nature rules

Can you see the flower growing in the cracks of this bridge pillar... I'm still amazed by it, so pretty. Little tough guys found the perfect spot, how it is possible I do not know since it's just stone, but they found a way :)

current obsession

King Charles
Amazing. Random fact, I met his dad a couple years ago after KC won a songwriting award haha. I know, life is crazy and so random when it comes to encounters with different people all over the place!
Get his album here and follow him on twitter.

bright nail polish
Working in theatre you wear black most of the time so it's fun to bring a bit of colour in every once in a while :) Right now I'm wearing a bright orange called 'wake up'.
Anyone else out there who loves when different colours have names instead of numbers?

Monday morning

Sometimes I stop and look at my day and marvel how it is that I get to live this random, colourful, surprising life. Not deserving any of this, but God's grace got it all covered :)
I'm off to the theatre again, have a fantastic week everyone x

natural fabric dyes

The other day I cooked black beans and while soaking them I realised how beautifully the water colour changed to a deep purple. Ever since I've been experimenting with natural fabric dyes, I keep noticing these things. I guess it comes with the obsession of finding new colours and plant materials haha
Well I decided to keep the soaking water when I drained the beans to cook them, boiled some scrap fabric in the coloured water, let it cool down added vinegar - curiously the colour turned red at that point!! - and let it soak for another two days.
When I rinsed and washed it, it turned out a lovely lavender colour. Instant win!

All other fabric printing and natural dye action to be found here. 

gone fishing... not really

Sorry it will be a little quiet over here since that black hole called Salzburg Festival has sucked me in again for 2 weeks :)
It feels so good to be back, I love working here but silly Ian passed his cold on to me last weekend and I'm feeling rubbish. Not even tour made me sick this winter so I thought I was clear, but NO!
To fight the feeling of losing to the elements, I went along to a Renaissance dance class last night. Ahahaha the fun we had! Can't believe how people back then used their feet to dance and kept their upper bodies quite still. I was floating around everywhere on my tippy toes this morning as a result :)
Highly recommended!

teeny tiny steps to change the world

change noun

def. to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of(something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone


I first got into this whole environmental/green business during primary school. No kidding, it's true! It's where we learned to recycle and creating less waste and most of all we had a very exciting project about composting when I was in 4th grade :) For a while, even parents set out to create as little rubbish as possible, taking containers to the grocery store instead of using wrappers, etc. 
Anyway, going green in Austria is honestly not that big of a deal as most people are quite conscious about recycling, low energy use, bringing your bags to the shops and all of that. It's just a normal part of life. 
In 2007 Rob Bell and his church started a series called "God is green" and for the first time ever I heard about these things in a church environment. How did the church miss out on such a massive topic until recently??? Later that year, while on tour in Stockholm, I bought a book called "Green Is The New Black" and for the first time I read about how messed up the fashion industry is, when it comes to sustainability and waste. A bit ironic since I went to fashion school and I can't remember a single lecture even mentioning the environmental impact this industry has! Ever since, I've been reading more and more about it and been overly critical of where my clothes come from or what they are made of, if I buy at all haha A lot of my wardrobe has been swapped or passed on from someone by now.
A year later I read "Serve God, Safe The Planet" by Matthew Sleeth and it brought on another layer of how I view the world and why it is so important to steward this earth well.
Probably the biggest impact so far was reading Colin Beavan's book "No Impact Man" in 2010, it changed how I live my life. 
Things like using less water (I still suck at taking shorter showers), turning off lights, lowering the thermostat on my heating by a few degrees, riding my bike, walking up the stairs instead of taking lifts, etc. I even tried my luck at growing my own veg, which worked in London for some reason but not in Salzburg - it's all trial and error haha. Anyway looking back, quite a bit changed since then.
There are still a lot of days when I forget to bring a bag to the shops and I end up carrying groceries in my bag, praying that nothing will leak over my camera and books or phone haha At least I'm trying, right.
The most recent thing I've dabbled into is to create less plastic waste. After watching Plastic Planet, I was disgusted with how much plastic we use and how no-one actually knows what is in it or how unhealthy it really is. As a direct result of watching this film, I bought a water bottle and it's travelled with me for 8 months now, yay!
One of the areas that creates too much plastic waste is the bathroom. One by one I let pretty much all products run out and substituted them with alternatives. My toothpaste comes in recyclable packaging now, I went back to bar soaps and the biggest difference probably is that I went shampoo free almost 4 weeks ago.  I switched to a baking soda/water mix to wash my hair and I rinse it with a vinegar/water mix which I keep in two glass bottles. So random!!
A strange move if you ask me and after reading up on it I was sceptical at first, but my hair feels cleaner and softer than ever before. Also travelling has become very light these days which is always a bonus if you ask me!


It takes 40 days to create a habit. Some things you have to think through and ponder for a while before you do it, others you change in a day. It's all about teeny tiny steps to change the world. Don't underestimate how much you can accomplish by starting to change one tiny aspect.

packing once again

I'm heading to the wonderful city of Salzburg...  Hooray!!
Going with my sustainable lifestyle, I'll be riding my bike to the train station and take it with me on the train, just to jump out in Salzburg and ride to my Salzburg family's place, where I'll be camped out at for the next two weeks :) It will be interesting since I've got a massive backpack and hand luggage haha Somehow I wish I could document it :)
Anyway I'm so happy to be going back to work again. I'm sure I've talked about seasons before, there is a time for everything yada yada yada... This last season in between jobs has been a tough one for me. It's weird being in a place I once called home but doesn't feel like that anymore.
Being in a place you really hoped to be familiar with or feel comfortable in plus being out of work is a really strange combination. Way too much time to let your thoughts run loose.
It would be so easy to let go of God's promises in times like these when everything is just one gigantic question mark. Again I'm thankful for amazing friends who speak into my life and who encourage me and tell me off at times. There have been many conversations that have cleared my head and encounters with strangers that brought new perspective.
We all have a very unique race to run in this lifetime but can I tell you something... sometimes my race feels darn lonely compared to those around me.
Does it mean the nomad days are over - hell no (caged bird syndrome sets in way too early haha)
Does it mean that I've got to get out of Austria again - probably yes (it just doesn't feel right)
Does it mean that I gotta trust God with my whole life and believe that He has the ultimate plan for me - YES, YES and YES. To be honest, I've been really bad at this and let obstacles and difficulties distract me like nothing else. I gotta hold on to the things that have been spoken over my life and have faith that there is a way bigger part to this than I can ever believe or hope for.
Looking forward to two weeks in the theatre. It will be crazy and schedules are far from normal, but I can't wait to be back there.
Have a phenomenal start of the week everyone. Thank God for new mercies every morning x