Yarn and Garn

Hi there!

It's been busy busy at the office with some staff changes...which meant no crafting time for me...I didn't realise that I would miss it THAT much....sigh

All my fellow crafters out there...what is your response when you stumble upon a little shop stocked FULL of your crafting supplies? I wonder if you put your hands to your face and went 'ahhhhh'.....
Well, that's what I did on our family vacation to Denmark, when, on a day-trip to Aarhus, I stumbled upon this shop while we were walking around in the city... The teen and pre-teen went "oh no" while the photographer/husband  kindly took shots of the shop while I was busy admiring everything in the shop.

I definitely did not plan on buying any yarn (or GARN) on a family vacation, but....who could resist? Especially when such stores are virtually non-existent back home....

More yarn-related stuff from my trip -- this little display of early home-made yarn and even a pattern book was on display at the open-air musuem -- Funen Village in Odense. The musuem features old Danish buildings from the 18th & 19th century, with details about the way of life then. It was a pleasant surprise to see that knitting/crocheting was already around then.

Hope you have a great weekend ahead....

Wishing for crafting time...
Serena

Darkness and Light

morning sun on my patio 

Hit some difficult patches these couple of weeks - first at work, then at home. Amidst moments of uncertainty, worry, discouragement, disappointment, I had to remind myself to keep things in perspective. OR, at times, to shift my perspective. 

What's more, these experiences brought into focus valuable lessons I had to learn or relearn, just as how light seems so much sharper, cleaner and brighter when contrasted against darkness.  

So today, I am thankful for this timely reminder:

'Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings' 

                                                                              George Macdonald 

May your week ahead be filled with light.

Sheon

Did you Notice That Too?

Hi there!

It's Part 2 of the post about our family vacation to Denmark...
Today we 'travel' out of Copenhagen to the greater Copenhagen area, across to Funen and even as far as Jutland.
Our main mode of transportation were the trains....and what better way to occupy oneself on a long train ride than...Crochet! (yep you guessed it...I brought it along...)

In the greater Copenhagen area we have:

ROSKILDE -- just a half-hour train ride from Copenhagen Central Station

3 large jars greet you as you step out of the train station



The imposing facade of the Roskilde Cathedral

A reconstruction in progress at the Viking Ship Musuem

Look what was on sale at the Viking Ship Musuem gift-shop!
(In case you're wondering...no...I didn't buy it....might try to make it one day though..)

Oops...couldn't resist 'craft-talk' even though this was supposed to be 'craft-free'....

HELSINGOR -- an hour's train ride north of Copenhagen

Kronborg Castle (popularly known as Hamlet's Castle) is probably the most well-known landmark here...

 

Koge -- an hour south of Copenhagen

Hillerod -- half hour ride from Copenhagen 

Federiksborg Castle is the most famous landmark in Hillerod

Unfortunately it was undergoing some restoration works.

Federiksborg has beautiful architecture.

On FUNEN island -- Odense and Svendborg are about 1-2 hours on the train from Copenhagen

Svendborg -- get on the ferries here to reach one of the little islands south of Funen

Svendborg -- town square building

Odense -- birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen

  

Beautiful artwork inside the Hans Christian Andersen Musuem

On Jutland where Denmark meets the rest of mainland Europe-- Aarhus is a 3.5 hour train ride from Copenhagen

Scenes from Den Gamle By -- an open-air musuem

At the local market in Aarhus, daughter and I looked covetously at the beautiful flowers which
probably wouldn't survive in our tropical weather back home.

We even journeyed to Malmo in  Sweden... (ssh...it was actually only 20 minutes away from Copenhagen)...

Malmo central station -- we felt like we had stepped into a Science Fiction movie in the year AD2100.

Malmo town hall -- one of the most photographed buildings

Building at the 'little square'...

A Family Portrait

Hope you like the pictures! (Special thanks to my photographers -- hubby and kids!)
Have a great weekend!

Serena