When a card speaks to you...

This week, a card was passed my way

that left me without words to say.

It said "Thank you", some sweet words and showed a rose...
It soon became clear that it was the card that chose
me as the reciever of the message
of this beautiful passage:

The card from a cool series of  "Story Cards" and flowers from Me to Me!

Tao of Sleeping Beauty

After having slept many years,
Sleeping Beauty wakes up.
She looks around, 
but doesn,'t see anyone that would want to save her.
She falls back asleep.
Years pass and one day, 
she wakes up again.
She looks to her left and her right, 
gazes behind and above her...
But there isn't anyone...
No Prince, no Squire and no Gardener with a hedge trimmer.
Sleeping Beauty lies down again and goes back to sleep.
Eventually, she wakes up for the third time.
She opens her eyes,
but again: there is no one there.
She says to herself:
"Well F***, that's enough!"
She rises and is free!*

* Translation by me... No it doesn't really say the F-word :)

I crashed my car into a truck...

Saturday I had a cozy and friendly chat

with this wonderful creative soul I met

She and the market we attended

inspired me, so my creative blockage ended

Full of spirit, energy and ideas

I drove home with great ease...

But with a head so full and somewhere else

I didn't see the alarm bells...

 

I had crashed my car into a truck

but all in all I had great luck

not me, nor any other human soul got in any pain

too bad for my car, I can't say the same...

It's not good, it's wrecked, it's bad

oh what a great car I had...

 

So I went to bed with puffy eyes

all day I had ''the cries''.

 

But let me tell you something here,

my happiness is what is most dear,

I could say 2013 is a year of bad luck

but that would get me all stuck...

I see it as a year of chances

a year with balancing acts and dances

 

These are the chances I see,
will you think along with me?

I get to ride my bicycle more and longer

and that will only make me stronger

All these options lay at my feet,

all these opportunities I will meet:

I get to live without a car

and see if it will get me far

I maybe get to buy a motorbike

one of those vintage ones I like...

Things are what you make them out to be
but not always easy, if you ask me.
This is quite a bummer,
but all in all, I had a great summer!
Look at some pictures of the past weeks
this is a downer, but I had great peaks!




Me and the little boy from next door,
did a swap:
He got a pancake
 and I got fresh picked berries.
That worked fine for me!

Herbs from the garden!
Delicious in a freshly prepared wok!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I loved spending time with old friends, new friends
and my lovely family!

 

I tasted the most fresh berries ever!
Straight from the bush...

Loved biking over and
watering Maria's awesome garden!
(And sometimes
taking some produce home)

 

A little bit of crafting (like this chalk board I made)
and just some enjoying the beautiful and pretty life.
It says: ''Beautiful, right? ... everything!''

I found a great yoga school in Lier
and already learned a lot!
And practised some :)

Got to wear my vintage yellow boots,
because the sun was out!

Another tiny craft project: I think/hope I made some one happy with it...
In the front:
''Your mind is like a parachute... it only functions when open'' Frank Zappa.

 

 

This little piece of crazy
has to be part
of a successful summer, of course!

A market or two
with my lovely sister
and the little one.

 

Great weather in Belgium,
so as many outside drinks as possible!

 

Summer was in our garden
and it was great!

Frozen yoghourt in Greece...
Oh yes!

 



 



Selling, not buying...

 The last Wednesday

of this rainy may,

I thought ''enough!'',

and packed up all my extra stuff.

Sold it for what people wanted to pay

and at the end, gave it all away.

No clutter in the home is no clutter in the mind?

I'm on the right path, that is what I will find!

 

 

View from our little stand

These cuties luckily found a new home!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birds for sale...

 

More pretty birds for sale...

He was on another flea market
in Schriek, a while ago

 



The hummingbird

If there is one thing in nature I am amazed by,

it is by how these little wonders fly.

It is not just a bird to me

it stands for everything that is free...

It's a symbol and has meaning

and gives me a certain feeling.

It brings back so many memories...

if only I could relive these.

I would be in a place and with people I love

without the sadness and pain and stuff...

 

One of these dear people just sent me this text

and once gave me the bird you see on the picture next...

 



Flying hummingbird

"Legends say
that hummingbirds float free of time,

carrying our hopes for love, joy, and celebration.

The hummingbird's delicate grace reminds us that life is rich,

beauty is everywhere,

every personal connection has meaning,

and laughter is life's sweetest creation."
From Papyrus' beautiful greeting cards.

Where has he been all my life?

There is a new man in my life

and I am wondering where he has been all this time.

Or is it that, I met him now,

because it is now that I need him.

His name is Kahlil Gibran
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahlil_Gibran)

and he is wise...

This is what he said to me:

''Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you

as by the attitude you bring to life;

not so much by what happens to you

as by the way your mind looks at what happens.''