Weekending in the rain

Today I am joing Amanda from "the habit of being" for weekending

Somewhere I read today is the 15th of July. I had to read it twice and still can't believe it. It is raining and raining and raining and the temperatures stay around 15°C/ 60°F. So coats, wellies and the like are in daily use. Aaron has not complained about it yet, he doesn't mind if he plays in a puddle or a pool. So I guess I am the only one being unflexible here...

I adjusted by starting to crochet. Little blossoms agains the disaster in my little outside garden (even the mint has drowned!) Finally I know how to use up all my bits and pieces of handspun yarn. Both yarns are made from the fibre I dyed at the workshop the other weekend (yellow with onion skin, red with madder). If you like I can send you a handfull, just let me know in the comment which color you'd like or if you want a mix of both. (I will choose a winner randomly if more of you are interested ;-) )

One of the blossoms I used for another project of this rainy weekend, the birthday crown of my friends daughter Lola (the one you see playing with Aaron in the first picture) Aarons crown is also in the making, his birthday is coming up end of August... My idea is, to keep the crowns rather simple this year and add a little extra detail to it each birthday so by the time they are grown up they have a fully decorated crown with lots of memories of every single birthday. That should be a lovely family tradition I hope.

Besides the usual playground outing we did a little extra trip yesterday and went for a visit to Cologne Airport. A great activity on rainy days! Some half hour train ride, long indoor corridors to run in freely, lots of cafés and a terrace to watch the planes landing and starting. I can really recommend this outing!

I already mentioned the playground visits, but did you ever see a playground with kids paintings pinned to the trees? Isn't that a wonderful thing! How generous and creative, just what I needed to complete this wet but somehow perfect weekend.

I hope your weekend was less rainy and equally fun! I would love to hear about it!

Birthday crafting

I try to sneak in some crafting at any time, but sometimes weeks pass by without any. One thing that always makes me start again are upcoming birthdays. I just love giving (and recieving) homemade things, even if its just something small adding to a bought gift. Sometimes I end up preparing the present the night before. Like yesterday. Fortunatly Aaron was still up and helped me out.  He painted this thrifted bowl in my friends favorite color and I turned it so the color would end up all around... I really like the way it worked out. First I wanted to add different colors but then I though weniger ist mehr as we say in German ("less is more", do you say that in English too?) Aaron had anounced being finished anway (fertig! is one of the few words he speaks yet) and so he climbed down his chair the dirty brush still in his hands using it as a very good weapon against me to keep me from washing him, and the brush. You can imagine the mess... After burning the color into the bowl in the oven the next day, I filled it with cherries and roses ( I know, the colors don't exactly match but somehow I like mixing different reds) and off we went to my friends birthday party.

We had a lovely afternoon, except I reacted more allergic then ever to her cats. So we didn't stay too long. But it was good to see old friends again and meet new ones. My six year old godchild (the one you know from the photograph I toke right after his birth) gave our friend the best present ever. He was so so proud of his work that he praised it all afternoon and showed it to every new arrival. But, my, he was right to be proud. He made this huge, wonderful, impressive dragon and my friend pinned it right over her bed to be better protected from now on. Isn't it fantastic?

I placed an order with him for my upcoming birthday. Let's hope I am lucky...

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!