living

i like living, breathing better than working...
MY ART [IS] THAT OF LIVING:
each second each breath is a work
which is neither visual nor cerebral,
it's a sort of constant euphoria."

- marcel duchamp

kurzes haar!

the first time in her life i cut naomi's hair! she turned four on few days ago and never until yesterday wanted short hair! she is very proud of her looks and her beautiful long hair. of course she wants carry it down, what i never understood. i like long hair but up, tight and pinned up, no lose ends hanging into my food or my projects.
so yesterday night naomi just insisted to have her hair cut in the morning, i had to promise.
so i did and this is what happened.... she is very happy and i was not sad and didn't even blink with my eye cutting her hair. i guess it was time for it.

windrad

ich schaue aus dem kuechenfenster und bin erneut erfreut ueber die farben und die bewegung unseres windrades. grad jetzt mitten im grauen winter tut es gut die bewegten farben des raedes zu sehen. die resonanz im innern finden und einfach geniessen.
winter in der stadt, oft trostlos, grau in grau, doch ab und zu ein farbtupf ist nicht zu verlaeugnen. vorallem die immer wieder auftauchenden cardinale lassen mein herz hoeher schlagen und die kinder immer wieder voll begeisterung zum fenster rennen. -farben im winter, ein geschenk-

glittering

winter in at it's best, cold and sunny. glittering snow on trees as well as on the ground.
looking up into the sky is at such moments is a treat, a gift of nature.
it sustains me, keeps me going and is just inspiring to look closer.
to be more out there, to open my eyes for even more beauty to be discovered.
because i do know for certain it is out there and waiting to be seen.

not hurry

nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

-lao tzu

painting

painting all day, every day! yes that's naomi's idea of fun.
any paints, any surface, as long as there is freedom to paint.
starting out orderly with a clear idea of the project.
going on to random pieces of paper until she ends up...
yes you know somewhere on her body,
fingernails, hands, arms, face, ears, legs, feet....

a moment or two

a moment of peace and stillness.
i do treasure those minutes after lunch, when all the kids are in their rooms. with a cup of tea and my feet up, next to the radiator. a few rays of the early afternoon sun lighten up the space around me. i'm even able to read a few words and meditate on them...
and it is still quiet around me, wow!

a bit later an other "noise" got me up, on my feet!"

another sunny walk

once more walking to ballet, this time with some snow! never the less sunny and with some fun shadows. it's so good to be walking in the city.

pink

naomi's favorit shoes and of course they are pink, what else!

tag

the kids and joel played tag in our living room! 10 minutes of running madly around the table, almost unable to do so because of having to laugh soooooo hard.
it was fun to watch from my cozy chair.

laundry

it's a weekly task, or even more frequent.
i don't mind it and i look at it as a relaxing little moment. i even start looking at it as a creative challenge... yes you did read correctly, i love coming up with different stacks of folded items. even folding itself is interesting. as one shape evolves into an other and another and yet another. i guess i lost you by now, as this is definitely a mom's and homemakers rambling!
i'm looking forward to folding laundry again soon...

birthday

naomi's birthday was last week.
celebrated with a chocolate cake, tea and friends.
it is such a privilege to have her in our family

snow!

"snow emergency", of course for the kids it was over due to have this happen. the third time in this winter, although there is to say, that the last "snow emergency" was a 2" snow flurry! a boston thing i guess, everyone getting crazy over the "snow to come". but as you can see, the snow arrived and we went sledding with our friends, just down the street. so we came home and enjoyed a cup of hot cider with cookies. it was a good day!

shoot for the moon

shoot for the moon.
even if you miss,
you'll land among the stars.

-les brown

beading

elias came home from his coop. full of enthusiasm to keep creating with beads, wire, string and all his imagination. within moments he picked his favorite things out of a my box of collected stuff.
a really long "snake" appeared within minutes....
a quick reminder of the upcoming birthday of iris. of course she needed to be have a present. and there! it is already appearing in his hands, a book mark with her initial on it.
a precious moment for me, to see hem involved and very happy creating for his friends!

sunny walk

a wonderful sunny afternoon in january! we had to go for a walk, no doubt about that. it was wonderful, i was glad i had my camera with me and so we ran and jumped and galloped! loving to run after our own shadows!

drei koenigs tag

mit etwas verspaetung doch ich konnte es mir nicht verkneifen den gelungenen drei koenigskuchen euch zu praesentieren.
wir waren an ein fest eingeladen, der kuchen wurde verspiessen und niemand meldete sich fuer die krone..... na ja elias war gluecklich, denn er wollte unbedingt koenig sein und so durfte er!

coffee

it's joel's favorit,
a cup of coffee and a piece of chocolate!
i like the looks better then the taste.
as for me,
a cup of hot tea with some honey
is the ultimate.

of course local honey
boston honey

whatever

whatever you can do, or dream you can,
begin it.
-goethe

so often that's what i forget. this blog i guess is a tiny bit of beginning. getting some of my thought's onto "paper", some of my experiences verbally or visually expressed. i'm glad to have begun this.

music in our house

bits of joel's musicianship...



now you can imagine how lovely it is for the kids to go to bed. cozied up under a warm dawn comforter and having daddy play music until they fall asleep!