How are you doing these days? Are you also counting down to the first Spring days? I am! But still we’re in the midst of winter and it sometimes feels like there’s coming no end to it. These dark and long days effects us both mentally and physically. However, there are some things we can…
This morning I wake up in a white wonderland! As we don’t often have snow in Belgium, it’s a real luxury. Everything is covered under a white blanket with rounded edges. I feel childlike excited when I see this white world! I couldn’t resist winter’s invitation to take a walk in this wonderland. Come, and…
I hope you had wonderful and cozy days with your family and friends and started the new year well! I’m recovering from a heavy cold; resting, sneezing and snuffing, drinking lots of my herbal teas and reading (and dreaming of spring days and blooming gardens!). But I wanted to pop in to send you my…
Just a little note, the last one of this year, to wish you all beautiful and cosy Christmas days with your loved ones. Sending you this little bouquet of freshly picked hellebores from my garden. I’m so happy this small plant is already happily blooming and its colourful flowers will cheer up our table these…
It’s already another season, the last one of this year. It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?! Today the winter season begins. It might not be the loveliest season and we might not look forward to it. Especially when it’s windy, grey and rainy as it is now here in Belgium. Still this winter season will…
It’s autumn already! I can hardly believe how quickly summer has gone by. But the signs of autumn are slightly visible; golden leaves on the grass carpet, the leaves of the trees are colouring into yellow and brown hues, chestnuts falling down on the ground, squirrels are collecting nuts for the cold season, softer sunlight…
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…
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…
Today a blogpost about the calmness, majesty and beauty of being surrounded by trees and walking in the woods. One weekend in May we had a little holiday in the Netherlands and made a lovely walk in the forest. It made me think of this poem written by Mary Oliver. I think she perfectly captured…
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…