Unfinished projects

I tend to hide my work from the public till it's perfect... Such a pitty! Because most of the time it ends on the pile of unfinished work. I started with this short (unfinished!) story a while ago, but I decided I had to break with the habit.
Hope you enjoy reading, listening and watching this story!


Little bird
Sef decided to close his eyes for a couple of minutes and he took a deep breath. While he was standing on one of the paths in ‘his’ big forest, he felt the warm sun touching his face. He could stand here forever!
Beside the sound of the soft wind blowing through the leaves, he heard an orchestra of birds singing. One of them sang very special. She wasn’t as loud as others but he could hear her very clearly.
Sef could recognise a lot of birds by their song, but he couldn’t identify this one. It sounded a little bit like the song of the Red pimpled green beak, but was much more intriguing. The more he was aware of her voice, the more it stirred his soul. He was tempted to believe that the bird was singing especially for him. It even looked like… hey… he knew that song. Sef kept his eyes closed, slowly took his violin from his back, and while the song of the bird danced through his head, his notes gently joined.
He played note after note, verse after verse. The music played in his head and flew through his fingers and violin into the sky where it melted together with the warm sunlight, the fragrance of the trees and flowers and the enchanting songs of the birds. Everything in the forest danced. He didn’t see it, but he felt it. Everything was spinning around him. And as he opened his eyes, he saw that all his friends had joined him. Bear, Fox, the twin rabbits and all the others. What a beautiful day!

The little things...

When I looked up into the sky I stood still for a couple of seconds. A spring sky and the sound of a little bird came my way. So incredibly beautiful! I almost missed it!

Winter Wonder Land

As promised - some pictures of the walk in the beautiful white winter wonder land. Sometimes it can be extremely hard to be aware of beauty around us, to be aware of the things that colour our daily life. I am so thankful for the moments I can see them and for friends who inspire me to do so. Thank you.

Snow in the forest

Yesterday two of my boys and I had a great time in a beautiful white forest - until we almost got eaten up...


Soon I hope to add some nice pictures too.

Life at the mo

A short update after a long time.
First pictures: painting that I worked on for a presentation I had to do for my Psychosocial studies - I could add a whole explanation of all symbolism but I won't... sorry ;-)
Other pictures: Saint Nicolas celebration in Dutchland: shop window decorations I had to make, and two of my boys pretending to be St Nicolas' helpers.
And last but not least - I love the snow at the mo - unfortunately no good picture...

So much going on; great things, but also difficult things. Juggling around with ideas, dreams, obligations and fear and learning to create new balances in life.

Hope to be here soon again.
Wishing you a great December month! Merry Christmas!

Messy head...

If I could make and post a photograph of my thoughts right now, it would be a very big mess. So many thoughts, ideas, new words I've never heard of, frights, and excitement... The end of this week I start the 4 year course Psychosocial Therapy and Gestalt Family Therapy. ... ... Hope to be back on my blog soon...

Enormous stones, small fish, lot's of fun and beauty

Last week we stayed in a Dutch area called Drenthe to spend our last week of vacation. What a great area. Love the people, the nature, the relational-, old fashioned & relaxed way of living.
Visiting hunebeds, walking through a gnome park (no, the gnomes were fake...), searching through old stuff at markets, some primitive fishing with the boys, reading, baking pancakes, eating them (ofcourse), visiting old friends (after 17 years), enjoying forests and wandering about in a zoo!








Great, great vacation!