At blive overmandet! - To become overpowered!

Der kom en pose med en kanelsnegl og overmandede min kalender! Men vi klarede den! Det var total overgivelse!
Hav en rigtig dejligt weekend.

Billede af udryddet kanelsnegl - Photo of a defeated cinnamon roll!

A bag with a cinnamon roll overpowered my calender! But we made it! It wasa  total surrender! Have a great weekend!

Vesterhavet - The North Sea

Et af mine favoritsteder er Vesterhavet oppe i det nordlige Jylland, som vi besøgte på et tidspunkt i dag, hvor der var ophold i regnen. Så bliver jeg bare nødt til at komme ud og soppe og få hjernen blæst igennem, som en af mine bedste venner gør her.

One of my favorite places is at The North Sea at the Nothern part of Jutland, which we visited today, when the rain stopped. Then I just have to go and dip my feet and let the wind blow my mind free, like one of my best friends does here.

Skønne søndag - Wonderful Sunday

Afslapning i skønne omgivelser! Og så kender

jeg en, der laver smuk mad! Håber at I har det lige så dejligt som mig!

Relaxing in beautiful surroundings!

I know someone, who makes beautiful food!

Hope that you feel as good as I do!

Ferie start - Holiday Start

På vej til Jylland i tog bevæbnet med kaffe og ferielæsning om en stor personlighed, der havde stor indflydelse på modeverdenen.

On my way by train to Jutland 'armed' with coffee and holiday reading about a big personality, who had major influence in the fashion world.

Fotokursus - Photography Course

Med mit 'nye' kamera fulgte et kursus i, hvordan man håndterer det, og da jeg af flere grund har fået det udsat nogle gange, deltog jeg først i går.
Jeg kan godt lide at være på skolebænken, for selvom man ofte føler, at man klarer sig godt, er det sjældent, at man ikke får noget med sig hjem, som man kan bruge.
Det var også tilfældet i går. Læreren var passioneret og underholdende. Ikke mindst fordi han ikke gjorde meget ud af at gøre det enkelt. Man kan aldrig lære for meget.
Det foregik på IT-universitetet lige ved siden af DR Byen i Ørestaden. Det er en meget moderne, lidt død bydel om aftenen , men der er masser af muligheder for at tage billeder. Bl.a. af kunstværket 'Receiver' og minder lidt om en mellemting af et æg og en golfkølle.

 Ørestaden med koncerthuset til venstre og DR huset til højre

Oerestaden with the Concert House on the left and Danmark's Radio on the right

 The Receiver

Jeg er den lille fede blop i midten!

I am the little fat blob in the middle!

In the deal with my 'new' camera came a 'how-to-handle' course, and for several reasons I have had it postponed several times. Finally I went yesterday.
I like being 'at school', because even if you feel, that you are doing well, most times you pick up new things, that makes other things easier and smarter.
And we had a good teacher yesterday. He was passionate and entertaining. And he didn't make things more difficult than necessary.
The course took place at the IT university, in the part of the city where also Denmark's Radio (Danish Broadcast in general) is. It is a very modern part of Copenhagen, and it is a bit 'dead' at night, which newly built areas often are. But there are lots of possibilities for taking photos.
One of the art works there is 'The Receiver', which looks like a mix of a big egg and a golf club.

Arbejd'-arbejd' - Busy, Busy

Der knokles her. Jeg skal være færdig med en stor dynge arbejde inden i morgen aften, for på torsdag tager jeg til Jylland til nogle venner, hvor jeg skal slappe af i 5 dage.
Jeg ved, at der er lagt planer for nogle ture, og en af dem er at tage til Vesterhavet, som jeg elsker. At være der giver ro i hovedet.

Work! I have to finish a big pile of work before tomorrow night. On Thursday I am going to Jutland to visit friends and relax for 5 days.
I know that they have planned some trips around the area, and one of them is going to the West coast, which I love. To be there brings peace of mind.

Sidste sommer-shopping - Last Summer Shopping

Eller det tror jeg i hvert fald! Jeg faldt for 2 blå bluser, der matcher rigtig meget i min garderobe, og det er begge ting, som jeg kan bruge med en cardigan eller en jakke, når det bliver koldere. Den med de korte ærmer er kombineret t-shirt og bluse i to forskellige materialer med en rynke-effekt i siderne.

Or at least I think so! I fell for these 2 blue tops, which both match a lot in my closet, and they are both items, I can use with a cardigan or a jacket, when it becomes colder. The one with the short sleeves is a combined t-shirt and blouse in two kinds of materials with a ruffle effect in both sides.

Værtindegave - Present for the Hostess

Jeg er jo lidt svær at give gaver, men blomster er altid velkomne (og god chokolade!) Og grønne planter. Somme tider går de ud, og urtepotteskjuleren bliver normalt givet videre. Men ikke denne her. Den er jeg lidt forelsket i.

 

It is a bit difficult to give me gifts, but flowers are always welcome (and good chocolate!). Also green plants. Sometimes they die, and the cachepot is given away. But not this one. I am a bit in love with it.

Fernisering - Vernissage

I morgen åbner udstillingen 'Mit Landskab' på Gammelgård Kulturcenter i Herlev, hvor jeg bor. Det er den årlige sommerudstilling, hvor alle beboere i Herlev kan indlevere malerier. Mit billede bliver udstillet sammen med malerskolens, og det bliver sjovt at se alle de forskellige tolkninger af emnet.

Det har været svært at fotografere, da bunden er belagt med bladguld

It has been difficult to take a good photo, as it is covered with gold leaf

Tomorrow the exhibition 'My landscape' opens at our local cultural center in the city, where I live. It is a returning exhibition, where all persons in the community can send a painting. My painting will be exhibited together with all the paintings made by the students from the painting school, and it is going to be fun to see all the interpretations of the subject.

For meget planlægning - Scheduling too much

Min kalender er lige blevet renset! Renset for ting, som jeg synes, at jeg bør gøre. Renset for påmindelser om ting, jeg gerne vil gøre. Så nu står der kun de ting, der skal gøres, de ting jeg skal deltage i og de ting, jeg vil deltage i.
Jeg prøver hver dag at leve så enkelt som muligt, men jeg skal holde meget fast i mig selv for ikke at overplanlægge. For ikke at 'løbe tingene op' og hele tiden se, hvad der kommer i morgen, i næste uge, næste måned.
I dag startede det med at rense kalenderen.
Det gjorde godt.

Elvis, min undulat, står altid på bordet, når jeg arbejder

Elvis, my budgie, is always with me at the table, when I am working

My calendar has just been rinsed. Rinsed for thing, which I felt, I should do. Rinsed for reminders of things I would like to do. So now it only contains the things, which must be done, the things I really have to do, and appointments I want to participate in.
Every day I try to make things as simple as possible, but I have to hold on to myself for not 'over-planning'.
I have to be aware not to 'run to the future' to think about what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month.
Today started with rinsing my calendar.
It felt good.

København i solskin - Copenhagen in Sunshine

Turist i min egen by :-) - Tourist in my own city :-)

 På den ene sidste af afskærmningen til Metrobyggeriet...

On the outer side of the fence to the Metro building...

 ... og på den anden side - Det Kgl. Teater

...and on the other side - The Royal Theater

 Mange turister ved Amalienborg, som også renoveres

Many tourists at the Royal Palace, Amalienborg, also under renovation

 Få meter der fra er sideindgangene til Amaliehaven helt fri for mennesker

A few meters away the side entrances to Amaliehaven are totally free from people

 I havnen ligger der mange skibe med smukke detaljer...

There are many ships with beautiful details in the harbor...

...og nogle der er lidt mere dagligdags

 ... and some are a bit more down to earth

To små smukke havfruer

Two small beautiful Mermaids

Fortsat god weekend

Have a nice weekend

Er du samler? - Are you collecting something?

Jeg har for nylig læst en artikel om en mand, der elskede at læse og havde over 1000 bøger. Resultatet af den samling var, at han aldrig fik læst noget overhovedet, fordi det var så svært at bestemme sig for, hvad der skulle læses, og han blev ved med at købe bøger, så der blev flere og flere, der ikke var blevet læst. Det blev til stress i stedet for nydelse.

Hvis du i weekenden tager ind i en boghandel, så tænk lige over, hvor mange bøger du har liggende ulæste der hjemme allerede. Læs dem først, og giv dem videre, så de ikke ligger ulæste hen.
Det samme kan loppemarkeds-tilhængere gøre. Tænk over, om der ikke allerede er nok te-kander, sennepsglas, vaser og lysestager hjemme på hylderne allerede.

Meget ofte drukner det vigtige og det smukke i mængden.

I have recently read and article about a man, who loved to read and had a collection of more than 1000 books. The result of this collection was, that he never got to read anything at all, because it was to hard to decide what to read, and he kept buying books, so more and more books were piling up waiting to be read. It became a stress factor instead of a pleasure.

If you during weekend go to a book store, then think about how many book already are lying unread in your house. Read those first and pass them on to others, so they don't just lay around for no good reason.
The same counts for flea market enthusiasts. Think about if you don't already have enough tea pots, mustard jars, vases and candle stick holders at home on the shelves.

Very often the beauty and the important get lost in the crowd.

Naturens arkitektur - Nature's Architecture

Naturen kan lave ting, som kreative mennesker kan finde stor inspiration i.
Derfor er det ikke til at forstå, at der bliver bygget så mange uinspirerende firkantede glaskasser over store dele af byen.

Perfekt design - Perfect design

Nature can do things, which creative people can find great inspiration in.
So it is difficult to understand, that so many uninspired big glass cubes are being built all over the city.

Nu hos boghandlerne - Now in the Danish bookshops

Så! Nu kan min bog også fås hos de danske boghandlere! Der går meddelelse ud til boghandlerne i dag, så den står ikke i stakkevis på deres hylder, men de kan bestille den hjem. Med andre ord - den kan købes her nu!
Der har været virkelig meget arbejde omkring den, og takket være et af mine favoritmennesker er den nu ude. Tusind tak for det!
Det er en stor dag!

Well, now the Danish version of my book finally has hit the bookshops. Or at least information about it will reach the bookshops this week, and it can be ordered. The English version is available at Amazon called 'Wipe Your Slate'.
There has been a lot of work coming this far, and thanks to one of my favorite persons it is out there now. Thanks a million times!
It is a big day today!

Gør-det-selv hos mig - DIY at my Place

Jeg har et lidt anstrengt forhold til gør-det-selv. Både fordi jeg har lavet meget selv med vekslende held, og fordi jeg mener, at der er grund til, at der er noget, der hedder professionelle håndværk.
Men jeg skal have sat en reol sektion op, og det gør jeg ikke selv. Det gør det ene af mine favorit mennesker for mig! Det bliver helt givet bedre og vil tage kortere tid, end hvis jeg skulle have gjort det selv.
I får det at se, når det er færdigt.

I have a somewhat strained relationship to DIY. For one reason because I have made many project with more or less luck, and because there is a reason, why some persons can call themselves professionals.
But I am about to have a shelf section up on the wall, and I am not going to do it myself. One of my favorite persons are going to do it for me. I am sure that the result will be better, than if I try myself, and it will take a much shorter time.
I will show you, when it is done.

Forbrugertanker - Consumer Thoughts

Ting gør noget ved os.
Vi bliver fristede til at købe dem - uden nødvendigvis at have brug for dem.
Vi bruger eller opbevarer dem - ofte mere det sidste end det første.
Vi bruger tid på at passe dem - eller flytter bare rundt med dem.
Det er så vigtigt, at vi tænker os om, før vi køber. Tænker på, om vi virkelig behøver det, der nu frister. Tænker på, hvor vi skal opbevare det, så det ikke bare æder plads op. Og så også tænker på om pengene ikke kunne bruges bedre.
Tænk først - køb senere. Du har sikkert ikke brug for det, der falder dig i øjene.

Stuff does something to us.
We get tempted to buy things - without necessarily being in need of them.
We use or store them - more often store than use.
We spend time taking care of them - or just move them around.
It is so important that we think, before we buy. Thing about if we really need the stuff, which is so tempting. Think about where we will store them, so they don't just take space in our homes. And also thing about if the money couldn't have been spent better.
Think first - buy later. You probably don't need the things you are spotting.

Planer der gik i vasken - Plans down the Drain

Vågnede glad kl. lidt over 7, ud af sengen, skønt vejr, i bad med masser af gode planer i hovedet, og så... oversvømmelse! Vand ud over hele gulvet. Det standsede heldigvis, før det nåede ud i gangen. Jeg så det ikke, før jeg trak bruseforhænget til side.

Så nu har jeg tilbragt et par timer med at tage mig sammen til at rense afløbet. Jeg hader det! Men det blev gjort, og så virker skidtet stadig ikke. Nu venter jeg på blikkenslageren!

Livet sker, når du har andre planer - jeg kunne bare have ønsket, at det havde været en lidt mere romantisk afbrydelse ;-)

Den gode udsigt...-  The nice view...

og den dårlige - and the bad one.

Woke at a little past 7, out of bed, great weather, jumping in the shower with a lot of good plans buzzing in my head, and then... flooding! All over the floor! Luckily it stopped, before it ran out into the hall. I didn't see it, until I pulled the shower curtain away.

So now I have spent a couple of hours pulling myself together to rinse the drain. I hate it! But I did it, and it still doesn't work. Now I am waiting for the plummer!

Life happens, when you have made other plans - just wish that it had been a more romantic interruption ;-)

Grønne planter er det nye 'sort' - Green Plants are the New Black

Det er sjovt som tiderne skifter - og kommer igen. For mange år siden havde jeg en masse grønne planter. Jeg nærmest levede i en jungle. Og så fik jeg nok og har siden haft max. 1 lille plante i hvert rum.
Men nu føler jeg behov for at få flere og store planter. Gerne nogle jeg kan følge fra baby-størrelse.

It is strange how times are changing - and comes back. Many years ago I had a lot of green plants. I almost lived in a jungle. Then I had enough and have since had max. one small green plant i every room.

Now I feel the need again for more and bigger plants, and I want to follow them from babysize.

Cirkus for 1. gang - Circus for the First Time

I går var vi i Cirkus Summarum og så showet med mange af de medvirkende fra DR Tv's børneprogram Ramasjang. Det var virkelig underholdende. Lillemand syntes, at det var så spændende at være så tæt på - og blive dikket på maven af en af dem, man kender fra tv! - at det næsten var for meget en gang i mellem.
Stor dag!

 Der blev spist masser af popcorn - Lots of popcorn was eaten

og Far fik lov til at lege lidt med  noget legetøj - and Dad was allowed to play with the  toy!

Yesterday was the first time for my smallest favorite persons to go to circus.
Danish television runs a children's program called Ramasjang, and this circus's artists are the characters you see on TV, making a show for the kids and their parents. And it was really entertaining! Very exciting when you are 2 years plus 4 months. Almost too exciting at times.
It was a big day!

Livet uden computer - Life without computer

Jeg fik min computer tilbage i går, og det gør altså ting lidt lettere. Den har været til reparation i 3 uger, så min telefon har være på overarbejde og har ligget til opladning ret ofte, men det har kunnet lade sig gøre. Så kan jeg leve uden? Ja, det kan jeg godt, men jeg vil virkelig nødig.
Hav en rigtig dejlig weekend.

I had my computer back yesterday, and it does make life easier. It has been for repair for 3 weeks, and my phone has been overheated and constantly been lying around for charging, so I have managed. So can I live without it? Yes, I can, but I would really rather not.
Have a great weekend!