Britzer Garten

While my dad was visiting we took advantage of the good weather and went to Britzer Garden for the afternoon. Even though we live fairly close it has been years since my last visit, but I have always wanted to go in the spring to see the tulip garden.

Britzer Garden in its entirety was much bigger than I thought. I realised that last time we really only saw a fraction of the place. This time we walked from the main entrance all the way to the back, and I could really see, that the garden has a lot of different things to offer. There is water, places to picnic, big green areas, flowers, animals, playgrounds, food and even a train that can take you to distant parts of the park.

We came at the end of the tulip season, and had in been a week later most of the tulips would have been gone, so in this sense we were quite lucky. The tulip garden is rather small, but it was super still beautiful with all its colours and different types of tulips.

I hope that we manage to go later this summer. I found out that there is a water-playground and it would be great to bring Fleur and see what flowers are in season then.

Repotting Again Again

It is repotting season again and the lemon grew so fast in the past 6 months it really needed a new pot in order to thrive and grow even stronger. I finally managed to go and get hold of a new pot at the beautiful shop Blume & Raum at Paul-Linke Ufer. Of cause I couldn't help myself and in addition to getting a new pot I also added a couple of plant to our collection.

It just so happened that on the same day they had installed a card reader and I was the first customer ever to use it. I was rewarded this beautiful red/yellow tulip as a token for the new era of the shop. It spend a week on the kitchen table before it started looking too sad to keep.

Next plant project is the balcony.

Warm Wheats

Recently my dad came to visit and he brought a little treat from the Danish bakery. It just so happened that his arrival collided with Big pray day (Store bededag) - as I like to call it - and I asked if he wouldn't have a bit of spare room in his suitcase for these delicious buns.

It is basically just a sweet bun with added cardamom, but specifically made for this occasion. I've had more or less luck the last couple of years making these myself, but this year, I opted for the easy way. They were nice, warm, and crunchy just like they are suppose to be.

Åh Anemone

One of the things I've been missing for the past 8 years of living in the city is to see the small white anemones covering the forrest floor at the beginning of spring. For me, this white blanket has always defined the change of season. It let us know that winter is over and summer approaching. It was sheer luck that I got to see it this year, but I was happy and it made up for missing out on Sakura season in Berlin.

Second Spring

The last three times, I visited Denmark we have been so lucky weather-wise. It is like we brought the good weather with us on the airplane or something. Last weekend, Fleur and I went for a quick trip and re-experienced the beginning of the spring.

Just in those few days we spend there it went from barren to blooming. My mum and Lars lives right next to the woods, and in the time we were there it was so easy to tell the difference every single day. We had up to 25 degrees, so I can understand why the ice-cream queue was so long Friday afternoon, when we went to Sørup to have an ice-cream and a walk in the royal garden.

Sunday is... no. 19

...a trip to sunny Tempelhof in matching shoes.

Brunch

Yesterday evening, Vincent left to go on month long working trip. Therefore I made some lovely fluffy pancakes in the morning and we had a little family goodbye brunch. Now it is just Fleur and I.