*About shoes + a happy list

I could tell so many stressful things that have happened lately in a seemingly never ending row. The car accident of my bf, my family being sick, the health issues of Sunny, the "new" iMac that I had ordered from refurbed that did not function and I was trying to solve the issue for almost a month and had to give it back in the end, my digital camera stopped working again and I had to send it to repair for the second time now, so I can't take pictures for work nor can I work properly on my computer anymore. I wanted to have some finished ceramics before Christmas to put in my shop, but without being able to take pictures that won't really be possible. And then on top of all water comes through my winter boots that I had for over 5 years now. I think I am the woman with the fewest pairs of shoes that I know. I always had trouble to find fitting ones, so shoe purchase was never something that I enjoyed very much and so I usually am wearing the one fitting pair until it falls off from my feet on its own. When I was a child and we finally found a fitting pair of shoes, my mother used to buy a second pair in a bigger shoe size, so that we saved pains for finding a new pair after my feet grew bigger again. I often wonder if people notice it in my pictures that I have the same shoes like forever. After wearing the same pair all the time, parting feels even harder for me! Why I tell about the shoe thing actually is, because only short after my boots died, my dear friend Verena who knows about my lately troubles, surprised me with a sudden support where I could get myself a new pair and I was even able to get the last pair of the same shoe brand and it was even at a discount. I feel very grateful and hope they will keep me good company on my many nature walks in the future! So, this will be the first thing on my happy list, that I wanted to post here actually, but sometimes I feel like letting my readers know, that not all is just easy and happy all the time, even though those are generally the things I like to share the most, as there is too much bad news out there anyway, but to keep it honest and real.

Happy list:

• new winter boots from my dear friend Verena

{feel free to visit her blog to enjoy her art & stories}

• a little deer coming very close to me

• collecting nuts for winter

• first ripe figs from my own little fig tree

• beautiful misty mornings

• birds tapping on my window to signal that they want some bird seeds

• working with clay

• pepping up an ikea cupboard

• writing a letter

• a beautiful full moon

• a long walk on a warm, golden October day

• colorful leaves everywhere

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