Author Archives: erdhummel

About erdhummel

Familial entropy - that's an insight into our current life which has been fundamentally changed last summer when our daughter was born. Having studied in Cottbus, Germany, and worked/studied in Edinburgh, Scotland, we momentarily live in a small town in Switzerland where Karsten is trying to save the environment and Freddie is trying to save our sanity. Since there is not much time for elaborate, long emails while doing that, we thought a blog might be a good option to smuggle ourselves into the lifes of our friends.

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Posted on 12. March 2015 by erdhummel

Spring has finally arrived in Zurich! Crocuses, snowdrops and daisies are blooming everywhere and the tulips and jonquils are growing slowly but steadily and will surely fill the flower beds with colours soon. We have just arrived back from a … Continue reading →

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new view from our flat (or: slightly pathetic description of what happened today)

Posted on 20. February 2015 by erdhummel

For the time being, the whole, heartbreaking tree desaster around our buildings has come to its end. Or better: the trees’ end. And even though I had already admitted defeat, I still had to take another little frustrating defeat to … Continue reading →

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Fahr Abbey

Posted on 16. February 2015 by erdhummel

Somehow, this winter is taking far too long for my taste. Although I am usually more a person that prefers travelling north instead of south, I really don’t like this time of transition between winter and spring. We are therefore … Continue reading →

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happy friendship day

Posted on 14. February 2015 by erdhummel

Like last year we are still no big friends of Valentines Day….following up on the Finnish tradition on the 14th of February we do, however, wish all of our friends a Happy Friendship Day!! It is great to have you … Continue reading →

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anticipation

Posted on 13. February 2015 by erdhummel

Spotted! The first daffodils are fighting their way through the snow. Spring can’t be far away even if it doesn’t feel like it yet, and I suddenly feel I should dig out our gardening plans for this year (I know … Continue reading →

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our love-hate relationship

Posted on 10. February 2015 by erdhummel

Yes! We are back! Back online! When we woke up on Saturday morning, we suddenly discovered that our internet connection was broken. And while we always enjoy a holiday without internet or cell phone connection (back to the good old … Continue reading →

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this moment

Posted on 6. February 2015 by erdhummel

A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by SouleMama. Our snowman is now standing guard next to a mighty fortress (or, as the grandchildren of … Continue reading →

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what we’ve been doing today…

Posted on 1. February 2015 by erdhummel

Finally, a little bit of proper winter… This could almost be a family picture….the snowman is pretty much as small and round tall as I am 🙂

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cake delivery service for mamas

Posted on 28. January 2015 by erdhummel

If you are very motivated in the morning, and if you have the right ingredients, and if you have a toddler that loves baking, then you should bake a cake! And if, in the afternoon, the sun comes out after … Continue reading →

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this moment

Posted on 23. January 2015 by erdhummel

A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by SouleMama. Note: It is extremly difficult at the moment to take a picture of the little one … Continue reading →

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