Luisa H

Let's make it clear from the start: it's easy for a hermit to love being alone. Unfortunatelly I read in the news or my friends post how bored people in general are because they must drink coffee at home instead in a café. Anyway, I challenged myself to blog and vlog my quarantine life for a month. Documenting my lifestyle blog 😒 Today, 15.06.2020: I sleep a lot and I am glad I discovered sleep since the corona crisis. Corona crisis hit me like " the oncoming train " and I realized I missed sleeping a lot. It also made me realize those new consumerism stuff aren't that new anymore. They recyle old themes with a horn blasting sound and dazling visual effects but there's no soul in that movie or music video; so I go back in the 70's or 80's. I actually watched any Kaurismäki film I could find on youtube (planning to order a collection of movies by Kaurismäki). I listened to old rock 'n roll songs and honestly I felt instantly better. I feel goo...

I got cold like almost 3 weeks ago. It happens to me every winter. Like last year , I DIY'd and I got healthy. First day was a chore: I couldn't even breathe well, let alone speak. I made something I learned from my grandmother. I googled it but I'd add: that photo is stupid. Cover your whole head under the towel! Breathe slowly and deeply. Keep your handkerchief nearby so you can grab it whenever you need to sneeze. Don't drink that tea afterwards, make a new one to drink. Just in case... I did this... breathing hot steam for 3 days in a row 2 times a day. In the meantime I drank a lot of tea. I can fairly say I drank like 2l of black (as to not drink coffee for few days) or mint tea. Of course I added either sugar and lemon or a menthol bonbon, or just simply drank the tea with anything fancy in my cup. Of course it helped that I DIY'd my spa time: hot water in the bad thub. I recommend you to tilt your head to get it warm in the water! Warming your head ...

I can't count how many times I've seen this on different YouTube braiding tutorials. I was like: "so what? I can't do fishtail braided double Dutch braids either." Venting for more than 3 years on YouTube I met people who really can't braid, no matter what. I was puzzled because I have scoliosis so it should be more difficult for me to handle my classic long hair that it should be for them handling layered apl-to-waist length hair. Growing my hair longer helped me learning what rough handling is (aka ripping off trough tangles), how our body can be trained to accept natural products, how shampoo commercials lie, etc. The lower half of my hair is thin but it marks the learning process of 23 years of short hair. (Photo w/ the braid) I learned that if you can't do this or that fancy updo is ok. I focus on flat and stable braided buns instead of volume, intricate small braids that would force me to lighten my hair so you can see it. Here are my tips f...

Today I uploaded my first photo on wikimedia commons. I hope this link works for you because I can't log off my wikimedia account and view my profile as someone else. Anyway,  this means I'm getting more and more popular as (hobby) photographer. The bigger surprise for me came after  I finished uploading my photo. It's about challenges ! (Again,  I don't know if links from wikimedia are available for those who don't have an account or are not logged in). Challenges like GuruShots , where professional and hobby photographers alike upload their best photos to get a little insight as photographers. I'm in! I just found another site where I can get a lot of views, be motivated by challenges and good quality photos and I don't get my inbox spammed with each and every like I receive (I'm talking about Instagram, where I had the feeling they don't even check my photos! Too many likes in too short time can't be something serious right?).

Because my husband is busy working on projects, I decided to share his youtube and soundcloud links to promote his work as an artist and aquire subscribers. I already joined certain group s some time ago but they were never active until the beginning of this year. Now these groups are so active I receives so many notifications I can't even follow anymore. I mean we receive a lot of subscribing requests and we are thankful for it. I am just begining to get more subscribers on twitter . #WritingCommunity has so many wonderful active #writers who makes #bookboost even more fun. It's not like I only spend time on social media without actually working on projects . I'm co-writer on my husband's projects , which means if I have an idea that could be useful for one of our projects, again, I forget about social media and focus on writing. I am also a hobby-photographer so naturally I have a little photography community on GuruShots , viewbug and pixoto , where...

I decided to participate on GuruShots exhibition challenges even though right now I don't have money to participate. I find it interesting to see how good my photos are and if they have a chance to win an exhibition. When I will gather the money and the experience I will subscribe and travel to the place where my photo will be exhibited. Right now my photos are mostly on elite level in exhibition challenges. I wanted to create accounts on gofoundme, kofi or patreon, but I hate having to blog all over the place so I guess you can help me with a donation directly on my paypal , without any fuss and fees on other websites. As I also see, due to changing my blogger website I lost all my subscribers. Thanks a bunch, google, you can't even redirect a thing... anyway, I hope it stays like this for a very long time so I can gather my friends together again on this new blogspot link.

It was never so bad as this year (yes, 2019). My neighbors began cutting down trees and hedges all over the area. Since 4 years ago, since I live here I saw yet another tree gone, yet another hedge replaced with wood fences. I mean what's the idea behind it? Why cutting trees to create wood fences? Just because they don't want to sweep the fallen leaves once a year probably? courtesy of web.de The areas where I live and work have become empty without those magestic trees and bushes . These trees still exist, thank God. Unfortunatelly I am not allowed to show you much of my area, because it's private area... you know... Of course people actually complained about the fact that they should leave nature alone. Many of those comments don't even have anything to do with the article. Insert German lesson of the day: meckern (complaining). Honestly I am prepared not to hear any more electric saw in summer. Have a nice day and let me know if you think this ...

Welcome to my humble second EFIT ! 😊 7:30 I like to up do my sleep braid in winter. It's easy to braid your hair for sleep at night and wrap it in a bun in the morning; a job in a matter of seconds, really. Helpful when you are still sleepy to fuss on your hair in the morning. 8:30 This was the second snow though. But it lasted for few hours this time. 09:30 It was really cold though, I am glad I have good winter clothes. It was definitely -1C but then I couldn't make these photos without snow and cold. 10:30 It wasn't much snow on the streets, maybe just 1 cm thick; there will never be such thick snow as in Bavaria (at least I hope so) 😃😨😳 11:30 I played with zoom like crazy. buy original https://www.pixoto.com/images-photography/nature-up-close/other-plants/dead-chestnuts-5755164695461888 12:30 I was going back home when I saw birds on a tree nearby. I tested my camera for the first time with these models... er... birds....

It's 23.01, so it's time for something called EFIT 06:45 G😲😳d morning everyone! Or moin, or hi from North-West Germany! Usually when I wake up it's still dark. I edited this photo in multiple ways and I think some of them would look good as album cover or so 07:45 When I go outside it's still foggy and chill. 9:45 Coffee time this photo I shot in 2014 but I am not to photograph when I am at work 10:45 Right after a short break. I usually drink tea or read a magazine, but when I am in the mood I happen to take some photos . 14:45 On the way  home: I usually like to take some nature photos. 15:45 I also like to spend some time editing my photos.   16:45 Sometimes I receive a copy of Der Hausarzt Magazin , where I publish my photographs. The pink shery and the forget-me-not flowers are mine : 17:45 After I edit some photos I usually upload them on Facebook groups or photo contest websites 18:45 I happened to get...

I feel better after drinking a lot of tea, eating hot soups and fruit. I still have a rough voice especially if I speak loud and for some long(er) time. I'm experimenting with vitamins and tea... and of course, photography 😍. not happy with this view This thing ... Is not kompost as the fruit are fresh (as oposed to cooked).A friend told me it's still a tea but some kind of... well something different and interesting. Ok I cold my experiment raw tea ; or roar/ tea as the pronunciation is quite the same (english is not my native language, so feel free to laugh at me joke) 😃 Ingredients: pears (speaking of which, the last time I ate pears I was probably in my teens) (?) grapes tea bag hot water Enjoy it while you edit the photos and upload them on  different photo-challenge-websites...

I got cold. Thank you climate change 😓 As I was once cold 4 1/2 years ago (since I live in Germany) and I could shake off the cold with some tea and lemon, I tried it today too. Only one exception: marmalade added... well what's left of it, of course. Note: you can do the same thing using honey instead of marmalade 😋 Yummy! Pour hot water; lukewarm water will get cold faster because the marmalade jar is bigger than a regular cup of tea. At this point I had to add water first, then photograph. I had a cinematic idea á la Peter MCKinnon , but my lens got covered with steam from the hot water. Peter, how HOW do you do all your amazing stuff?! 😍 Lemon is optional, but it works miracles. I also decided to (re)use the jar lid. Too much of throw-away in this world... Plus, this method may keep your tea hot/warm for longer. If you decide you don't want to keep a marmalade jar in your house, at least, please recycle it correctly .  If you are healthy, stay healthy; ...