homegrown

more of those little outdoor moments, more: here.

a chestnut pumpkin I have nourished. and hanging out and drinking tea on the grass.

the things I do

those intense days again~ waking up before sunrise, snoozing, drinking blueberry tea, meditation, oh that meditation, and either rushing to pluck figs or milking/herding goats, then building and creating the village kindergarten in two mongolian yurts, and writing a few long emails,trying out new recipes, making some phone calls, boiling some jam, preparing classes, remembering to take those B12 pills, writing receipts, thinking some, and day dreaming, and catching myself getting carried away and bringing myself back to here and now, to whatever that might be again, folding the dough of some rye bread, dancing, mixing mud in the concrete mixer, having a beer to cool down…and time goes by. and each day ends and a new one starts.

like my teacher said, we got to carry and hold ourselves in love. that inspired me….

the nightgown

and snippets of portraits.

trying to get a bigger, holistic picture of myself and my surrounding by withdrawing deeper down inside.

the hike

from one village to the other, through the valley, passing plantations of apricots and figs.

I recommend all of us to spend more time outside, in nature…

a year ago

…in sweden.

the difference of being in silence is the speed in which I do things. it ~everything~ tastes, smells, looks, and feels different when you are quiet.

I am not sure you saw this video on the last post: click here to watch something beautiful!

a portrait

of a lady and her home.

nowadays the home is full of clues of a life in adaptation; to ease and to comfort aging. makes me think and feel so many things. watch this beautiful illustration of aging.

I will be spending the coming days in silence, while meditating and fasting. Much love to you.

balancing a feather

he has got no feathers left anymore, mr.goodlooking… you win some, you loose some.

the caterpillar

before becoming a swallow tail.

wish you all a peaceful sunday!

work and pleasure

doing mud plastering with two beautiful friends. they make me laugh so much.

a dip

including a hair wash. my father back in august.

hello september, please be kind to us!

on a thursday

plucked a collection of tomatoes and figs from the garden to sundry.

there was a party, and I only took one picture, because I was so busy dancing.

worrying about syria and the escalations.

two sides

of the same coin, if not more.

my niece sometime in the beginning of the month. growing so quickly. changing so much.

hummus

14 plates of hummus feeding the people on a communal working day.

got to love those legumes as a vegetarian.

(and still I lack vitamin B12. what worries me the most is perhaps not the risk for fatigue, depression or memory loss but as read on wikipedia: ‘symptoms of mania and psychosis’. hmmm.)

magic touch

patrice has golden hands with a magic touch! there is so much sensitivity in her creations.

she made a stamp out of my signature (see the new header!), such a beautiful gift…

shades and patterns

life is the sum of brighter and darker moments.