I just want to let you know I’ve made some new listings in my Etsy shop. The botanical stories in glass tubes are now available here. If you’re still looking for a special Christmas present for a beloved one, maybe these botanical treasures could be the perfect gift! A delicate poppy garden… Dreaming million dreams with…
September is already halfway and slowly the signs of autumn are becoming more visible. It’s the month where it’s simultaneously late summer and early autumn. It’s the month where we leave behind the overflowing cup of summer with it’s slow pace. Now we’re back into school rhythm and days with early dusk, falling leaves and…
On these hot summer days I would like to tell you another herbal story. This time it’s about the queen of flowers; the rose. Who doesn’t like stop to smell the roses? At least, I try to do so, but the sad thing is that there aren’t many gardens with roses anymore. Happily my mother…
These slow and warm summer days are filled with many happy colors! Have you also noticed all the different hues of colors when you look around? Do you have a favourite summer color? Though the colors might not be as vivid and fresh as in spring, they still are lively and beautiful. I love the…
The summer holiday has begun and with those hot temperatures it really feels like summer! Do you also have exceptional warm and dry summer days? Are you enjoying the summer days and looking forward to your holidays? Summer days… not getting up on time, listening to birdsongs in the morning, having a calm breakfast outside…
Summer has officially started! Isn’t it a strange idea that the longest day already lays behind us, at least that how it feels for me. The days are starting to get shorter although we don’t notice it so clearly right now. But happily we have abundant and lovely summer days ahead of us. I hope…
A little overview of our garden these days in June. Summer is officially here! Time for sandals, dinners outside, enjoying the sunset in the long evenings, picking fresh leaves and flowers for my daily cups of tea, … . It’s always a busy month with picking and harvesting, making jam and enjoying all the fresh…
The fields are blooming abundantly with golden buttercups, red sorrel and grasses. A lot of the herbs or weeds as we often call them are very healthy and are in fact healing herbs. I’m studying for herbalist now and it’s so wonderful to discover all their benefits for our body and mind. I thought it…
I’ve launched my new collection “Botanical stories” lately on the ceramic market in Nismes. As promised I would show it to you too! Today it’s the first part of my Botanical Stories. A wildflower chain made of tiny porcelain flowers in a glass tube filled with dried flower petals from my garden. One can use…
The song of the forget-me-not fairy So small, so blue, in grassy places my flowers raise their tiny faces. By streams my bigger sisters grow, and smile in gardens, in a row. I’v never seen a garden plot: but though I’m small forget-me-not! Cicely Mary Barker Although these heavenly blue flowers are…