My Neighbourhood

Just a few pics I took on my way home from work. I still enjoy playing a tourist and discover new places and buildings - but nothing thrills me more than entering my island and seeing my tower in the distance. 

Weekend Inspiration #15

Weekend Inspiration #14

The Lady with a Napkin on Her Head

Today I visited the National Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst) and was once again pleasantly surprised - which I seem to be with all museums these days. I am by all means not an art expert but I am very visual and love galleries and museums. Thus a visit to these places are never a waste of time for me. My favourite parts were not the sections of modern art - although a few things caught my eye - but the European Art section 1300-1800 and the Danish and Nordic Art section 1750-1900. There's also a small French section with art by Matisse and others.

The painting in the last picture especially caught my eye as it obviously depicts friends dining at an italian trattoria (less formal than a ristorante) and their mischievous and somewhat startling looks make it seem like they feel slightly interrupted in their affairs. I thought to myself: "cool, the lady is wearing a napkin on her head." :-) 

But what a luxury to have access to these magnificent pieces - and oh yes, the custodians are super nice and very informal - they chatted humorously and helped me find my way around.  

The National Gallery of Denmark - Statens Museum for Kunst

There's a lot of Beauty...

The quote "there's a lot of beauty in ordinary things" which I've also posted here inspired me today to think of things I surround myself with on a daily basis that I find beautiful and inspiring. For me it's often small things like...

• the lining of my kimono which reminds me that there still is a lot of world to see and that I really would like to go to Japan

• my wooden stool "The Rockable" (designer Hans Sandgren Jakobsen) which makes me smile and reminds me that practicality doesn't have to be without humour (and believe it or not, it's quite comfortable) 

• these small blue fish because I've started to like the colour blue and this little ensemble is from Ha Noi, Vietnam. My lack (laziness?) of planning forced me to stay there for a while and one day I bought this ... and decided that maybe it was time to return home

Weekend Inspiration #13

Fredensborg Castle

Last week we got plenty of snow and low temperatures to go with it. I found myself in northern zealand during the weekend, Fredensborg to be exact, which is where our Queen Margrethe II has her summer residence. It looked very pretty covered in white and I think this may be her favourite castle of all the castles she owns - but hey, who wouldn't love a cosy little shack like this? :-)

I talked to some people in the charming little town and they told me that seeing the royal family during the summer is a normal thing which, to the town's people, exudes an atmosphere of something very comforting and traditional. Maybe that's why the royal family is so popular - they are subdued but still strong personifications of all the values appreciated here.