Mar 6, 2012


Signs of Spring in my back yard...if I could add some bird songs to this along with the sound of me exclaiming (a nicer way of cussing) on a mosquito floating by and then trying to swat it while melting snow off the roof drips on my head, that'd be about the size of it today ;)

What are you noticing in your neck of the woods??

Feb 14, 2012

Sweet things

Happy Valentine's Day to all my knutselklub friends! I hope the universe is giving you a big cosmic hug.

(This is the best I can do from my desk at work. Cookie courtesy of my co-worker and co-chocolate lover, Marian.)

Feb 13, 2012


                                              Hope you spend it with the ones you love :)

Jan 20, 2012



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2011471/Pictures-sand-Close-photographs-reveal-incredible-beauty.html
                               I thought this was really beautiful :)
                                   

Jan 13, 2012



Today I went for a walk in Vienna's Stadtpark (central park). And I finally took a picture of His Kitschiness, Mr. Johann Strauss. You can find a picture of this statue in every tourist guide and no matter if it's raining or the sun is shining there is always somebody with a camera standing in front of it. The formula  famous guy + gold paint = lots of attention seems to be a good one!

Jan 10, 2012



It has been unusually warm and dry this winter. Aside from the freak snow we had the middle of October which was gone in a heart beat. This light dusting (that tip toed in last night) is the only snow we have gotten so far this season.



This is what my yard looked like last January 10th ....just a bit different :)



Dec 31, 2011

Guten Rutsch!*

Dear ladies, wishing you a "good slip"* into the new year
and may it be a happy and healthy one!!

greetings from sunny Vienna,
where you can already hear the firecrackers for days (poor doggies),
your friend Barbara

Dec 22, 2011

happy holidays!


I made this pop-up star following this tutorial on folding trees
It's easy to make and a nice little gift :-)

Wishing you ladies a very Merry Christmas and a Dandy New Year :)

Dec 15, 2011

busy in december, part 2

last weekend, Jasmin and I attended a screen printing workshop at a place called dasviadukt, it was great fun but also quite strenuous.
you can see a bit of Jasmin's work over here on her blog.
I did a little print of a dead bird (it died in my kitchen a few weeks ago), and a bigger one with a woman's head.







busy in december, part 1

I did a bit of decoration and an advent calendar.
still so much to do...!