Just because.

Woah there.  Another post so soon!  Look who's got more spare time right now!  Took some pictures of my surroundings again for the first time in aaaaages.  Today was the first warmer day of sunshine.  After the last two really cold weeks I (and a whole bunch of others in Berlin) are hoping that the summer comes and stays for good now.  Don't get me wrong, I do love a summer storm with some rain...but not when it's only 15 degrees outside.  For heaven's sake it is meant to be SUMMER!

So, here are a few snaps from my day.

I discovered my first zucchini!!!  I couldn't remember which zucchinis I planted in which pot so I had to let myself be surprised.  I am super excited to say that this is going to be a yellow ball zucchini!!!  YAY!!!  (It almost feels like I'm announcing the gender of a baby...here it is ladies and gentlemen, MY EDIBLE BABY!)

Here's a view of my zucchini plant from afar.  Look at how blue that sky is.  Pwooaaahrr!

Here's a view of my other window.  My room looks super dark in these pictures, but it is in fact super sunny.  Probably turns out so dark because I am photographing towards the sun.  Anyways, these are some of my chili and tomato plants chilling out this morning.  They're kind of lost in a backdrop of the tree outside my window!  This is kind of like a "Where's Wally" situation.  Do "where's wally" situations actually exist?  I think I made that up.  Erm, let's swiftly move it along.

I went on a lovely bike ride with a friend.  Through Neukölln and into Kreuzberg.  Deary me, there's nothing better than cycling around sunny Berlin with a friend.  Oh, and I bought myself a beautiful sunflower from the flower stall at the fleamarket!

Some dappled sunshine on cobblestones.  I am just way toooooo arty.  Oh how ponderous.

In my neighbourhood, innit.  Rixdorf was buzzing this weekend due to 48 Stunden Neukölln, an arts festival in and around Neukölln.  Look at all those wheels.

A whole load of green at the blacksmith's on Richardplatz.

Here's me sitting writing this blog post.  There you can see the sunflower I bought today and some of my other plants which are growing steadily.  I don't have so many growing so densely this year.  We'll see how the rest of the growing season goes, I'm hoping that they will all fill the space a little bit more than they are now.  That would be really nice if they did.

And with this I bid you all good night.  Thanks for reading and I hope you've all had a lovely Sunday, wherever you are.

..love..

Pillow Clouds.

After last week's heatwave this week has felt a little bit colder with quite a few storms that brought in a real chilliness with them.  Although this evening was a super mild and beautiful evening.

-  Let me begin with my nasturtiums.  Their stalks are just going crazy, growing wild twists and turns in all directions.  I had to take a photo of it from below as the leaves are pointing down.  It worked quite well I think.

My nasturtiums look good, but I went for a walk in the Comenius Garden today and all the nasturtiums there are already blooming.  I cant wait for mine to bloom so that I can make some nice salads with the nice orange blossoms.

-  Look my tomatoes got bigger!

-  So I've started taking pictures of balconies around Berlin that I see and like the look of.  Especially in the summer you can see greenery sprouting from even the tiniest balcony here.  Some are more intriguing than others of course.  And some are just absolutely wild.  Like this one that I found whilst cycling around Neukölln yesterday.  These lilies are in danger of falling off of the balcony.  They are absolutely huge...I don't mean to toot my own horn but I really really love everything about this photograph.  The second balcony photo I took today also in Neukölln.  Also of plants that are hanging over the edge of the balcony.  Not as wild and crazy as the lilies but still very interesting textures peeking over the side.  I think the leaves on the right are belonging to some courgette or cucumber plants. 

(contrast and Instagram filter Rise)

(contrast and Instagram filter Rise)

-  This evening as I was going for a little stroll, I found out that yesterday and today were the open garden days in Potsdam and Berlin.  And I missed it!  I did manage to do a short visit to a small garden here in Rixdorf.  I had no idea that the alleys I went down actually led somewhere.  I totally forgot that I was in Berlin.  That one little alley has the view and the feeling of a small village somewhere in the countryside.  Wow.

That's all for now guys.  Thanks so much for reading and I hope you have a great week.

..love..