Month: January 2025

After a crazy storm in the night which had luckily died down by morning I drove to Wiltshire via visiting my friends Mother in her nursing home, giving her the ash I had taken from Ammas, the hugging saint in India, whom she had followed most of her life. She can’t remember much anymore but I believe she remembered and felt the effect Amma has on her.*****

Moonshine

Went to see Conclave at the cinema with my neighbour. My only real achievement of the day was eating an entire bag of popcorn on my own!*****

Long but great day at work, afterwards meeting up with colleagues from way back. All had had some tough months with loss and illness but finding comfort and positivity in each other’s company.
Home early and time for relaxing on the sofa before bed time.

Cycled to the studio even though the last time I’d been there I’d struggled getting an oil painting going again. It had dried and colours weren’t blending and I hadn’t enjoyed it. But today I made good progress and enjoyed it. I also sold some unused knobs on fb marketplace. Achievement all round! *****

Getting up at the crack of dawn to enjoy the sunrise (and go to work)

I was having a relaxed Sunday morning but then did the silly mental punishment of comparing my life to someone else’s and becoming anxious and blue…luckily I recognised this immediately, got wrapped up warmly and went strolling round the streets with Otto finding backlanes I’d never been. This always cheers me up. I later ping-ponged voice notes with good friends, went to kundalini yoga, cooked good food and the world was balanced again.*****

Home to a cheap but really luxurious and lovely dinner of fruit des mer, after yet another busy but very fruitful day at work.

Up and out. Returned pans and met for another ramble…in Kingston just across from Mothecombe. Gorgeous walk, friendly easy company, beautiful views and Otto hanging out with friends and when called, waited for me even when faced with a whole field of sheep.*****

Really busy day at work, worked hard for my money and hopefully helped to ease the hardship for some patients. (Victoria here: She will have done above and beyond for her patients and given them great comfort)

Walked, made marmalade very inefficiently, went to yoga, then after managing to track down someone with another big pan, boiled the marmalade until 11.30 at night and then decided to call it a day. Not sure what was going on but I was being inefficient at everything. I did however get it all done, not quite as set as usual but woke up the next morning to lots of marmalade and a tidy kitchen. *****

Enjoying a quiet Friday night at home after a busy day at work and busy work weekend ahead of me.

Yoga, walk, prepared everything for marmalade making*****

Back in the city from visiting my dad in the countryside.
Having an encounter with this sleek city fox on the way home from Aikido. Staring me down for a minute before going about its business.

Started yoga again, walked Otto with his current best friend Fish,  found my first snowdrop….*****

More stairs at Hillerød Hospital, finding the right place to be in a huge spread out compound.

I filled in my bathroom skirting board and painted it listening to podcasts. Then went across to inquire about dinghy sailing courses at a watersports school that had been recommended and discovered a new area which looks across to Plymouth with fresh perspective.*****

Busy day at work, home to prepare a lovely meal of baked beetroot and feta, then Aikido practice and arriving at my front door knowing a lovely meal is ready to munch when I reach the fourth floor.

Spent the morning doing business style things, planning on securing some work contracts for the year. Bought Seville oranges, put frames in my studio, tidied a corner of my sitting room that I’ve ignored for months. A friend popped round for a birthday catch up which was lovely, mid mess. And as I lay down to sleep unsleepy I looked out of my window to find out why …*****

The view from my Office at Rigshospitalet never gets old.

Went across to Ivybridge to walk with a friend from the Muddy Boots…had a gorgeous walk with sun and a stunning river and lovely chats. This threatening sky went away but was so beautiful for a minute. Achievement: reaching out and bringing joy to me, Otto and the other person. 🥰 *****

Getting up early on a Sunday is always an achievement, especially when you are all cosy and warm under your duvet and it is frosty outside.
But being out in the sun and going to aikido is always worthwhile.

Up and out with The Muddy Boots for a lovely cold snowy muddy walk on an area of Dartmoor I hadn’t been before. Good times.. exhausted when I got home so hot chocolate, bath and bed with a hot water bottle before 6….then realised it was a Saturday night! My how I’ve changed 😂*****

A new delicious veggie bolo recipe with Beluga lentils, so called I guess from their resemblance to Caviar..?

A sauna and swims in the sea for my birthday. Also randomly networked while there asking for someone’s card as this year is about working in fields that excite me…theatre, film, events….Drove to Budleigh Salterton afterwards delaying ending my birthday trip. Walked all along the estuary to Otterton making Otto happy and ready for a bath when we got home 🐶*****

Always commuting to work at Rigshospitalet on my bicycle whatever the weather.

Woke up in my lovely pub room, walked to the beach, swam in the sea building up an appetite for my breakfast. It was a perfect sunny, cold day 🥰 Walked along the coast to Beer. Wandered round, then managed to find a stall by the sea selling fish. I had wanted oysters and a chilled white wine. While he shucked the oysters, I bought white wine and then a lady in the art gallery gave me a beautiful mug to have as a vessel for my wine..buzzing with joy 💥 A beautiful walk back, a tired me, chilled evening in the pub eating then relaxing in my room welcoming my new year in 😊*****

Leaving the Dojo after a really sweaty, hard and dynamic training. Really love this Aikido and love our Dojo.
Also on this date always thinking about you, Victoria, and David Bowie 😉

I didn’t know what to do for my Thursday birthday this year so thought about it carefully and decided to go away for a couple of nights with Otto and walk and maybe see a friend for lunch or dinner while away. The forecast was terrible (ice/snow forecast) so left early picking up supplies along the way and had a very cosy afternoon relaxing in my lovely bougie pub room, followed by a sleety, muddy, very wet walk around the village, across the fields and back along the coast path.*****

On my way to the hospital gym after my day shift at Rigshospitalet (Riget/The Kingdom). Didn’t go still.

I woke up and noticed a light at Maker Church, Cornwall which I can see from my bed. I zoomed in using my Canon SX740 and discovered it was a cross. *****

A really dear colleague of mine, had invited a few people from work over for dinner after work, before traveling to Canada to visit her eldest daughter and newest grandchild for 2 months.
She made a lovely hot pot and a dessert so yummy, that we all wanted the recipe and it was even glutenfree.
So this is a photograph of the recipe, which goes back decades.

Suggested a walk to a friend who needed to get out and about. She knows the area very very well but didn’t know one of my favourite places to walk on occasion. Achievement for me knowing a secret spot! *****

Back at work and then home to make cheap and healthy and low impact dinner.

Quite an achievement for Otto today! He always loves to lie on this, a tufted piece of art I made…and today I accepted he is allowed. It looks so good on the floor and life is too short.*****

Yeah, the car made it all the way home.
Arriving in Frederiksberg to a mild snow storm.