Little life things. October + November 2023
October
Friends and I made our own dumplings for the very first time on a Friday evening. It was all about cooking and eating together, enjoying the afterwork time and Friday evening and talking about important and not-so-important things. We bought the dough and made the filling ourselves. We tried out different folding moulds and „perfected“ a folding mould. They all tasted good in the end.
On another day, I indulged in one way of life in this region: onion tart and Federweißer (new wine) at the weekly market.
I picked out the clothes for my vacation and got a few items of clothing back in shape. A curtain was shortened by hand and at some point it was eventually finished and hung up. The curtain pole had been hanging for a month already. So almost no delay 😀
I visited the botanical garden in Mainz. Not just once, but twice – within a week I want to add! Visiting it twice didn’t happen entirely voluntarily and one time in the garden would have been enough. Nevertheless, both days in the botanical garden were very nice.
My notes also tell me that I spent a lot of time with photography in October. I listened to podcasts and watched videos which in turn led me to further questions and observations. Thinking about photography while traveling (ongoing though) and the purchase of a digital camera were topics on my mind as well.
And last but not least, another crochet dino and language learning (What’s the best way to learn a new language?; ongoing) have been keeping me busy. The dino was finished in November and was handed over to the owner.
November
November, on the other hand, can be summarised quite briefly at this point: It was time to go on vacation (which I’ve been talking about the whole time)!
Two thirds of November consisted of my vacation, of Japan. And the last third was getting back to everyday life and looking forward to seeing familiar faces (at work :D). And processing what was experienced during my vacation and indulging in memories and anecdotes and pictures and videos.
I’m still doing that, processing whatever I experienced.
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Der Dino ist ja unfassbar süß! :3
Ich schließe mich Nummer Neun an – von deiner Japanreise würde ich auch gern lesen, wenn das für dich ok ist und du die Zeit findest
Aaw, danke 🙂 Das Interesse ist auf jeden Fall notiert ^.^
Oh Dumplings sind ein super Essen! Aber ich habe mich noch nie daran getraut, sie selbst zu machen.
Bin gespannt, was du über Japan erzählen wirst!
Ich habe mich auch nur getraut, weil wir uns zusammengetan hatten. Sonst wäre das noch ewig auf meiner Bucketliste geblieben. Tatsächlich weiß ich noch gar nicht, wie viel ich so über Japan erzählen werde – bin bisher nicht so die Reisebloggerin :‘)