caution: slowing down

let the holiday preparations commence! got my necessities ready, to be packed later during the week. i turn into a very organised version of myself every time i go away somewhere; so here we are, i've been a busy bee- with a very interested and curious cat on my tail. now, slowing down.

notes to self: need more bottoms and no more tops / get the flea drop for the cat earlier in the season, not when it's party time for the flea eggs / if you need to be in your underwear while doing it, that means it's not the best time for ironing / black is a colour too.

idle at heart

apologies for disappearing, it's been sort of hectic here with both good and not-so-good things happening consecutively. i feel like life is unfolding with more evident signs each day (signs to what? err, don't know? i'm just watching them) or maybe it's just me being more sensitive; either way i'm finding myself looking forward more to a well deserved break - which i've started counting down to quite a while ago. wouldn't it be groovy if we all could take breaks freely whenever our bodies (or minds) demanded? ok, i'm not going to go into this 'modern slave' idea but i've got a hint i might be one. grrr... what would be the cure to this situation?

1- go watch leaving las vegas (by the legendary mike figgis) and get an idea/inspiration -and courage if you're crazy enough- about burning all your worldly belongings for a new start. ok, not a good one (although an excellent movie) the rest is quite grim, we don't want that.

2- go read the newspaper inside and out, this will help you attain a new perspective about your insignificant needs; the globe's warming is a bit of a problem it seems and the world needs more peace apparently. forget about your worries (can you?).

don't know, i think i'll just go sit on that colourful promotion item i was sent by dhl the other day for a while (it's a beach/hunting/camping chair thingy and looks horrendous in an office environment) and worry about those extra few kilos i need to lose before my holiday starts.

so, here's an easy and light (and irrelevant, obviously) post i had prepared- what i could manage in the midst of all that's going on- a post about a product i love from L'erbolario di Lodi. it became quickly one of my favourite brands, introduced to me by my sister. they make natural beauty products and this body cream is amazing, both fresh and spicy, just the way i like. and i will be taking it with me to my 'summer break'. photographed in a hurry, but with love. enjoy your midweek.

learn from the children

a week-end filled with lessons learnt from children. it always amazes me to see how much they're in touch with their bodies and needs; feelings are expressed immediately with pure honesty, no censorship and the fact that they never, ever stay angry or miserable for a long time, wonderful. not to mention the fact that they look exceptionally sweet right after they wake up in the morning. there were multiple scooter, tricycle and four-wheel-drive rides in the garden with two little ones holding to each other, really cute. the sea was intoxicating and refreshing, the sand was soft and silky and the food was fresh and summery. but i missed my cat and my home (i'll not say a word about missing the city and the morning crowd and the soggy lettuces). let's all have a good week.

days of burnt orange

'days of burnt orange' is how i call these days... or rather how they start off as mornings and grow into early evenings. i call them that because each day, i see the early morning light in my living room and instantly visualise a round, hot swirling ball. in colour burnt orange. i'm happy it's summer. i'm not so happy i'm not somewhere where i can forget about shoes or hair brushes. summer for me is always about counting down to holidays and to off-days and this summer is no exception. i need showers taken in open air, moments spent sitting and doing nothing and i am counting down to these.

images below from last summer (from the time when moments were actually spent sitting doing nothing, staring at a big rock, touching and feeling  nature, diving into nature, floating on nature and sleeping on nature). i know there's a pattern here. do you also feel summer living is easy as the song suggests? because it certainly feels that way to me; light and lazy and versatile. maybe it's just me.

(photo credit: my lovely friend zahira)