I can feel my heart-rate slowing down already – just what I need.
For me, it works like this: For a while I’m chugging along nicely. Then work/life gets busier, I speed up, am immensely productive for a while and think I’m doing great. But I start forgetting to take breaks, to exercise, and to relax intentionally in the evenings. And suddenly I’m not feeling so great anymore.
It’s an old familiar pattern. Nowadays, it usually isn’t too long before I recognize it, fortunately. And I’m better at thinking of ways to slow down again than I used to be.
So, that’s why we’re here in this PYO garden today. Let’s enjoy it a little more.
Hello Marijke,
your name keeps me thinking of the famous song by Jaques Brel — the German singer Klaus Hoffmann sings it in his language, too), is yours a different name or is it just the spelling?
Anyways, I always loved it…
Finally, I wantesd to send you a huge “thank you” for your blog and the posts, all of them!
They are so inspiring and I keep telling myself, that I should comment about it, but life seems to be getting into the way all the time.
Today I took your words to heart and decided to rest a bit and just enjoy things.
Thank you so much for the reminder and your uplifting and thoughtful posts.
All the best – von ganzem Herzen
Ah, yes, Jacques Brel’s lovely ‘Ay, Marieke, Marieke’. I don’t know the German version – I’ll look it up. In a way it’s the same name: both are variations on Mary or Maria. But mine is pronounced differently. I think a German speaker would pronounce it Mareike, an English person something like Maraikah. And thank you for your really, really lovely comment. It means a lot to me.
Thank you, Marijke.
What a lovely way to greet me in the morning. The flora and fauna are beautiful and seeing the colorful cosmos reminds me to pick up some seeds for planting amongst my veggies this season. I usually have nasturtiums, California poppies, sweet peas and cosmos, but am out of sweet pea and cosmos seeds. I saved seeds from the others from last season.
I am just starting my garden after the hot Summer hiatus and seeing your photos reminds me how special life is and how I, too, need to take time to relax and enjoy.
I am also going to try knitting my first pair of socks this season. Wish me luck.
Now for my morning cup of coffee and some early knitting.
Take care.
Tory
Your gardening plans sound great. I hope the weather in your part of the world will cool down soon. Good luck with your socks!
Lovely, lovely, lovely! Thank you! I love spending time with you.
You’re more than welcome, as always!
Lovely! Thank you for taking us with you.
I’m starting my second pair of socks today.
And thank you for coming along. Happy sock knitting!
Once again, you’ve made such a pleasurable moment for us.
Thank you! As the Dutch saying goes: Gedeelde vreugd is dubbele vreugd. (A joy shared is a joy doubled.)
Beautiful photos, lovely flowers, wise words. I look forward to your posts every week, Marijke. I also bought a ball of self-striping wool this week to try knitting a pair of socks. Looking forward to reading about your post about your mother’s embroidery sampler. Have a relaxing weekend
I’m taking photographs of the embroidery sampler today. The coming week is going to be another busy week – hope I can find the time to write up the post. Thank you for another lovely comment. It means a lot to me that people are actually reading my musings. A good weekend to you too, and happy sock knitting!
Lieve Marijke,
Je neemt me bijna lètterlijk mee met de zeer prettige sfeer en toon in je posts.
Even weg en meereizen in jouw leven. Fijn!
Liefs, Mariek
Ha, wat fijn dat je er weer bij bent. Als we niet in het echt samen kunnen zijn, dan maar virtueel, hè? Een goede week gewenst!
Such a lovely read! Since I love to garden, I chose this post as my first, and what a treat! I look forward to reading the others, and I already know that I shall savor every word.
Thank you for helping my day get off to a pleasant start, Marijke!
Hi! How lovely to see you here! Thank so much for your kind words. If you’d like to read a little more about gardens (our own garden), you could click on the tag ‘garden’ on the right-hand side of my website. Just scroll down until you see the word ‘tags’. There is a ‘word cloud’ underneath it, where you’ll find the word ‘garden’.