Check out my freehand nail art in the folders/pages above this line :) - Se min frihånds nail art i fanebladene over denne linie :)



Who am I?

Send me an email if you want to contact me or ask me a question.
Send mig en email hvis du vil i kontakt med mig eller har spørgsmål.

Dansk, se længere nede.
I was born in 53, but I'm very young at heart, often just a silly young girl ;) - I simply do not understand who that old woman in my mirror is. She is highly annoying, and she follows me around everywhere, even when I buy clothes, she JUMPS right in in front of the mirror, so it's no fun to buy new clothes anymore :)
I'm married, have no children of my own, but my husband has two, and they have children, so I sort of have grand children too :)
I live in the northwestern part of Denmark, 15 minutes by car from the North Sea and 5 minutes from Limfjorden, close to large forests and an amazing nature. I have all my life used walks in nature to relax my mind, sort out my thoughts, get ideas and let my mind wander.
I'm my own boss, and can plan my days like I want to. I have worked with animals all my life, mostly dogs, cats and parrots, but also occasional wildbird babies, hedgehogs, seals and otters.
You can see my personal website here www.metzger.nu
Due to health reasons, surgery in knees, both shoulders and neck I today only have a few animals.
I love to write; I have written two books and translated a few, and I'm a the local editor in the Northern part of Jutland for the "Jæger" that is the magazine for the Danish hunters organization "Danmarks Jægerforbund".
In the end of August 2011 I became a nail polish addict after many years without polish. I was fascinated by all the colors (when I was young red, pink and white was pretty much it) and by nail art and had to try.
Another hobby is rating beer on RateBeer, where I am the female (maybe also in the world) with most ratings. My user name is Maria.

Jeg er født i 53, men er ung af sind, til tider er jeg bare en fjollet ung tøs ;) - jeg forstår simpelthen ikke hvem den gamle kone i mit spejl er. Hun er drøn irriterende og følger med overalt. Selv når jeg skal købe tøj er hun der, hun hopper lige ind foran spejlet, så det er overhovedet ikke sjovt at købe tøj mere :)
Jeg er gift og har ikke egne børn, men min mand har to, og der er nu børnebørn, som jeg har "del" i :) 
Jeg bor i Nordvestjylland, ca. 15 minutters i bilkørsel fra Vesterhavet og 5 fra Limfjorden, tæt ved store skovområder og en fantastisk natur. Jeg har altid brugt gåture i naturen som mental afslapning, hvor jeg får styr på tanker, får nye ideer og lader tankerne og fantasien få frit løb.
Jeg er min egen chef og kan planlægge min dag som jeg vil. Jeg har arbejdet med dyr hele mit liv, mest hunde, katte og papegøjer, men også lejlighedsvise vilde fugleunger, pindsvin, sæler og oddere.
Du kan læse mere på min hjemmeside www.metzger.nu
På grund af helbredet, operationer i knæ, begge skuldre og nakke, har jeg i dag kun få dyr.
Jeg elsker at skrive; jeg har skrevet to bøger og oversat nogle stykker, og nu er jeg den nordjyske lokalredaktør for Danmarks Jægerforbunds blad Jæger.
Jeg blev vild med neglelak i slutningen af august 2011. Jeg havde slet ikke brugt neglelak i mange år, og dengang jeg brugte det var farverne rød, pink og måske en hvid, så jeg blev begejstret for alle de flotte farver, og jeg blev fascineret af nail art - det måtte jeg bare prøve.
En anden hobby er at anmelde øl på RateBeer, hvor jeg er den kvinde, der har flest anmeldelser (måske også på verdensplan). Mit brugernavn er Maria.

28 kommentarer:

  1. Great blog, glad to have found it, and very much like your story. Especially the beer rating part ;) nice to meet you! :)

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. OH, woow, what a nice comment to get :)
      I'm glad we found each other, and have joined your blog, and will ad it to my blog roll. But you make me curous - do you also rate beer - or just like beer?

      Slet
  2. Maria! Du lyder virkelig som et dejligt menneske! Elsker dine billeder, og kan nikke genkendende til at ophold i naturen sætter ens hverdag i perspektiv. Super lækker blog! :)

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. Ahj Altså, Frk. Fine, tusind tak for de søde ord, de varmer :)

      Slet
  3. Only now I read something more about you, but "better late than never"! :-)
    I like the way you wrote about yourself, it says much about your bright personality! :-)
    And, I'm glad that I met you through your blog! :-)

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. LOL, thank you so much for your kind words - I'm happy to have "met" you too :)

      Slet
  4. Oh, I'm so glad to have found your blog - and the "real person" behind it. Though I behave like a silly young girl when it comes to polishes, I'm 48, hehehe :-)
    Thanks for all the indpiration, I will definitely "steal" some ideas! xx

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. I'm so happy you found my blog Julie, it's nice to know that I'm not the only young silly girl out there (not looking at birth certificates LOL) - I hope you feel like dropping in often, and feel free to "steal" some ideas, I would love to see the result :)

      Slet
  5. i'm so ashamed that i didn't read this before :(
    totally understand your need to run away from that old woman in the mirror, i have similar problems with my mirror ;)
    i saw your other site quite some time ago, read jasmin's tale, and i weep like a baby... the animal's pain and suffer make me so sad, that's why now i have only one cat, i can't handle loosing them :(

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. Aww, don't be my friend!
      We should start producing mirrors that are old woman safe.
      Oh you read Jasmin's tale, I'm so happy to hear that, I still miss her so, so much...
      No, it's difficult to lose them, but I wouldn't live without the joy they give...

      Slet
  6. Thank you so much for this bio, I really enjoyed reading it and getting to 'meet' you! Being an American, I am especially glad that it was translated very clearly. Your nail art is wonderful, I have only recently discovered it and how to do it myself. I look forward to reviewing all the great posts on your blog! :)

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. Thank you for your very kind words leslielovesnails, I'm so happy that you like my nail art, and good luck in doing nail art yourself, it's without limits - and welcome to my blog :)

      Slet
  7. Svar
    1. Thank you so very much, likewise, Heather :)

      Slet
  8. Hi Maria, nice to have discovered you and your blog. We're in the same age range 50+, have 2 gorgeous Great Danes and love,love,love nail art. Been into it for the last 5-6 years but started doing it myself in the last half year. Although am a pretty good at drawing and painting, nail art on own nail is pretty challenging :)
    As for the woman in the mirror, I am lucky: am European living in a part of the world with a multicultural and multiracial society and here people really cannot tell my age !! Yupeeeee, so I can enjoy compliment like: You look younger, maaaam or You loog so good...for your age (grrr).
    Will follow your pinterest boards as well as your blog.
    Simona

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. Hi Simona!
      So nice to meet you too :)
      I guess I started the hard way painting on my nails, so it seems fairly easy to paint my micro paintings now.
      LOL that compliment, that ends with ..."for your age", that's such a roller coaster - first you get so happy, and then not quite as much LOL
      Thank you so much, I'm happy to have you on board!

      Slet
  9. I love your blog! May I ask what kind of lighting are you using?

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. Thank you so much, Katherine, that made me really happy to hear :)
      I have a setup like this (found in the DIY + Tips & tricks), and I enjoy it soooo much!
      http://mariasnailpolishblog.blogspot.dk/2012/11/my-new-photo-studio-set-up-mit-nye-hand.html

      Slet
  10. I'm so glad I found your blog! I love your writing style, and I love animals too! Hope to see more great nail art!

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. Thank you so much, and sorry for the late reply, I must have overlooked the email telling me :)
      I'm sorry there haven't been much/any nail art lately, but I hope to get back on track again!

      Slet
  11. Hi Maria, I came to know about your blog through Raggio Di Luna. You are very interesting personality. Loved your blog and you are one of the best writers I have read yet. And ya a wonderful Nailartist too. Glad to meet you. :-)

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. Aww, thank you so much, and like I just wrote to peaceloveandsmoothies in the comment above: I'm sorry for the late reply!
      I'm happy to meet you too!

      Slet
  12. I've enjoyed reading a little bit about your life, Maria. I also love writing, and love animals <3

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. Thank you so much Antonia - then we have three things in common <3

      Slet
  13. Not the first time I read this page but thought I should actually leave a comment on it because you've made this such a fun and lovely page to read - you are really one cool lady! I have so much respect for you :)

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. Awww, I'm sorry I didn't reply to this before - thank you so very much for your kind words <3

      Slet
  14. I loved reading this page :)
    You seem to be a very lovely and cool lady :)
    xx

    SvarSlet

Please do NOT link spam! Comments with links will very likely be removed. If you want me to look at your blog, send me an email!

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...