happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling
I’ve been struggling to find peace and happiness in the normal of my days. Might be depression again, but I think (hope) there’s just too much for me to process right now. I spent my time either distracting myself with scrolling, reading, or working extremely focused on a single project. But with the photo book…
I took some pictures of the dining area in our kitchen last week. I really wanted to remember this space the way it was, knowing it was about to change a lot, and having mixed feelings about that. T. is slowly, but surely, working on the attic room. We think that room is one of…
Last Saturday I cut down some trees, but my body wasn’t up to more of that kind of activity on Sunday. So I looked for something else to do and realized it was a perfect time to tackle this mess. Yes, that’s my craft supplies. All jampacked in there because I wasn’t using it anyway….
See that? Yes, it’s true! We finally found the cupboard of my dreams. I have mentioned before I’d love to have a designated piece of furniture for my herbs, oils, tinctures and herbal/medicinal books. Well, I’ve got one! Funny story: my husband actually saw this in the second hand shop and wanted to buy it…
What? Oh! No, not for Christmas. We’ll be away from home at Christmas, so I’m not going to decorate here at all. I know people start earlier and earlier, but that’s not my thing. Also, I think it’s getting worse each year, because of the influencers trying to stay ahead of everyone and then everyone…
Even though I love the act of reorganizing books, I am not too fond of decluttering my bookcase. I have a (genetic, I think) tendency to buy and collect way too many books, but I only have one (rather big) bookcase. And I promised T. not to add another one. That promise was made long…
This weekend I have… … unpacked lots and lots of photo albums and some dear keepsakes (I know, I have to find a way to mend poor Bear’s leg. He’s been like this for years now…) … started a huge photo decluttering/organizing project (we found out that keeping them in plastic bins is not the…
When we decided to stay in The Netherlands for so long, I knew my house/porch plants would suffer. It was an offer I was willing to make, but with a bit of pain in my heart. I overwatered them as much as I dared (rotting roots are even worse than no water at all), moved…
I thought I would do an “in my kitchen” post today, but I realized that I never even showed you my new kitchen. When I last posted about my kitchen, it looked like this: I was actually quite happy with it. But last year, in June, T. decided it was time for something better. We…
A few weeks ago, Chris asked if I had any house updates to share. Truth to be told, I’m not sure where I left off and my archives… well, that’s a whole other story (in short: I thought I had saved them, but I lost a lot of my pictures).But when I was writing this…