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Autumn again

We enjoyed the October sunshine and made a long walk through the woods of Ratingen collecting things the first autumn winds had blown down. With these you can create the most wonderful  in- and outdoor decoration. Last winter I organized a trunk already cut in sections about 10 inches high at our local provider of […]

Technical difficulties

The last update of a plugin for galleries does not function as requested. That’s why at the moment you don’t see any pictures at all or can’t open the gallery at the end of a post. We’re working on it and we’ll try to deliver fullsize pictures as soon as possible. Then I’ll also publish […]

First autumn wreath

At every second market stand we saw brightly shining spots of lilac, pink and white heather. So I just bought some of them for my nearly empty summer flower buckets. Back home I remembered all the pictures of autumnal wreaths I had seen on different web sites. I cut off some twigs of heath for […]

Noble table light

For this noble light you only need a simple jar (preferably cone-shaped), some nice glassine paper, colored ribbons, a tea light and maybe a pendant. The sheets usually sold in Germany have a size of 11.6×8.6inches so that I cut them in halves obtaining bars of 11,6×4.3 inches. The paper is to be placed round […]

Hotpot with grounded meat

Moving lockers, masking doors and windows, mixing colours – hungry! Fried potatoes were requested but time too short. Fortunately 0.5lb grounded meat and a pot of steam vegetables (peas, carrots and Indian corn) were available. Cook the vegetables in your microwave and sear the meat in a seperate frying pan. Cut some potatoes, 4 shallots, […]