from the gisele family album.

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8mm colour test.

So I happened to get my hands on a (cheap) super 8 camera...and I also happen to have great people in my life that helped me getting my films developed (thank you Fabian and Katharina, you're the best!) They really are the best, by the way, much better than me, you should do your sore eyes a favour and check them out.

For anyone who wonders, I usually uploaded my films on vimeo, but vimeo decided to treat me bad and won't let me log into my account...so I came back to good old YouTube! I guess I was never cool enough for vimeo anyway, but still, anyone else of you having a problem with their site too?

avec une couronne de marguerites.

Congratulations, Dear Reader, you're viewing the longest Post in Blog Posting history!! I'm very sorry for the overwhelming amount of pictures in this one, but some stories need a few more words...or in this case photos, to be told.

At least you can take away a little tip with this post: if you ever make yourself a crown of flowers (is it called like that in english?), don't throw them away, take them home with you and lay them in a little bath on big plate, they will help you carry your memories for a few days longer.

PS I don't want to make an advertisement for bottled water or any kind of brand with this pictures, but sometimes you forget your water bottles at home, and then you and your dog get thirsty and you have to buy way overpriced water at a very weird tourist shop, you know? :(

sitting on dogs in the sunshine.

I hope you are enjoying the spring weather as much as Asim and I do...if not, try walking barefoot over a blooming meadow, you will start smiling instantly, I swear! These pics were not taken by me, they were shot by my sweet Mother (HI MAMA) today, and they show perfectly that as soon a girl goes for a walk with her mother she acts like a little kid again!! And before some of you ask, I'M NOT PREGNANT, that's just the wind creating a baby belly under my dress! The little creme coloured camera I am holding in my hands on these photos is a disposable model I got as a present this morning -I tell you the story about that little thing when the pictures are developed...let's hope they turn out ok!

PS Oh, and please tell my mother she's a great photographer as I know she's reading this :-)

PPS Have you seen that the beautiful Aline Aimée form Little Doll House dedicated a post to my blog? Thank you Aline!

first signs of a new season.

...the first warm rays of sunshine inspired me to experiment a bit with light and shadow.

And perfectly fitting to that early spring sunshine, the lovely Polly from Passer Domesticus (an adorable blog, by the way) gave me the sunshine award -thank you, dear Polly! I'm getting a lot of internet love at the moment, and I'm very thankful for that.

I know that these awards always have strict rules, questions to answer and so on, but I'm not a "tag" person, and I certainly don't like to follow rules (Oh, I'm such a rebel!!!), but I do like that they always request to mention some other lovely poeple in the blog world. So I'll only take that one part of the game and name 5 wonderful blogs off my personal reading list...just like that, without any awards or rules, if you pardon me.

Here we go:
u mnie (which is a tumblr not a blogspot, but hey, no rules, right?), unexpected behaviour of light, Alexandria Daniels, Cinnamon Girl (yummy!!..I adore good baking blogs, let me know if you have any recommendations!), and last but not least James H Duncan , who is not a photographer, but a wonderful Writer and Poet.