Ah Paris Paris. Je t’aime? Hmmmm maybe we have to go there only the two of us again, without the kids, and find the real face of this city again, but at the moment I’ve no sentiments. This time I loved the Louvre and I love those 3m of fabric I bought (yep, you can find lots of beautiful, in many colours and patterns, heavy, or vintage linen, but boy, the prices!) from a cluttered fabric shop near Le Sacré Coeur. Ok, the cheese is good… and French language is beautiful. And I love their cinema. Book stores. The tune. But there is no love for the city of love…

Louvre museum

ah – this place is overwhelming! Sooooo huge, so interesting… at least for the adults

I would spent a day in this building. On my own.

imagining, pretending, admiring

Tuileries

another tourist destination – Sacre Coeur

and the famous view

we took the train, we went to Paris.

On our way

we did see the ashes that keep the metal ‘birds’ grounded…

impressed our kids with the Notre Dame

found the Pompidou Centre closed

got surprised with the amount of people everywhere, restaurant prices, impressed with the selection at the big supermarket, the weather (!) and our kids. Day 1 – done. Two more to go.

London, Barbican, 14:00. We’ll be living somebody else’s life for 84min. And what a life!!!…what a place!

Picnic in the park, long walk and a long sleep afterwards.

Days like this one are nearly perfect. No rush, no care. With sun and lots of smiles. All with little effort. All in a big city.

London can be so nice.

some lovely music in my ears and the smell of lavender scent dancing around… Happy weekend to you all!

“our” wood, “our” pond and our friends. Our spring!

because I have it all…

It’s Dunstable Downs and Ivinghoe Beacon. We love it  there.

Holidays, sun, lots of walking and running. Kids are busy, parents knackered. All very happy.

I know you’re here. Because I’m in bed earlier, far more often than in the cold dark months. I get so tired. From dreaming so much, making new plans, smiling more and laughing. Staying outdoors a bit longer and even doing some hmhm, exercise, as I know the warmth is coming and I won’t need all the extra ‘layers’ that somehow happened over the winter.

We celebrate you spring, we celebrate Easter

traditional Easter eggs, coloured with red cabbage (for a blue, in our case – very pale, colour) and red+yellow onion skins (for a rich brown/burgundy colour)

our stove after egg colouring session…

and our own bunny in his special spring ‘coat’ that I somehow managed to make

Big hugs to you spring, thanks for happy days!

Happy holidays to you all too!