missing having a ukulele to play around with 🎶🦋

nature & the ocean make me really happy.

oh, and that hill behind me is Spain. kinda cool.

it’s a slow Sunday so decided to make a yummy soup using all organic, locally grown vegetables.

nothing makes my heart happier than spending time in the kitchen, being present in the process, & enjoying the fruits of my labor after it’s all said and done. ❣️

“Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.”
-Mary Oliver

made a raw beet & carrot salad made with organic, local ingredients. 🫜🥕

eating colorful food is my favorite.

settling into life in the Portuguese countryside with these two pups.

waking up to the sunlight, hearing the birds chirping, feeling the freshness of the air is life giving.

the slow life is the life for me. 🤍

springtime in the countryside 🌼

walking the dog on this beautiful day. 🌞

honest thoughts…

we have now been in Portugal for a little over a week now and it’s been an adjustment.

in Costa Rica, I felt my nervous system was regulated, my time barefoot in grass was most of my day, and the access to pure nature was right out my door.

now that we’ve been in a city, I have felt my nervous system “speed up” a bit. my breathing seems shallower, my jaw is tighter, and I feel just uptight.

it seems like such a challenge, to slow down & re-center when everything around you is busy and noisy, people rushing here and there.

I’m finding that taking big, deep, conscious breaths throughout the day helps. and making sure to get sunlight.

I’m learning. and integrating what I learned in Costa Rica to everyday life.

it’s not easy. but I’m taking it day by day.