Dear readers,
time is flying, summer is just around the corner. I have seriously neglected this blog while going into a sort of retreat. Welcomed by a new place, new surroundings, new ideas and thoughts. With nearly no internet at all (a problem that has been solved now), but with so much more time to get to know what is meant to be our new home.
A strategically smart idea was to renovate my workspace first of all other rooms in the house. Yesterday we have painted the windowsills and I managed to pick a few forget-me-not. An old jar had to serve as a vase - most of our things are still in moving boxes.
The most beautiful time of the day is just before the sun rises above the forest. Like the other morning, when I woke up way too early, and took a walk through wafts of mist, along the old dry stone walls, through the woods of Snogerup.
Because we had nearly no internet access at all, we had to cut down online time to five minutes per day (if at all), and in all honesty, I get so much more done if I am not sitting in front of my laptop. Like this 50cm doll, a little redhead for one of my customers. I cannot say how much I am looking forward to having unpacked all my boxes with sewing supplies and tools!
I found lots of violets on one of my forest strolls, picked them and dried them for tea. It is lovely to see the garden changing, and to be surprised every day I take a walk around the house or in the woods...
I found new homes for three Kiki in the Meadow dolls. More are to come in June, including additional clothes for the webshop.
I will also spend a lot of time on gardening, there must be something wrong with Snogerups Gård, not only the grass is growing like mad (we barely manage to mow the lawn), also all my pumpkin and squash seeds were going up speedily and compete against zinnia, water melon and sweet peas (just to name a few) for the sunniest spot. With soil under my fingernails, my hands are barely presentable, very much in contrast to the garden, my pride and joy.
While I am typing this update, I am far away from my spring retreat at Snogerups Gård.
This weekend I will be attending The Hive, the European Blogger Conference in Berlin.
The Hive 2012 was so inspiring that I decided to attend this year again. I am very much looking forward to meeting well-known faces and new people. Most of all I am looking forward to interesting workshops and discussions and a lot of new ideas.
Next week will be hopefully a bit more calm, I have to answer lots of emails after having been offline for three weeks. I hope your weekend is a sunny one - I am off for a dinner with 45 other bloggers now (some of us wanted to meet before the conference is going to start tomorrow) - so I better iron my dress and get ready!
Warmly,
Juliane