been working som more on the three birds on a branch drawing that looked like this before.

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- lotte: uf! tømmermænd, det lyder ikke rart : ) håber du er kommet helskindet ud på den anden side. glad for at høre du kunne lide posten med de udstoppede dyr!
- gracia: thanks for your comments gracia! they are highly appreciated. i hope your next sunday will be wonderful.
- anna: thank you anna!
- chelsea: yep, time to get the bulbs going : )
- shokoofeh: thanks, glad you like them!
- kristina: tak, jeg har købt krukkerne second - et heldigt fund.
- dorte: i wish i had the glass vases as well, it looks so pretty!
- nate: hi nate, they are called hyacinths. a lot of people buy them at this time of the year. they make me think of winter and christmas. i’m kind of looking forward. : )
- peggy: yeah, sundays are great - at least when you have time to do whatever you feel like.

the secret lives of stuffed animals! i have been to the zoological museum here in copenhagen today. as the weather is still grey and dull, a trip to the museum seemed like the perfect thing to do. i’ve always been fascinated by animals and the diversity in species that exists. i do prefer looking at living animals but there’s also a charm to the stuffed ones and the way they are displayed in zoological museums. it’s a strange transformation these stuffed animals undergo - in the museum they look stiff and dead but then captured in a photo they get a sense of presence about them.

i’ll show you more photos from the museum tomorrow.

inspired by photos i saw on atlantic treefox’s photostream

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- ne: præcis : )
- sekimachihato: there was no arcades where i lived, so i have only played the pc ones : )
- allison: thanks, fun to know that you also liked this game! i’m sure i used to dream about being in this mysterious game world.
- hanna: yep, complete computer nostalgia! i had totally forgotten about the flipper game - i played that one as well.

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 : )

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. : )

hello fellow weekenders! (probably not a proper word) so far it has been a great weekend seeing old friends and meeting new people! these photos have no connection what so ever other than this blog post. the first one taken on samsø - of a small group of starlings doing a bit of formation flying. so fascinating to watch them when they fly in large numbers don’t you think? the second one of NE working on the computer and the last one shows a great surprise treat we recieved from our sweet neighbours because we had been looking after our four-legged neighbour rufus. thanks mette and D! delicious brownies, chocolate and red wine!

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- lotte: ja, jeg er også glad for den, bruger den som indkøbsnet…ikke så glamourøst ; )
- ali: hello ali, great to hear from you again : ) and thanks for your kind words! happy you like the photos
- ida: tak, og også tak for info om print!
- sekimachihato: i did the same, only with these uneatable red berries and i think you are right, that was your artistic side showing through : )
- epe, nathalie, kristina, anna and kristina k: thank you girls!
- rudegirls: hehe, fin lille sang ; )
- lorenza: yeah i really like the yashica as well, only sometimes i’m a bit frustrated with all the light leaks (about every second one of the photos in the film)but i guess that goes with the territory : )
- ne: hæ, det tænkte jeg nok
- kristi: thanks kristi, i only noticed the sky in the windows after i had the film developed
- alice: hi alice. i’m mostly using fujifilm superia. and mostly 200 iso..found a lot of roles at a very low cost in a supermarket. this one is a kodak film though. it was expired but apparently not “enough” as the colors turned out more or less normal. in general i’m content with the superia film, there’s a flickr group dedicated to it, so you can check it out there if you like.
- jenna: hello jenna! happy to have you back. i must head over to your blog to see what you have been up to! : )
- lorenza: yeah autumn light is somethng special!
- nathalie: nothing beats an empty and peaceful beach! after writing the note about photographing people from the back i realised that i like this type of pictures because of the slightly mysterious and dreamlike atmosphere you get…can’t really describe it properly. but they certainly become more “open” photos when you can’t see the person’s face
- ida: helt med på hvad du mener. selv om det er efterår har billederne også noget dansk sommer over sig.
- paula: you are right, it was a very calm and relaxing holiday on samsø. i’m looking forward to see your august/september photos!
- alexandria: yeah, it’s such a great idea with that train hostel! very inventive! glad you liked the beach and film photos : )
- young: tak! jeg kan varmt anbefale samsø, meget smuk ø! efter at jeg havde skrevet noten om de evigt rygvendte personer i mine billeder, er jeg også kommet til den konklusion - at det skæve og ufuldstændige portrætbillede ofte er mere interessant fordi man ikke ser det hele, men selv skal lægge noget i billedet.

it appears to be the case! last night when NE, his sister sigga and i were walking home after having eaten the most delicious indian food we passed these seagulls who were settling in for the night on a pipe. as you can see they all have almost exactly the same distance between them. kind of made me smile.

yesterday was also the day when my bike got stolen. really don’t like when that happens! i’m considering now whether i should just get an old one or buy a new one that is more likely to get stolen…

note: there has been some problems with my blog server today - haven’t been able to access it before just now.

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- nathalie: yeah, i really like the lens cases too! about the birds - it seems like my grandmother was just as fond of birds as i am…actually my mother is too…strange thing
- anna: i was so happy to find this zeiss ikon lens! i think i will mount i on the yashica and see what happens
- kinako: thanks!
- ida: : )
- yukes: yeah they really look cool…but are a little heavy. i can really recommend trying analogue photography, so much fun - only downside is that it is rather expensive.
- sandra: thanks sandra! the happy birthday wishes are passed on ; )
- paula: thank you paula, i feel pretty lucky i can tell you - to have found great cameras in trift stores
- kristina: i look forward as well!