Also, go away, human, I’m sleeping here.

Pak Choi, carrots and a bit of basil

First try at using my own mint leaves to brew some tea. It was a success!

I love my balcony during summer. And I kind of can’t really believe that I’m helping all of those beautiful plants to grow. Also, bonus cat.

SCHLOß MONREPOS

Neil wishes you a good start of the week and wants to remind you that he intends to stay in bed and sleep as much as he can.

I wound up waking up quite early this morning and being completely awake at 6AM without any desire of going back to sleep. So I decided to take advantage of this rare event and went for a walk in the fields behind my home. The light was beautiful, the morning air was smelling of wet earth, and everything was quiet except for a few birds chirping away. No idea how I came to wake up so early, but I really didn’t regret it!

Reasons I love Spring: the ground outside the entrance of my building is covered with this beautiful carpet of tiny white flowers, with some blue ones peeking in the middle.

Spring brought me a nice surprise when I caught a glimpse of these chery blossom trees while riding my bike to go to work. Surrounded on three sides by an appartment building on a discreet side street, I could have easily not noticed them. So I went back on the next day to take a few pictures. The very cubic building and the delicate flowers make for a suprisingly well working contrast, each bringing out the beauty of the other, and creating a very peaceful place. I took some time to just sit on the bench, looking up at the tiny blooms, surrounded by the distant sounds of the towns routine. I then rode back home, feeling calm and relaxed, and quite happy to have discovered this place.

Went for a walk that ended with us walking along the tracks of a tiny railroad. So we had to walk on the tracks. You can’t walk along a railroad without walking on the tracks. It has to be an unwritten rule or something.

Went for a walk in the Favorite Castle (that’s its name) parc and stumbled upon these adventurous children who weren’t going to be stopped by what was written on a sign when there was a possibility of tree climbing.