Life's higher qualities...

hello everyone!

  it has been quite a while, since {the last time I came to post here},

wishing, to all those who seem to have left earth's classroom too early,

to rest in peace.

 days passed by and in between, I spent a few days in Greece,

taking care of some rather not so pleasant dental care appointments,

catching up with some friends,

while enjoying the view to the mountains facing east

and to the sea facing south from my parents' apartment.

I tried hard to focus on all things positive, as the political & financial situation

there makes it rather hard.

sometimes I succeeded & then others I failed...

 some family situations brought up to the surface traumas of the past,

 only to realize that one actually never gets over them...

 not completely, as much as time heals...

  we simply choose to turn the page

instead, quite often leaving behind people who are unable to follow...

. . . . . . . . . . . 

but, but, but!... have come with nothing else than positive & relaxed mood to share with you,

some pictures taken yesterday, back home in Germany,

(where the movement process is step by step and quite relaxed beginning)

with my partly damaged camera 

(the digital display got destroyed),

which though to my surprise, still takes wonderful pictures.

... the only difference is that I must wait until the card's images are transferred to the computer,

where I can see what I actually did.

and off course, there is always a silver lining in every cloud,

so long as we are willing to find it, right?

using the view finder is something I since more than a year happily did,

with my newest DSLR camera,

bringing back memories from more than 10 years ago,

when I was happily shooting with my parents' vintage Ricoh camera,

similar to this one 

but trusting my eye & instinct cause there is no possibility to immediately check on the display 

what I did is something new.

I'm pleased with the results,

so I'm happy to share them with you!

A couple of shots of the amazing order that arrived

 from {AM studio} [find an explicit post here]

 all captured during the magic hours of early morning sun

and early afternoon...

unplugged...

unstyled...

just as I set them on the table

one by one, while opening my parcel...

 discovering the extra surprises Melissa was so kind and thoughtful to include.

She loves her job and I know it with all my heart...

and it is becoming more and more important

in my everyday life that I interact with people

who know themselves what they love with all their heart, too

and are devoting their lives in doing it...

everything that is pictured in this post, except the "Hello ideas" porcelain letters,

which you may find {here},

were added as a gift.

Melissa has been wanting to thank me for {the post I wrote about her}

a while ago, but I reassured her that my present was that I actually discovered

her & her work.

She anyway surpassed any expectations (that I didn't actually have)

by including a little white dove ornament,

a mini himmeli mobile {check them here!}

and a vintage, wooden thread spool,

together with a handwritten book card,

with notes referring to love.

                                              I hope that you'll enjoy watching this pictures,

 as I literally felt that time stopped when I was taking them...

I also hope to be able to transmit some of the love and peacefulness

felt...

this is to peace eventually all around the world 

but most of all and before all,

in each and every one of our hearts.

I keep reminding this to myself:

peace or war begin inside us.

and war can take many simple kind of "acceptable" by society every day forms...

like over antagonism or over ambitiousness for example.

I recently realized thanks to a few situations,

that a peaceful life

is one of my highest goals to achieve through this life...

what about you?

what is important to you?

which qualities are of higher importance in your life?

which ones are your striving to achieve?