Land reclaim

I realise that nature is trying to reclaim the space my house is occupying in bolder moves. It started off slowly, and I left it because it looked so pretty but now the more I try to push it back the more aggressive it is in claiming the house.

Have you noticed how quickly an abandoned house breaks down, how quickly nature covers all trace of its existence? ;-)

Can't wait to get going

From a pumpkin that has been drying out since last summer we gathered the seeds and planted them on the sidewalk, but the few that were left over in the pot just got started on their own after the rain. I took pity on them and planted them in the garden - they seem very keen ;-)

Ode to CorelDRAW

This was our colleague's farewell email:
CorelDRAW is a dated and irrelevant program, frowned upon by everyone in the creative industry.
I still put CorelDRAW on my CV.
People always ask me why I would do that.
To which I answer: ”To take of that one part away,
would mean that I have to take away everything that it taught me and all the lessons that I learned from it.
Not having experience in that one program, the program that introduced me to everything I know now,
would mean that I wouldn’t have been here at all.”

I’ve been here for more than 6 years and I learned a lot. Every day was an blessing.
I kept smiling because I was happy.  I feel that everyone had a lesson to teach me.
I feel like I’ve grown so much and met some of the most amazing people in the world.
And I will love and remember each and everyone of you.

Every now and then I fire up CorelDRAW.
Just to remind me how far I’ve come.