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my own small corner of the planet feels like it's upside down. please bear with me while i take a break.

+++ regarding japan: if you consider donating, an easy way is through your national red cross. +++

+++ p.s.: i have long admired shigeru ban's work and his tireless effort to devise temporary shelters and housing in cooperation with the refugee council of the united nations. currently, he and his team are working on simple partitions to be used in existing emergency shelters in north japan to give those hundreds of thousands a minimum of privacy. you can contribute to their efforts here +++

japan

such heart-breaking news from so many places recently. and now japan. my thoughts and prayers go out to them.

i was so glad to hear hiki as well as natsumi, their families and friends are safe.

+++ update: alexandria listed some ways to help, take a look. +++

friends

how on earth would i do without friends? not at all, that's how. nadja made us some pizza and lemon cake for afters. so good.

this morning, i met up with paul to talk about the garden. we will order some more seeds here. red chard and lemon melissa, and other good things.

have any of you seen miranda july's new film?

up the hill

that same saturday, we walked up the hill. it was still cold, but the sun was out and it was ever so still under the trees. we walked past the church peter and paul and had coffee at the log house in nikolskoe. i never knew king frederick wilhelm III. built it in 1819 as a surprise for his daughter charlotte, who, two years previously, had married grand duke nicholas, later nicholas I of russia. when charlotte came to berlin for a visit, her father presented her with the log house "in the russian style". it was in fact an exact copy of a cottage he and his daughter had stayed at in russia when he last went to see her.

i want to go again in summer and sit on the terrace, overlooking the lake.

what are your best-loved day-trip destinations?

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friday inspiration

1. Untitled, 2. little autumn, 3. Untitled, 4. Untitled, 5. winter, 6. Untitled, 7. Midsummer 1970, 8. Pentax at home, 9. Untitled

recent faves by some great flickr photographers. pls. note this is not my work, click on the link to find out more about photographer and photograph. be inspired!

p.s.: it's no secret i'm looking forward to spring - now i do possibly more, as from april, i will be sharing a garden with a friend. an organic vegetable garden to be precise. so excited!

p.p.s.: your comments on my last post mean a lot to me, thank you so much.

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at the lake

from a wonderful day at the lake. the choice of film and the light give these a rather dark edge that wasn't present when i took them. sometimes it feels as if i'm finding my feet with photography, sometimes it seems as if it's the first time ever i'm holding a camera. but no matter whether i'm happy with technical aspects or not, these seem to tell a story - and that i like.

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