dinsdag 28 januari 2014

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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dinsdag 21 januari 2014

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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woensdag 15 januari 2014

* 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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donderdag 9 januari 2014

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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zaterdag 4 januari 2014

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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vrijdag 3 januari 2014

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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