birthday flowers 2

I couldn't decide between these two macro shots.

They belong to the beautiful bouquet of freesia that my mother gave me to my birthday - like she did for decades.
Each year.
Freesia.
Mostly in blue.
This year I like the white ones even more. And most this blossom with its delicate drawing.
The tradition of freesia for my birthday must have started earlier than my memory.
When I was turning Sweet Little Seventeen I lived in Michigan - far away from my family. Of course I was missing them especially in February. You should see my eyes when my birthday letter arrived: 4 (four) pages full of cut and pasted pictures of freezia!

Ever since they accompanied by birthday - except the one when I was travelling through Asia in 1995. My mother flew into Thailand to take me to diner in a lovely beach restaurant and I excused the lack of freesia, because obviously there was no way in that tropical climate there.

From my girlfriend I got the spring-like Lily of the valley - much nicer than on the photo. The best neighbour in the world gave me the red flower (name?) and an invitation to a cozy Italian restaurant, yummy.

So nice being able to document all their thoughtful presents.
There were even more - books on mountaineering, an invitation for an opera...
The joy comes back into my mind and into feelings while posting it here.

SpringShawlSurprise somewhere in-between

Yesterday I finished Clue 8. Never the light or the time is right to take a picture of a finished clue, but anyway I like most the details.
So here are some photos to honor them.

What comes into your mind when you see the following photo? ;-)
I'm sure that is not a hint to Lul's theme. :-)

I especially like this detail and look at it everytime I pick up my knitting.

birthday flowers 1

Yes, the title is right. Birthday flowers 1. Birthday flowers 2 might follow tomorrow or might not follow. Birthday partys sometimes take their toll. Means they desire sleep catching up, straighten the house, settle down into daily rhythm. This time accompanied with a little sickness, nothing new this winter. It seems normal for a lot of people from around here since December.

I had fantastic two birthday days. Yes, even on a quite unspectacular number (the spectacular happened last year) I enjoyed visitors and action for two days. I love it!

Sunday was all cooking and preparing. Now, please don't laugh: In the late afternoon a Tupperparty mixed with a pre-birthday-party began. My sister asked me to help her getting exercise as a TupperLady. Oh, well, me a Tupper-host???! I was very surprised when some of my friends got really excited about that and so it started. My sister did her job very well, we sold a lot, me also beforehand.
After that some friends stayed for some glasses of Prosecco to say Good-Bye to my last year. My oldest friends stayed overnight, so of course we cheered into my new year. They gave me this beautiful, so intensive smelling jasmine and a gift certificate for a walk through Hannover guided by theater actors.

*G e b o r g e n h e i t * * s e c u r i t y*

A walk in Rosengarten

After two days with so awful weather (I almost took pictures to show the dark, dusty, dirty fog, but refrained) today was so lovely with the sun above just a tiny layer of fog I had to jump out of my car after work. It fitted well, because after a month of more or less sickness I'm training to get into shape as fast as possible. My plan is brisk walking for 30 min. almost every day unless I go climbing.

This walk took place in the so called Rosengarten, which, as you might guess, means rose garden. All one can see are fields, wood, villages, streets,... but nevertheless the name is beautiful and it is the one spot I would like to live at here up north with all my longing for the south. It would also be bicycle distance to my work, which would be great.

The pictures I took in December while trying out my camera. The countryside on that day reminded my a bit of Provence with its whine fields. Sorry, Provence connosseurs, but "homesickness" (or travel-fever) takes its toll. Of course those are trees belonging into a tree school.

Birthday present from Ute

No, it's not my birthday.
My birthday is exactly one week from now:
February 25


Last sunday I finally had the chance to take out for a walk the present my friend Ute gave me for my last years birthday.
The weekend sparkled with perfect winter weather: cold and crispy and blue sky.

She knitted those in an interesting diagonal pattern and in perfect Project Spectrum colors.

***Thanks, Ute ***