GratitudeLog

For getting to the bottom of the pile without hitting any major disaster
For feeling so light as a result, wonderful!
For two hours of gardening with my friend L tonight, before the rain starts agai… read more

For good news
For slowly but surely getting to the bottom of the pile of untreated admin papers that was so huge...
For not adding guilt to the already daunting task
For smiling, unjudgemental peop… read more

For L sharing the delicious leftovers from her huge dinner party with us yesterday
For having friends to (in turn) share them with
For J and M being grateful
For several hours in our vegetable patc… read more

For some nice people visiting my studio this afternoon
For G and W paying me a visit and the nice chat we had
For their kindness and energy
For an hour's work in the garden: not quite enough but us… read more

For a great harvest when somebody came to prune the mulberry tree in the back yard! All we had to do was move the branches on the ground and collect the fallen fruit - for the delicious syrup brewing… read more

For the smell of lilies
For flowers all over the place, and in my studio, too: for all the flowers I was given on the night that I officially opened my studio
For all the people who turned up!
For… read more

For so many good things I will probably not have enough time to finish my list
For being sustained by art, nourished by art, elated by art, made happy by art
For the amazing exhibition I spent two… read more

For being really, REALLY happy. Now. Not almost, maybe, or tomorrow.

For happiness
For strength
For inner knowledge
For doubt also
For smiles
For trust
For joy
For appreciation
For beauty
For other people, with or without these qualities
For laughter

For w… read more

For more goodies just out of the oven and the lovely smell in the sleepy house
For crazy baking projects with Tall A, way too late at night, so he can take scones and a carrot cake to school tomorrow… read more

For homebaked chocolate cakes (with a melting chocolate heart, yesss)
For the lovingly made recipe book I got on mothers day, full of exclusively sweet things, all tested and tried by the other mums… read more

For K cooking mussels right now
For joy, joy, joy
For sunshine and downpours, and enough luck to cycle in-betweens the showers
For a great lesson in archeology this afternoon, on the seaside, with… read more

For spring!
For the wind in tall grass on the road side
For all the shades of green and white in the wild patches of the island
For little A's help with planting flowers and herbs
For seeing Tall… read more

For meditation
For the European Night of Museums
For making an impromptu visit to my friend C on a rainy night and going to the museum with her to listen to live music and have a different experienc… read more

For the last and wonderful concert of this festival week
For having worked all these months with C
For C's elegance, culture, kindness, way with words, mischievous spirit, generosity and humour - wh… read more

For birdsong
For bells ringing in the church tower
For sunshine
For people coming into my studio and being surprised, interested, sometimes enthusiastic, and all the nice conversations that follow… read more

For taking my two sons to the concert
For Tall A deciding he wanted to play the alto, there and then
For his appreciation of the music, despite the fact it was very remote from what he normally list… read more