the unbeatable trio

the unbeatable trio managed to hitch hike from ga’aton to zivon the other day. now, that is pretty impressive, two people and a dog, mind you…

i am walking on the thin edge between extremities. feeling happy and free one moment. then suddenly switching to feeling sad and fearful. and all the colors inbetween. how scared we are of the unknown at times. to let go. to look beyond the obvious.

what amazes me even more though, is the power of our mind. once we can crystallize what we do want and wish for, and thereby we invite it, usually the world conspires towards us and brings it, one way or the other.

do you remember that old top forty song by ub40? ‘girl i want to make you sweat, sweat til you can’t sweat no more’ i thought of that today. it is so extremely hot here. sweating liters all day long. anyhow. then i thought of the continuation of the lyrics. ‘and if you cry out, i wanna push it some more’ hm. pretty kinky, those ub40 guys.

the avocado pit is finally growing. and quickly aswell. it is so fascinating to observe things grow. to water the garden gives me such a satisfactory feeling. and calming. like hanging the laundry. those are a few household chores that i actually enjoy.

and we finished the last lindt chocolate balls.and the daim bars. the heat makes me feel less like chocolate, and more like beer and crisps. that is the ultimate weekend lunch by now.

in the end of this week we are going on tour again. it will be my last tour with the company. it makes me nostalgic&sentimental, but ‘a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do’..right?

spoiled brat

 

this evening, aunt yuko fried chicken for little bones. i topped it off with some goats cheese. well, there simply was no dog food around. i am like his well-treat weekend mother, who feeds him hot dogs and ice cubes(yes, he happens to love ice cubes)

and another night that i DIDN’T go to sleep on time.

titta mamma vad jag har gjort med klänningen:

like this it is not so big over the chest,and it has a nice shape in the back! such a great summer dress for hot days. thank you!

and here, a piece of our kitchen bar. now, we need to build bar chairs aswell.

 pappa, vill du komma och hjälpa oss att bygga en bastu?

happy midsummer

 

since it is midsummer, you can listen to this funny version of a very known midsummer’s celebration song. and miss your family far away. and eat too many pitas with butter.

 

 

today was a day is a day

ponytail, stripes and flowers. sweaty sticky sticky sweaty.

 

fru a’s favorite berries, and yaelian’s favorite tree.

at the train/+station. can i have some candy peace, please? here, even the candy machine has legs and a monstrous machine gun.

‘the dog and the sea

bones was sitting like that for so long, just watching the waves and dreaming away. he is a great partner for the beach. chasing crows and eating garbage. talking about garbage, it is always extremely sad to see the amount of trash people leave after their visit. unbelievable. i am very pleased with my fold-a-cup from sweden and the lightmyfire kit. i can definitely recommend getting something similar. at least i can avoid many throw away glasses and cups, especially in a country like this where they still praise the existence of such. *not a very objective way of putting it*

p.s but obviously, i am just using the sites for the pictures, no need to order the things from across the ocean...

guests for breakfast

our neighbors have three amazing daughters. the other week noa, almost a year old and eliyah, four years old,came to visit. well, they do quite often. eliyah is one of rubys best friends. she gaved us a carrot peformance. noa is mesmerized by sound. she is always drawn to the speakers or the guitar. the sandwhich, tom, was sick and is usually more shy. ingetje gets the credit for the pictures.

through the lens

pictures by the turtledoves. we’ve had a great time. traveling, eating, talking. again, i experience my house very empty since they left. and especially since it is still going through this transitional phase, moving from here to there, closing this chapter to open another. for me, it is always hard to close things off. but i am excited to see what life will bring. there is the space for different options again.

i would invite him for a glass of wine

i kept searching for a version which is not live. but could not find it.  im digging this right now. waits, you’re the man. great start of the weekend.

Take one fresh and tender kiss
Add one stolen night of bliss
One girl, one boy
Some grief, some joy
Memories are made of this

summertime

yes it is. i am in a summer mood. drinking beers, making picnics, sun and ice cream. and lots of animalitos. a praying mantis was climbing on my leg. spiders. lizards. the pigeon abandoned the egg. i guess it won’t be a babybird. and i won’t have to worry about fleas. the good with the bad. and it is way past bedtime. but too hot for the bed. and i have loads of adrenaline from the performance. however, goodnight!

it is very noisy here. it is the third morning in a row that i get woken up by either construction work, some huge tree cutter machine or neighbors moving. grrr…

for the rest, time flies with guests, happenings and work. i found a desk with a little stool in the garbage in nahariya which i am very happy with. when i  lived in the netherlands i found great furniture and such on the streets all the time, but here it doesn’t happen that often. and i got a little jar which is very old in a second hand shop. and more fabrics. and the i love bones key ring, which i will turn into a brooch.

turtledoves&i

goodmorning world! spent a few nice days down in tel aviv&yafo. had a hard performance but with a great audience yesterday night. today, i can feel it.. it is countdown. i have about a month and a half left working here. then, a new chapter will start! scary, and exciting.

the turtledoves are very sweet and it is great to have guests. ciao for now!

and tonight…

i dreamt i got bitten by a pink snake. hm. what would freud say about that?

this week’s favorites

summer is here. nectarines in yoghurt is my drug. potatoes, chives and butter is another. late night skype sessions makes me feel connected. sometimes i wonder what i will do when peak oil really happens, if you are there and i am here. will i walk? get myself a horse and carriage? it will take a few years before i arrive. still. how can i send you letters?

tonight sister a and sister l, i dreamt we went to Lapland with mum. and we ate spaghetti with bolognese in a an old folks home, which was also a flea market. *i dream a lot about flea markets, for some reason* i was drunk or just dizzy, falling on the shelves and the boxes of clothes in the flea market.

and again, it is the time of the month when i overdose on potassium. by now, i am convinced!

day before the day before The Day

two more days until ingetje and davide are coming for a visit. my dutch schoonheid and her italian bello. my old apartment is not what it used to be, and the ‘new’ one is not what it aspires to be, yet, but who cares? the weather is amazing and all you want is to be outside anyways.

it is so nice when you are a bit homesick that parts of your home can come to you.

something not so good&something good

….but, despite that it is a very cute little nest on my windowsill, that i enjoy looking at, i am less happy about the fact that, apparently doves bring fleas. i had problems with fleas already. it is NOT funny. they love me. i itch like mad. and by now, i am full of little scars from their bites. however, i can’t remove the nest, it will mean killing the baby bird. hm..

now for something good, i am going out for dinner right now! no cooking, no dishes, good friends. and of course, not to forget, i will survive the eventual flea bites aswell.

while i am busy with creating my nestle somewhere else, a bird made one right outside the window of my soon to be ex home. it is a tiny small egg, and everytime i sit on the sofa, i scare the mother away.