My Garden

I promised Barbara to take some pics of "my" garden, and here they are.
Today, the sun was shining, and everything is growing and blossoming.

currant (we have white, black and red ones)

harvest: strawberries, currants, and rhubarb

found the sign on waste dump

here I grow vegetables and berries (raspberries, blackberries, currants, strawberries)

and I have tomatoes, salad, zucchini, cucumber, cabbage, and my little stone garden =)

german flag because of the european football championship

one part of the main garden with the pond and my pool

for my rabbits - they didn't want to come out

roses

other part of the garden with the shed and my trampoline

my pond :) it once was sandbox, and a friend and I kept digging... :P

I built a runnel (?), and the water comes through that old can.

AECON3 - a Supernatural convention

Hi there!
I'm such a lousy blogger...but I have just nothing to say at all.

Maybe this will interest some of you...

Last weekend I was at a Supernatural (that's a tv show, btw) convention in Bad Wildungen (or: the middle of nowhere).

Some might think: Wait...you spend a lot of money to meet some random actors?

Well...YES!

I had so much fun. I do have to admit that the organisation was crappy (and I'm really angry that Rogue Events can't do better...), but anyway...I had fun!

The guests were:

Misha Collins (Castiel)
Jim Beaver (Bobby Singer)
Mark Sheppard (Crowley)
Mark Pellegrino (Lucifer)
Sebastian Roché (Balthazar)
Matt Cohen (young John Winchester)
Carrie Anne Fleming (Karen Singer)
Steven Williams (Rufus)
Jim Michaels (Co-Ex-Producer)

Each guest came at least twice on stage, and talked with/to the fans. Everybody was soooo nice and friendly. Some were crazy and funny.
I loved them all!

I arrived at Bad Wildungen on Friday, found the hotel, checked in, and waited for my friend.
Then we went to the other hotel, where the convention was held.
Massive Queue. Queuing is the favourite activity at a con! Seriously!
I guess I spent more time, standing around and waiting, than actually doing something.

In the evening we went to some Italian Restaurant. I had pizza, the others had pasta.
Then me and a friend of my friend went to the wellness area of our hotel. Wellness! Aaaah.
It was so nice. First pool, then sauna, then relaxing. Awesome!

We went to bed at 10pm, and got up at 6am. Blergh.

At first we had to wait for another hour (it drove me crazy!), then the convention finally started.

The first one on stage was Sebastian Roché.

He is one crazy guy! He controlled the crowd with his buttcheeks, and he was always talking and jumping around.
He told us about some danish fans, he had met earlier, and asked one of them: "What means Hi in Danish?"
And the girl said: "Hej" (pronounced "Hi").
So every time someone said "Hi", Sebastian was like: "Oh, are you danish?" Running gag of the weekend.

The next one was Jim Michaels, the producer guy.

He was really friendly and funny, too.
He could tell us some behind the scenes stories, and he said that he's mad that the Impala isn't used anymore.


The next two people were Carrie Anne Fleming and Matt Cohen.

Carrie is the cutest thing ever! She was so adorable. It was her first Supernatural convention, and she was glad that there were so many girls around.
And during her work, she fell in love with Jim Beaver, and wants to marry him.

Matt was really nice, too. He walked around in the hall, and talked to the fans.

Then it was time for lunch.
After the break, Misha Collins came on stage.

 I thought - because of his weird tweets - that he is crazy and strange. But he's not.
He's lovely and friendly - and yes, of course he has his own sense of humour, but he's just awesome.
I love that he does charity things, and donates money, and helps people (e.g. Haiti or homeless people...).

He wanted to auction something for a good cause, and some stupid girl bid: 1000 Euros.
He said: Are you serious?
And she: Yes!
When he said: Ok, it's yours, she answered: Oh, I was just kidding.
Hello? You don't do that!
Misha was a little bit disappointed and angry.
That girl wanted to ask a quesion, and Misha said: You don't think I'm gonna answer it, do you?
And he didn't.

Then there was this guy, who wanted to ask a question, and Misha said: "Hello, Sir."
The guy: "Uhm, I'm not a Sir."
Misha: "All right...hello Madame."
The guy kept talking, and Misha said: "You have a very low voice, Madame."
And the guy started to shout.
Ah...it was so funny that he didn't get what Misha said.

I had to leave, then, because I took a picture with Mark Sheppard, and so I missed Steven Williams. I only know him from Supernatural and The X-Files, and I thought this is some decent, old, man....
but he's not! He's crazy and wild....too funny. He wore a long coat and some earrings...

After Steven, it was time for Mark Sheppard.

I love Mark Sheppard. I've seen him last year at another Supenratural convention, and he's so cool.
He wore a Doctor Who shirt, because he is part of the show.
And he wants to be in Sherlock, too. I SO want him to be there! Please! He wants to play Sebastian Moron.

Then it was time for Mark Pellegrino.

I don't like his character on the show so much (he tortures my favourite character Sam :(), but Mark is a sweetheart. He's gentle, and charming. He did Dexter and LOST, too.

I had to leave for my picture with Misha, so I missed most of Jim Beaver's panel.
But he was really cute, too.
He tried to answer in German, because he learned this some time ago, because his Great-Grandfather was German, and he wanted to make him happy. Sadly, he passed away, before he had finished his studies.

At the end of Day 1 all the actors (except for Misha, who was still doing pics) entered the stage to say "goodbye".
We left the hotel, and went back to our hotel. My friends wanted to go to a concert (Jason Manns, who always plays at the conventions...), and I wanted to stay at the hotel, doing nothing, seeing nobody.
I went to the wellness area, where I was alone. Awesome! I had a great time...

Again, we got up at 6am (did I mention that I'm still tired?).

After breakfast (which was delicious, btw), we checked out and walked back to the other hotel.
Day 2 started with Mark S. and Mark P.
Lovely! :D

Someone wanted to know, if their dream woman was at the con, how would she look like. She really thought that she had some chances...(What the heck...)

Mark Sheppard said: Misha Collins is my dream woman.
And Mark Pellegrino said: Sebastian Roché is mine. ;)

Mark Sheppard started to talk about football (soccer for our American/Canadian friends), because some German teams had played the other evening.

And Mark Pellegrino said that he liked Dexter, but he thinks it's questionable that they created a show, where the serial killer is the good guy. Because they're not. They're monsters.
I have to admit that he's right...but still I love Dexter.

When they had to leave, Mark Sheppard said that he loves being at cons, and that he thanks every fan for watching and supporting. I did say that he's awesome. ;)

Then it was time for Jim Beaver again.

He told us about working with Jensen and Jared, and that it's more difficult to work with Jared, because he's like a puppy ("I wanna play! I wanna play! Look, I peed on your bed!").

Sebastian and Misha were the next two guests on stage.
Whereas Sebastian was as crazy as the last day, Misha looked more tired, and wanted to be serious, and answer all the questions. Bless him.

After the lunch break, we wanted to see Matt and Carrie again, and then go and fetch the missing autographs.


Carrie told Matt that it's Mother's Day, and he told us that his mother left the family, when he was a baby, and this father raised him.
But his father insisted on Mother's Day. So every year, Matt says to him: "Happy Mother's Day, Dad!"
And this time, he wanted us to say it together, and he recorded it.
This was so cute. Everybody was quiet, he started talking, when all of a sudden, somebody yelled: "Goodbye, I'm leaving!" Yup, it was Sebastian Roché.

Then....the convention was over. Sort of.
As I said, we went to get the autographs, and that took as so long that it was evening.

We said goodbye to each other, and then I left, and drove back home (booooooooring).

In case somebody is reading this, and wants to know more, or see more pics, I'll happily oblige.

Mark Sheppard and me

Misha Collins and me

Happy Hunting!

This tuesday I met with my friend Steffi, and we both went geocaching. Since we live like 300kms apart, we met in the middle; in a small city called Crailsheim.
We had so much fun!
The sun was shining, the birds were singing. It wasn't too warm, and we had nothing to worry about.

We found 30 caches. :D

There were two series.
One had to do with jobs and the other with fantastic creatures. You'll see what I mean in a moment. ;)

The first cache we found was called "Night-Watchman". It was hidden in a small lantern in a tree. Too cute.
Once we found it, we knew that the hiding places always had to do with the actual job. This was so creative and a lot of work!

That's the cache! :)

Unfortunately there were some lumberjacks cutting down bushes, so we couldn't pass, and drove back to find the other caches first.

We stopped in a small town. The cache was hidden behind the mailbox. As soon as we got out of the car, I started to laugh. I don't know why. I just thought the whole situation was funny.

Two girls park their car directly in front of a cow barn. Two farmers were standing next to us, talking. An old woman was sitting on a bench, staring at us. How on earth should we act as if we were secret agents on a mission? We were suspicious (you know, geocachers try to be careful, so that non-cachers don't see what they're doing , and don't destroy the cache)!
I sat down on a bench, and my friend had to do all the work, because I couldn't stop laughing. I guess she was a little bit mad at me. :D At least she found the cache.

We then did the series about the fantastic creatures. Everything was so beautiful. There was a small lake, an awesome big tree, and loads and loads of nature. ;)

Me :)

My friend returning from the cache (not on the pic).

Tree Hugger

This was a huuuge tree.

Can you see the cache? ;)

Yup, that's a cache, too.

This was called the lake of the Nymphs.

The troll's chair (and our gps devices).

Sometimes we had to search a long time, sometimes we saw where the cache was hidden (when you've found a lot of geocaches, you know how things are hdiden. Rocks that don't belong there, branches, stumps...sometimes it's too obvious - for a geocacher).

After we found every cache of that series, we drove back to the other forest. The lumberjacks were gone, and we could drive to the parking ground.

It was as beautiful as the other forest. And the caches were even better.

Cute! (Cache: Exterminator)

Cache: Ornithologist

Cache: Shoemaker

Because we only own old gps devices, we don't have maps on it (just a small arrow, pointing in the right direction). At home I planned a route, and wrote the caches in that order down...
So we didn't actually know where we had to go.

And we walked, and walked, and walked.

The sun was slowly setting, we were tired and hungry, when we reached the car. But it had been fun. A lot of fun. Luckily, there weren't many people around, so nobody "disturbed" us.

After that, we did two other caches, which were on our way back, and then went to eat something.

And you know what? I had terrible tooth aches the whole day. I couldn't bite, I couldn't chew. It hurt so much. And I was like: Nooo, I don't want to eat! :(
But as soon as I started to eat, the pain lessened...Strange, huh?

My friend brought me back to the station (I took the train - the gas is way too expensive :P), and then after a lot of cuddling and hugging, I went back home.

Steffi and me after a long and nice day.

Creative: Sewing

I read Barbara's post at The Middle Ages about clothes and styling, and thought...hey...that's the opportunity to show the clothing items you made.

First of all: I never learned how to sew. Yeah, I had a course at school, where we did some sewing, but that was ages ago.

I just do it. And I know, everybody, who knows how to sew, would throw his hands up in horror! I don't care. ;) Of course, I try to learn new things, and improve my skills...but still, it's all about the fun! :D

The ideas are all mine. I make my own patterns. They're not perfect, but I'm proud, because I made them.

Time for Becki's fashion show.

That's my first shirt. Made out of IKEA bedding. The sleeve looks weird on the pic. It's a trumpet sleeve.

 

I'll never wear that dress, I guess. I found this fabric at home, and wanted to do something with it.

That's my favourite piece. I love this dress. It fits perfectly, and it turned out exactly like I wanted it to be. I'm very proud of the neck binding.

A friend of mine had a jumper with a bunny on it. I wanted a bunny jumper, too...so I created one. May be a little bit silly, but I don't care. ;) Was my first hood, and it turned out ok-ish.

I needed a new hat, but I couldn't find one that I liked. So I sewed one.  It's a little bit too big. Also made an infinity scarf and mittens.

That's my newest piece, and it's not finished, yet (my sewing machine is reall bitchy right now, needs to get fixed). You can also see that I LOVE butterflies.

Well, I love Harry Potter. So I sewed the robe. I like it very much! :D

Meet my two bunnies!

I love rabbits, always have.
They are sooo interesting and challenging.

I had a rabbt, when I was 11 years. After he had died, I couldn't get a new pet, but after like 10 years, I decided that I want a new pet.

I bought Julie in April 2009 (eeek, she's turning 3 this year) in a DIY store. Now I know that you shouldn't do that (don't buy in pet shop, either!). But I fell in love with her from the very first second.
That's how she looked like:

A few months later, I got Lucky. He's from the animal shelter, and it was sheer luck that we got him. Name fits.
That was him on his first day in his new home:

A few things about rabbits
They are cute. They have soft fur. You want to cuddle them the whole time. You think they like being dragged around. You think they don't mind living in a small cage. Alone.

You are wrong.

Fact 1: Rabbits live in groups. They aren't alone (unlike hares). They need at least one partner. No guinea pigs. They need other rabbits.

Fact 2: Rabbits need space. They love to jump and run around. It's not enough, if you let them out a few hours a day.

Fact 3: Rabbits don't need the colourful pellets. They are unhealthy. Rabbits shouldn't eat grain. They need plenty of hay, vegetables, and branches. No vitamins. No salt blocks.

Fact 4: Rabbits aren't cheap. They need to go to the vet at least 2 times a year for immunization. Male rabbits need to be castrated. It's better to castrate female rabbits, too, because they can get uterine cancer.

Fact 5: Don't force them to do things. Don't carry them around. They are afraid! You can sit down next to them, and pet them, if they want to. They are clever. They can learn tricks. Some don't like to be touched. You can't change them. They have their own personalities!

Julie
Julie is a lop eared bunny, but she can lift her ears. Especially, when she's nervous or excited. She is named after a Take That song (I have told you that this is my favourite band :P). She weighs around 3kg.

Julie loves to cuddle. She is very stubborn and curious. Whenever she sees an open door, she rushes through it (she knows, when you open it, even if she's sleeping or miles away). She loves to jump down the stairs into the basement.
And above all...she loves to eat. :P I've never seen a rabbit eat so fast. Amazing!

Lucky
Lucky is a dwarf. He is very tiny, but he is the boss. His colour is called Japanese, although it's not perfect. It has to look like a chessboard. He weighs 1,9kg.

Lucky is very active. He can jump high (standing jump over 80cms!), and he runs fast. He loves to race around in the garden. He loves to lick his Julie the whole day.
He is afraid of sizzling noises. He doesn't like to be touched that much, but ne never bites.

He had an accident, where he hit his head. His ear was damaged, and it sometimes hangs down slightly. But he's fine otherwise.

About my rabbits
They don't have a cage (yes, they are in one no the first pictures...but that was only at the beginning, and it was open all the time). They are not locked up. They can run around in most parts of our house. It's no big deal. You need to secure cables, and things that could be destroyed by them (e.g. books, plants...). My rabbits use a litter box.
They have direct access to the garden, where they can jump around and dig.

Pictures

Nowadays, only her head fits in the bowl. xD

Can you find her?