On a cloudy and windy day we started the summer holidays with a trip to the seaside. I prefer these kind of days at the sea as it’s calm and not crowded at all so I can enjoy the vastness of the sea and an almost empty beach. I’ve collected some of these pretty coloured…
I just want to share this beautiful poem of John O’ Donohue, an Irish poet and philosopher. We’re entering the first summer days now and I think it’s one of the seasons in which we can fully experience life around us with all our senses. And is there any place better than nature, in these…
On this first day of 2020 I want to send you my best wishes for the new year! “And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” Rainer Maria Rilke May this new year be filled with hope, joy, beauty, gratefulness, friendship, contentment, courage, time, rest, sustainability and slow moments…
We have a cute couple of new inhabitants in our garden. They fit in this box on my bike… a little guess?!?!? Some days ago we finally bought chickens! The girls could each choose a chicken they like so now we have a brown and a black one in the new chicken coop. Our feathery…
Last weekend I’ve been travelling north, to the Netherlands for a weekend retreat. On this dark and windy autumn Friday evening I arrived at an old priory where the retreat was hold. It’s situated in a former cloister, surrounded by a beautiful park with ancient trees. They recently had to cut a tree down of 275…
“The kind of life that makes one feel empty and shallow and superficial, that makes one dread to read and dread to think, can’t be good for one, can it? It can’t be the kind of life one was meant to live.” Willa Cather How true is this quote! So please let us…
Some of you might perhaps be a little curious about how our bees are doing… Well, they worked very, very hard and filled most of the frames in the beehive with sealed honey. The frames were really heavy, but that’s for sure a good thing. Time to harvest now!!! “The bee is more honored than…
I would love to share some thoughts and quotes about being vulnerable. It’s a topic not often being spoken about. And it’s even harder to be vulnerable! But still I think it’s how we are made and how we should be. As the world is often a tough and hard place, at least, that’s how it…
A month ago I was asked to take part in an interview about slow living for a Belgian magazine, called Goed Gevoel. The title is “Living slower, is that really possible?” Together with 3 other bloggers we enjoyed a delicious lunch outside and talked about what slow living means for us and how it effects our…
A new year always feels like a new beginning and a fresh start. I don’t know about you, but maybe you also make resolutions or have good intentions for the new year. For me it’s a moment to reflect on how far I’ve come and on how I want to live my days in 2017.…