I do feel an achievement every time I go into my fridge and make something delicious from whatever I have in there. I love good food so much! *****
Work, aikido, Home cooking a nice game ragout/bolognese and enjoying this orchid gifted to me over 10 years ago and still alive.
Finished my 1000 piece puzzle 💪🏼🫣🥰🧩*****
Taking my dry clothes down from the drying ceiling (tørreloft).
An 8 mile ramble across Dartmoor. Glorious spring weather. Tired Victoria and tired Otto had a lovely pint in a pub garden at the end with fellow friendly ramblers *****
Biggest collection of frogs, I have ever seen. Roslev, Jylland, Denmark.
Hot yoga to start with, a walk for Otto, then the train to Exeter on a gorgeous sunny day. Met up with friends I’d met at a festival and we had such a fun day catching up, wandering round Exeter and me buying….drum roll….my very first (ever) pair of running shoes…..****
First official day of spring. Helping Gunhild, Peter’s mother, putting up a new lightbulb in the ceiling spotlights.
Could very easily have stayed home to be cosy. But had a word with myself and met my friend for an opening at Karst Gallery where I used to install exhibitions. So pleased I did as we had delicious Ethiopian food, I chatted with a few friends I hadn’t seen for ages and saw an incredible exhibition, Jalsaghar by Debjani Banerjee. So vibrant and inspiring. Multi medium, uplifting and original. I loved it and chatted with the artist who was equally lovely.*****
Making it over the Great Belt Bridge (Storebæltsbroen) in extremely foggy weather. Couldn’t even see the brightly lit and normally very visible pylons when driving right past them.
Getting ready for a date and taking a photo for my friend Jessie. I hadn’t noticed Otto until now. Achievement, a really fun date.*****
Ulla makes unique seasonal Ikebana’s for the Dojo every week.
This one made me think of you Victoria; Beautiful and Wild thistle.
I love the rooftops of Plymouth. The views from Central Park change so much depending on the light. Today they looked like a Lowrie painting. I think it’s an achievement (for my own self) to see such beauty in simply…my surroundings. Then back to the jigsaw until I dragged myself away..*****
Making dinner
Erm….yea….more jigsawing all day. Yoga every day….walking Otto every day…..and a whole lot of this….*****
Going to aikido after a long working day. Great training and a great turn up, so a full Dojo including a new member.
A day of jigsawing….and a spring like walk in the park. I didn’t know doing a jigsaw puzzle could be quite so addictive…..*****
Getting up at dawn to go to work and being rewarded with this mesmerising view.
It was pouring outside so all I did all day was my 1000 piece puzzle, walk Otto in the rain and then more puzzle until I tore myself away…and then went back to finish this hummingbird wing…*****
Making a healthy spring cabbage, blueberry, mint and lemon salad after a week of meat and pasta.
I had no plans for the weekend and therefore noone to play with. Sometimes that’s fine but the sun was out and it felt such a waste. I was sooooo booooored! But I pruned some plants in my garden, cleaned the inside of my van, chatted to a neighbour in the street, then went for a walk with Otto listening to a podcast. All was right in the world again. I then took a puzzle, I’d been given a couple of years ago, out of the cupboard. On a Saturday night….very unrock n roll…*****
Skiing and lunching with these lovely people until last minute before pick up heading to the airport. Squeezing in as much ski/board time as possible.
Cut up a bunch of scrap wood I had in my outbuilding. Using it up and saving money buying wood. By cutting it I also heated myself up so didn’t need to light the fire!*****
Getting this close to magnificent Mont Blanc is awe inspiring and humbling. Courmayer, Italy.
This is the only photograph I took this day. Otto couldn’t reach his toy so spent a lot of time looking at it like this. My achievement….not reaching it for him until he properly stepped back.*****
Finding this little cabin “Offshore” on the mountain in La Thuile.
Last time in la Thuile this was the family favourite coffee shop, since my dad is a captain and the cabin has a very nautical theme.
I’m pretty happy with my Asian cooking abilities. Fresh ingredients including lots of ginger and chilli, dimsum from an Asian supermarket and so nourishing on a cold evening. *****
Making it safely back to the hotel after a long ski day and even longer afterski. Back at the hotel just before midnight still in skiing/snowboarding boots.
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