Thanks for your visit everyone!

jazzcat, I didn't know that you cannot paint apartments where you live. Here in Germany, it's always the tenant's duty to do that, and in most cases, you also bring your own stuff, such as furniture. I'm very happy about that. I would never feel comfortable in a home in which I don't like the colors of the walls! Used to have white walls for a long time though (combined with blue fabrics and metal, it's been a really cool atmosphere), but a couple of years ago, I turned to those earth tones.

And as far as the sand collection goes... My sister has just told me that she brought some sand from Botwana for my collection! I find it very nice to have sand, soil, leaves or stones from othe countries here. I don't travel much (for several reasons, the cats are one of them), so it's nice to let the world come to my place instead!

Kirsten