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..

Summer greens.

Hello everyone!  I finally have some time to write after a busy summer!  And my oh my have I got a lot of pictures to post.  I will put a caption above each photo saying when, where, and what!!

21.07.2014 - My grandmother's colourful bin.  Bits and pieces snipped off or fallen from plants on her balcony.  (Bavaria)

 23.07.2014 - My first yellow pear tomato of the season.  I don't think I will grow this sort anymore, as even last year the yield I got was very little.  They are however very pretty tomatoes when they do grow!

  27.07.2014 - New Serrano chili plants.  These were packed as if they were matches from a Mexican eatery called "Wahaca" in London.  This little packet was found and gifted to me.  How very cool to give your guests seeds instead of matches to remember your restaurant by.  I got really emotional when I was given them because I thought it was such a wonderful idea!

 27.07.2014 - After the third attempt my Jalapeno pepper plant is finally growing!

27.07.2014 - I bought a tiger stripe tomato plantling from the market, and it has grown really really tall and here are the first little tiger stripes making an appearance!

31.07.2014 - Harvested and ate my kumato tomato, that I grew from a tomato that I bought in the store.  I don't think it was ripe yet when I ate it.  The skin was still a little hard but I was just so impatient!

07.08.2014 - My other grandmother's garden (in Bavaria) in it's peak.  This is a view of her vegetable garden from her shed/summer house outside.  Although my grandmother doesn't like the second picture because it makes her garden look so empty, it shows more of the vegetable side of things that she grows.  (ginkgo, echinacea, rose, quince tree, chives, mangold/chard, plum tree, beans, zucchini, tomato, and many more that I have probably forgotten)

07.08.2014 - Look, some bees enjoying a zucchini flower!  (gran's garden)

07.08.2014 - This is the insane bursting with fruits wine/grape vine she has in the garden.  It is absolutely exploding with grapes which she will use to make jam.  Learned about Bachus the Greek wine god, that supposedly protects and encourages the grapes to grow.

12.08.2014 - Back in Berlin a sunset view over my beloved Tempelhofer Feld.

14.08.2014 - My tiger stripe tomato harvest.  Looking juicy on the vine and off.

16.08.2014 - Now comes our trip to Varazze in Liguria, Italy.  Such amazing plant life there.  So many succulents and cacti as well as citrus fruit trees.  Crazy.  It was a beautiful holiday in the warm warm sun.  There are so many rock dwelling plants it is unreal.

20.08.2014 - Gotta show you guys at least one picture of the sea!

Lemon and orange and lime trees were everywhere.  Although a lot of the lemons didn't seem to be ripe yet.  Apparently the weather hasn't been that great this summer, which could have something to do with it.

This tree is amazing, growing up the cracks of the rock, I have no idea how this happened.  It looks like a normal tree, but maybe it's actually a climber.  Who knows.  Maybe one of you knows?  If you know what kind of tree this is then let me know please!

Sighted on one of our evening strolls, the shop fronts in Liguria are just of many different types of succulents.  Beautiful.

21.08.2014 - As we were flying from our layover in Paris back to Berlin I got some great shots of the sun peaking through the clouds we were just flying through.  I love that space in between the clouds and the atmosphere.  It's magical.

So, after a really long picture post I say goodbye and goodnight.  I hope you have all had a brilliant summer wherever you were.  Thanks for reading, and I wish you all a great start into the week and into what feels like the start of late summer or the beginning of autumn.
..love..