White Christmas

Happy New Year to everyone who still find their way to this blog from time to time. I haven't been the best blogger for the past couple of years and it seems more and more like I blog only about what I did months ago rather than right now. I have thought about ending my time as a blogger, but truth of the matter is that it's probably one of the only things that still keeps me taking photographs - even though many of them never make their way to this platform - and it's nice with so many photos to peruse when I feel like taking a walk down memory lane sometimes. So I'll continue for a while and see what time brings.

We had a lovely Christmas in Denmark and were so lucky to have a local white Christmas this year. The snow fell perfectly timed on the 22nd and 23rd. When I woke up on the 25th it was all gone. Vincent and I went for a walk on the 24th while Fleur was sleeping and the food was on the stove. It's been some years since we last walked in the snowy forest and it was nice to feel the crisp fresh air and have a bit of exercise before all the food.

Normally we don't really celebrate New Years eve, I find that the change between years is often overrated and these parties always end up disappointing. But this year we got a spontaneous and quite random dinner invitation and had the chance to spend the evening among brand new people without any expectations and ended up having such a nice evening with good food, champagne, talks, games and fireworks. It was a great entrance to this new year, that I hope will bring as many wonderful memories as the previous one. I wish for better health for our family in the wintertime, and already I look forward to spring.

Happy New Year.

1 Year

This monday, we celebrated that exactly one year ago, Fleur entered our lives. A real kids birthday with home baked buns, cake, and warm cacao.

Sunny Birthday

A little over a week ago, it was Vincent's birthday.

It was a cold and very beautiful day. He must have behaved exceptionally good this year, as the sun was shining the entire day.

It had been frost during the night and the morning was fresh and sharp in my face when I went out with Fleur to go to baby-swimming. We still have had only few of those kind of mornings, winter has been very mild this year in Berlin.

After swimming, Vincent picked us up and we went for brunch at Two Planets. The rest of the day we spend eating, enjoying the sun and unwrapping presents and the next day Berlin was again gray and rainy.

New Years Day

Happy New Years everyone. I hope you all had a safe and fun trip into 2018.

We came back from Denmark on the last day of 2017 and spend a quiet evening at home with a some good food and a movie. I was exhausted and must admit I went to bed before midnight even though there was a bottle of champagne waiting in the fridge. It is hard being on holidays. :) So I only vaguely saw the fireworks in the sky, but all the remnants were lying on the ground the next day.

The first of January was spend with a nice homemade brunch, then a walk and a trip to the playground.

I hope 2018 will be as good a year as 2017 with as many beautiful moments in the coming as in the past.

Birthday Walk

Exactly a month ago I celebrated my 34 years on this earth.

But a birthday is not equivalent to sit down and relax. Especially when you have a four month old baby. So of course I had to go on my daily walk, but lucky for me the weather behaved - as did I for the last year. I had a nice promenade through the garden at the castle in Hillerød, enjoying all the colourful flowers and the sun.

It has been many years since I last celebrated my birthday in Denmark. It falls on the Danish national day, so I can always pretend that everyone puts up the flag on my behalf.

Birthday Visit

It has become a bit of a tradition that my dad would come visit us for his birthday, and this year was no different. He came to celebrate with us and to meet Fleur for the first time.

His birthday was mostly celebrated inside with some good food as the weather wasn't too good. We managed to sneak out for a walk in the morning while it was still a bit sunny, but before we made it back home the rain had already started. However, the walk gave us some appetite for lunch and the amazing birthday cake I had managed to make - with a bit of preparation (I wanted to try out a crepe cake for a while and this Martha Steward recipe immediately spoke to me). As always with my father, there was a lot of craft beer tasting over the course of the day and in the evening we finished the culinary fest with a round of sushi.