*at the lake

At the end of May we made a weekend trip to the lakes of the wood quarter. Weather was changeable, so it happened that there were hardly any other people. I could imagine living a life on the road, staying at different pretty places with only little luggage, living in the moment, enjoying nature and sleeping in the van. Sunny loves it too. Whenever we return from one of our trips, he refuses to step out of the vehicle. And he wants to jump inside every car that has the door opened which can be tricky sometimes! Weather is still changeable, but I managed to go swimming several times. It's not really the summery feeling yet, but refreshing for the whole body system.

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*the woods, the woods

I felt like deleting 5 years of my blog. Liberating! And now I'm looking forward what the future might bring!

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*the sound of empty rooms

I love the sound of empty rooms.

I'm sure you all experienced it, when you moved from one place to another, how it changed the sound of the room after putting in all your belongings. Empty spaces have a peculiar charm to me. I often daydream about a huge room in a mansion with high ceilings, an old wooden floor and big open windows with transparent curtains, fluttering in the wind. My whole being is breathing a sigh of relief when thinking of this. The house we live in has quite small rooms, nevertheless I managed to bring in that feeling more and more. Energy is floating around as it should and the sound of empty spaces returns.

At the weekend I took my time to stick in some more pictures into my inspiration journal. This is always a relaxing thing to do.

Weather is pretty crazy right now, thunder and sun alternate quicker than you think it might be possible. 

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*Aloe vera

Last year Lotte sent me an offshoot from her aloe vera plant. I must admit it did not grow so fast, but recently it surprised me with it's first baby offshoot!

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*allium + garden update

Last year when the alliums where blooming I made a picture of myself. Normally at this time of the year I feel the urge to cut my hair, same as this year in spring, but for some reason I did not do it and so they keep growing. It's actually amazing how much hair grows in a year. Maybe this summer I manage to not cut it, but I am a very mercurial person, so let's just see... 

The last two days were pretty hot suddenly and I was able to do a lot in the garden, but today it is cool again and lot's of rain. It is such a different climate this year! But nevertheless I was able to harvest first radishes, salads and I am sure very soon also the first strawberries.

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*lilac

Lilac time.

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*forest crochet

A crochet cushion and a mossy circle on a tree.

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*spring light

Pictures from two weeks ago when we were camping at the piece of land where my father has his permaculture farm. All the fruit trees were in full bloom as you can see. The light was magical!

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*in the forest

I simply love circles and round objects, it gives me such a safe and pleasurable feeling to look at them, like with my crochet rugs. So I sometimes build circles with objects from nature like this one in the forest. Rainy days here and quite chilly. Last year at the same time we were already swimming! But after those dry years, nature is surely breathing a sigh of relief!

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*in the mountains

Pictures from our mini vacation in the Styrian mountains. I just love the flair of analogue photos.

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