*wake me from my slumber

Wake me from my slumber

so I can see myself in nature's mirror,

so I can touch the moss on the trees

and feel the wind between the twigs of the trees

that are putting forth fresh buds to welcome their annual rebirth.

Wake me from my slumber

so I can feel my feet again,

so I can meet you apart from my dreams,

to dance with you between snowdrop's shadows,

innocently and real.

Wake me from my slumber

so I can be here again

for you.

{Claudia Voglhuber}

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*Apricot bloom & first greenhouse preparations

{Music: Roots – The Melodic}

The apricot trees are usually the first trees that are starting to bloom in our garden, so it feels always quite special and marks the begin of spring for me. The weather is still really cold here, minus degrees in the nights and every now and then some snow or soft hail and so much wind! On a milder day I used the opportunity to sew new covers for the greenhouse. They are well needed, because the intensity of the sun is usually too strong for the plants, especially when they are still smaller. I'm looking forward for some warmer days to work further in the garden and am daydreaming of all the flowers that will appear bit by bit!

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*watercolor update #2

It's time to show some more paintings I made in the last months. I painted a second dog in a flower meadow and want to create a series. I'm also thinking of designing new writing paper, I have already some ideas that I want to realise. I just wonder about the right size, I usually love to have a lot of space when I write letters for example and prefer the A4 format, but I made a poll on Instagram yesterday and to my surprise 85% of the people prefer A5 format, but maybe I will make both. Let's see...

The Easter weekend will be quite moody, we had some rain and snow already today, nevertheless I wish you a wonderful time with your loved ones!

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*I have felt it all

The turmoil of my life has absorbed me,

while the winds are still gelid

and the peach bloom is shining surreal in the lurid April light.

It emerged when the curtain of heavy clouds opened

for a glimpse of a moment.

Letters have been written with ink and tears.

Birds have spoken when the first rain appeared after months.

Too harsh is the world to me in many ways,

but in the blink of an eye all sorrows are drowning

between the white petals in the air in front of my window.

Just for a little moment.

Just for now.

This year I have felt it all,

and you have been my only witness.

{Claudia Voglhuber}

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*A Birthday & first signs of spring

{Music: Neoclassical Piano Improvisation – Joe Kirby}

A little video I made of the time around my Birthday and when we had our first spring walk near the river and visited my beloved old linden tree avenue and recently we found this spot hidden in the middle of the forest that was full of spring snowflakes! It was a real blessing for the senses!

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*tree mushroom

How must it feel to be a mushroom growing on a tree?

How must it feel to be so close and still a separate being?

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*winter walks

It is not easy to get used to walks without Sunny.

I imagine him running by our side,

full of joy and curiosity.

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*cold winds & moody skies

Not feeling very communicative lately, but I wrote in my journal and replied to overdue letters. I also got a film back from the film laboratory and I reorganized my workroom to have some change. The wind still feels cold here, but weather should get milder in the coming week.

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*and time moves on

Two days ago we celebrated my Birthday, well I have not really been in the mood to celebrate anything, but I prepared a cake the day before and we visited my beloved linden alley, even though the weather was really grey, windy and cold. It was a short endeavor in the end, but there were some sweet chickens running around in the park which captured my attention. It was really nice to observe them! 

The pictures are from January still, there is the last analogue picture that I made of Sunny.

Today I wrapped up warmly and cleaned the walls of the greenhouse and started to prepare the garden beds until my ass froze off. I had enough of waiting for better days. I hope we get some rain in the coming days, the garden is already very dry and we can not turn on the garden fountain yet. Please keep your fingers crossed!

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*about books & the right amount of space

First of all,

March is here!

Winter roses from our garden are decorating my working table and I'm drinking some peppermint tea as I am writing here. If you are in search for a good book, I can recommend you "Piranesi" by Susanna Clarke. I finished it on the last day of December and it was a fabulous read! I had a break from reading novels after I finished the last part of Christelle Dabos's "The Mirror Visitor" and was delving into nonfiction again, but yesterday I finally started "The Blue Fox" by Sjón and I'm holding myself back to read it in one go, I really love the way it is written and how the author plays with space, it looks almost like a book of poems. Thinking of space, I was never too afraid of white spaces in my art, the opposite is the case, I like to play with it rather than trying to fill the page until no space is left. For me the right amount of white space is making a painting extra appealing! I hope March will bring you lots of sunshine, joy and spring flowers!

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