So, today is the big day. The BIG day. Boy, I’m so excited, I feel like I’ve won the lottery. And I wonder how long this feeling will last. I will report back how my first week on my first real job ever was on Friday.
By the way, when I saw this installation at Swarovski, Innsbruck, I was tempted to take it with me. It really speaks to me. And it is pink!
The last “I don’t have to work”-Thursday, it is… and it was a wonderful warm Thursday. But I spent it running errands, organizing stuff, preparing for next week and THE BIG CHANGE. Uh-oh. *insert teletubby*
So, what happy sparkles filled my life this week?
° Seeing one of my very best friends and spending an afternoon with her searching ducklings and sitting in the sun.
° That someone graced my last two free weeks for a loooooooooong time1 with absolutely great weather. Warm, sunny, delightfull. Just like a vacation should be. Thank you, weathergoddess.
° The first park weekend of the season! The boyfriend and I lounged in the shade, watching kids running and playing, we even spotted a piñata at a birthday party. Kannenfeldpark, I missed you.
° A new mobile phone. Didn’t plan this one, but a I had to clear some things in my contract I also used the moment to renew said contract, and get myself a new shiny bling-thing. Because my old one, while still being in good shape, showed some signs of wishing to retire. So now I sit in front a mobile phone that is specifically marketed at women, which means that it comes in a very pretty box, that sparkles and is pink. If I wanted I could even had the phone itself in PINK – ahem, no, thank you. White will do perfectly. The first thing I did after switching it on was turning the very girly font to a more readable one. Sheesh. But it’s pretty, it is new… and I like it. Best feature: the camera. Wheee!2
° Feeling on top of my laundry, and not buried beneath it, yay me!
The robin’s song at daybreak
Is a clarion call to me
Get up and get out in the garden
for the morning hours flee
I cannot resist the summons
What earnest gardener could
For the golden hours of morning
Get into the gardeners blood
The magic spell is upon me
I’m glad that I did not wait
For life’s at it’s best in the morning
As you pass through the garden gate
(Howard Dolf)
This is one of my favourite poems. I found it in a blog last year and it sums up perfectly how a gardener feels. It’s the very one that my header-picture shows. The plant is a Caryopteris divaricata “Snow Fairy”, I think. I took the picture three years ago in my aunt’s garden, and hence there were no tags.
Hello friends, it’s already Thursday again! Which means, tomorrow is Friday, so the weekend is almost there. And the forecast for this particular little town is looking great so far. Yay!
Picture by Aristarionne
Well, the biggest point on my List today is of course my new job. I am still struggeling with adjusting to this new situation, but I guess that is normal when your life and plans are turned upside down.
But there have been other things that were great too!
° Gorgeous warm spring weather – my inner lizzard is basking in the sun
° Digging in dirt again – as I said yesterday, being back into gardening feels great
° New clothes – I recently scored some really great clothes in a sale, because the shop is moving and they had to clear their storage.
° The knitting and crochet books of Debbie Stoller – If you want to learn any of those crafts, her books should be your first choice. Although the patterns are a bit weird, her way of explaining even the trickiest stuff is amazing.
° Bananas and Avocados
° Cream cheese
° that all of my African Violets are blooming again
What did you love today/this week?
Heute endlich die Muße gehabt, den Balkon für die warmen Jahreszeiten herzurichten. Da mir dieses Jahr auf Grund dramatisch angewachsener Zimmerpflanzenzahlen der Platz fehlte Sämlinge heranzuziehen, kommt dieses Jahr alles direkt in den geplanten Topf.
Es hat sich so gut angefühlt wieder in der Erde zu buddeln. Dieser ewiglange Winter hat mich am Ende schon fast wahnsinnig gemacht. Aber Mutter Natur versteht es ja, innerhalb von zwei Wochen einfach “PLOPP” zu machen, und dann blüht und grünt es an jeder Ecke. Nur die Platanen vor meinem Haus lassen sich mal wieder Zeit.
Nun bin ich am brüten, was ich diesen Sommer gerne auf meinem Balkon hätte. Da das Salatexperiment letztes Jahr doch überraschend gut funktioniert hat, werde ich es auf jeden Fall wiederholen. Und ich brauch mehr Fetthennen (Sedum) und noch mehr Hauswurz1 (Sempervivum). Und Fuchsien. Ooooh, Fuchsien. Obwohl ich mit ihnen ein kleines bisschen auf Kriegsfuss stehe. Und ich nicht weiß ob ich mir den Überwinterungsakt antun möchte…
Wenn mir übrigens jemand eine torfarme Blumenerde empfehlen kann, die sich nicht innerhalb von Tagen in bockelharten Beton verwandelt, wäre ich sehr happy.
Heute beim Wühlen in meiner Samenkiste habe ich festgestellt, dass ich völlig vergessen hatte die Schlüsselblümchensamen, die ich im Garten von meiner Mami gesammelt hatte, rechtzeitig auszusäen. Hab sie nun mal verstreut und bin gespannt, was nächsten Frühling passiert.
So, und jetzt muss ich meine Nase in Gartenbücher stecken, vielleicht fällt mir ja noch was ein.