No school evuuurr againn

School time is finally over!
I feel so bad for not writing for such a long time, but I just didn't feel like doing it.
The last week was my last week of school ever! I feel like I'm a bit boring, because I as the only one who didn't use the time to get drunk and party. I really enjoyed it, though! In Germany, we usually spend our last week of school to dress up to different mottos, for example: First day of school, gender swapping stuff, heroes of our childhood etc. I was ill for two days, but I still enjoyed this week which was full of sunshine and laughter.

I'll probably miss my friends, the choir rehearsals (which I'll be still attending until the end of the year) and the French courses with my favourite teacher ever. Each one of us wrote her a letter and we collected them together in a note book. She told me later that she'd never been this happy about a present before.

The following weeks and months are going to be very exciting. I'll spend the next 4 weeks studying for my exams, although I'll get a visit from England tomorrow! And I'll take many many photos when I'm at my mum's for sure. Also, I hope my English is going to improve during that time, but maybe it will get worse because I'm mixing up all the languages at once. Horrible, haha! I'll keep you updated!

Writer's block

IT IS HORRIBLE
I wrote so many blog entries in January, February is nothing compared to it.
Although everything is going well, really!
No exams until April and I already got my education exam back: 14/15 points! And 15 is close to impossible! I'm so happy, and I didn't think I could do it, since my teacher stressed how unacceptable it is to only write around 10 columns in 5 hours.
As I already showed you in my last entry, I spent my weekend taking photos for my art project. But I also got up early on Saturday and used the great liked to take some photos of Sammy. I'm not satisfied, but keeping in mind I was so excited because of the sunrise that I even forgot to empty my bladder before rushing outside, it's no wonder. Some are great, though, and I would show you if I hadn't forgotten my SD card in Mönchengladbach - oh well. In two weeks, maybe.
I'm also busy making plans for my birthday party, because two friends of mine will come to my house from quite far away. I'm really happy to meet them, also because I haven't met them before.
I absolutely can't complain about my life right now. Of course, some things could be better, but I got back to simply living life as it comes and enjoying every day of it. Also, I'm a bit distracted by all that stress that's still ahead of me.
Enough for today. I've been cleaning my room and I don't know how to go on, because I'm starving. Hope you have a nice week!

Come Fly With Me

 I have a dream you are there
High above the clouds somewhere
Rain is falling from the sky
But it never touches you
You're way up high

No more worries no more fear
You have made them disappear
Sadness try to steal the show
Now it feels like many years ago

And I will be with you every step
Tonight i found a friend in you
And I'll keep you close forever

Come fly with me into a fantasy
Where you can be
Whoever you want to be
Come fly with me

Christopher - Avalanche

 

Everything I said to you
Was to make you feel okay
And I can't tell for how long I'm gonna stay
All I ever tried to be
Was someone that you could trust
But all the dreams that we had they turned into dust

The ground beneath my feet is shaking
The sky above is breaking
And everything is fading, fading out

And there's nothing that I can say
That will make you change your way
Cause I really don't stand a chance
Against an avalanche
And there's nothing that I can do
I can't fight for me and you
It's out of my hands
Cause you're an avalanche

Everything I've said so far
Was for you to stay with me
But I can't hold you no more cause I don't believe

The ground beneath my feet is shaking
The sky above is breaking
And everything is fading, fading out

And there's nothing that I can say
That will make you change your way
Cause I really don't stand a chance
Against an avalanche
And there's nothing that I can do
I can't fight for me and you
It's out of my hands
Cause you're an avalanche
You're an avalanche

Now that we're done, now that I'm gone
I can see clear, I've waited too long
You're a volcano ready to blow
I should have done this a long time ago

And there's nothing that I can say
That will make you change your way
Cause I really don't stand a chance
Against an avalanche
Against an avalanche

And there's nothing that I can say
That will make you change your way
Cause I really don't stand a chance
Against an avalanche
And there's nothing that I can do
I can't fight for me and you
It's out of my hands
Cause you're an avalanche

Guinea pig Emma

No, she's not actual a guinea pig, I just used this German shepherd "lady" (we all know GSDs are no ladies, though) for testing my new lens. By the way, the first photos are the only ones actual shot with the 55-300mm in this post.
And I have to say: It's difficult, yet not impossible. I will have to practise a lot with this lens and I hope to find many opportunities for this in the future!

After shooting some photos near the Pader (it's a river), we went to the city centre to buy ice cream - and Emma really enjoyed it! Okay, she didn't eat the whole thing, just the rest. But I have to say that she's a wonderful example for a German shepherd! My mother's ex-boyfriend had one, Bonny, and my Swedish friend Vilma also had a German shepherd called Zlatan, and these dogs were all just so wonderful!
By the way, I bought new ear phones in the city centre because I had to give my old ones back to my ex-boyfriend. No regrets: my new ones are pink and glow in the dark!

Something's clear: Today has really been a wonderful day! The sun was shining and although it was really really cold, flowers start blooming all over the town. Sadly, Emma can't do this trick where she puts her head down, beneath the flowers for example. But I will find a good occasion for such a photo, too. The spring isn't here yet. ;)
And I forgot; the next photo is also shot with my new lens. I love how you can zoom in on little flowers and so on. And this photo captures today's weather pretty well, doesn't it just make you smile?

Long story short: I really enjoyed this day with my friend Lisa and her dog Emma and hope that we will find the opportunity to take more photos sometime this year. Emma might not know many tricks, but she knows exactly how to look into the camera to make your heart melt! Typically German shepherd-like.

Happy 18 Trip

Soooo, I turned 18 last Thursday. Or how I like to say, I turned 15 for the fourth time already. I really enjoyed my big day and it still feels weird being "grown-up" (we all know I will never grow up though), but I got my greatest present on Friday when I got to my mum's: A new lens, many many filtres and the trip to the seaside I asked for! We started Saturday morning and arrived at 11am in Landal Port Greve, Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands.

The weather was great when we had just departed from Mönchengladbach, but as we dared to go for a walk for the first time, it started to rain and I learned that the 55-300mm lens is definitely not for walks and bad weather. But it's really practical to have a longer focal length! Who would like to go to the zoo with me?

After a short break and after I had switched back to my 35mm lens, we got into the car to visit the next beach with Sammy and Barry. It was really stressful for Barry, because he got sick in the car. But as we arrived, he had forgotten everything and enjoyed the beach and even played with Sammy for the first time ever!

I'm so glad my mum gave me her rubber boots because I could stand in the spray and nothing would happen. Okay, I have to admit - I wanted to get as close to the ground as possible to take nice shots and a wave actually hit my butt, but apparently it wasn't much, since I didn't even feel my wet trousers just some minutes later.

Robin Stjernberg - You

Hey, do you remember
How we would stay up all night
Talking 'bout a destiny
And I play the piano, and you would strum on your guitar
Those were the days

If only you could see me now, I live my dream;
I owe it all to you
I owe it to you
Isn't it crazy, yeah Isn't it crazy
It's all because of you