love for blue and white stripes

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I have a LOVE

for blue and white stripes

They always make me happy

just the LOOK

brings a smile 

a friend once

brought me a box 

with a lot of striped dishware

breton shirts are my favorite

I like to use them

for all kind of things

just makes me happy 

to see them 

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to become

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Just remember

during the winter

far beneath the snow

that

there is a seed

that

with the sun's LOVE

in the spring

becomes

A ROSE

Leanne Rhimes

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I love how the course of the year

can help understanding

LIFE

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With all the cold and darkness

it is not always easy to 

keep focus in the future.

TRUST

can bring peace and patience.

The seasons show us 

all of that 

because

after winter

a lot of surprises

will make

 SPRING !

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However

they are never the same

as we change too .

I am grateful

there is always

a new spring 

after winter.

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* COURAGE *

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a beautiful poem 

written by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Today I have been traveling

along blogs I follow.

You should see me.

I am still in my pijama's

I am listening to music 

I have a lot of stuf all around me 

My Iphone , 

I use it for translations 

My Ipad , to look on Pinterest

and my writing block and pen

because I like to 

write down myself

scentenses or words I like/love

Also my coffee and water .

Sitting with my OLD laptop

because making a new post for my blog

works for me

only on my laptop 

Wish I could on my Ipad but .....no

NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST 

There are those days

that start with emptiness inside me

Starting the day is a challenge

every day

It takes me a while before I

am all done upstairs and able to go

downstairs 

COFFEE

and longing for SUNSHINE

light and warm 

but 

than I went on my way

along beautiful inspiring blogs

Thank you all

for being here !

today

COURAGE

is my home-work !

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common sense

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common sense

is

genius dressed

in it's working clothes

Ralph Waldo  Emerson

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I am still in the stage

I need to keep my life 

SIMPLE

Seeking for balance

with my new hip 

finding my way

with my fysio-therapist

in what's possible

and what not .

SO

I like to do simple things

these days 

small things

and

I always love doing things

with PAPER .

I love to be 

SURPRISED

by what you can do 

with only one simple piece of paper

little beautiful boxes

from one piece

just by folding 

or a little book

AMAZING !

making things

to surprise

first of all MYSELF

by making

and than by giving 

and surprise others .

just to be busy

and be patience

all is to be okay 

small steps 

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flower-joy

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WINTER

has  not yet arrived

overhere in Holland.

but

I already

long for 

FLOWERS 

wish we could skip

winter

for one time !

I am going to put 

a lot of 

grape hyacinths

daffodils

hyacinths

and 

snowdrops

in my house today

love the blue

love the tenderness

love the courage

how is your winter going ?

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by myself

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

to ALL of you .

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For the very first time

in my whole life

I spend the ending of 2013

and the beginning of 2014

all by myself .

I would not call it ....alone

No ....it was BY MYSELF 

I wished for that 

and it went like that 

My children all had other plans

wonderful plans 

And that was also what I wished for !

I needed this 

to be all by myself 

in this special moment .

I needed the peace and quiet

of the evening

and had time to say goodbye

to 2013 in which a lot happened for me .

To experience

my inner peace

was a great thing .

a great part of my life 

I have been focussing 

on others

and that's fine

but 

I should have been focussing

on myself a bit more ....

Now is the time

that is happening 

and

this event for once all by myself

was so wonderful .

You know

being by yourself

does not mean you are alone.

I felt blessed

with my children

and my family

and my friends

and my house

and my life

and I wished myself

HAPPY NEW YEAR

For once

this was a healing experience

and next year

I hope to be with a lot !

I WISH YOU ALL

once and a while

some BY-YOURSELF-TIME

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