marilyn used to live in my garden in rotterdam, back in the days. today she is gardening the garage and the pelargonium of my parents. time flies while i am here and we are about to end the month and enter a new year. not just any year. what do you think will happen in 2012? what are your fears and what are your dreams?
xxx.
it looks a little bit like eatable clouds on these pictures but actually the snow is rather grey and wet by now. still delightful to me.
i am listening to arabic christmas songs, they are my favorite. two worlds combined in one. the arabic version of jingle bells is hilarious, it sounds like they sing ‘lelijke eend’, which means ‘ugly duck’ in dutch, or what do you say dutchies?
♥/s
yesterday morning i left the middle east, spent a few good hours jumping between europe, asia and back again to finally arrive in the cold north.
it is so bizarre to travel at this speed. watching the sunrise in tel aviv, being treated like a queen for lunch in istanbul and having glögg with my parents at midnight in uppland.
i am thinking that soon enough, we might not have this option anymore… but let’s not talk about this now. anyhow, it was a day sweet as turkish delight and i am so happy to be here and there and here again.
i am spending the last couple of day making gifts. and while making, also receiving some. like julias collection of surprises with the sweetest smell *and taste*, already penetrating through the envelope and filling the postbox with a cloud of happy scent. made me so very happy!
did you know that the petals or stigmas of the flower on the second picture is what you make saffron from? saffron must be my favorite spice of all. in five days i hope to eat a bunch of swedish buns with saffron. and that there will be plenty of snow by then.
i also had my first pottery class this week and worked some more in the carpentry. i hope i earned enough to buy myself some winter shoes. since dried out wellingtons are not water proof no more and sneakers won’t do the job in the north.
enjoy your weekend guys! love and thoughts to all of you♥
we are just a few days before the shortest day of the year. there’s something very special about these days. as soon as the daylight disappears i feel exhausted. and at 8pm it seems like it is in the middle of the night. on the other hand things are moving. changing. i feel creative.
i hope all energy craving swedes *and others* got some warmth and light today on lucia. this holiday always makes me a tiny bit nostalgic and melancholic. i have said so before, it seems. sweden, i am so excited about coming!
pictures pictures pictures pictures. i never get bored. or sometimes i do, but then somehow, without me understanding how, it comes back like a wave of desire to either photograph or to watch photographs. my hard disc and my external hard disc is getting crowded, at a rapid pace. and then, next to this unreasonable passion of mine, there’s that other voice in me, wondering what i try to achieve by grasping all these moments of life?
oh well, another dear friend of mine is mr.duality. walking in my shoes. wearing my clothes. eating my food. and i am trying accept his presence.
goodnight. lots of love and acceptance. amen.
my favorite flower is back again. and my favorite holiday is coming right up. i was baking ginger breads with my friend the potter and we realized it is so close to pottery, working the dough, shaping it and later glazing it. she will teach me pottery this week!
and my favorite inspirational entertainment right now is watching the human planet series. brings proportion into my life. and yet another wish for simplicity and a camper…if anyone is interested in watching it, i can create a dropbox account for you and put them online, one by one. just leave me a comment with your email!
kisses and love♥
all i see is wood and i smell of varnish. i just spent two long days working in the woodshop again. if you decide not to let it frustrate you, it is rather hilarious that i recently get paid more as a novice carpenter than a professional dancer. even with a bachelor of arts and 6+ years of experience in my luggage. it is a funny, strange world. where goats nibble on your fingers and you earn your money doing things you officially do not know how to do. *but you learn!*
evelina has dressed me up for high tea. i got a package full of goodies, dresses, cups and intimate words. how amazingly sweet isn’t that?!
the high tea consists of freshly squeezed orange juice and witch brew (onions, lemon, ginger and honey mixture) and the lady left her beautiful green creation and got back into her pj’s again (pj=pajamas, this one is for you, outi!).
as a matter of fact, she is not the most entertaining hostess right now, coughing and sleeping most of the day, but the cookies are tasty and the intentions are good.
‘if i gave up my arms, could you teach me how to be happy?’
‘just give your love, no matter what!’
have a great weekend, love and snuggles to all of you. i think i won’t leave my pj’s today.
