2011/2012

2011 was indeed a great year!

it had many downs, but mostly ups

is the year that i got a new home

and the year that i stopped working with my best friend

is the year that i became a bit more adult

and a bit more thankful for being alive...

i receive 2012 full of hope

in my new home

accompanied by my beautiful mom

and many-times blogged

Herr Gato and Frau Kitty

we already had some delicious swordfish cooked

with olive oil, rice and bell peppers

and we wait for midnight to celebrate

the arrival of 2012

i haven't blogged much lately

the moving, the new home

the holidays, but i hope for 2012

to have more time to photograph

to blog, and to keep in touch

with the wonderful friends i have met

even if only electronically through this blog...

you know who you are!

Happy New Year

Glückliches neues Jahr

Feliz Año Nuevo

Merry Christmas-Feliz Navidad, hugs. Bere

new and old

new home
older life

finally moved into the new home
still lingers the smell and the keys from the older home
a hint of sadness of leaving the old home in my heart
yet the warmness of the new one dissolves it every new night
a new hope, a new beginning, but without appreciating
the old days...

the only regret, the plants left behind
those that i planted from small pots into the ground
that so widely spread and i cannot bring with me
the big old palm tree, that saw me so many times smile
and a couple cry too
i will miss you my friend, most of all, and the little purple flowers
of the bush around who i planted too



if i could bring you with me and water you again
i apologize for leaving you back, i will miss you my leafy friends...

moving

moving is just crazy!

i never thought that emptying such a small place

would be such a hassle

but looking forward to start 2012 on a new home...

and in the meantime, my mom & i move

boxes, books, clean plants, and clear the karma

of years of collecting useless stuff...

Herr Gato takes refugee on my neighbor's deck

what a week! and i still cannot move

but before this year ends...

Herr Gato at Jessica's deck hiding from the moving mess

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

this year, as always, more things to be thankful for

just the fact of being alive is the biggest gift i got

and then a new home

and my mom's company

and the clouds, and the moon, and the stars

and the sun... i sound like a John Lennon song

Friends and Enemies: I bought a Fridge today

today I bought a refrigerator for the 1st time in my life

i always rented houses that had a fridge
or in the case of my Mexico City apartment
i used one my ex-boyfriend had

i feel a little more 'adult' today...
yaaay!



the Friends and Enemies is not only the intro to the post
but also a pretty good song from the
Everything But The Girl compilation, Back to Mine

11-11-11

a magical number

a magical date

and for me, today at noon

a door to a new life will open

endlessly, to life, i thank...

today has started as a cloudy day
but by now, it's sunny, coldish and
a beautiful day to live in San Diego, California!

a rainbow and a song

der Regenbogen
the rainbow
el arcoiris



- funny how, both German and English refer to the rain and the shape, in Spanish is about the shape too, but instead of the rain, the iris is mentioned, light

sights and sounds!

what else? if there's none!

und
das Lied
the song
la canción

mogwai fears satan, and i do too!

i think i have posted this song before
but now there's this version live in youtube
one of my favorite Mogwai songs ever!

the very first live concert i saw in San Diego
was Mogwai's... that night, after moving to a foreigner country
where i knew anybody, where i have been away from home
from friends, and live music
i saw this LIVE! this exact song opening the concert
and then i met one of my best friends ever
the so-called Perro

it was a bit over 10 years ago
but i still get goosebumps listening to it

Mogwai fears Satan, and i do too!
enjoy this beautiful video!

abandoned Halloween

35th Street, Normal Heights - San Diego, California

my poor blog has been abandoned for long
that is spooky!
between the plans of getting a new home
busyness at work, allergies and maladies
but today i stopped and took some bad photos
of a 'bad' Halloween home
hope you have a spooky one!


35th Street - I am glad I am not helping with the laundry...