Bright & Shiny Balcony (again)

So - blogger decided to delete my balconypost.

Summa summarum: I cleaned my balcony and bought new windowboxes and flowers to put in them. The overall look is very girly, but I'd rather have lots of colors than none at all.

Love,
Ida

Shopping-spree

I've been in a frenzy, shopping dresses like a mad man. It felt great. Four new spring/summerdresses to my ever expanding collection. And also a new pair of shoes. Because I don't have enough shoes! (*hmmmm...*)

I also bought a tiny french press, perfect for when it's just lil' ol' me.
And the colour du jour? Brown/bronze/orange-ish, it would seem...

Love,
Ida

Old love revisited

I absolutely do not have time for it - but I couldn't help myself!
Yesterday I had my first pianolesson in 3 years. It felt soooo good. I contacted my old teacher (who I last had a lesson with 7 years ago), and it felt just like old times, and was fun and exciting. I can't wait to become a better pianist again.

So even less time to blog - but my love for the piano and the need to express myself through classical is greater than my love of blogging. But I'll have time for both. Just don't have that much to blog about these days, since all my time is spent working.

My pianoteacher and I had a laugh, especially when he sincerely, but teasing at the same time, said I should play Chopins Revolutionary Etude...
It's easier than it sounds. But then again, it sounds really difficult. But I'm all in.

Love,
Ida

It's gone overboard!

More gifts to self: A new mug from the amazing store Stilleben. I had to have it, because of the wolf on it! Made by Anna Carin Dahl.
I also bought a new dress... I'll show you later.

Hope you had a nice weekend. I'm working today, have been for 10 hours now... don't like working on sundays, when it's not pleasure. Allthough it was, and is, fun, I really needed an extra days r'n'r.
But the sun has been shining all day, I have lots of daffodils to look at, and my saturday was great.

Love,
Ida

My moms hidden talents

What seems like ages ago, I bought a crocheting-needle and some cute yarn when I was in Sweden with my funny friend Louise. Remember? 
I never got the hang of crocheting, but one day I was home at my parents, cussing and cursing at the damned thing, and my mom took an interest. Oh yeah, she'd crocheted some when she was an adolescent. So I gave her the needle and the yarn and forgot all about it. Until I got these wristwarmers for my birthday. Pretty good for someone who hasn't crocheted in 40 years!
Now she's totally hooked on crocheting - and knitting, too. She's making socks and what not. Yay. More homemade goodness for me coming up!

Love,
Ida

Harbinger of Spring

My friend gave birth to a beautiful little babygirl 20 hours ago.
I took of work early and spent nearly three hours with them, craddling and cooing at the little life.

The mother was so calm and radiating with happiness and love; the daddy was proud and witty and caring - and little Elin was a sweet, cute and decisive little lady. I love her so much allready.

So even if it's technically still winter, and Denmark has been covered with snow today, I call her a little harbinger of spring.

Love,
Ida

Plumwine

My dear friend Lene has just returned from a trip to Japan. She had an amazing trip, and I'm very jealous - Japan is my no. 1 dreamdestination.
Lucky me, she brought back pressies!
A darling teacup in faint spring yellow, with delicate blue flowers. And then plumwine... in a tiny testtube-thingy - with what we agreed looked like a mousebrain. Yum.
We decided on a plan:  I'll make homemade sushi soon, and then we'll crack open the braincontained wine. Yay!

Love,
Ida

House of poetry + sisterlove

This looks like last month - me working on the computer at a café.
It's saturday - and I'm working at a café! The House of Poetry close to where I live. I really like the inside of this two-floor café/library/venue. Every thing is white and light blue/light green/light purple. It sounds too sweet, but it works. Like the little porcelainlady painted babyblue. Or the crystallamp painted light purple.
I have a nice view - the castle Rosenborg in Kings Garden.

Saturday is nice. Weekend is nice. I was really beat yesterday - I haven't been so tired since I started working. So it was a quiet friday night for me, I didn't actually want it to be, but it was good to finally sleep more than 6 hours. I feel rested, the sun is shining, I stacked up on tea and treated myself to some liqourise-chocolatecovered almonds from Summerbird, that my friend Louise has tought me to love. Damn her!

Now I've drunk my coffee, and I'm going to dinner at my parents. And on that note, read this sweet and true story:
My mom turns 60 today (really?! My little, sweet girlish mom? Unbelieveable), and she got a very special present. This morning, my moms older sister rang their doorbell - she'd come as a surprise. The grand surprise being: that she lives in Canada!!! She took the flight all the way from Ottawa, Canada to Hoersholm, Denmark, because her little sister, (who doesn't want any attention, not even on her birthday) turned 60. Makes me cry a little - so much love and affection. Family can be such a great thing. 


Must buy crisp and colorful tulips for my mom.

Love,
Ida

To me, from me

I went to my parents this sunday, and had to wait for my brother when I arrived at the trainstation... luckily there was a fleamarket, as there always is on sundays - which I keep forgetting - and I spotted this metallic teapot-thingy. I was expecting it to be a bit pricy, but I was happily mistaken - 10 kr! Approximatly 1,5€ or 2$. Score!

A birthday present to myself from myself - with another gift from me to me - white tulips. Today it snowed, but I'm in a spring-kinda mood. This is perfect.

Love,
Ida

The Magic Mirror

You know I'm a geek, right?

The secondbest present I got for my birthday was the book 'Troldspejlet' which means 'The Magic Mirror', after the mirror the wicked stepmom looks in in Snow White. It's about a tv-programme, and more importantly, it's host.
The more than 20 years old program has been steadily guided by Jakob Stegelmann. With his kind face and endearing voice he's led viewers through the jungle of cartoons, movies, books and computergames that speak to the child (in us all?). Fantasy, Science Fiction, Disney, anime and all that jazz.
The cool journalist Brian Iskov (whose blog I recommend all danish readers, who enjoy film, to read) wrote the book. So two major influences in one geekbook. What more could you wish for? Oh yeah - I want Jakob Stegelmann to be my mentor and I his padawan. I mean - he's been at Skywalker Ranch, chilling with George Lucas!

The best present I got: a concert ticket. To see on of my top two favorite pianist, and at a really small and intimate venue. SO ecxiting! On March 28th I'll get to experience Leif Ove Andsnes. Can't wait, since I haven't heard him live before.
I saw my other favorite pianist years ago - Krystian Zimerman. And it was A M A Z I N G! Oh...

This is possibly my favorite piece for piano, played by Leif Ove.
Clair de Lune by Debussy.

My band

Our new video for 'Six Robots'.

Made by Richard Doble.

Love,

Ida

What happened to...

...trying to save money?
Well, it went afloat when I saw that brown dress. Yes, I know it has stripes *oh gawd, that's just soooo last season!* - but I like stripes, and I really, really like the color.
And then there was the earrings - not all 6 of them, just the pair with the curled up foxes, that you can't really make out on the pictures, but oh wow, and ok yeah, 6 small pair of animal-earrings, yay!
And then there was the mittens, that I've oogled so many times, and I've been steadfast and 'no, you have mittens' - but then they were on sale, and I got a further reduced price because it had a teeny, tiny hole.

All I needed was a small handmirror for applying red lipstick in dark bars. Damn you, H&M!

Love,
Ida

2011 so far looks...

...pretty much like 2010. But in less than one month all that changes. When I start my internship. I'm going to be one busy girl. Can't wait!
But there is a new and different thing in these pictures.
My new moomin-cup.
And the hyacinths are new.

I can't wait for spring to come.

Love,
Ida

Great gifts

What I most wanted this christmas isn't something that you can wrap and give as a present.
It didn't come to me, but it may still fall into my arms at any time to come, so I'm still dreaming.

But I did get some wonderful presents. My mormor gave me a Bjørn Wiinblad jar that I'm gonna store tea in. My godmother gave me some mooomin-porcelain to my ever-expanding collection, and my parents gave me Murakamis 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle', Miyazakes 'Ponyo', a howling wolf (love it!) and a beautiful deer-couple as earrings. Way too much. But I love it all.

Love,
Ida

P.s. I need a haircut!

Oh baby, it's cold outside - and inside too!

When I woke up today in my teen bedroom, there was ice on the inside of the window. But what a view.
Good thing I got a new pair of homeknit socks for christmas - they keep my feet warm! (And in style, I might add.)

Love,
Ida