“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…
At the beginning of the extended autumn holiday, due to high rates of Covid-19 contaminations, we went for a weekend away to the Ardennen, in the south of Belgium. We stayed at a cozy airbnb with an organic garden in Fontenoille and enjoyed the wide view with autumn coloured woods. Although Fontenoille is a small…
October… it’s all about autumn, falling leaves, fading colors, coziness, candlelight, warmth and harvest. I hope you are all doing well and ready for this new season! “Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf. It’s ordinary to love the beautiful, but it’s beautiful to love the ordinary.” Unknown…
Have you ever noticed how much there’s to be seen when one walks, just slowly walks? Walking offers us the ability to move slowly and it’s the perfect way to be attentive to the world around us. We will be able to see big and small things that will fill us with joy and wonder.…