Autumn days nummer zwei

From one of my autumn walks a few weeks ago. I after spending a week inside with strep throat, I like looking at these pictures to remind me of the outside world and the beauty of my favourite season.

All of Lies' pictures look so breezy, bright and summertime-ish. Those happy young faces with rosy cream cheeks, sparkle eyes, and twinkle smiles. oh how I miss those girls!

okay now I must dive again into my bureaucratic black hole of immigration paper work. Its all in German, somebody throw me a life raft!

We did a shoot

Oh my, we had true girl fun last week, for the Etsy.
Lieveke is a pro at posing now ha.
It was Noor's first time.
She kept falling over, having mastered the sitting-skills only recently.
Other than that, I think she's really really into the red flashy dot of the camera.


I'm inspired by these wonderful pretty 'spaces' at the moment :

Misako Mimoko

and

Le Zigouis

and

Perdi of fio a meada.


Happy! You?
-Lies

yellow, red, white

This is where we live now. I have always wanted a yellow room and I tell you, now I have really got one. Its sometimes like waking up in a field of marigolds and other times its feels like we live on the face of the sun. Our (blood) red bathroom, or as I like to call it the 'redrum room', is just as bold. No subtle earth tones here. Ditto the kitchen, which actually has a shower in it placed right across from the oven. But don't worry, the shower is semi lacquered with a bright red cello paper (for privacy, obviously), otherwise that could be an uncomfortable cup of tea while your roommate has his morning shower.

So yes, it is quirky. Yes the redrum room locks from the outside in, and yes our floorboards creak when the neighbors walk inside their apartment. But I really love this place. Our balcony overlooks the Methodist church's courtyard where they keep rabbits, and we also have a view like none other (see this post). The elder home next door means things are always nice and quite. And since we don't have any roommates, bring on the kitchen showers!

Okay, that's all for now:)
xokimberlee

Anemones and violets

Outside : ahhhhh so grey.



But friends
-I found anemone cups!
-the vests are finished (the alpaca : sublime)
-if you look through a violet parasol everything is ... violet, I guess

Oh : this project looks so appealing...



I hope you find your little window of happiness also this week
-Lies

autumn

This used to be my favourite time of year, all those leaves changing colour, Halloween festivities, fall harvest, apple cider, pumpkins, squash, wheat, corn, the new cold bite in air, and of course my birthday. Then when I moved to NZ, most of those things aren't around or are just too different to recognise and my birthday is in the spring! Autumn in NZ is the prelude to a rainy winter with no Christmas.

I am so glad to have a northern hemisphere autumn again. Everyday I ride through the colourful soggy leaves glued to the pavement, take in the chill, and anticipate Christmas. Its fantastic! We're having a Holloween party for the kids at work and we have spent a lot of time going on nature walks, decorating the kita, and talking about the harvest.

All these pictures are taken from my neighborhood and most of them are view from our windows. Next time I will take on an inside tour:)

and I know I will be missing New Zealand when summer hits, because that country really does summer well. But for now, I am very happy to have my Fall back.

Cheers!
-k

Ah

Ah, sometimes if you look at your stuff, it's actually quite colorful and fun. And the contrast! Gabriel says it reflects my soul. I'm sure it does. Black and white, and all the colors in between.

And yeah, I'm sewing again - hope to upload into Etsy this weekend. Poor Etsy, it's been quite empty for a while now, OK I'm trying to make amends... If you are very keen on any of the above - let me know and I can reserve, as I've already sold a few through OUI boutique, I can only put up one of each through Etsy.




Have a refreshing weekend!!!
-Lies

La...

La droguerie.


It is here already from the other side of the world, from home (Belgium).
Softest fine and delicate alpaca in stunning colors 'bleuet' (ultra violet blue-ish) and 'cassis' (deep rich berries), and La droguerie's latest baby knitting book.
For each of the girls I'll knit a vest 'la brassiere', the most knitted garment ever in the whole of France.
Ooooh so pleased, thank you Julie and Anne from Julija!
And yeah I also splashed out on some new Liberty fabric, a yard of each, again for the girls.
Aw I better have something made out of all of that, to show you next time huh.



Happy sighs
-Lies