Hello! After many weeks of warm summer days, the weather is unsettled now and I love it! Wind, fresh air, alternately rain and sunshine, and wild skies.
It’s not just the weather that’s unsettled, though, but me, too. I think it has something to do with my birthday last Monday. I celebrated it during the weekend with my nearest and dearest. There were gifts, phone calls, letters, cards and other messages, and a lovely walk on the day itself. The walk partly followed an old, old road hollowed out by people, cattle and carts passing along it during many centuries.
I feel truly grateful and blessed. And yet…
I am 62 now. My mum died at 66. Although there is no reason whatsoever to assume that I will not live longer, there is an inner voice that says, ‘You’d better get a move on!’ Oh, okay, but… with what and how? I think I need to have a chat with this voice someday soon to get clarity.
In one area of my life I do know exactly how to get a move on. At present, I have 6 projects on the go that are almost finished: a child’s pullover, a cardigan, a scarf, a shawl, a big spinning project and a small felt project.
Usually, I’m fine with working on multiple projects simultaneously and taking a long time over them, but now I feel the urge to finish them. More about them (in as far as they are interesting enough) over the coming weeks, I hope.
For now, there is one more thing I’d like to share with you. I was given the sweetest little box as a birthday present. It contains 36 ‘Trust Cards’ with illustrations and affirmations by Dutch artist Esther Bennink.
Technology isn’t advanced enough yet to let you pick one for yourself, so let me pick one for you – this is the picture on the front:
On the back it says:
I choose
to enjoy
the little things
I wish you a week with many little things to enjoy. To start with, here is one from our garden.
Happy Belated Birthday!!! History is not going to repeat itself. You have to catch up with me and your are 9.75 years behind me.
What a beautiful gift – those cards. Enjoy them and your knitting etc.
Thank you so much! I hope we’ll have many years ahead of us, with you running ahead and me trying to catch up.
Nog van harte gefeliciteerd! Och ja, wat een prachtig kado! Ik volg de illustrator Bennink, zij maakt zoveel moois. Goed om een kaartje te trekken en daarmee een stil overdenk momentje te creëren.
Dankjewel! Ja, heel blij met dat kleine doosje met kaartjes. Ik zag ook al iets van Bennink voorbij komen op jouw blog.
Marijke, alsnog van harte gefeliciteerd en wat een prachtig cadeau die kaarten.
Dankjewel!