"If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies"

I haven't been here for quite a long time now. It actually feels so... Strange? It's like when you leave your parent's house and then come for a visit. It's familiar, and definitely comforting but, it just doesn't feel like home any more...

I think I've changed too much... This place is so full of memories and smiles and pains and joys... All of them me... Only not the me I'm now...

I've been trying to decide on what to do about it... Maybe it's time to close this door for good? To relocate, to start something new... I don't know... This one is not an easy one... Tears are actually rolling down my cheeks as I write here. 

I think I'll just go out the door and leave it ajar, just in case...

Random things that make me smile n°3

St. Jude... Patron of desperate situations

I went driving the other day... I really needed out of the city... Drove for about an hour... Stopped for cake and coffee... Stopped into a church I passed along the way... Well, I got down on my knees... I digress... ;)

“There's nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.” Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

… 12th of July already...

I didn’t realise I had taken so long to come and let you all know that I’m fine.  I have been overworked and taking care of Othello, who had an accident... He is on his way to full recovery and I’m a bit more relaxed...

Having to work while he was ill was excruciating, really... I still managed to finish that mural I told you about and a few other projects...

I love the bronze details on the vitrine!

I just inherited some furniture.  A desk for my office... I’m ecstatic! I just couldn’t go on working in the dining room... 

A 19th century French vitrine that has me jumping up and down while singing Hallelujah... (Yup... Haendel... You know me and my kinks...) One of the glass panes broke unfortunately, and I will have to have it custom made... I’m thinking of turning it into my new bar... 

So, how do you like this... it ok??

I think I’m ready to come back to the blogosphere now...  I have truly missed you guys...

"An algorithm must be seen to be believed" Donald Knuth

I'm far from finding my way and solving it all... I'm trying though... Very hard...

I began a project for a client today... A Mirrored wall... I love doing this kind of work... Keeps my brain in a zen state and allows me to escape it all, if only for a little while... I love working with algorithms as they usually mean a small procedure that solves a recurrent problem... I wish solving my life were as much fun as this is...

Algorithms... Algorithms...

 

 

 

This is how it starts... Will take more snapshots while I'm working on it... I hope to be finished in a few days...

Have the best of weeks, you guys...

“Silence is sometimes the answer”

I just can’t write... I’m sorry, guys...

I will be back online as soon as I sort my life out...

Random things that make me smile n°2

 My Mojito plant...

Weekend is almost here, and the weather is glorious... 

Here's a recipe I use a lot this time of year...

Mojito (serves 1)

• 10 mint sprigs
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 oz white rum
• 1 oz lime juice
• Soda water
• Ice cubes

Muddle the mint and sugar together. Add the rum and lime juice and pour over the ice.
Top up with soda water. Use a Highball glass for this one... 
Now, doesn’t it taste like spring? ... Cheers!

“I always had a fantasy of being a chef, because I like kitchen life” Geoffrey Rush

This one is not really about my kitchen... Or is it? It’s more about my kitchen stools... 

Old and battered and dirt cheap... I love their simple design so much... And the chipped paint...

I’ve spent some of the best moments in my flat here... Sitting while having a snack, late dinner or drinks with friends...