The beginning of summer

It's the beginning of summer ... and nobody notified the weather! It is grey and mostly rains. I'm missing the sun and warm weather already. Not the crazy heat, just lovely weather that makes going outside more comfortable. However, the rain stopped long enough for a walk this afternoon - and it kind of amused me to walk around in gumboots and a sweater that I usually only wear in late autumn and winter, while it was supposed to be the official start of summer.

The highlights of my walk were the picking of pretty flowers to give my apartment a summer vibe, and letting my inner child out while trying to befriend a snail. I've always liked the ones with shells and now still think that they are cute little beings. Plus, they make me think of snail mail.
As a child, I was often carrying them around or let them sit on my hands. I always thought I was doing them a favor when I helped them across a street - they are so slow compared to cars and bikes, I didn't want them to be run over! Let's just hope that they even were about to cross the street, and not just finally done with slowly crossing it and I ruined it all and carried them back... ;)

All this talking about snails reminds me of a CD I used to listen to in my early 20, "a.Ura under das Schneckenhaus" by Samsas Traum. I listened to this band all the time and also went to a few concerts. Very fond memories! Being reminded of it makes me feel nostalgic, and I'll dedicate some time to listen to my old favourite songs by them. I'm sharing one that I used to love here with you, just found a video online, and I still like the song a lot. And I love that they still play the old songs in concert!

The one advantage of bad weather is that it is perfect for indoor activities, and I've spent last week on writing two letters. The first is going to Vanessa, with a lot of questions about her recent life changes. The second one was an intro letter to Edii. While writing it, I felt like we already new each other a bit from Instagram. I always admire her photos when they show up in my feed! And I'm looking forward to building a friendship with her. Over the weekend I've taken a short break to not overuse my writing mood (it can be a fickle thing), and tomorrow I'll start on a long letter to Elena. While I wasn't writing, I dedicated some time to reading. I've finished a big fat novel by Ken Follett and started on "It's a Nightmare", an interesting book I've received from Bahanur. It seems promising so far, and I want to discuss it in a letter to her soon!

And now it's enough of the rambling ... Here come a few photographic impressions from today!

I'm still so exciting about liking my new glasses!