schleihaus_sensby

29/12/2024

Fun and games -
Bowling in Damp, eating yet more chocolate and playing all the board games and jigsaws. Family time galore! 😊✨🎳

27/12/2024

And that
Is that.

Social batteries are low 🪫
reading, chilling and movie time is up 🔋

24/12/2024

Finding the hour without rain to go skating and rolling, and get some fresh air yesterday.

Rest of day - 4hrs of playing settlers of catan with the kids and happy we stuck with it and got to the part where it’s really a lot of fun, and then and Christmas movies, plus sauna.

Have a wonderful Christmas Eve tonight.
Hopefully all the excited kids make it until then 😊🎅🎄

21/12/2024

in the making this year!
And we all love it - more work to set up BUT it looks much more straighter than most other trees (well at least we thought so 😂😂🎄), and it feels good everyone getting so involved (we love it for the long growing greens and being reusable, but I don’t want to get into a big debate about sustainability).

Really pleased with the outcome - and looking forward to making this a new tradition. ✨🎄definitely need a few more ornaments.🤫🎅

02/12/2024

Wreath in the making - as every year this is my favourite one. The very big frame I made a couple of years ago from chicken wire and the left-over plastic lining from our raised flower beds. Still going strong! 💪

And of course I forgot to take a picture of the whole thing being done with working lights and all 😮🫣 classic!! Oh well, next time.

01/12/2024

In our house time flies this year - suddenly it’s December 1st - and we’re wondering how that happened so quickly. 😂🤪

Happy 1st Advent, enjoy your Sunday, and maybe it’s time for a Christmas market today??

30/11/2024

Lights are making the whole season so much better.
Cold, grey, cloudy, rainy - first snow ❄️, it’s all cool when you’ve got the Christmas lights out.
Big wreath making day today!
🫶

29/11/2024

Before all the Christmas decorations - it’s sunny and dry here today. And the garden looks lovely in the light - so late in the year, and it’s great to see it all still in shape. Different to all other seasons and unique in the way the light falls now. (Well, and there’s much less of it 😂☀️)

Happy Friday! ☝🏼

22/11/2024

Looking forward to more of this ⭐️🥂
Getting the decorations ready, making wreaths and putting lights up.
Happy Friday! 🙌

11/11/2024

Forgot to share because we’ve been rakes down in work - clearing leaves 🍁 🍂 and stacking wood.🪵

Fully aware there’s more coming down - but always a nice ritual to get ready for winter.

Have a great start to the week! 🙌

06/11/2024

Absent today
Feels like a long hangover
Sea air helps, and taking it one step at a time.
And breathe.

🌝🌙

15/10/2024

Also October -
Nice bright skies and cold air.
Still happy we got to paint the doors and windows in late summer - you might not notice, but we know;-)

☀️😊

12/10/2024

October colours.
Raking leaves, picking the last blackberries and pears.
Going to the garden center one more time before they close for end of season.
Researching wooden flooring.
More raking, board games.

Sauna & cremant for the adults.
Movie night for the kids -
Works out for everyone. 👍😊☀️

06/10/2024

This is autumn in Sensby and around the Schlei.
It’s the low season, slow season, free beach and pumpkin season, the time to sit by the fire, play games and go to the sauna to relax and slow down.
Where the light is different, the leafs are coming down and days outside are windy and getting more chilly.
It’s a great time to be in the country, with far fewer tourists and people around.

If you haven’t made plans for the Hamburg school holidays yet - here’s your chance.
Our house is still available for the 2nd and 3rd week in October - but hurry up! The last chance to book is by October 13th (next Sunday).

DM me if you have any questions.
And get 20% off if you book 10 days or more.

02/10/2024

Best season for bonfires and marshmallows, for stockbrot and pumpkin soup by the fire outside.

Very soon it’ll be time for Gluehwein I reckon.😁🙌

Happy Wednesday!
Looking forward to the long weekend in Germany.

09/09/2024

01/09/2024

Kids house remake -
That was supposed to just keep the kids busy this weekend, ended up taking a bit more mum power than expected, but glad it turned out this way and we finally got to it. September is the perfect month for paint jobs!!
💪🥳

01/09/2024

Spent the weekend sanding and painting - working our way slowly around the house, we’re repainting all the frames in the classic regional style: very dark green, with white.
So happy with the paint we chose and the outcome - you might not see it in the pictures, but being two Design & DIY freaks, we love the work that’s in the detail, and doing that work by hand.

Hope you had a lovely weekend yourself! 😊💪☀️