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Kamis, 19 Januari 2012

Green love

These days I find myself indulging in what I love most: gardens and greenery. It's my winter escape. But also because I will be embarking in a brand new job starting april as both an horticulturist and landscape designer and I am simply thrilled about it.  However you can always count on me to find something to be pessimistic about in any joyful situation. So I tell myself: why am I stuck in a place where winter engulfs us almost six months a year! Which means for people like us who  are working in the landscape field, work is not all year long. It's around seven to eight months a year max. The rest of the year we are on seasonal unemployment collecting maybe 70% of our pay check only. It really has made me thinking about moving somewhere warmer where work is year long and where your regular bungalow doesn't cost a million dollars. My boyfriend and I have family and friends both in Georgia and Texas and the houses are incredibly affordable, it's crazy what you can get for your money. However, I'm not to sure how the job market is over there, I'll have to make my researches.
So in the mean time I spend my days going through inspirational garden photographs (some being my own like the capture below) and creating plans for futur projects. I know I said I was suppose to make a post about a few drafts I've made for a terrace project, don't worry it'll come!

Minggu, 20 November 2011

A little bit of magic

On this grey sunday afternoon I decided to add a little bit of brightness and cheer to the day with some inspirational summer photographs. I miss being able to walk barefoot on my lawn already. The gardens I love most are the ones that aren't pampered, the untidy ones where perennials are overgrowing over fences and vines taking over brick walls. The lack of human intervention is often the solution to having a lush and healthy garden. 

From Francis Pierre on Flickr. Amazing photographer.
Unknown source :(
You simply get lost for hours in this tumblr page. Inspirational images indeed.
Look who it is, my other little furry friend. Meet Frodo. Also, meet my garden. Following shots underneath from myself. 

Selasa, 15 November 2011

How to enjoy the simple things

Today I was going through my collection of photos taken this summer and I realized how we tend to forget to enjoy the little things. Those simple daily occurrences that we take for granted and ignore? Yes those. As I went through the pictures it kept reminding me of just how many good moments I had this year and how I now stopped appreciating them when they occur. Things as simple as taking a walk in my own garden (and discovering that a huge frog was considering it home for quite some time), making small DIY projects for home or just sitting at a cafĂ© with the people that matter to you. I told myself to stop and notice the little things that keep me merry and learn to feel lucky.

Here are a few shots I took during the year.  From trying to float a paper boat my very creative friend made me to making jam from all the apple picking I did to capturing the blooms of my favorite plants. The last image is from this very amazing blog.

From Des De My Ventana