Five pictures friday

Today is about what I love this week. Well, this week started with me being sick at home (which wasn’t a good start at all), but luckily I had the best cuddle-you-back-to-health comando on my side.

 

My Bo-dhi is the best heating blanket. And his stare is.... bo-dhi-licious.



The cat (currently called „Das Katertier“) is watching all this cuteness rather skeptically.



I’ve wanted one of Pole Star’s jewels for so long now. Mostly I added her necklaces with natural semi-precious stones to my favorites on Etsy and soon enough they’d been sold and I was sorry to have missed the opportunity. Not this time! On Monday I finally got my necklace: a quartz stone with inclusions (turbulence quartz) – so pretty and such a big stone, too.



Meanwhile everyone is waiting for spring. (Psst, we down here in Southern Bavaria still have tons of snow. ) And my mom bought lots of tulips for me – thanks mom!



I just love my huge Bree bag (solely for business and traveling) and all the stuff that fits inside. For traveling back to Bavaria on Monday I packed: Carmex lipbalm, Mary Quant lipstick in Tokyo Toffee (a natural red)(only available in Japan), MAC Studio Careblend Powder, handwarmers (bought), self-crocheted beret, newly crocheted handwarmers (to finish of loose ends during train passage), iPod touch, kindle, Moleskine Weekly planer; more crochet hooks, medicine (in pink self-sewn pouch – by hand!), new crochet project in blue bag, my Japanese crochet hooks and – very important when being sick – Japanese heating pads (will stay warm for 8 hours).

So, weekend is upon us! I'll knit and crochet away (after doing some much needed cleaning in the apartment.). What are your plans? 
Thank you for visiting and have a great one! 

Foxy Greetings.  

Frage - Foto - Freitag - Five pictures friday

I've wanted to participate for quite some time now: Frage-Foto-Freitag is hosted by the German Lifestyle and Food-blogger Steffi every friday. She asks 5 questions (or sometimes less) and all who want to participate answer with pictures!
So let's start.

 Today: What makes you happy?

 

 Knitting. It's very relaxing. And in the end you've got something warm for the cold wind in winter.

 

 Pictures with lots of colors. I desperately need to draw again.

 

 Light. When taking pictures I always try to capture the light. Besides, in winter one can't really get enough light.

 

 Love. There is no way around it. Family, friends, pets - I love them all.

 

Japan. And traveling. But mostly traveling in Japan.

 That sums it up.

 Foxy Greetings.

InstaMonth January Edition

Hello there and thank you for visiting. Thank you for commenting - your opinions are always valued.
January is already over and I'm quite thankful for that. We had lots to do at work and are still busy with a machine fair. So many orders to take and quotations to make!

January - when it's snowing and storming - is the perfect month to knit and crochet, which I've been doing everyday in the evening to relax. (The snood in the above picture was made by me after a free pattern by the fabulous Lindsi from People webs. I made a few for friends before christmas.)




In February I'll be at home for a few days and I'm looking forward taking care of my pets - cat and two dogs. Hey Bo-dhi-licious cutie - wait for me. I wanna cuddle you quite thoroughly.




Other than that, I wish the weather would get better. *sigh*

Tomorrow I'll be on Munich expedition again - I'll hope to buy new skeins of wool to get creative.
Wish you all a great weekend! What are you planning to do?

Foxy Greetings,
Chisa

Finished hand warmers

 I finished a set of hand warmers. And am knitting on as it is just too much fun.

Other than that, work life has started well and as I've been doing this job now for one year I've become quite confident doing it. Some translation work was required last week, which made me happy. And I'm organizing the next Japan trip at the end of April. Sadly, I'm not yet sure if I'll be one of the party. You might think I've been to Japan quite often already, but I'd hop on a plane to go there anytime. April is Hanami-season and I yearn to see the cherry trees blossom again.

In private news, I just booked a flight to Amsterdam at the end of march. This will be my first trip there so if anyone has tips - please comment.

 Thank you for stoping by and leaving comments.

 Foxy Greetings!

First trip 2013: Frankfurt

I traveled to Frankfurt to attend the birthday party of a very good friend. We lived together two years when we studied together. Those times came and went too soon. In those times I went to Frankfurt for shopping maybe once a month (after all it took one hour to go there).

Coming back to this city was a little bit like meeting an old friend again. I like the mix of German and American-style architecture. It is really quite unique in Germany.
I recommend the Iimori bakery and restaurant for eating: Best japanese kitchen in town. (I had a matcha latte and a mont blanc cake with chestnut. Very, very good!)

Foxy greetings.

A snowy night in Weimar

It was a snowy night three days before Christmas. As you know by now Weimar is one of my favorite cities in Germany. Oh - the magic of that night! Two famous German poets holding hands in front of the National Theatre. Old doors with blessings. Glittering lightbulbs in trees. Lighted windows.
I really loved it. Hope to have more magic nights this year. Hope you do, too.

Foxy Greetings.

Blog hopping

Have a nice and cozy sunday! While I planned to snuggle up in my bed with a good book on my kindle, I stumbled upon the Totally Awesome Blog Hop hosted by the four fabulous ladies Chantilly, Shell aka Kitty, Fritha Strickland and Jenny.

So I decided to participate and welcome all of you who jump by via the Blog Hop.

My little blog exists for almost two years now. Born out of misery over my failed PhD in Japanese Science I wrote about all that came to my mind. Mainly, I share pictures from the places I've visited and love. I also have posted some DIYs like Origami coasters and a Bascetta star (also strongly Origami related). I started knitting and crocheting two years ago and hope to show more of that in a short while.

Currently I'm attending the e-course hosted by Stef of magnoliaelectric to create an even better arcticfoxkitsune blog for you. More DIY in the future! Other than that, I hope to give insights into a life without much ado - be happy with what you've got and make even more out of it.

So stay tuned and comment! I'm always loving to hear from people from all around the globe.

Foxy Greetings!