weekly love

hey hey my dear weekly lovers

This week was full of outdoor-time (and there is some more to come at the weekend!). For the first time ever I didn't shoot at all. Neither with my phone nor with my DSLR. So you'll need all your fantasy to imagine my weekly-love-moments :-)

...my new bike. Switzerland has an amazing amount of beautiful bike-paths. When I step outside my flat I don't even need 2 minutes to get to one of these paths.

...taking a bath in the Aare after a heavy day. The water is very cold but there is nothing more refreshing than a quick jump into the river and letting the sun dry me after.

...picknick on the border of a lake. THIS means luxury to me- sitting outside, watching the soft waves move, the smell of warm grass and the taste of black olives. Ways better than dinner in a deluxe restaurant!

... dreaming of my dream-house. I love to add new ideas to my Pinterest-Boards.

...spending time with my girlfriends. I love them- each one for different things.

...baby hedgehog. Did you know how super cute they are? I almost couldn't believe it myself as I saw him wednesday night in front our house.

...stumble upon easy tutorials to sew baby-clothes (thankfully one of my girlfriends is pregnant:-)) But YES, there are many other creative projects going on..let's see if I manage at least ONE pair of baby-pants...

I wish you a very inspired weekend and am pretty curios about your own grateful moments!
As usual you could share them here.

Love,
Jane

weekly love

Hello weekly lovers

I hope you had a great week full of joyful moments.

Mine was a bit strange as there seems to be something going on inside me I can't describe. All I know is that it makes me looking at things in way that is very different from the one I used to look at things in the past few years. And that it makes me far more sensitive (as if I havent been sensitive enough yet!).
As there has not been any particular event to generate this change I am a bit confused...and wonder what strange idea or opinion may apear next.

But nevertheless I had moments full of love...

... reading this article about finding happyness. It's so heart touching and opened my eyes for the simple moments again.

... shadows again. They are always there and sometimes give funny reflections of what we call reality.

...grillparty with my family on a normal Tuesday. I love the easy and funny conversations, the moments full of trust and intimacy. I love my mom laughing tears with me, my strong brother being so soft with our cats. And I love how perfect my Love fits in our family.

... a spontanous, never expected gift from my soulmate. It is one of the most inspiring books I ever owned and I never read too many pages at once to keep some stories for next week and the week after. It is a German one with the title "Kreative Leidenschaft" ("creative passion").

 ... playing around with my nephew on the farm. I love the smell of hay and cows, the sound of cow bells, the soft evening light and having 6 cats around.


... leaving my comfort zone. I love the feeling of relief when you realise that you are save and nothing is going to happen after you dared to step out. And the immediate growing of your horizon with each further step.

... insalate tricolore. I love the mix of the colors and the taste of tomato, mozarella and avocado. It's easy, healty and Yummy:-)

Please let us see your own weekly love moments and share them here.

Personaly I hope to get a bit of relaxation at the coming weekend and not having too many strange thoughts.

I wish you a thousands loving moments to save in your heart and a lot of sunshine for the weekend.

Love,
Jane

leaving my comfort zone

I am a fast learner and am not used to need a lot of practise until I manage new things. During all my basic and higher education I was lucky to achieve good results with being a minimalist. And it was the same with all my jobs.  As long as tasks remain in the economical field. There is my comfort zone.

But with learning about my creative side it seems there are moments to come in which I'll need to leave my comfort zone. 

Today I wanted to take some time to (FINALLY) continue with the second homework for the Interior Design School I started at the beginning of this year.

The task sounds easy: Sketch two pieces of furniture who have the same purpose but were made in different time decades.
I always loved drawing and have been pretty good as a child. So I made a quick start..a line here, another there. Until I had to admit I didn't remember how to correctly draw the perspective. That all I've been drawing up to this point was bullshit.
And there I wanted to give up. I frowned and was pretty angry with myself for not being capable to get it done quickly.

Then my love asked if I practised sketching daily in the past or whether this was the first drawing after years. This made me realise that I'd need to leave my comfort zone. Stepping out of the circle of things I am used to do and begin new habits. Taking my time and allow myself some failing. Refreshing drawing techniques and start to practise. And being patient with myself (I am really not good with this one!).

And I remembered the following quote:

So I took a deep breath, opened the chapter for drawing techniques and made a new start. Yeah and here I go:

Wish you all a happy weekend and don't be afraid to leave your comfort zone: It doesn't hurt. It's just unusual. New. Exciting. Enjoy it!

Love,
Jane

weekly love

Here I am again after one week of relaxing holiday in Mallorca. I haven't been online during the whole week and what should I say? I'm still alive;-)

And along with this fact comes my weekly love moment NO1: Enjoying life offline. REAL life. Every moment of a day on which I woke up by the sun, had a short walk on the beach before breakfast and then letting the day bring whatever was to come. Being able to hug my love whenever I longed for it as we spent wonderful 7x24 hours with each other. Only the two of us. No mail, no FB, no Pinterest. So this week of holiday was full of lovely moments.

After this I loved
.. coming HOME. Having my brother cooking for us to welcome us back. Spending the night in MY bed. Having my cats around again.

...spontaunous lunch with my soulmate

... going to bed early on a rainy summer evening. How cosy to listen to the warm rain and reading a soulful book ( Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman)

...exploring little wonders of our beautiful nature

... shadows. The way they always seem to know how to fall has something misterious to me. As if they knew more about reality than I do.

...my new and most beautiful summer fingerring

This week it really took some effort to remember the lovely moments and I am grateful for the weekly love project myself. Back home after holiday always means a lot of housekeeping and moreover my chief has gone to holiday and I had to manage the whole work on my own.

I wonder how your week was? Do you enjoy summer? Had some lovely moments too? Please share them here to inspire others.

Happy loving
Jane

weekly love 4

Woah..it's friday again and here we go with weekly love during a very hot summer week in Switzerland:

• vintage items

• my cat looking like a kitty
  

• playing around with a brush in my hand and good sound in my ears
  
• learning about this this organisation and especially her last action in Argentina here 

• after work drink @ city beach in Berne
  
• balcony blogging on hot summer nights
  
   
• getting up early to see sunrise @ my most favourite river Aare 
  

As you see I had some really relaxing moments and a lot of fun this week. AND it was the week before summer holiday.
This time I decided on staying offline for a full week. Can you imagine this? A FULL week without Facebook, Pinterest, Gmail, and my beloved blog. Once in a while I need to come back on the things life provides without being online. Living without thinking when and where to share with my online friends. Living without having my iphone ready to shoot a unique moment. Just be. Breathe. Enjoy. Feel. Taste. Love life with all my senses.
I'm a little excited for this is the first time for me to stay offline for a full week since I explored the world of blogging.

And I hope to meet you back for "weekly love" at the 5th of july with twice as much to share.

Have a wonderful time,
Jane

A tribute to summer

Oh yeah, summer is finally here!!!

Just like every year I am surprised how beautiful these long, hot days of a summer in Switzerland are. And I enjoy them to the deepest of my soul with all my senses.

Do you know how charming morninglight could be? This golden glimmer with soft pink sparkles just before sunrise?

And then the sky is turning into a very fair blue when it gets really hot on noon.

On these days there's the delicious taste of still warm fresh mint tea and sweet berries. The pleasure of sitting in a big old trees shadow, feeling a warm breeze on your skin and hearing hundreds of bees and bugs humming in the soft dancing grass.

Can you imagine balancing over wet stones, deeper and deeper into the coolest water of a lake and then feeling like heaven when you dive in with your head first?

Oh and then before day turns into night the smell of fresh cut grass or hay so sweet you think you could never inhale enough? There's the sound of cowbells and the insects are dancing in the last shimmer of sunlight. And then, finally the pink-orange-purple-red sky at sunset. Nights stay warm and you feel hot because you are sundrunken. You fall asleep with a big smile and can't wait for the next day...

Although I love all of our seasons summer is the one that always brings me to my deepest longings and feelings. As it almost hurts physically to have to work inside I spend as much time outside as possible in my free time to feel, taste, hear and smell summer in all its gorgeous facettes.


I wish you a wonderful time and hope you enjoy summer too,
Jane

weekly love

What a lovely morning for weekly love!

Again I am posting out of a hotel room. This time from the coast of Bodensee on the border of beautiful Switzerland to Germany. Today I'll take part in a burnout prevention seminar and am so curious about it's content and the speakers.

I spent as much time outside as possible to enjoy the short swiss-summer during the past week. With "weekly love" in mind I captured loads of lovely and peaceful moments- some with my iphone camera some with my heart only.

It's magic: Being aware of all the love around me every single day seems to double the beautiful moments. So they become more and more.

A part of what I loved this week:

• This story and it's generous contributors. I am wholeheartedly thankful for these people and their work!

• Ben&Jerry's Icecream
  (It's not only the most delicous one you could by in retail stores but a very ethical one. Eggs are from outdoor henns and every other ingredient is fairtrade.)

• Celebrating my brothers birthday in our favourite restaurant with my family. And then my grandfather walking in later for surprise. How I love them all!

• Pink lady day

• My sunbathing cat(s)

• The first blossom on balcony after a cold and long winter

• This sweet video. Made me think even more about becoming a veggie.

I very much hope you could enjoy many lovely moments too and again am looking forward to see them linked up here!

Love,
Jane