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... and last holiday post.It is a great drive from Kangaroo Valley to the Wombeyan Caves (winding gravel road).... und letzter Urlaubspost.Es ist eine wunderschoene Fahrt von Kangaroo Valley zu den Wombeyan Caves (unbefestigte Strasse mit viiiielen Serpentinen).We love caves and so we couldn't resist to make the detour. Da wir Hoehlen so lieben, konnten wir uns den Umweg nicht verkneifen. The

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We were here for the third time (2000, 2006, 2012) and it has not lost its charm in all these years - the historic village Central Tilba. Wir sind jetzt zum dritten Mal hier gewesen und es hat seinen Charme nicht verloren in all den Jahren - das denkmalgeschuetzte Dorf Central Tilba. You can buy very good cheese and honey there and lots of other interesting things. It is a tourism village,

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Miss K was in need for a new towel dress. They have a term of swimming lessons at school and have to walk in their bathers 200 m from the school to the pool and with this horrible summer we decided she needs something to go with.Pattern is Yorik from Farbenmix, size 134 and extended  40 cm at the bottom.Miss K hat dieses Term wieder Schwimmunterricht im Rahmen des Sportunterrichts. Da sie im

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I'm still not finished with my holiday pictures - yes, we drove a lot. Once even with a ferry - from Queenscliff to Sorrento - you see, we weren't actually in Melbourne.Wie ihr seht, bin ich noch nicht fertig mit meinen Urlaubsbildern. Wir sind schliesslich auch viel gefahren... Und sogar einmal Faehre - von Queenscliff nach Sorrento - wir haben Melbourne quasi umfahren. Then we stayed a night in

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I think I don't need to write much. Don't I?  It was just toooo hot the two days we spent on Great Ocean Road so we didn't do any walks, which is very sad. We just enjoyed the air con in the car.Ich glaube hierzu muss ich gar nicht viel schreiben, oder?Es war leider die beiden Tage, die wir an der Great Ocean Road verbracht haben viel zu heiss um irgendwelche Wanderungen zu machen - zu schade.

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We fell in love with Tinimi's new embroidery series "dragon" and just in time for the Twilight Parade I made a simple A lined skirt for Miss K. Wir waren gleich verliebt in Tinimi's neue Stickdatei "Dragon" und puenktlich zur Twilight Parade ist noch schnell ein Roeckchen fuer Miss K entstanden. side It is made from Jersey. I stitched the dragon on cotton poplin and appliqued it afterwards so

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Our trip went also through the picturesque Barossa Valley. Unser Trip fuehrte uns auch durch das malerische Barossa Valley. But who thinks wine is made in wonderful old Chateaus in old timber wine barrels... Its far from it!Aber wer denkt Wein wird in alten Schloessern oder hoelzernen Faessern gereift... Weit gefehlt!Whilst we drove the scenic route we came to 'Seppelts Mausoleum'. Its a bit

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At Flinders Ranges we stayed at Wilpena Pound Resort Campground. Look at these huge River Red Gums there.Peek-a-boo :-)One day we climbed Mount Olsen-Bagge - 923 meters highand then had these wonderful viewsinto Wilpena Poundto the Resortto...Here some fellows on the road sideWe've seen a couple of feral goats, one fox and LOTS of rabbits :-(

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Unser erstes Reiseziel (nach 2 Tagen Fahrt) war der Mungo National Park. Dort wollten wir unbedingt mal hin, da in der S-Bahn immer soooo tolle Fotos von den dortigen Great Walls of China haengen. Hm, ein bisschen enttaeuscht waren wir von deren Hoehe. Das ganze ist nicht hoeher als vielleicht 2 Meter. Aber trotzdem beeindruckend!In dieser Lunette wurden 1969 die aeltesten Ueberreste menschlicher

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We are back from holidays. Two weeks... more than 3000 km... more than 1000 pictures... full of impressions!Wir sind zurueck von unserer Urlaubstour. Zwei Wochen... mehr als 3000 km... mehr als 1000 Fotos... voll mit Eindruecken, die erst mal verarbeitet werden wollen!A while ago I made this Tini tunic from hubbies old business shirts. It is so lovely carefree cotton that I kept his outworn

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Newnes is nestled in the Wolgan Valley - its that nice that there was built a Luxury Resort, but its not that green as it shines there. Hope we had not that much impact on the environment, at least we tried our best. One day we walked to the ruins, where 100 years ago was a township with an industrial complex where shale oil was refined. cokes ovens, the bricks therefore were also made in

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I know I am late but nevertheless I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!Besser spaet als nie wuensche ich euch allen ein glueckliches, gesundes und erfolgreiches neues Jahr!Wir waren mit 4 Familien zum buschcamping in den Blue Mountains. Newnes ist ein kleines Paradies nur 3 Stunden von Sydney entfernt.Newnes in the Blue Mountains is a little paradise just 3 hours from Sydney,

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Finally I managed to finish the bag.Endlich habe ich die Tasche auf fertig bekommen.It is different to the tutorial, because I didn't like to have my little bag hanging on the front nor any other owly bag.Ich hab es anders als in der Anleitung gemacht, da ich meine kleine Tasche nicht vorn drauf baumeln haben wollte, aber auch keine sonstige eulige Tasche.But I wanted something on the front and I

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Weihnachten 2011war fuer uns wunderschoen - zwar ohne Familie, dafuer mit guten Freunden.Christmas 2011were wonderful - without family but with good friends Am 24.12. waren wir zum Feuerwerk in Darling Habour, denn dafuer werden wir Silvester darauf verzichten. On Christmas Eve we went to the fireworks on Darling Harbour, because we will miss it on New Years Eve.  Funny HDR effect on that pic -

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Yesterday we made a little walk through Balmain, here just some impressions.Gestern haben wir mal einen Spaziergang durch Balmain gemacht, hier einfach mal ein paar Impressionen. As you may see the bridge is in the centre already prepared for the fireworks on New Years Eve.Vielleicht koennt ihr es erkennen, die Bruecke ist in der Mitte schon fuer das Silvesterfeuerwerk vorbereitet.

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It was already last Sunday as we went to Mona Vale Beach but I'd like to share these wonderful pics (only taken by mobile phone).It followed a thunderstorm and heavy rain, but we were back to the car just in time. http://skyley.blogspot.com/

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We have still mango season and so I made some frozen mango puree. Fish on Friday found here.

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I managed to keep up to date with my sewing and that's how my bag looks now.And I had this Aha! effect with the "triangles" on the pattern piece ;-) Habe es geschafft dabei zu bleiben und so sieht nun meine Tasche aus.Und ich hatte diesen Aha-Effekt mit den komischen Dreiecken am Schnitteil ;-)

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Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and 3. advent :-) Ich hoffe, dass ihr alle ein tolles 3. Adventswochenende verbracht habt. Hier in Australien nennt man die Weihnachtszeit auch Silly Season, also alberne Zeit. Das haben wir uns mal zum Motto gemacht (die Ohrringe sind Zuckerstangen). Heute gab's dann noch entsprechende Haargummis im Weihnachtskalender...Nur der Sommer versteckt sich bisher

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I am a cheater ;-)I skipped the owl applique because I find my fabric bold enough and for todays strap I just used my much loved velvet ribbon - just 5 minutes sewing...Ich hab geschummelt ..., hab einfach mein geliebtes Samtband als Schlaufe genommen anstatt das lange Band heute zu naehen. Die Eulenappli mache ich auch nicht, da ich diesen bunten Stoff so schon ganz witzig finde. Naja, habe ich

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Gosh, I'm so stupid... I just saw that Farbenmix already has an English version of their Advent Calendar, here it is. So have fun sewing your own Christmas present!

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Have you seen the Farbenmix Advent Calender? We can all sew a bag together, every day for 15 minutes and will finish on the 24. December with a little pressie for ourselves. How cool is that? I will challenge me a bit and try to keep up with the sewing every day and also have a little translation for my English readers. Farbenmix will have every day a little Foto-Tutorial on their website and

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a quick little present for a new arrival Ein schnelles kleines Geschenk fuer einen neuen Erdenbuerger.

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first thing I made from new fabrics :-)erstes Werk aus neuem Stoeffchen :-)

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It's Mango Time here.I had to buy this funny Mango at the market. Our favourite is to make Mango Lassi. Just puree one mango, add around 5 spoons of plain yogurt and a bit of water, that it gets a consistency like a smoothie. Sometimes I add a bit of suger, depends on the sweetness of the Mango and ice. Then Miss K sings: Mango Mango Mango, I dance the Tango,in a rich mens world...(adapted from

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Finally it arrived :-)This parcel took around 5 weeks to arrive from our parents from Germany.I love these caring stickers! Endlich ist es angekommen :-)5 Wochen hat es gedauert bis das Paket von den Schwiegereltern aus Deutschland angekommen ist.Ich finde diese fuersorglichen Aufkleber total klasse!It was heavy, really heavy, 30 kg. I feel sorry for the Postie.But nevertheless it was a very

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Yesterday we went to Bondi Beach, where again Sculpture by the Sea takes place.I got not much good pictures but here are some of my favourites.  It was quite difficult to get pics without people, but how crowded must it be on the weekends?It was a quite hot and humid day yesterday, although the sun wasn't shining that much. Unfortunately the big tap gave no water.Here I just have forgotten to

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Handmade Canberra gave away tickets for Santa's Apprentice and I won :-))) Thanks so much!!! source: beckerfilmgroup.com I think we would go into the movies even I hadn't won the tickets, but now I am sure.I wish you all a happy festive season!

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We had perfect weather for Novemberfest, so it was much fun not only for the kids. In the Morning they had their performances and afterwards they could do lots of activities, like Haunted House, Tin Can Alley, Pillow throw and Crafts. Wir hatten perfektes Wetter fuer unser Novemberfest an der Schule, daher hatten nicht nur die Kinder viel Spass. Sie hatten vormittags ihre Auffuehrungen und danach

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More little things for my market stall at Novemberfest next Saturday.Elf stockings made with the free pattern from sew4homereversible head bands (own pattern) 

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Eigentlich sind wir ja keine echten Halloweenfeierer, aber die Schule hatte einen Verkleidungstag organisiert. Miss K wollte ein Vampir sein. Ich denke, weil sie das Buch Ock von Fiend so mag (und ich auch, ist so "suess" gezeichnet).We actually don't celebrate Halloween, but the school had a dress up day. Miss K wanted to be a vampire, I think mainly because she loves the book Ock von Fiend (and

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Just one week to go to Novemberfest.Lots of little projects are on my workbench for my market stall there.Grad noch eine Woche bis zum Novemberfest.Bin grad am Werkeln von lauter kleineren Projekten fuer meinen Marktstand dort. 

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Mit 10 Jahren...will man lieber klein und niedlich bleiben...spricht man schon zwei Sprachen ...lebt man nicht mehr im Geburtsland...hat man schon so viel Gesehen...liebt man grosse 4WD's und Camping ...hat man ganz viele Fragen...ist man ein Buecherwurm...macht Schule (wieder) Spass Happy Birthday meine Suesse! With 10...you'd love to stay cute and little...you already speak two languages...you

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Ich weiss, ihr koennt wahrscheinlich schon alle keine Joanas mehr sehen und der Rausreisser ist diese nun auch nicht, aber es ist mein Probeteil und ich find sie tragbar. My first trial of Joana from Jolijou.    The armbinding I could have made shorter, but then I wasn't in the mood to undo it and inserted an hat elastic through it.Die Aermelbuendchen haette ich gleich etwas straffer annaehen

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It's not much going on here, because of grandpa is visiting us and my sewing machines had to make room for his suitcase. At least I have finished the elephants I prepared prior to his arrival.I only had to fill them and close the last opening by hand.Hope they will sell at the Novemberfest. Actually I would have loved to show you all my nice fabrics I ordered or won in Germany the last months,

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Sorry Ihr Lieben, dass mein Post gestern nur auf Englisch war. Wie ihr seht, waren wir im Outback. Wir wollten diese Landschaft unbedingt auch meinem Schwiegervater zeigen, der uns gerade besucht und selbst wollten wir schon lange mal nach Broken Hill.Nicht weit von dort liegt Silverton - ein malerisches Oertchen, was daher auch schon mal als Filmkulisse herhalten musste, aber seht selbst:Not far

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Hope you all have wonderful spring holidays!We have granddad from Germany visiting and thought a bit outback would be nice to see.Now we all have a flat butt as 3000 km are a lot in one week, but granddad is not that good with walking anymore ...Most impressive are the sunsets in the outback! I swear these pictures are not altered! Our most distant destination was Broken Hill.It has a vibrant

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only for the photos.Miss K begged for a while for a pair of culottes and now she doesn't like them, but more because of my fabric choice but the pattern.She finds the fabric to stiff, even it is the softest baby whale corduroy you can find. She wants something thinner... But actually it doesn't bother me much, thus I have a piece more that I can add to my stall at the annual Novemberfest at the

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May I introduce Moni, the strawberry monster?See, all strawberries gone. Must be eaten by Moni, nobody else was around.Favourite colour: red Favourite music: Strawberry Fields Forever by the BeatlesFavourite Movie: Strawberry ShortcakeFavourite animal: Strawberry Poison Frog Biggest dream: diving and camping on Strawberry IslandMost hated: slimy slugs eating strawberriesHer back is very

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I did it again... a Zorra.I just love that pattern on Miss K.Ich hab es wieder getan... eine Zorra.Ich finde dieser Schnitt sitzt einfach super bei Miss K.Don't look what she does above.Bitte nicht gucken, was sie da grade oben macht.She had her kind of fun with DAVEs artwork.Sie hatte halt auch auf ihre Art Spass mit DAVEs Kunstwerken. Ok, at least to her 10. birthday in a couple of weeks I

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As Andrea guessed, it is a metre.Andrea ging in die richtige Richtung. Es ist ein Zaehlwerk.A metre of a fuel pump.Das Zaehlwerk einer Zapfsaeule.Further we drove.Weiter ging's.The landscape changed and not to good.Die Landschaft aenderte sich, aber nicht zum Schoenen. MiningTagebauSpot the dimensions.Guckt euch die Groessenunterschiede an. The white car above is a ute, the other one the water

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Here it is, the new toy. It needed some movement; still stock standard (what will surely change over time) so we kept on the road.Hier ist es, unser neues Spielzeug. Es brauchte ein bissl Bewegung; da noch total Standard (was sich aber nach und nach ändern wird), sind wir lieber noch auf der Straße geblieben.We drove along the foothills of the Blue Mountains to Singleton.Wir sind an den

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Not only IneS was in a Mens Heaven, we too! And also here it wasn't only mens heaven also Miss K met her big idols. Roothy and Milo on the 4WD and Adventure Show! Nicht nur IneS war im Maennerhimmelreich, nein auch wir! Und auch hier war es nicht nur ein Maennerhimmelreich, auch Miss K traf ihre grossen Idole. Roothy and Milo vom monatlichen 4wdAction-Magazin auf der 4WD and Adventure Show.  and

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Can you believe that?That must have been Cockatoos!Are they that bored that they must destroy my plant?They look so cute but are obviously the naughtiest birds ever. It happened some time between yesterday evening and today morning and nobody noticed something. Ja ist denn das zu glauben?Das muessen Kakadus gewesen sein.Sind die denn so gelangweilt, dass sie meine Pflanze kaputt machen muessen?

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yippie *freu, freu*I won - Ich hab gewonnen :-)... this cute cheeky bugs fabric over at Hexchenmarie   

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on our dark wooden table.Etwas Farbe auf unseren dunklen Holztisch. The placemats are unfortunately not perfect. The upper fabric is a tiny bit larger then the backing, although it lay flat on each other before sewing together. Any ideas what I did wrong? Leider sind die Platzsets nicht so perfekt. Der obere Stoff ist irgendwie groesser als der auf der Rueckseite, obwohl vor dem Zusammennaehen

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Last weekend we did a little walk around Balls Head and enjoyed the warm winter sun. Letztes Wochenende sind wir ein bisschen auf Balls Head umherspaziert und haben die herrliche Wintersonne genossen (es waren ca. 23 Grad).Harbourbridge We droped in the Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability, which opened recently.Dann haben wir uns das kuerzlich eroeffnete Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability

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I know, it's already Friday, but I was so exhausted after our first walk in the new school year and busy yesterday as well...We went to Castle Cove and the walk went up and down around the Middle Harbour.This is Willis (or Innisfallen) Castle.

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Und da ja Einschulungen so urploetzlich passieren, braucht frau ja eine schnelle Loesung um ein kleines Geschenk fuer das befreundete Kind zu verpacken.Schultuetenrohlinge gibt es hier nicht und nach Papierbastelei war mir auch nicht, aber ich hatte noch ein bisschen Tuell im Haus und ein Stoffrest fand sich auch...Also zuerst π x Daumen zwei Stoffdreiecke zugeschnitten.Eine Seitennaht naehen und

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I made this Olivia dress for a friends daughter, who came to school (year 1) today. I wish you all the best for your school career, dear K.! The school year at the German International School Sydney for year 1 started today.In Germany it is tradition  that the kids get a "sugar cone" and that there is a special celebration for their first day of school, as Preschool and Kindergarten are not

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I had only half a metre from the turquoise fleece that I treasured for more than 3 years now and I thought that I urgent need to do something with it before it never will be enough for something for Miss K. And then I had these half metre of cherry red Stella, which is more a dark pink and Miss K actually doesn't liked but it matches perfectly with the embroidery on the fleece. I laid different

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Long I haven't done an applique, but now a butterfly with curly ribbon was ordered and for that I even cut in one of my Oilily treasures...Lange schon habe ich keine Applikation mehr gemacht, aber nun war ein Schmetterling mit Korkenzieherbaendern gewuenscht und dafuer habe ich sogar eines meiner Oilily-Schaetzchen angeschnitten...

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I'm not needled to death, I'm still here ;-)Not much happens here at the moment. The last one and a half week of winter holidays is starting today. I finished a thrilling book. I am not a knitter at all, but as it is a crime story I loved it: picture found at www.maggiesefton.com I am off to find if they have other books from this series in my local library. Ich bin noch da und nicht zu tode

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NOW I like my new Top. Nun mag ich meinen neuen Pulli doch. After I abandoned it I now felt that I need something snuggly and as I was pretty happy with the neckline from Mareena I cut the old one and made a new binding. That's how it was before:Nachdem ich ihn ja in die Ecke gefeuert hatte, wollte ich nun doch wieder was kuscheliges haben und da ich ja mit dem Ausschnitt meiner Mareenas recht

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As the weather was pretty nice yesterday we headed to Watsons Bay for a little historic walk around South Head. Da das Wetter gestern so schoen war, sind wir mal nach Watsons Bay gefahren und haben einen Spaziergang mit historischen Sehenswuerdigkeiten gemacht.  Miss K wore an upcycled top from me as it seems I grew as well. Some of my tops are getting shorter and shorter. I used the Imke pattern

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... I got some special kissesVor ein paar Tagen bekam ich ein paar ganz spezielle Kuesse ... on my special day.Not only from this bottle nose dolphin but also from a seal and not to forget my loved ones :-)... an meinem runden Geburtstag.Nicht nur von diesem Bottlenose-Delphin sondern auch noch von einer Robbe und natuerlich nicht zu vergessen meinen Lieben :-)We went for a couple of days to

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Wednesday - time for a walk. But it is the last one as we start 5 weeks school holidays.Mittwoch - Zeit fuer eine Wanderung.Aber es ist die letzte fuer dieses Schuljahr, da bei uns uebermorgen die Ferien beginnen. We crossed wooden planks...Es ging ueber Planken... hindurch unter felsigen, tropfenden Ueberhaengen...through wet rocky overhangs... ...with interesting ornaments ...mit interessanten

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After #1 went well I cut in my treasured fabric, which I brought from my Germany trip one year ago. Nachdem Mareena Nummer 1 gut gelaufen ist, habe ich in mein Stoffschaetzchen geschnitten, dass ich mir von meinem letzten Deutschlandtrip mitgebracht habe. Das ist nun schon ein Jahr her...I finished the arm and bottom seams with two stripes of red knit with different width, which then curled, but

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We had a great weekend, hope you guys too! Miss K was invited to a ABBA-Disco-Birthday-Party and she loved it.Wir hatten ein tolles Wochenende, hoffe, ihr auch!Miss K war zu einer ABBA-Disco-Geburtstags-Party eingeladen und es hat ihr viel Spass gemacht.Und wir waren zum Konzert einer unserer Lieblingsbands - den Bad Manners. Wir haben die Jungs schon so viele Male in Deutschland gesehen und nun

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...because its raining since the weekend.Instead I show you pictures from Miss K's last combo, finished a while ago and loved for all day wearing at school. Unser Mittwochswalk faellt diesmal buchstaeblich ins Wasser. Es regnet unaufhoerlich schon seit dem Wochenende. Stattdessen  zeige ich euch eine Kombi die schon seit einer Weile fertig ist und bestens schul- und alltagstauglich ist.Embroidery

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A bit delayed - sorry!Last Wednesday we had pretty nice weather, blue sky and sunshine ... but it was also pretty cold. Totally opposite what we have now: its raining the whole long weekend :-(Ich bin ein bisschen spaet - sorry!Letzten Mittwoch hatten wir so tolles Wetter, blauen Himmel, Sonnenschein ... aber es war saukalt (ca. 10 Grad und kalter Wind). Trotzdem totaler Gegensatz zu dem was wir

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It's already the third time that we visited the Festival of Lights.Zum dritten mal haben wir uns nun schon Vivid angesehen. We just love it!Whats your favourite pattern on the Opera House?Wie gefaellt euch das Opernhaus am besten?  Next highlight was the Customs House:Das naechste Highlight war das Customs House:Furthermore there were a lot of other performances and installations.Es gab noch

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Every Wednesday a group of parents from the school is walking. From time to time I join in, so did I today.Jeden Mittwoch trifft sich eine Gruppe von Eltern unserer Schule zum Wandern. Von Zeit zu Zeit gehe ich auch mit, so auch heute.We walked from Watsons Bay to Bondi Beach and were happy to stay dry as it was raining the last couple of days.Wir sind von Watsons Bay nach Bondi Beach gelaufen

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Strange, funny things are growing on my flower pots.Does someone know what it is? Komische Sachen wachsen da an meinem Blumenpott.Weiss jemand was das ist?

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Mareen and Mareena in  partner look.I am very pleased with my top and the second is already cut.Mareen und Mareena im Partnerlook.Ich bin sehr zufrieden mit dem Ergebnis und so ist die naechste schon zugeschnitten.As you could see in the last post, I have rescued the toadstool glitter velour on my top. With Miss K's, which I did first, I had no problems at all. She chose the little gnomes after I

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I don't know what I did wrong, because I did exactly the same as five minutes before with another velour. But see this: Keine Ahnung, was hier schief gelaufen ist, denn eigentlich habe ich genau das gleiche gemacht wie fuenf Minuten frueher bei einem anderen Velour. Seht euch bloss das an *argh*:The vinyl on top was shrunk and blistered.Die Klebefolie oben hat sich zusammengezogen und war

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As the sky was that blue the whole week it was time for us to go to the beach. It is always a fair bit to drive for us but we love it so much.  Da die Sonne schon die ganze Woche so schoen schien, hat es uns mal wieder ans Meer gezogen. Wir haben zwar jedesmal ein gutes Stueck zu fahren, aber es ist einfach zu schoen am Strand. But its so cold that you have to wear a jacket.Aber es ist inzwischen

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After Blogger didn't work on Friday :-( I can now announce the winner of my giveaway. Unfortunately I lost some comments after the breakdown, but be assured that I had all participants in the draw. Nachdem Blogger ja den ganzen Freitag nicht funktionierte :-(, kann ich nun den Gewinner des giveaways verkuenden. Leider habe ich ein paar Kommentare durch den breakdown von blogger verloren, aber

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What is going on? Don't be shy and leave your comment if you like the bag. I will leave it open until Friday, so hurry to get your entry. Hey, was ist los? Seit nicht schuechtern und hinterlasst einen Kommentar, wenn euch die Tasche gefaellt.Ich werde den Lostopf bis Freitag offen lassen, als los dann...

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Do you know what? I had my second blog anniversary and I only recognised it as I wrote this post with the link to Miss K's "old" pillows (and this was more than two years ago now). Yes, already two years, which also means I live now for more than two years in Australia. *Yeah* I love it here❣ And as I was in the flow with the bags I made one more, which I offer one of my dearest readers as a

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This is mine and only mine (Miss K likes it too) :-) reversible tote bag. Das ist meine und nur meine (Miss K mag sie naemlich auch) Wendetasche.The embroidery on the black side is from the Mirror Forest series and after stitching I cut it in form of a coat of arms and then appliqued it.Das Stickmotiv auf der schwarzen Seite ist aus der Spiegelwaldserie und ich habe es nach dem Sticken in

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Miss K is outgrown her Lillifee stuff and was begging me for a while for new covers for her cushions in the bed. But I put it off... and I discussed different options with her... but not these one, because I decided to make it a Easter surprise... and luckily she loves it. I choose her favourite colours: green and orange... Miss K ist nun aus all dem Lillifeezeugs rausgewachsen und wuenschte sich

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The Zoo with the view.Finally we had a sunny day, so we visited the Zoo. Der Zoo in Sydney ist sicherlich nicht der groesste, aber ganz sicher der mit der besten Aussicht.Endlich schien hier mal wieder richtig die Sonne, so dass wir heute mal in den Zoo gefahren sind.We were welcomed by a wonderful historic building.Zuerst heisst einen ein nett restauriertes Gebaeude willkommen.  This is the old

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How cute is that? A heart shaped fig. Wie witzig ist das denn? Eine herzfoermige Feige.

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...filled with all ingredients for a rye sourdough bread for a dear friend with a bread maker (like me). pattern: freebie from GreteliesIt was a bit difficult to find a supplier for rye, but lucky me found even better an organic wholemeal rye flour :-) here. Eine schnelle Wende-Gretelies habe ich fuer eine Freundin zum Geburtstag genaeht und sie gefuellt mit Allem fuer ein Roggen-Sauerteigbrot.

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Ich bin euch ja noch die Aufloesung dieses Teasers schuldig.Dank der Osterferien haben wir es auch mal wieder an den Beach geschafft, aber heute ging die Schule nun auch wieder los. Ist auch nicht so schlimm, denn es regnet seit 3 Tagen. I still owe you pictures from this teaser.Thanks to the easter holidays we had time enough to go to the beach.  Pattern is Pearl from FarbenmixI used white

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Around Canberra are two active stations where the space is "monitored". The first I show you is the NASA Deep Space Communication Complex. There are only three of them worldwide (one in Spain and one in the USA).Um Canberra sind zwei aktive Stationen von denen der Weltraum ueberwacht wird.Zuerst zeige ich euch den NASA Deep Space Communication Complex. Es gibt davon nur drei weltweit (einen in

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It was a lot about sky, when we visited Canberra.The first night we started in the Garden of the National Gallery of Australia, where American artist James Turrell built an amazing light installation.Unser Aufenthalt in Canberra war gepraegt vom Thema Himmel. Den ersten Abend starteten wir im Garten der Nationalgallerie von Australien, wo der amerkanische Kuenstler James Turrell eine erstaunliche

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We are off to the easter egg hunt...

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Looks as if we are in Tuskany,Sieht aus, als waeren wir in der Toskana,but we were on the way to Canberra.aber wir waren auf dem Weg nach Canberra.En route we stopped at the Fedra Olive Grove ...Unterwegs hielten wir auf der Fedra Olive Grove ...where you can find Grandma's Little Bakery.wo auch Grandma's Little Bakery ist.The coffee was fantastic...Der Kaffee war super...and they have also a

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My first Mareen came out very nicely and fits perfectly.Meine erste Mareen ging prima von der Hand und passt perfekt. I hadn't expected that Miss K will like it because it is so pinky, but she nearly theft it from under the machine. It seems it has enough red and turquoise and dots in it that she loves it. Ich hatte nicht erwartet, dass Miss K das Shirt moegen wuerde, aber sie hat es mir fast

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On Saturday we were heading  into the Blue Mountains, to the Glow Worm Tunnel. On the way we found the "Toadstool Forrest". It must be hundreds of toadstools and some Slippery Jacks that we had for dinner yesterday - yum. The 30 km to the Glow Worm Tunnel took us around an hour......but with photo stops in between.    Who put the table in the nature?Wait for me... where are ya going? Would you

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I've never seen so much toadstools at one place. It was amazing.I'll show you more pics from our todays trip tomorrow, I'm just to tiered.Have a nice Sunday! Ich habe noch nie so viele Fliegenpilze auf einem Haufen gesehen. Der ganze Wald war voll davon, unglaublich.Morgen zeige ich euch mehr Bilder von unserem heutigen Ausflug, jetzt brauch ich erst einmal eine Muetze Schlaf.Sicherlich fragt

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Ab ist ab ist ab... und waechst ja wieder!Kind ist gluecklich und wir gewoehnen uns dran.Cut is cut is cut ... but it will grow again!Miss K is happy and we are getting used to it.Das Zoe-Shirt ist eigentlich als Oberteil zu der Sporthose entstanden, aber dann sieht die ganze Kombi irgendwie nach Schlafanzug aus. Getrennt getragen finden wir's okay. Actually I sewed this Zoe top to match the

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Miss K needed new pants for school sports and so I tried an Ottobre pattern (Saimi 1/2009).Miss K brauchte eine neue Hose fuer den Schulsport und so habe ich mal einen Ottobre Schnitt (Saimi 1/2009) ausprobiert.I had just half a meter of the lilac jersey and that was just long enough. Ich hatte grad nur einen halben Meter von dem lila Jersey und das war gerade so lang genug.♪♪♪ Maedel dreh dich,

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Miss K loves her new Elodie ... We love 50's fairs ...... and old cars ... and old buildings I wished I could dance like these guys and would look good in such a dress.  Miss K loves her new toy - now we don't need to fight for the right of using pictures in our blogs.  And Miss K loves poppy flowers. The fabric has printed silver sparkling dots in the flowers and looks great in real life. 

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Recently we bought a bread maker and now I am experimenting :-)And Miss K now has a new favourite dish: sweet yeast dumplings...Kuerzlich ist ein Brotbackautomat bei uns eingezogen und nun bin ich am rumexperimentieren.Miss K hat jetzt auch gleich eine neue Lieblingsspeise: Hefekloesse...Just put 7 g = 2 TS dried yeast, 500 g plain flour, 1 pinch salt, 100 g sugar, 100 g butter, 2 eggs and 250 ml

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are ordered from Miss K and as they are sewn in no time and Fleece leftovers can be used up ... mehr elfenhafte Muetzen wurden von Miss K geordert und da sie so fix genaeht sind und sich Fleecereste so prima aufbrauchen lassen ...

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The news aren't getting better from Japan's nuclear power plant in Fukushima :-( and are in no way calming us down. But the time doesn't stand still for us and even our little one learnt a lot about the topic in the last weeks.We are pretty happy that Australia has no nuclear power plants and we hope that will stay so! And as it is getting autumn here I decided it is time to test the elves hat

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I'd like to spread the word about these action I like. The German School our DD is attending has a strong relationship with the nearby Japanese School and they both held today a big sausage sizzle to collect donations. I very like these kind of typical Australian way of collecting donations.

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Will Japan ever be as it was before the earthquake? Surely not, but I hope they will find a way to deal with the current tragedy and make the country a safe and healthy place to live on.  Sorry, I am not a Master of big words ... and I am not in the mood for bright pictures at the moment (so you have to wait to see the whole dress, which I made before the quake, for a moment) Wird es in Japan

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I am shocked by all these catastrophes that happen at our lovely planet at the moment and I send my deep sympathy to all the people hit by them. On the other hand I hope that more people, especially politicians, are awoken now by the home made disasters in Fukushima. See the latest news here. I hope that never will be built new nuclear reactors and the old ones are phased out! source: http://

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With this pictures I finish my little series about the Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park trip. Mit diesen Bildern beende ich nun meine kleine Urlaubsserie ueber den Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park.Can you spot the little critter?Koennt ihr das kleine Krabbelviech entdecken?smiling rock?grinsende Felsen?stony egg?ein Steinei? I love all these fascinating "tree leftovers".Ich find ja diesen Baumreste

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As we were there we couldn't resist and booked a helicopter flight, so today some airy shots. Enjoy! Da wir nun schon einmal da waren, konnten wir nicht widerstehen und haben einen Helikopterflug gebucht, darum nun heute ein paar luftige Aufnahmen. Viel Spass! The distance between Uluru and Kata Tjutas is approx. 50 km.Die Entfernung zwischen Uluru und Kata Tjutas ist ungefaehr 50 km.

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Wie versprochen heute noch ein paar Bilder von den Kata Tjutas. Hierunter das Bild ist abends auf dem Weg zur Walpa Gorge aufgenommen. Diesen kurzen Walk haben wir noch kurz vor Sonnenuntergang gemacht.As promised today I show you some of our pictures from the Kata Tjutas. Above its an evening shot, when we drove to do the Walpa Gorge Walk before sunset. The longer Valley of the Winds Walk we did

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Finally I want to show you some photos taken at our short trip to the Yulara Resort in November last year. I nearly have forgotten which were sun rises and sun sets, but every time the light conditions were phenomenal. Lets start with a sunrise.Nun will ich es endlich einmal nachholen Euch ein paar unser vielen Fotos von unserem letztem Kurzurlaub im Yulara Resort im letzten November zeigen. Ich

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Totale Blog-Unlust und Bildermangel herrschte die letzte Zeit bei mir, aber nun meld' ich mich zurueck mit ein paar schoenen Bildern vom Beach in Dee Why gestern. Da musste nun die neue pilzige Jacke mit, die ich schon so lange naehen wollte ... nur Miss K hatte immer den Schrank voller Jacken und so gar keinen Bedarf daran, aber nun ist sie endlich mal ein Stueck gewachsen und Nachschub wird

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I haven't yet showed you pictures from our last weekend trip to Coolendel at the Shoalhaven River. We had to drive 11 km gravel road (but you can do this in a 2WD) and arrived in a little paradise. We were welcomed from Peacocks at the reception and observed from Wombats during the night. You can't believe how noisy wombats can be. As we tried to sleep one grazed around our tent and it was really

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 I really appreciated Heikes honest comment - thank you dear - and added something to the neckline. I made a Yoyo for the first time and it turned out nicely, just added a little satin rose in the middle. I wasn't willing to buy a Yoyo maker and used the very helpful tutorial from Heather Bailey. It took me around half an hour and was pretty easy - now I know I don't need a Yoyo maker!But I am

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