably mixed with all sorts of nasty dirt. Two years ago we had to go the the animal ER becaus he had gotton an infection in his paw from something he stepped on :(
▶ Lina: Yes, you can really see that he is in his right element!
▶ Sopchan: I have no idea what Natto is -even after doing a google picturesearch im not sure :)
▶ BB: What a funny coincidence! I actually think it was my mom who mentioned the name first and we are really happy with it! even our Vet said to us that it was a great dog name (I think she hears alot of strange names!) -it was only some time after we decided on it, that we realized that the dogfood we gave our old dog was called Rufus ;) So now Rufus eats Rufus-dogfood!