Home

I was so happy to find that this little pearl opened up just around the corner from me. Its name is not only Home it actually also feels like home. I just know that I am going to end up spending a lot of time there, drinking coffee and eating delicious date scones under the high white ceilings with the sun on my face.

Unfortunately, it still doesn't have a webpage, so if you feel like visiting Home, it is located on Jonasstrasse in Neukölln.  

Another amazing thing is, that after visiting Home the first time, we finally found someone who we wanted to install a proper kitchen in our home; something I am very excited about at the moment. As soon as it is done I will not hesitate to show pictures.

Spring Days Feeling Like Summer

We have had some exceptional spring days here with up to 21 degrees. For a moment, it almost felt like we skipped spring and went straight to summer. Now it is back to a bit more boring version of April, but last week we engaged in several walks and watched the trees while they were starting to unfold.

Easter In Denmark

We took a short trip to Denmark over easter and spend some time with my family and had some great food. We arrived early on Saturday, which was a really lovely spring day, so we took a walk around Hillerød to buy a couple of things and gather some appetite.

It is great how many different colors there are outside at the moment. It is one of the things I enjoy most about spring. Even though the trees are still bare, one gets the sense that everything can burst out at any given moment. I hope it will and at the same time I wouldn't mind if it stayed like this. As long as the sun shines.

Croissant

Last weekend I had another go at making croissants. With the help of my newly bought French bread and pastry book, I am beginning to master the difficult butter pastry quite well. I just wish I had an oven that I could control a bit more, than the one we have.
Anyway, one batch of sourdough croissant and pain au chocolat was made and then they were gone. We could not keep our hands of them for too long.

Coffee & Spring

Like already mentioned, there has been some nice sunny days here in Berlin during the month of March. On this one, we didn't turn on the heating at home, and I went for a walk and met Friederike at Herfurrplatz for a Coffee. We went to Lux where everything is covered in powder sugar, and sat in the window from where we enjoyed the sun while catching up.

Re-potting

My desk is not the only place that feels like spring at the moment. We have had a couple of really nice days here in Berlin and last weekend we bought soil for a session of serious re-potting.

We also got a very beautiful but most fragile cactus at the store. I manage to make it fall apart before I even re-potted it. I stuck the mini cacti into the soil in a second pot. Hopefully if they will make it.

The many red plants originally all came from one plant. One that I brought with me from London when I moved. It used to be in the window of my favorite café, and they sometimes cut it and sold the stems for one pound a piece. Since this plant grew as tall as a meter, but a couple of month ago we got an infestation of worms in the soil – one that we have fough against for the past year, and which sadly caused us to get rid of many green friends. Luckily this plant is so forgiving, so we decided to get rid of the soil and put all the stems into water, so they could grow roots. Now this plant is spreading to all over Berlin, as I am handing them out to all of our friends. Hopefully when their's get big enough they will share them too.

Spring On My Desk

Little signs of spring have started to show. Last week when we went for a walk I picked up some snowdrops to put on my desk. Next to them a have a bouquet of Tulips that I love watching go into bloom and change color and shape for as long as they are there. I sometimes feel bad throwing them out once they have died, as they are still so decorative. I will keep these here for another couple of days.