Sunday, June 29, 2014

Grenaa/Denmark - Kattegat Center

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This weekend we visited Madita in Grenaa/Denmark. But since the weather was bad and the wind direction was of no real use, we stayed there and made a visit at the Kattegat Center. We were very much impressed and the children were very excited, running ahead and calling our attention to the...

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

From Sønderborg to Grenaa - 06/19-06/21/2014

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During our summer vacation our plan is to reach Oslo/Norway; this time by sailing ;-) But since it is not that much time for this rather long distance (and back), we thought about bringing Madita northwards before our journey starts. The best time for doing so would be the weekend after Corpus Christi...

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Porpoise

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It is not getting less, it does not wear off: The exciting feeling of meeting porpoise while traveling across the Baltic Sea. Most of the times we only see the dorsal fin appearing suddenly out of the water. But sometimes we are lucky and these amazing animals start to play with Madita, an event...

Clematis

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I love the Clematis, being in flower at the house walls in the small towns of southern Denmark in early summer.  ...

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Sunday morning thoughts

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Sunday mornings, when I take the dog for a walk around the neighborhood, we pass all those neat nice houses. Flowers are blooming manifoldly in the front gardens, balconies are planted in equal elaborately. Windows are opened to let in the fresh summer morning air and allow one to get...

Friday, June 20, 2014

Scotland - fall 2013

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In Autumn last year we traveled to Scotland for 8 days. We would love to go to Great Britain by our own boat one day, but this time because of lack of time and weather conditions, we took the ferry from Amsterdam/The Netherlands to Newcastle/England. We feel a little uncomfortable on these...

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Hagenbek-Zoo Hamburg

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Today is Corpus Christi and the school of our children was closed although it is not an official holiday in Hamburg. A friend of us invited us to the Zoo. I didn't bring our camera, but we have been there before and Wolfgang took some nice pictures that time, I would like to share. Especially...

Bagenkop/Denmark where "Jesus calms the storm"

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This week our children had Bible Day at school. The whole day all classes worked in different ways about the same story: This time it was the story from the New Testament about Jesus, who falls asleep while he was crossing the Sea of Galilee with his disciples when a storm rises. The disciples...

Norway - fall 2012

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During the autumn break in 2012 we traveled to Norway. Since we expected not the best whether at that time of the year, we took the ferry from Kiel/Germany to Oslo/Norway and stayed 3 nights in a hotel. Using the ferry allowed us to bring our car, which was convenient, but going up the Oslo Fjord in...

Stone Organ

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Strolling the beach of Anholt/Denmark in 2012 we came to a stretch where waves rolled over a bed of stones, all almost the same size. With the water running back the stones chattered to each other making kind of music. I call this effect "Stone Organ". This is part 3 of experimenting with natural...

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)

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Last year in spring on a one week trip we met some very special animals.... We were on our way to Gedser/Falster-Denmark when suddenly a howling filled the air. First we had to use binoculars to figure out who made these sounds, but when we reached the sand bank Rødsand we saw them... and they saw...

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

How we lost Madita's mast in 2011

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2011 was our first year sailing. This start was rather successful: After the first teething problems, like unattended cereal bowls on the salon table with a heeling of 20° or the sudden and unexpected appearance of pontoons while entering the mooring box, we had a lot of fun. We traveled...

Imbued by travel V

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What is our position in the world? Are we still a part of the nature? How do we alter the nature? How does nature influence us? How can we protect nature? How to make sure, that protecting nature does not dissociate us from nature? Nature - 2013 - Acrylic on Canvas - 100x80 cm - $500 at Saatchi...

Monday, June 16, 2014

Stone at the beach

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Second part of experimenting with natural movement.... The waves were washing over the stones at Søby's beach vigorously, which gives a little idea of what waters do to stones during millenniums. ...

Barley-field

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While strolling around Søby/Denmark, we found this field of barley moving in the wind...This is the first part of experimenting with natural movements. ...

Sunset in Søby

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The children and me were already sleeping, when Wolfgang went for a stroll at the beach and took these beautiful pictures of the sunset :-) ...

Friday, June 13, 2014

Rose (Rosa)

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It is an open secret: I crazy about flowers. I love all kinds of wildflowers and it drives Wolfgang sometimes crazy that our hikes are prolonged by me kneeling down to take a picture of every blossom I can find. But as well I love cultivated flowers and it is a good start of the day to take a round...

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Imbued by travel IV

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Feeling to be a part of nature by experiencing the wind and sun and sand and water. The feeling on the skin, the smelling, listening to the sounds and tasting the salty air. Anholt - 2013 - Oil on canvas - 100x120 cm $1000 at Saatchi Art Online...

Cockchafer (Melolontha)

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A couple of weeks ago, actually at the beginning of May, this guy landed on the leg of our son, when we were in the garden. We never saw a cockchafer in real, let alone so close. He was just beautiful and the children carefully observed every detail of his perfectly build body. ...

Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)

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After dropping the children at school this morning I met this cute and shy little fellow in the nearby park. He was hiding in his hole apparently waiting for a quiet moment to cross the path. Sorry for the somewhat lower quality of the pictures recorded by cellphone. ...

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Why the Great Loop?

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Why do we dream about the Great Loop?! Screenshot from Great Loop - Google Maps When the idea of doing a longer journey by boat hit us, we always talked about circumnavigation. We discussed that for quite a while; there were ups and downs: Sometimes Wolfgang was absolutely fond of the idea...

Friday, June 6, 2014

Hugo - our family dog

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I wanted a dog for years. Wolfgang was strictly against buying one....although he loves dogs or maybe because he loves dogs. His parents had dogs and he perfectly well knows how much work and responsibility it is. But on the other hand wouldn't it be the most joyful and heart warming thing...

Field poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

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Two years ago a new tree was planted  in our street a few houses further down. It is a lime tree (Tilia) and the neighborhood is not too happy about it, since it is one more lime tree in the street spilling its sticky pollen all over the place on windows and cars. But in the soil...

Imbued by travel III

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Sometimes you find a place which is enchanted by the light and the colors. The small island Vejrø certainly is such a place to me. Vejrø - 2013 - Acrylic on canvas - 120x100 cm - $ 700 at Saatchi Art Online ...

Spot of the week - Vejrø/Denmark

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We love the danish islands and Vejrø is on the top of our list. Vejrø is a little private island of 1.6 km² located in the Smålandsfarvandet. The harbor offers room for 85 ships and  is open to leisure boats. There is a ship shuttle service for appointed guests to the island....

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Fossiloid

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Over the past few years I literally carried a huge 60kg blue alabaster stone with me. It moved from Berlin to Hamburg with us and I moved it back and forth in the house. For a long time I simply was not sure, what might be in the stone. During the past 3 month I finally figured it out and made...

How much is enough?

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There is nothing to complain about. We live a good life. Everything is just in place....but somehow that seems not to be what we want. It starts with all the stuff we have in the house. Each piece on it's own might have been a good purchase. But more and more I feel uncomfortable and wonder...

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Imbued by travel II

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Paintings inspired by our journey last summer. Nystedt Castle Park - 2013 - Acrylic on canvas - 60x80 cm - prints available at Saatchi Art Online ...

Monday, June 2, 2014

Rainbows....

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Talking about rainbows...On pictures they look easily like kitsch, but seeing one in real is always an enchanting moment... Once, we visited the peninsula Schleimünde/Germany, a whole rainbow spread over the baltic sea. It lasted for about 45 minutes and was for a while accompanied by a second short...

Sunday, June 1, 2014

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