*summer

♥ summer fields

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*mountain lake

I loved this place. This turquoise mountain lake, and because of the weather, we were totally by ourselves. I surely want to go back there!

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*hair fork

I normally don't advertise a lot on my blog, but these beautiful handmade wooden hair forks and sticks I have to show you! Since my hair is longer, I have problems pinning it up like I used to do, so I was searching for different solutions and discovered the first time in my life that something like a hair fork even exists! Ha! I found this DaWanda Shop called Alpenlandkunst of a man who creates them with all different kinds of wood. Because I did not know which version works the best with my type of hair and because prices were really reasonable I ordered all three types and I am totally excited! It works much better and easier than I thought and I love the natural look! What do you think? Here you can also see his website and all his other wooden creations.

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*Kärnten trip

When we have been on our vacation in Kärnten (the one we had to cancel in the end because of Sunny), our first stop was at the Völkermarkter reservoir, a huge lake surrounded by a wonderful mountain scenery, only the weather was so bad that it was hidden behind the clouds most of the time. In the morning dawn we made a walk away from the civilisation and discovered a big flock of swans. It was really magical.

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*white poppy

White poppy ♥

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*magical dreams

The landscapes I see in my night dreams, can not be found here on earth.

Often the skies do not show only one sun and moon, they show different other planets and suns, also in the daytime which looks just amazing! When I stroll through the landscapes, silver or golden shining glitter is flying around in the air, similar to when seeds from plants fly around in a summer field in the evening sun. Often I can't believe what I see and touch everything around me to feel how solid it is, how real.

Today I will finally pick the first ripe cucumber! It took quite some time this year... Wishing you a good start into July!

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*wild poppy

Not long ago a huge field not far away from our home was surrounded by wild poppy. The atmosphere was so appealing that I visited this place several times to enjoy this red flower ocean.

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neighbor lady

I have no direct neighbors, but the closest to us lives an old lady, alone with her cat in a tiny house. Her husband died over 15 years ago and since then she is alone. Her niece helps her with doing the groceries and the "Volkshilfe" (peoples aid Austria) comes twice a day to control her health state and helps her with putting on clothes and such things. Every now and then I visit her or help her with feeding the cat, if she is in hospital or can't do it by herself for some reason. She is in a bad health state, has extreme kyphosis and scoliosis, but her mind is very vivid and I can talk very openly with her. I admire how she keeps being so cheerful when she never leaves the house and since some time now, she does not even leave her kitchen room, where also her bed and wood stove is. She does not watch TV, or read and she does only very seldom turn on the radio to listen to the Sunday Mass. Whenever I am there, a candle is lit in front of a picture of her late husband. I am highly intrigued by people and their individual life paths and personalities. She is a Pisces like me, her birthday 5 days after mine. When I lay in bed at night, I often think of her and wonder what she is thinking now. I can see how her loss of her husband and her way of thinking about herself created her back problems. It's hard to dissolve old patterns. If you observe others carefully, you can learn so unbelievable much!

On the picture you can see her roses. When she was not able to go outside anymore, I took a picture of them when they were in full bloom and printed it out to gift her.

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*life

We have been on a vacation in the mountains, but had to cancel it and drive back, because Sunny got sick and will have an operation today.

Today all I wish is that Sunny will survive. Again and again I am confronted with my biggest fears. Loosing him. I am a person who is aware of death in every moment. Whenever I look at someone I love, I am highly aware that I won't have this person in this form forever. This sounds depressing, but on the other side it makes me remember the most important things. Where we come from, death does not exist. That makes living here so disturbing. In my heart I know we are all eternal, but still I am attached very much to everyone that is close to me. Sometimes I grief even before I loose someone. This is not healthy. But I do it, because I am scared to be not prepared. Life is so intense.

Quick update: Sunny is ok! He is back home with me now, recovering! Thank you for your kind words and thoughts! Today will be the hottest day so far, up to 35 degrees! Have a good day!

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*lilac

Lilac summer days.

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