I Don’t Want Summer to End

    While I couldn’t wait for Autumn to arrive last year because it has been such an awfully hot summer in 2018, this year I find myself already missing summer although it’s not really over yet. And it doesn’t help that the weather forecast is predicting that this will be the last warm weekend!

The Metamorphosis of A Butterfly

  A couple of months ago I came across some very beautifully illustrated books about Maria Sybilla Merian , a naturalist and scientific illustrator born in the 17th century, who was one of the first naturalists to observe insects directly. Her artistic skills and careful observations were extraordinary, as was her determination to travel as far as to Surinam to

The Changing Seasons – May 2019

It’s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Seasons hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch!   The Power of Nature   What impressed me most this month was the sheer frightening power of Mother Nature, when during a storm that lasted only about half an hour, suddenly a lightening bolt struck the chimney from a

Are You Eating Enough Fruits and Vegetables?

Fortunately I´m one of those people who actually like the taste of healthy food, so I can answer this question with a “yes”. (Don´t get me wrong though, I also have quite a taste for lots of unhealthy food as well.) But I have to admit that, especially in winter, it´s sometimes a bit of

A New Be(a)rliner

  You might already have heard about it, but in case you haven’t – here in Berlin we are proud to present a new polar bear cub!! (Remember the hype over Knut the Polar Bear a couple of years ago?) The news prompted me to make this little water color you see above. 🙂 The

The Curse of the Lost Postcards

  At the beginning of last December, I´ve send quite a lot of handmade Christmas cards to friends and family because I wanted to surprise them with something especially made for them and because I rather enjoy painting these small motif cards that are mainly done in an hour or two. Unfortunately these two seem

The Changing Seasons – Dec. 2018 – Or: What I´ve Been Up to During My Blog Break

First of all: Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!!! 🙂   And without further ado now to that new blog post. 😉 It´s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Season hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch! I urge you to visit her blog as it is simply one of

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Wishing you all a peaceful and very Merry Christmas and  Happy Holidays!!!          

Time for a Time-out

  I´ve been discussing with myself lately wether or not I should take a little timeout from blogging and if so, if I should announce it on my blog. As you can see, I´m doing both. 😉 Oh, and by the way: the discussion was only taking place in my head, so no hurry to

In the Mood for Pumpkins

    I don´t know about you, but I just love pumpkins! There are five domesticated species of Cucurbitae (Latin for gourd), all of which can be treated as winter squash because the full-grown fruits can be stored for months. At the beginning of October I bought a couple of different looking pumpkins to make not only soup