i fixed up the “new” sofa table yesterday and it looks so much better - allthough still marked from its previous life. when i bought the table i also stumbled upon some royal copenhagen christmas plates with all kinds of animals on them. i have always considered these plates to be solely for wall decoration but realized through fine little day that they are perfect used as small bowls.

oh and the blurry photo in the middle is from the contessa film. a product of my forgetful mind and inability to remember to set the distance meter before each shot.

have a great friday folks!

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- lotte: tak lotte!
- kristina: hehe, skægt at du så dem som blåbær : )
- a.: yeah the do look kind of soft. i like how almost all the autumn colors are represented in the first photo.
- trinsch: thanks trinsch. i was rather windy and cold this day and it looked like the pigeons had decided to sit through it shoulder to shoulder : )
- sekimachihato: : ) you are right about that
- ali: thanks for your kind words about this blog ali!
- marion: i have always liked steel grey - thanks!
- charlotte: thank you - it was a nice omelette!

these are some of the photos from the most recent contessa film that i haven’t shown you yet. full of autumn colors and steel grey skies. today i found just the kind of sofa table i have been looking for! it is in need of quite a bit of care - but i’ll show you soon.

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- anairam: thank you! i see your point about birds being a wee bit scarry. everytime i look at chickens i think of how much they resemble dinosaurs. yep, there’s a small portion of T-rex in every chicken i’m sure ; )
- ulrika, nathalie and pia: thank you girls!
- SpAb: hello and thanks for your comment, i love to hear from new readers : )
- ne: jep, og det er kun begyndelsen!
- kristina: tak, jeg kan godt li’ den lille gule ugle. jeg forestiller mig at den siger “are you talking to me??” hehe
- a.: thank you a. i really like owls allthough i haven’t seen that many in the wild

phew, it’s already monday, where did the weekend go? i have been working some more on my bird postcards and hope to have them ready soon. the owl illustration i showed you some time ago has changed and now there’s two owls sitting on the branch…it’s a bit too cartoon like at the moment - but getting there. the other one is a new one i’m still working on.

hope your monday is treating you well!

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- gracia: thank you gracia. they are hard to capture though - flying birds : ) wish i could photograph more birds (good excuse to visit the zoo soon!)
- nathalie: thanks! well normally i’m not very organized but i knew that i would regret it, if i didn’t do it properly : )
- anna: yeah it was…but it took so long! would never have guessed it would - but now i have a really good idea of how the colors come out and that’s great!
- melanie: hi melanie, thanks for your comment : ) glad you liked the photos!
- ali: hello ali! i’m happy to know you stop by from time to time - i hope you are well : )
- a.: yep, a movie night indeed : )
- kristi: i like those buttons as well, they make the shirt more country and western and i like that : ) thanks for your kind words about my wardrobe!
- sekimachihato: they are very comfy. NE is back on his feet - i’m convinced it was the omelet that cured him ; ) i only noticed that the entire photo was full of blue shades after i took the photo. ps. as far as i recall it was sunmaid raisins we got in small packages, when i was little.
- lotte: tak, ja jeg er også blevet forfalden til nærmest kun at gå i skjorter. omeletten havde helt klart helbredende egenskaber : )
- ne: selvfølgelig
- lorenza: i can’t get enough of autumn colors either! and i agree - nothing beats comforting meals!
- mothersvea: it was good! i have a bit of an egg obsession these days.
- ai: the omelette consisted of red onions, tomatoes, thyme and parmesan cheese well and eggs of course : ) there might have been red peppers in it as well..can’t remember.
- maria: me too! omelet rules! your welcome and it really is strange to write in the beginning : ) thanks for your sweet words about the blog!
- marion: thank you marion, i’m honoured to be on your list!
- elisabelle: thank you : )

hello! i’m doing some serious color sampling today as i’m going to have my illustrations printed on another printer which handles the colors different from what i’m used to. something very satisfying about color arranging don’t you think? i should hurry up and get this done but i’m having such a good time with my coffee and colors samples : )

have a great friday dear blog readers! i’m going to the movies later with a friend to see the sequel to the first stieg larsson film called “the girl who played with fire” and i’m really looking forward.

i’ll answer all your lovely comments tomorrow when i have more time!

the past few days i have - walked several walks in sunshine, bought two vintage shirts, been making tea for NE who has been down with a cold and made one delicious omelet for lunch. mmm omelet!

thanks for all your sweet compliments to my wardrobe! you are too kind!

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- mary: thanks mary! yeah i think so as well - a fun idea to line up what you have worn through the week. cool that you can also wear winter skirts now! - there’s something special about winter skirts
- alexandria: i feel the same way. the look of the sky is everchanging and i can’t get enough of pictures of it! thanks for your kind words about my wardrobe.
- maria, nathalie, anna, elisabelle and ulrika: thanks girls! you are so sweet! : )
- ne: pip!
- shokoofeh: hello shokofeh, thanks for your comment and compliments to my pictures! i love hearing from new readers! : )
- sekimachihato: yeah it looked like something out of one of those “the end of the world” movies. hope the weather is more sunny in hong kong. yep and now you know who “lea” is : )
- jenna: thank you jenna! happy to know you liked my outfits : ) my glasses are rather new but i’m so happy to have a new pair, as i had the old ones for many years.
- emilia: tak emilia!
- bf: thanks brian! my thumb is almost back to it’s usual self, so that’s great!
- sam: hi sam : ) thank you for your comment and compliments to the blog!
- máni: neither do i! cloud pictures are just beautiful
- kristina: ja, virkelig dramatisk! mht. tøjet/klädsel så tænkte jeg ekstra over at det ikke skulle være mørke farver alle dage, men ellers ikke. det repræsenterer meget godt en typisk uge for mig. : )

this is what the sky looked like the other night from my kitchen window. very dramatic with dark clouds and black birds flying by.

me and my wardrobe is guest appearing on brinja’s blog and her weekly “what i wore this week” post today. it was a lot of fun…but my poses could need a bit of work : )

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- ida: thanks ida! it really was beautiul this particular day
- kristina k: thanks for all your comments kristina - i liked the way they turned the square into a living room as well, very cosy. i was surprised that the contax produced such grainy photos as it was a 200 iso film..but i like grains as well : ) yeah there’s definately something very sentimental about tivolis and carousels
- ne: jeg tror vi er ved at være over det værste mht. græskar forekomst : )
- elisabelle: i saw the pictures on your blog, it looked beautifully sunny! the picture with the red branches is my favorite as well
- mieke willems: thanks for your sweet words mieke! you can stop by anytume : )
- trinsch: yeah i can imagine the light being very different where you live - and heat wawe…can hardly remember what that feels like..wouldn’t mind a bit of warm sunlight : ) would be nice if we could swop weather a little bit.
- anna: sorry to hear you had to work on your sunday! hope you had time to take some pictures as well. : )

the weather has been perfect today - blue sky, sunshine and beautiful colors. NE and i took a walk in the nearby cemetary and ejoyed the warmth and incredibly sharp autumn light. how was your sunday?

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- kristi: hey kristi, glad you like ‘em! my thumb is much better, it must have been a mild sprain
- epe: thank you epe : )
- di: hello di, thanks for your comment and nice words. tivoli really is magical at night in particular i think..you can really tell it’s an old place with a lot of history.
- isabelle: thank you isabelle - i agree, taking pictures of illuminations in winter is great! especially if there show involved as well.
- ai: thanks, about the thumb, it was really bad the first couple of days but it is already much better - just glad it wasn’t a very bad sprain, as you really need your thumb in everything you do!
- sabine: mange tak sabine!
- thereza: thanks, the thumb and i are much better : ) i have a feeling i’m not much of a pumpkin person either…but then, i should try it before i’ll know for sure - they do look good though, i agree
- ulrika: tak ulrika, ja du må besøge tivoli hvis du får muligheden - jeg vil dog sige at jeg aldrig prøver nogle af forlystelserne, men stemningen er meget hyggelig om aftenen.
- ne: ja det ser ud til at græskarrene har overtaget det hele
- charlotte: thank you charlotte, i’m very fond of this “new” camera of mine - a new analogue favorite!

more photos from the tivoli gardens. have a great weekend folks!

hi there. thanks for all your comments on the tivoli gardens post. i’m overwhelmed! i’m going to post some more tomorrow but today just a short intermezzo post. i sprained my thumb yesterday because i was too much in a hurry and slipped on the stairs…now it’s all swollen and not functioning properly…i have heard of sprained ankles but never thought about a sprained thumb..feels a bit silly

in copenhagen it’s cold but also beautifully sunny today. i’m taking care of brinja’s shop and having a great time (giftwrapping is a bit of a challenge though) : ) my parents are in town and i’m going out to dinner with them and my brother later. looks to be a very nice thursday!

note: pumpkins seem to be sneaking into all my posts these days…

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- sekimachihato: yeah i liked their decoration and mix of different light arrangements. i think they must have hired a lot of extra help decorating the gardens….but then again, it has been shot down for some time (because of the season), so they probably had plenty of time doing the decorating. no it sure is strange that i have never tasted anything with pumpkin in it…would love to taste your k-chan’s soup - im sure its great!
- gracia: thanks gracia, glad you like the photos
- ne: yep, vi bliver ved græskartemaet
- alexandria: thank you, YES it sure was a pumpkin halloween wonderland…that was exactly how it looked.
- rudegirls: ja, det ku være hyggeligt hvis du kom med næste gang!
- kristi: so glad you like them kristi. i agree a border like that would be the finishing touch making it look like an old postcard.
- allison and alice: thank you girls!
- ida: tak, tak, der er også så fint i tivoli til jul - kan godt forstå du glæder dig.
- lotte: tak, jeg følger mig lidt forfulgt mht. sygdom..må.huske.at.tage.vitaminpiller! hehe kan godt li’ din kommentar “hvor orangeagtigt”, spot on!
- katrine: tak katrine, jeg havde heller ikke været derinde til halloween før…må indrømme at jeg er lidt imod det kommercielle i traditionens indtog i DK, men fint var det!!
- kristina: glad for du kan li’ dem!
- esti: hello esti! yeah you are right, very magical
- lorenza: thank you, they are taken with an analogue camera - a contax i bought not too long ago. this was the first film i have taken with this camera. ps. not a silly question! sometimes you just can’t tell!
- a.: thanks for your comment a. and kind words!
- máni: yeah i got that association as well - it looks like fireworks
- mary: oh you have been to copenhagen, i think the tivoli gardens are a very special sight in copenhagen…you rarely see these kinds of places in very centre of a city.
- paula: thank you paula. i have always liked chinese lanterns, so beautiful. your very welcome! (about the comment) sorry to hear that you have been ill, take good care and get well soon!

skærsilden means purgatory in danish

so here are a couple of shots from the tivoli gardens trip i told you about yesterday. i love how dramatic everything looks when it becomes dark and all the lights stand out against the darkening sky. the last shot i both like and dislike…it looks a bit too much like a postcard i think. but on the other hand it looks a bit like those cool old postcards in black and white where colors have been added afterwards…what do you think? good or bad?

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- anairam: thank you. i like that tradition as well - dia de los muertos. so sorry to hear about your parents.
- alexandria: thanks, i’m still a bit sick but getting better. happy to know you liked my two recent photos : )
- ulrika: tak skal du ha! jeg kan kun anbefale at prøve film, det er sjovt!
- maria: yeah i have never seen a pumpkin field before and didn’t expect a sight like that.
- ai: it was rather cold. it’s getting colder here day by day..i still need to find a pair of winter boots. i have that stelton jug as well : ) great design!
- sekimachihato: yes winter has come! i didn’t invite him : ) must be great to have autumn on it’s way in hong kong. i must admit that i have never tried pumpkin soup…actually come to think of it i haven’t tried anything with pumpkin in it…strange : )