A perfect weekend

Sitting at the kitching table sipping tea, i am looking back on a perfect weekend. It was one of those weekends were you wake up feeling happy and are blessed to go to bed with a smile.


A smile because ....
........ our spontanous plan to visit an old friend with his wife and 2 little kids turns out to be great. Sometimes, when you feel you almost lose sight of each other just because life goes the way it goes, think twice. If you miss your friends, speak up and let them know. Sometimes a spontanous visit is the recipe to find each other again;
..........this morning we woke up to the sound of the rain. We stayed over at the little cabin down on the allotment. Such a beautiful sound.......
........then i went for a early mantra class,  chanting together with 4 women, ohh mantra chanting makes your life flow!

......after chanting i went straight on to a party. One of my friends turned 40 and gave a party for all her beautifull female friends to celebrate life and female bonds. It is all about the art of aging gracefully! It was a good party with lots of home made yummi stuff, music and laughing!

.......summer holliday is coming and we at last made up our mind: first i am going camping in France with my friend and here 2 little fosterchildren. After a few days my love will pick me up to go to Tuscany in Italy. Together with our dog we will spent 2 weeks in an old farmerhouse in the woods nearby a waterfall. The pleasurable anticipation begins! 

At the moment there is so much joy in my life. I realize i am a lucky girl and wish you all joy and happiness!

 

Sleeping on the allotment

It is such a luxury to stay over in our little cabain down at the allotment. Bit by bit, this place -we now own it for almost one year- turns into our little paradise. My love made us a veranda / porch from wood from our neighbours who had to put down a tree. We spent allready some lovely nights there, watching the bright sky, listening to the birds, enjoying our Italian white wine with candle light.

There is still a lot to do, but we now grow our vegatables there and i put in my favorite flowers like buttercups, cosmea, nasturtium, daisies, opium poppy........I would love to make a fresh bouqet of flowers from my own garden!

Summer in the City

Picnic

I love to picnic outdoor. It is the best way to enjoy nature, friendship and mindfulness.

Last monday i lounged with one of my friends at the beach. It was the first picnic of the year. Although still a bit cold, it was a joy to sit on a outdoor carpet, chatting with my friend while sipping a fresh juice. Our 2 dogs kept us warm, stif sitting next to us with their sandy muzzles and wet skin from swimming in the sea. The first picnic of the year is always a memoriable moment!

So i am excited to find this new webshop for all kinds of outdoor picnic stuff called Urban Sandindians. Especially love the Thomas Paul's melanine plates!

Romantic Belgium (Durbuy- Ardennen)

First crop

What a joy, our first crop from our own garden. Love the salad, crispy fresh & delicious!

Paper Tiles

Favorite thing: I have a collection of old tiles in my digital photobook. When visiting ancient European towns  you can find antique tiles displaced on the outside of old buildings. It's a delight to walk around and enjoy the inner cities. I know I never got tired of it as I was always "discovering" new beautifull colours, prints and delicate drawings that I hadn't even seen yet. Below some old tiles from our latest visit to Namur (Belgium).

You can imagine how excited i am to find on the web the collection of Victorian paper tiles from Louise Body. She designed 7 different tiles and they are truly an economical alternative to decorative ceramic tiles. Ohh i love them!