Once upon a time I took a small pathway into a forest called “Hallerbos”. This path led me deep into the forest along green patches of wild garlic. Its distinctive smell filled the air. The white starry flowers were about to bloom and added some more magic to these enchanted woods. The tall beeches were…
“April comes with sudden showers, chilling winds and sunny hours. April comes with growing green on the trees still winter-lean.” April is really revealing all kind of greens! Everything looks so fresh and alive again after a bare and long winter. It’s finally time to harvest the first flowers and tiny herbal leaves to brew…
The first blossoms are blooming… what a hopeful sight! Spring is slowly approaching and I’m so looking forward to it? You too? Although it was far from a spring day when I photographed these blossoms. On the contrary, it was misty and had rained all night, it rather seemed like the perfect autumn day! Nevertheless…
“When the world wearies, and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden.” Quote by Minnie Aumônier Today the garden was my safe haven and refuge as the world sometimes is too overwhelming, especially now when the restrictions and limitations due to corona has such a huge impact on our daily lives. When I…
When one looks carefully, there are signs of life and growth everywhere on these first February days. Unnoticed, the snowdrops have begun to bloom. The tips of their specially hardened leaves are pushing themselves out of the cold ground and their lovely white bells are easily visible in the boarders now. It’s so wonderful and…
Winter days are the perfect days for hot cups of tea, isn’t it?! One can never have too many tea blends to chose from, don’t you think?! Maybe you already know I’m quite fond of herbal teas and as a herbalist I love to make my own teas. In this blogpost I would like to…
I wish you all a hopeful, healthy and inspiring 2021! I hope you have had cozy and joyful holidays despite all the current corona- regulations! The festive and sparkling days are gone and now we’re at the beginning of this first month of the year. The days are still short, dark and gloomy. I’m wishing…
December has arrived, a month of celebration and cosiness. We all know, this year the holidays will be different. That’s why this month can perhaps feel darker and gloomy. But it also has to do with the time of the year; short and dark days, rain and cold. Although we often wish otherwise, it can’t…
Tomorrow it’s the second Sunday of Advent. It’s a time of reflection and preparing for Christmas. This years’ Advent and Christmas will be quite different for all of us and not at all how we imagined it would be. Feelings of disappointment, frustration, sadness and anger can fill our hearts but may we try to…
November is gone and we’re entering the last month of this year. November has brought me a lot of beauty, happiness and autumn joys! Even though we’re in some kind of second confinement in Belgium at the moment due to extreme high covid-19 contaminations, we have tried to make the best of it. I hope…