tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57762147923477869732024-03-16T19:52:32.072+01:00Domestic Stories with Ivy ♥Iro - Ivyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873815861297676014noreply@blogger.comBlogger267125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776214792347786973.post-74953294353135452082014-02-26T18:31:00.000+01:002014-02-26T19:32:17.729+01:00a S u c c u l e n t Story for Urban Jungle Bloggers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666;">... this last Wednesday of February 2014</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">is finding me on board </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/urbanjunglebloggers"><span style="color: #999999;"><b>Urban Jungle Bloggers</b></span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> movement,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">meeting some great participants & blogger friends,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; text-align: left;">initiated</span><span style="color: #666666;"> by </span><a href="http://www.happyinteriorblog.com/"><span style="color: #999999;"><b>Igor</b></span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> & </span><span style="color: #999999;"><b><a href="http://www.joelix.com/">Judith</a>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I joined in just a few days ago & wanted to make it to submitting my entry</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">for this month, well... before it ends ;)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">So, </span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2014/02/calmess-collectivity-b-k-i-n-g.html">promised</a> </b></span><span style="color: #666666;"> B i s c o t t i recipe coming as a next post this week!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Honestly I could not be absent, being myself such an avid, little, urban gardener...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Plants have always been part of life in my homes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I can say with certainty that the best</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">option I have to share so far</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">is the little, happy, ever growing, green family*</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">* remember our </span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b> <i><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2012/03/winter-garden.html">w i n t e r g a r d e n</a></i> </b></span><span style="color: #666666;"> just about 2 years ago?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">often referred to as the </span><span style="color: #999999;"><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_style33/sets/72157628712378891/">P e a r l B i r c h e s H o u s e</a>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">U r b a n J u n g l e B l o g g e r s </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.287035508114281.1073741836.281204022030763&type=1"><span style="color: #999999;"><b>challenge</b></span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> this month</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">was to present "one plant in three stylings"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I decided to adjust the theme a little to my needs,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">so that I could also at the same time take the chance</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">to share with you a corner of the bedroom,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">which organically evolved after the decision for seeing it with</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Any recollection of the </span><b><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=1914343045&group=0&frame_type=b&blog=1954441&link=aHR0cDovL2RvbWVzdGljc3Rvcmllc3dpdGhpdnkuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tLzIwMTMvMTEvaC1lLWwtbC1vLW4tZS13LXctbC1sLmh0bWw&frame=1&click=0&user=0" style="color: #cccccc;">Hello new wall!</a> </b><span style="color: #666666;"> post?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i>that</i> wall has been hosting our Malm chests of drawers,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">while providing sufficient horizontal space {2,40 x 0,50 cm } for displaying favorite objects,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">or just having useful free space at our disposal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">This is how it currently looks</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and this is from where I took things</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Protagonist is the little succulent seen above,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">brought from a trip to Fuert Ventura this past December,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">which otherwise serves favorite cups of tea or coffee.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Rather than creating totally differentiated stylings,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I chose to demonstrate the e f f e c t s h a p e s of plants</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">Instead</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> of totally <i>changing</i> the materials / objects</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ something that has been so wonderfully demonstrated by many participants ! }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Below you see our growing succulent fellow</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">... and in the 3rd version, the addition of a madly growing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">aloe vera plant { flash back </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_style33/6266096845/"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b>h e r e </b></span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">relatively, grown & strong trunk of one of your </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Here is our Seflera plant,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">begun barely a few centimeters tall with only but three little leaves,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">wrapped in a cotton white string with golden accents.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">It gives an air of surprise</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">1. "Golden ratio" p o s t c a r d s : </span><a href="http://snugonline.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b>S n u g</b></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">2. large & small f r a m e s : </span><a href="http://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/categories/series/16456/"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b>RIBBA</b></span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> / Ikea</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">3. star c a n d l e h o l d e r & "Calm" c a n d l e in a silver glass: </span><a href="http://www.hm.com/de/department/HOME"><b><span style="color: #cccccc;">h&m Home</span></b></a></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i>4. metal grey</i> c a n d l e h o l d e r s : from a local shop, saw exactly the same in white</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">while visiting the </span><a href="http://en.housedoctor.dk/catalogue"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b>House Doctor</b></span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> stand in </span><a href="http://ambiente.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/de/besucher/willkommen.html"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b>Ambiente</b></span></a><span style="color: #666666;"> a couple of days ago.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">5. simple, grey </span><a href="http://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/products/60221225/"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b>c a n d l e s</b></span></a><span style="color: #666666;">: Ikea</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">6. light brown ceramic pot: </span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b><a href="http://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/categories/series/16455/">MANDEL</a> </b></span><span style="color: #666666;">/ Ikea</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">7. D a l a h o r s e : Swedish souvenir present from a friend,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">8. grey stoneware m u g { here holding the little succulent }: </span><a href="http://www.johnlewis.com/"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><b>John Lewis</b></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">9. green leaved plant in a <i>concrete</i> p o t : from the flower section of our local super market </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">even though I thought time to come share again today an </span><b><span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/search/label/inspiration%20Friday">inspiration Friday</a> </span></b><span style="color: #666666;">post would be limited,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I'm glad to be making it work.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I felt truly happy with seeing readers' traffic coming here again</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and was totally warmhearted with your comments </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">T H A N K U</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">so here is another collage I put together.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Everyone has their values in their lives</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">& for me being a calm & collected person</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">is a true treasure</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I owe a lot to my personal efforts, but also</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">to my man who has tried over & over the years </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">again to point out & tame my occasional moments</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">of </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">over anxiety.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">I think it happens to people who are sensitive</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">and care perhaps a little bit too much about others</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">& the world itself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">I found out that the best gift we* can offer to</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">the ones we love, society, the world</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">and of course ourselves</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">is to be fully aware of our own individual natures</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">and become in peace with that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">{ * according to my personal appreciation of life }</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">Unlike what many people think,</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">being c a l m & c o l l e c t e d </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">has little to do with not ever being upset</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">or expressing emotions</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">It has little to do with being passive</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">It doesn't </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">exclude</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">having fiery parts as a person, too</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">And above all it doesn't exclude passion</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">or being madly in love with someone / something / life itself at times</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Being c a l m involves feeling f u l l & c o m p l e t e at <b><i>all</i></b> different stages of life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Just like when we sit watching the sun set above a</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">magnificently calm sea...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">It's the same water that becomes waves</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">when a storm breaks out.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">reflecting the beauty of life & the universe.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and I just receive so much happiness offering people I love</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">It's not only the outcome,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I love the whole <i>p r o c e s s </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">of gathering together the ingredients,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">placing them in pretty bowls & glasses & plates,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">enjoying the beautiful smells in the meantime.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">It really is a form of m e d i t a t i o n for me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">And it is as good as moments of </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ </span><span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2014/02/the-f-u-n-side-of-life.html"><b>fun & s</b></a><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2014/02/the-f-u-n-side-of-life.html"><b>eeing the light side of life</b></a></span><span style="color: #666666;"> }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">In case you are curious about our ever continuing home make over</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">our </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DomesticstorieswithIvy"><span style="color: #999999;"><b>facebook page</b></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Take a look { </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=585594118185726&set=a.126204357458040.28660.126006500811159&type=1&theater"><b><span style="color: #999999;">h e r e</span></b></a><span style="color: #666666;"> } & {</span><span style="color: #999999;"><b> </b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=585608964850908&set=a.126204357458040.28660.126006500811159&type=1&theater"><b>t h e r e</b></a></span><span style="color: #666666;"> }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Wishing you all one g o r g e o u s weekend ahead</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">hi everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I just really wanted to<i> break</i> the silence</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">by simply popping in to say <b> h e l l o</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and share a little collage I put together sometime this morning</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">in between other work.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">It sure relaxes me to do that, while still training my eye for colors, shapes, texture,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">But above all in my effort to i n s p i r e & a s s i s t people</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">in living h a p p y & f u l f i l l i n g lives</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I cannot help but <i>adding</i> a m e s s a g e that very often suits me well to <i>follow</i> myself </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ <i>blink - blink </i>; )}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">so, off I am, direction downstairs, for a little <i>stretching </i>session *</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">in our rather purposely lightly furnished living room</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">- we have moved things to maximize space & I'll show you!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">* which might as well include some <i>dancing</i> movements - h o o r a y to that!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> cause I have been so much <i>more</i> often than I really intend to or plan to <i>not</i> really here with you...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">a smiling eyes <i>selfie</i>, I shot for my dear man,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">just like <i>that </i>& just <i>because</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Just because it was one of those <i>perfect**</i> moments<i><b> at home...</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">cause he's the <i>first</i> person in the whole world, I want him to see me smiling from the heart,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">as he plays a very significant role in my happiness.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ but he knows that by now :)}</span></div>
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Iro - Ivyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873815861297676014noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776214792347786973.post-87403650424296885682014-01-17T14:47:00.002+01:002014-01-17T14:47:59.470+01:00Welcoming a wonderful New Year: H a p p y 2 0 1 4 !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">{ vertically from left to right: <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/98868154293173154/">1</a>. <a href="http://nicolefranzen.blogspot.jp/2014/01/val-di-rose.html">2</a>. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/142074563218875523/">3</a>. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/332140541240461530/">4</a>. <a href="http://helpink.org/products/good-deeds">5</a>.<a href="http://hollymccaig.com/free-printables/"> 6</a>. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/150378075031898486/">7</a>. <a href="http://eelifedesign.tumblr.com/post/64471292312">8</a>. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/49117452160173251/">9</a>. 10. }</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">with true Joy I come here to wish you all</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">the merriest of New Year's ahead!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Here is to a 2014</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">where each day - or as many days as possible -</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">begin - and are! - as if it is</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> O u r B i r t h d a y .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Here is to a Year</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">where G o o d D e e d s </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">brighten</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> up our </span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">W o r l d </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Here is to a Year full of</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">physical, emotional & spiritual</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">where P a t i e n c e is not only a virtue,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">but an honorable <i>way of living,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">as much as the ones who receive it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">where the<i> little things are enjoyed,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and to a year where I n d i v i d u a l i t y </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">cause the W h o l e is nothing without the sum of its parts.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">So let each part be as magnificent & pretty</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">all d i f f e r e n t in their own beautiful way!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">with all kinds of <i>m a r v e l s</i> & <i>w o n d e r s</i> & <i>m i r a c l e s,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I'm and have been feeling ever so grateful for so many aspects of life in general and mine personally,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and know that this intensely "pregnant" period I seem to have been going through </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">And yes, sharing my work in what has become { <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_style33/sets/72157628712378891/">our beautiful, beloved home</a> } & my recent projects!</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #999999;">but I think I must have gone through a phase </span></i><i><span style="color: #999999;">of adult t i m i d i t y... well if that exists... </span></i><i><span style="color: #999999;">can you possibly relate in any way?</span></i><i><span style="color: #999999;">...enjoying life & very often also wishing to share about it all, </span></i><i><span style="color: #999999;">but somehow being hesitant... or just wishing for privacy and quietness after all...</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ I even STILL like the header after 2 and half years!.. is it just... me? oh well. }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I wish for changes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">There's more than that & I need to combine my strengths to carry it all off!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">There is evolving a new order of things & I'm as eager to see the form and outcome</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">{ clockwise from : <a href="http://elemenop.tumblr.com/post/22776130975">1</a>. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/522628731727392030/">2.</a> <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/98868154293173154/">3</a>. <a href="http://elemenop.tumblr.com/post/22776130975">4</a>. & <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/49117452160175203/">5</a>. } </span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444;">This is being indeed such a </span><b><i><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/11/staying-at-home-for-s-w-e-e-t-november.html"><span style="color: #999999;">s w e e t N o v e m b e r</span></a></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">somewhere in between almost daily walks to the woods & lakes nearby,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{ funny how our names match : Iro + Roy }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I wanted to wish you all a beautiful, </span><i><b><span style="color: #999999;">m a g i c</span></b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></i><span style="color: #444444;">Friday & weekend ahead.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">* I promised to share the process & results of our make over in </span><i><b><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/11/h-e-l-l-o-n-e-w-w-l-l.html"><span style="color: #999999;">t h i s</span></a><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></b></i><span style="color: #444444;"> post</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and I've been enthusiastically working on that!</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/109704940896099406/"><b><span style="color: #999999;">P a t i e n c e</span></b></a><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><span style="color: #444444;">my friends... it's a virtue after all ; )</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">These few words accompanying the picture above were put together last night,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">while listening to a heartwarming collection</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">of female Jazz music, chosen by my amazing man...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The picture was taken already more than a week ago</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">with Roy by my side.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">He waves hello to you, too!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">He loves watching the duck action</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">in "our " lakes,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A rather large family of ducks, plus a pair of swans, which are still here and will only seek</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">warmer places any time soon...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">photography & words by Iro - Ivy Nassopoulos {copyright 2013, all rights reserved }</span></div>
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Iro - Ivyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873815861297676014noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776214792347786973.post-50829313238922451712013-11-17T17:04:00.000+01:002013-11-21T11:06:28.723+01:00H e l l o N e w W a l l !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #444444;">... we might as well be <i>mad</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">that's why a day was spent prepping for sanding this wall,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">which, till today, hadn't ever seen straighter days before.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The man of the house bought & used with supreme <i>care & elegance</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">any time </span><span style="color: #666666;"><b>soon</b></span><span style="color: #444444;"> hopefully.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">It's not too much to ask after 2 years { ! } of having bought & moved into this</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">house, right?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{ Since you might be wanting to take a glimpse into this room,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">as it was until some time ago,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">please click </span><i><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2012/05/our-rooster-says-its-friday.html"><b><span style="color: #999999;">here</span></b></a><span style="color: #444444;"> }</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">With a favorite wallpaper bought but never applied till today,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">cause of the rather dreadful job* of applying layers of paste, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">so that the room can also be of use during its renovation,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">the day that it will be applied in all its glory {as I have imagined}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">seems like a tiny victory which has taken the very long road...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">For the record, this room measures 17 sm² and is on the 2nd floor of our maisonette,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">My man & I both quite much liked how the room got a totally <i>new</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The "arrangement" on the surface of the chest of drawers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">1. my ever favorite </span><a href="http://www.google.de/imgres?sa=X&rlz=1C1FDUM_enDE484DE484&biw=1280&bih=662&tbm=isch&tbnid=aze_1RaXKRzqaM:&imgrefurl=http://www.remodelista.com/products/antifoni-work-lamp&docid=lCqCQrwUQhrpZM&imgurl=http://www.remodelista.com/files/img/sub/19056_pe104345_s4.JPG&w=500&h=500&ei=auGIUuXjGabV4gT224DIAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1014&vpy=166&dur=1803&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=165&ty=112&page=1&tbnh=144&tbnw=139&start=0&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0,i:107"><i><b><span style="color: #999999;">"Antifoni"</span></b></i></a><span style="color: #444444;"> reading lamp </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">3. a book my man is reading</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">4. one of my very <i>few</i> perfumes,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Before I wish you all a wonderful </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">soon this week again,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">yesterday among the wall repairs and </span><i><span style="color: #666666;"><b>h o u r s </b> {painful ones, yes!}</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">that </span><a href="http://koniklos.bigcartel.com/product/leaf-brooch"><i><span style="color: #999999;"><b>this</b></span></i></a><span style="color: #444444;"> elegant, antique brooch, discovered in London by undoubtedly talented,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">kind & lovely</span><span style="color: #999999;"> <a href="http://aufrais.com/aufrais/"><b><i><span style="color: #999999;">Angelica</span></i></b></a>,</span><span style="color: #444444;"> is expected to reach my doorstep.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I believe in <i>good</i> work and<i> true, polite</i> intentions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Below she is modeling </span><a href="http://koniklos.bigcartel.com/product/vintage-brass-bracelet-b"><b><i><span style="color: #999999;">one of the three</span></i></b></a><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{still just <i>one</i> available - correction: just sold out while this post was being written }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I'm in love with the </span><a href="http://koniklos.bigcartel.com/product/vintage-coffee-pot"><b><i><span style="color: #999999;">60's coffeepot</span></i></b></a><span style="color: #444444;"> & the boot removers!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{ you can read </span><i><b><a href="http://aufrais.com/2013/11/03/new-shop/"><span style="color: #999999;">this post</span></a></b></i><span style="color: #444444;"> to find out more through the author herself }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">- which is already doing <i>very</i> good business! -</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">a serene place to take a look at,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">spending a few quality minutes of your time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">As for the shop's name,</span><i><b><span style="color: #666666;"> K o n i k l o s ,</span></b></i></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">it's the ancient Greek work for r a b b i t,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">the small domestic animal which symbolizes </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">a b u n d a n c e & c o m f o r t .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">These precious & priceless <i>qualities</i> </span><span style="color: #444444;">of life, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Isn't it a wonderful notion,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">to be feeling <i>comfortable</i> in the skin we are living in,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">while <i>appreciating</i> the abundance that surrounds us?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"> Love hearing from you & w</span><span style="color: #444444;">ishing everyone a beautiful day,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">filled with abundance & comfort!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">All photography by <i>Angelica Aufrais</i>, posted with permission.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> "Home sweet Home"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> or as anyone wishes to call it,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> it's really nice to wish you all a h a p p y , n e w w e e k ahead,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">from my<i> most favorite</i> place in the world...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I hope your weekend was a happy one, similarly to<i><b> <a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/11/h-p-p-y-w-e-e-k-e-n-d.html">mine</a></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I'll be sharing <i>details</i> of our current make over in a different post</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{do give me a shout out if you are with me, reading this! ; ) }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">.... for now & from me another </span><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/10/waving-h-e-l-l-o-s-g-o-o-d-b-y-es.html"><b><span style="color: #999999;">" h e l l o " </span></b></a></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">with progress going on in the bookcase behind me ; )</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">so that we build together </span><b><i><span style="color: #999999;">y o u r </span></i></b><span style="color: #666666;"> beautiful space, where your personality can unfold,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Our<i> living environments </i>are but e x t e n s i o n s of ourselves.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">By working on them, we inevitably work on ourselves,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">O u i !</span></div>
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Iro - Ivyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873815861297676014noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776214792347786973.post-38520337322624006152013-11-09T15:59:00.000+01:002013-11-09T15:59:41.989+01:00* H a p p y W e e k e n d *<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #444444;">wishing you all a </span><span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;"><b><i>h a p p y w e e k e n d ! </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">of the </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_style33/sets/72157628712378891/"><b><span style="color: #999999;">Pearl Birches House</span></b></a><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{ s m i l i n g wholeheartedly to you... }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{ have you perhaps read the </span><i><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/10/waking-up-in-middle-of-nowhere.html"><b><span style="color: #666666;">instant post</span></b></a></i><span style="color: #444444;"> about how it felt to wake up in the middle of nowhere,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">when I spent some beautiful days on Mallorca island with my man,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">this trip being a surprise,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">shortly after I returned to our home</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">in the beginning of September? }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Have you been to this island?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">If yes, how did you like it?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{a little more about it you can read in </span><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/10/waving-h-e-l-l-o-s-g-o-o-d-b-y-es.html"><span style="color: #666666;"><b>this</b></span></a><span style="color: #444444;"> recent post }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">* was indeed as these lines were being typed; thanks to a nicely busy day though, late afternoon and this post can <i>finally</i> go on line!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">It feels great to be having the chance to grow <i>stronger</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">through the <i>challenges</i> of the past months.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">It feels great to be back home, with <i>my man.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">However it requires</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">in order for them to become </span><b><span style="color: #666666;">a means</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">of bringing each part of it <i>forward</i> and to the right <i>direction</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">we both made the<i> brave</i> and perhaps <i>wise</i> choice,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and to take strength for <i>realizing </i>our dreams.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">One by one, day by day, one strep at a time, minute by minute.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I am personally </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">particularly pleased with myself,</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">for I handled what was a demanding and discomforting situation</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">in a very p o s i t i v e manner,</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">emphasizing an <i>open</i> heart & mind,</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">and <i>deep</i> belief in deserving to receive.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">I always wanted to, but somehow was reluctant to do so.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"><i>sharing </i>even if just a little bit of </span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">g o o d n e s s</span></b><span style="color: #444444; text-align: left;"> with the </span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">w o r l d .</span></b></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">Sometimes it takes such a </span><i style="color: #444444;">small </i><span style="color: #444444;">action, yet full of </span><b><span style="color: #666666;">love</span></b><span style="color: #444444;">, </span><b><span style="color: #666666;">awareness</span></b><span style="color: #444444;"> and </span><i style="color: #444444;">pure, clear</i><b><span style="color: #666666;"> intentions</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Going back to the norm of being at home in Germany,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I love it. I love it with all heart, mind & spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">in order to take care of some practical issues</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">requiring care & attention</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I enjoyed myself as a <i>touris</i>t in my own country of origin,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">focusing on spending quality time</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">even if just mostly by myself,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">gladly enjoyed meetings with few good friends,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">who always seem eager to engage into constructive conversations</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #666666;">a t t i t u d e </span></i></b><span style="color: #444444;">changes that when put into action,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">they make the everyday <i>nice, meaningful & joyful.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">They all convey current <i>moods</i> and they aim at bringing you</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i>collage curation: Iro - Ivy Nassopoulos for Domestic Stories with Ivy 2013</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666;">p.s:</span></b><span style="color: #444444;"> in Greece people celebrate not only birthdays, but also name days and today my father and the son of a wonderful woman & man have theirs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So many happy returns dear <i>Stratos</i> &<i> Serafeim</i>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">For the record, I personally don't have a name day, as my first name - Iro -comes from Greek Mythology.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">But from next year I will celebrate, cause this summer, my man decided that I <i>do</i> have my own and it is on the 10th of August which is regarded as "hero" day. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">This summer I was in Amsterdam, I'm all smiles to find out where next one will be!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">absolute silence</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">instant pieces of art that the wind will </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">take with "him"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">beautiful days, seemingly endless, as if <i>e t e r n i t y </i>was written</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">with every breath being taken,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">a fall to cherish for sure</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">one can hear so much when in <i>s i l e n c e </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">can you<i> bear</i> the silence?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">do you enjoy it ? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and do you also perhaps see a <i>heart</i> shaped in the sky?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><b>H a p p y T h u r s d a y !</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Photography / accompanied words by Iro - Ivy Nassopoulos for J&I Travelling Stories 2013</span></div>
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Iro - Ivyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873815861297676014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776214792347786973.post-62061614534778697392013-10-29T21:27:00.000+01:002013-10-29T21:45:48.261+01:00{hand} w r i t i n g our hearts out <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #444444;">it's no secret, this girl here maintaining this blog sure <i>l o v e s</i> to write.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">do not let yourselves be fooled by inferring the conclusion that she just likes to<i> mumble</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and throw her most profound, ingenious or perhaps nothing of these - thoughts </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">on a piece of virtual sheet, where she can type her heart away...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">No. No. This person here is in love with the actual process of <i>w r i t i n g,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">that is in the form of <i> h a n d w r i t i n g . . . </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">You know, that simple thing we used to learn back to school,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">these days when toddlers and children were learning</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">first how to form lines & curves into letters,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">long before they learned anything about how to operate</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">smart phones, tablets, laptops, or anything technology related for that matter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I am said to have been taught <i>calligraphy </i>{what a beautiful form of art indeed! } </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">from the very early days,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">quite long before I entered first grade school aged 5 and a half years old.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Today, the moments I sit with a favorite <i>journal </i>in front of me,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">warm drink by my side, as most days throughout the year living in the </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Thoughts, plans, memories, travelling stories,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">or just <i>w o r d s </i> expressing gratitude or other feelings,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">are put down letter side by side, speaking of </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">the<i> preciousness</i> of life's simple pleasures.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I've been having various favorite notebooks from time to time,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">much like the one pictured above, purchased at Hema for a tiny amount,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">during my few weeks </span><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/08/fractions-of-everyday-life-bathed-in-s.html"><b><span style="color: #666666;">stay in Amsterdam</span></b></a><span style="color: #444444;"> this summer.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I travel relatively often one could say averagely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">so my journals<i> do</i> undergo quite a few tests.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Needless to say I like to keep them in a good condition,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">still however I try to take care of them,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">when placed in a tote bag or a cabin sized luggage,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">after just a few days, they no longer remind the item I purchased.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">It bothers me. I like to keep them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Though keeping them in a good condition is my goal.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">I still do not remember exactly how I stumbled upon</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.rusticoleather.com/alpine-collection.html"><b><span style="color: #999999;">R u s t i c o l e a t h e r ' s A l p i n e C o l l e c t i o n </span></b></a></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">yet, I'm really so very glad I did.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">It was the beginning of <i>summer</i> in Germany,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">yet rainy days were persisting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">As I was flipping through the collection,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I kept on holding this image in my mind:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">winter would have settled,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">painting white all my surroundings, as seen from our winter garden,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{much like </span><b><i><span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_style33/6869994043/in/set-72157628712378891">t h e n</a> </span></i></b><span style="color: #444444;">}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and I would hold the warm texture of felt in my hands,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">dressing my new journal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Snow would fall, the kettle would be making a hot ginger tea,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">candlelights would be shining all around the space,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and I would be taking a much needed break from </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And you? Do you like that too?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">which includes the </span><i><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_style33/4074706100/in/set-72157622506219313"><b><span style="color: #999999;">guest room</span></b></a></i><span style="color: #444444;"> make over I did while I stayed in Greece this summer</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">more than two months after the </span><b><span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-jug-jar-full-moon.html">latest</a> </span></b><span style="color: #444444;">post here,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">the </span><i style="color: #444444;">fairy tale</i><span style="color: #444444;"> is no longer only a fairy tale, but a true story.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">a story that for every single minute of the sometime soon to be 6 six years,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Naturally I wish I'd have been wiser, stronger or any other adjective that implies something better compared to what I have already done.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #999999;">H e l l o.</span></b><span style="color: #444444;"> This is </span><span style="color: #999999;"><b>R e a l i t y</b><b>. L I F E</b> </span><span style="color: #444444;"> is for learning.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And there is probably no feeling sweeter & more complete,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">no contentment deeper, than realizing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">that one <i>has</i> learned, one <i>has</i> moved on, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">one </span><i style="color: #444444;">has</i><span style="color: #444444;"> broken f r e e , one </span><i style="color: #444444;">has</i><span style="color: #444444;"> made what seemed impossible, </span><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/05/she-k-n-o-w-s.html"><b><span style="color: #999999;">p o s s i b l e</span></b></a></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and while doing all that, he / she chose all over from the very beginning <i>again</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">the one person and </span><i><b><span style="color: #999999;">kind of life</span></b></i><span style="color: #444444;"> that more than any words can say</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Saying all that, it's important to me to communicate a fact that has been</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">concerning me for quite a while.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I'm a rather quiet, reserved & very private person.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I celebrate in a rather unusual way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">One who has found herself in the middle of this thing called "blogging",</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{ with all its gorgeousness & complications }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">One who enjoys sharing bits of her life but also loves sharing precious moments</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">with herself and the people she loves,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i>without mentioning anything about it on any online medium.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">At least from time to time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The circle of my good friends is small & curated.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I'm happy for that.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The situations the past months have been acting as a magnificent compass,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">assisting in establishing relation ships & letting go of ones that do not serve both parties happily, or at least have a common denominator of learning & growing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">We people tend to be lost in words sometimes. I hope to be able to use the medium of language</span><span style="color: #444444;"> effectively</span><span style="color: #444444;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">As much as the <i>preciousness</i> of s i l e n c e.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">When relations ships are lost in words, when h o n e s t feelings fade away, or never find their way into manifesting in the first place, </span><span style="color: #444444;">it's perhaps time to pass. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">When we can't see others for who they are or who they have become,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">When we can't see ourselves, we can see no one else.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">When we cannot admit our own truths, there is no place to share the truths of others.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Someone, whose attitude in life and accomplishments I admire, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">When people tend to complicate, I try to <i>simplify</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I've read that in one of </span><a href="http://www.purevege.com/"><b><span style="color: #999999;">Lakshmi's</span></b></a><span style="color: #444444;"> amazing posts.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">This way, real changes <i>can</i> take place.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Experiences <i>have</i> meaning.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">-></span><span style="color: #444444;"> I've been at my home in Germany, yes </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_style33/sets/72157628712378891/"><b><span style="color: #999999;">that</span></b></a><span style="color: #444444;"> one, the little maisonette by the woods, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">since about the first days of September, after having spent almost a month in Greece,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{ which seemed like a century }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and that after having spent </span><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/08/fractions-of-everyday-life-bathed-in-s.html"><span style="color: #999999;"><b>three weeks in Amsterdam</b></span></a><span style="color: #444444;">, till the middle of August.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">-></span><span style="color: #444444;"> I have been re-setting up home with my life partner { for reasons of easiness, I'm considering to be referring to him as my <i>husband</i> here, after all it <i>feel</i>s this way }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{ oh just ignore the undone bookcase in the background. I'll share updates soon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">assisting people into living the lives they truly wish to live. { More on that in a different post }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">To tease you a bit, I do say that I worked unexpectedly with the most amazing client ever this summer </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{ June - middle July } </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">and beginning from just a little <i>styling</i> advice, we ended up remaking a whole kitchen,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{ And yes, we would love to share the process & outcomes here!}</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #999999;">-></span></b><span style="color: #444444;"> I've boarded a plane a few times, as shortly after I returned home in Germany in September,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">But, he abducted me and brought me in a lovely, little, charming, stone house in the middle of nowhere. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">But just a - truly beautiful - property almost in the middle of Mallorca, located close to one of its authentic villages I so much adore.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Forth time on this island since 2009, { </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_style33/sets/72157623072190557/"><b><span style="color: #999999;">here</span></b></a><span style="color: #444444;"> some pics from a winter visit in 2010 }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">always wondering about the <i>peculiar connection </i>I have with this place. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Who knows? Are there past lives? Have I ever lived there before?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And just like that, the first days of October past and I was back in Germany,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">suiting in to my everyday routine just like<i> gloves fit a hand</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i>A true home, with capital H.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Currently on another short trip in the country of my origin,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So thankful for them,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">[much like <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/109704940895879532/">then</a>]</span></div>
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Iro - Ivyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873815861297676014noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776214792347786973.post-41847895354189770412013-08-11T17:45:00.000+02:002013-08-11T17:45:55.137+02:00Love is an a c t i o n of Faith<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666;">For this <a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/search/label/inspiration%20Friday">Inspiration Friday</a>, instead of diptychs & collages put together from the world of</span><span style="color: #444444;"> <a href="http://pinterest.com/ivystyle33/pins/">Pinterest</a></span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> I thought it's about time I said a proper <i>hello & good morning...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I've been <a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/08/in-august-in-love.html">h e r e</a> since 2 weeks now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">one can only but eventually succeed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i>Succeed</i> in living a life not only close to their dreams,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">but a l i f e l i v e d I N t h e i r d r e a m s .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I'd like to thank you for being patient & outstandingly discrete readers,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Sometimes saying more, others less.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">This is the way that I prefer to blog,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">this is the way that suits me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">My blog for me is like chapters of a <i>book.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">quietly, effortlessly, coming straight out </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">from the depths of us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">as words emerge describing thoughts and emotions</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Here are some glimpses into my current everyday life...</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">in my effort to practice <i>living with less</i>,</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">while being blessed with more than enough.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;">Currently white, black, navy blue & powder pink are the main colors of my Spring & summer closet,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">happily now completing 10 years of living together,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">amazing photo stylist </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PictureThisConceptPhotography"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">Paulina Arcklin</span></a><span style="color: #444444;">,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">In case you are anywhere near <i>Helsinki </i>on the 9th & 10th</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">{ now five, six & seven digit contracts you are welcome my ways :) }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I carry my beloved </span><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.235027646575710.55175.126006500811159&type=3"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">G e r m a n h o m e</span></a> </span><span style="color: #444444;"> wherever I am,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I'm letting go, however every bit of my newly emerged self is an outcome of</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Thanks to t h i s relation ship,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">which begun </span><span style="color: #666666;">with the most wonderful</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i>I love you and I know I'll see you again"</i> scenes,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{generously offered by life to me, us, him & I being the protagonists rather than just moved viewers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">watching a Hollywood movie,</span><span style="color: #666666;"> almost some 6 years ago}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">on an almost <i>private</i>, tiny Greek i s l a n d ,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and <i>f i r e </i>being exchanged between a pair of the w a r m e s t blue eyes that exist in the world</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and another pair of eyes with a color ranging from bright green to chestnut brown </span><span style="color: #666666;">{ these would be mine}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Thanks to t h i s relation ship,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">YOU my dear all, are able to read e v e r y w o r d written here from the very beginning some 4 years ago till now,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">you are able to s e e my view of capturing the world & emotions<i> through</i> my c a m e r a,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">thanks to t h i s relation ship my <i>inherited </i>t a l e n t s</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">got a f e r t i l e ground to unveil, to evolve, to get expressed and shared</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">w i t h o u t any fear.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Everything you perhaps like, admire or even love about me and what I do,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">is taking place <i>because</i> someone I felt was an angel fallen from the sky,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> b e l i e v e d in me & told me <i>I'm wonderful.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">D o n ' t e v e r h e s i t a t e to <i>encourage</i> others to f o l l o w t h e i r d r e a m s .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">But if you see p o t e n t i a l, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">then just selflessly e n c o u r a g e them to s p r e a d t h e i r w i n g s <i>.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">No matter how I let go of<i> him</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I am <i>part</i> of him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">This is why leaving everything behind me makes no sense.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Practically, some things are packed to be sent to my temporary home in Greece,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">till I come back to s t a r t again on a <i>new basis</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">unpacking then <i>all favorite things</i> that will be in the meantime stored in a garage.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">infusing more and more love, effort & concrete planning in it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">O n e c a n e s c a p e m a n y t h i n g s b u t l o v e n o t .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Without it there wouldn't be any existence.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Have you dear all thought of it at all?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">somehow I think you have.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I feel truly blessed to </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/109704940895879532/"><span style="color: #76a5af;">have been loved</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">the way I have.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Now, I'm strong enough to create <i>my own</i> basis.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">currently broken , but alive </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">And as time passes, h e a l i n g will come,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and there'll be <i>sweet times</i> & <i>carefree times </i>once more..</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ I know it's a risk to be returning to a bankrupt country with current, huge unemployment</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">but my tool is the I n t e r n e t , which means I can work from A N Y W H E R E </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">till eventually L O V E manifests again in my life</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">in the most wonderful & appropriate of ways.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Thanks for reading through,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I'm trying to keep you posted and not abandon this place</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">despite the current <i>madness</i> of organizing all this {unwished for} l i f e c h a n g e,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">The most w o n d e r f u l o f w e e k e n d s to you!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I just wanted to pass by & share with U </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">a t h o u g h t & a f e e l i n g that get me going these days:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Picture taken recently on one of my many walking and biking rides in the fields, just next to our home.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ there are the woods to the left, the fields to the right & lakes straight ahead after the tiny neighborhood ends - </span><span style="color: #666666;">more to be shared soon </span><span style="color: #666666;">}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I feel so i n c r e d i b l y l u c k y for currently living in such a marvelous location!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">my a b s e n c e this week after my </span><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/06/thank-u-f-t-h-e-r.html"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">last post</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">s i l e n t l y speaks of the d i f f i c u l t y I'm facing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">For this week's </span><span style="color: #76a5af;"><a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/search/label/inspiration%20Friday"><span style="color: #76a5af;">I n s p i r a t i o n F r i d a y</span></a> </span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">"to plant a g a r d e n is to believe in t o m o r r o w " </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I hereby declare that I'm a firm b e l i e v e r in tomorrow,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">which begins t o d a y .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">However, I must exclaim that there is a part of the equation I<i> still</i> haven't managed to solve.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Cause I planted with much love & much care</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">But for me probably not being able to enjoy and care for it,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">in just a short while from now,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">It feels as if I planted on a <i>borrowed </i>ground,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">It feels as if I considered my own something that was <i>never meant to be</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">And it feels as I <i>didn't cherish enough </i>something that was given to me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">picture credit clockwise from top left: <a href="http://modernhepburn.tumblr.com/post/46897939058">1</a> / <a href="http://www.refinery29.com/young-entrepreneurs">2 </a>/ <a href="http://kristajon.com/2012/03/06/styled-wedding-for-two-lace-metal-vintage-floral-designs-by-krista-jon/15-841k3hdsfd295k68mc28_low/">3 </a>/ <a href="http://h-o-r-n-g-r-y.tumblr.com/post/46419663019">4 </a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"> h a p p y f a t h e r' s day</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">to all daddies of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I want to thank m i n e for having tried to be the best father he could</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">say that I'm thankful that he, <i>together</i> with my mum,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"> they brought me into this World.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">wishing also to those, whose wonderful fathers are no longer physically close to them,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">To m o v e o n & c h e r i s h l i f e ,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">for this week's <a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/search/label/inspiration%20Friday">I n s p i r a t i o n F r i d a y</a>,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{mark your calendars: f a t h e r ' s d a y this Sunday the 16th of June 2013}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">to finally feel at ease & secure when f a l l i n g i n l o v e</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">my <i>best, wisest</i> &<i> most profitable</i> c o m p a n i o n s</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">c o l l a g e c u r a t i o n : Iro - Ivy Nassopoulos for Domestic Stories with Ivy 2013</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ Greece is lovely, yet at the moment I L O V E m y l i f e here more than anything! }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">As if the boxes that are getting packed are simply gonna</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">take me <i>just to the right place</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">at the </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivy_style33/sets/72157628712378891/"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">P e a r l B i r c h e s H o u s e</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">This post is all about what I w i s h to be p a r t of my l i f e from now on.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">It's a post devoted to a c c e p t i n g that I have <i>d r e a m s to work for</i>,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">it's a post about s t a t i n g that I believe with all the power of my existence,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">that<i> I have and I am working</i> very hard to make them m a n i f e s t in my life</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and however they might manifest somehow differently than presented,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">the a t m o s p h e r e and the e s s e n c e is set.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{you might want to hop over to </span><span style="color: #76a5af;"> <a href="http://domesticstorieswithivy.blogspot.de/2013/05/there-can-be-so-much-l-o-v-e.html">t h i s p o s t</a> </span><span style="color: #666666;"> to find out,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">how I'm painting my future,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">starting n o w }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Since it's the 11th of the month</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ at least it still is in the part of the world I'm typing this from}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I thought that sharing 11 p a i r s for your eye pleasure would fit nicely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ I cannot describe the pleasure & f i r i n g of neurons that takes place in my brain when </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">combining pictures in pairs or collages....</span><span style="color: #666666;">I just love seeing them make... out! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I know... go ahead press charges on me for eye p*rn }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">If you'd like to p a i n t y o u r d r e a m s with p i c t u r e s,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">then simply g o a h e a d !</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">M a k e your own pairs & collages</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">l i n k to this post,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">s h a r i n g what it is all about.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Call it:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">" p i c t u r i n g m y d r e a m s "</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Come back here & be sure to l e a v e a c o m m e n t so that I can visit you!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I'll be so VERY glad to see your dreams!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">But first, c o m e w i t h m e , I'll share some of my<i> d e e p e s t w i s h e s</i> with you...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">so, yes, the fact is, I w a n t i t a l l. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">The w h i t e b r i c k w a l l at my new house to be, the pebbled p a t i o,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">& the emerald green one piece b a t h i n g s u i t ,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">then I want to g e t m a r r i e d . to the o n e person I love with all my heart & mind.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">the person who does exactly the same.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I want to get married and feel all d i p p e d in happiness</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">cause we'll be M r s & M r .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i>Just</i> because.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Just because l o v e is a wonderful thing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">& such a commitment only <i>o p e n s</i> the doors to f r e e d o m </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">as we've <i>never</i> experienced before.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I want to get married & g o t o P a r i s.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ once is never enough for such a city, I must tell you that }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I want to go to Paris and w a k e u p at a similar veranda.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Wonderful in its <i>humble </i>size.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Then I want to <i>eat lunches and dinners</i> that will have been sometimes prepared</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">{ I can't emphasize enough how much I appreciate and cherish men with let's say... feminine hands }</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Lunches & dinners that will be getting prepared while I take care of</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">cause I simply<i> just love</i> it so much to be c l o s e t o n a t u r e.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Lunches & dinners taking place around l o v i n g l y set tables,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">in a place called h o m e ,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">where the inhabitants g r o w , e x p a n d , e v o l v e</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and <i>decide </i>to s t a y t o g e t h e r to face life</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and its sometimes c h a l l e n g e s and d i f f i c u l t i e s.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">L u n c h e s and d i n n e r s in the company of simple yet <i>immensely </i>charming flower arrangements.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">A r r a n g e m e n t s made on the spot,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">with no big fuzz.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">But then with s o m u c h love.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">L o v e f o r l i f e .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">L o v e f o r p e o p l e .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">L o v e f o r l o v e .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I want a b e d r o o m where love can be taking place.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">A place where love can u n f o l d .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">And <i> t h r i v e</i> above everything else.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I want to b a k e lemon ricotta and almond c a k e s ,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I want to bake them and s h a r e them with<i> friends & family</i> that will be gathered around,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">impatiently waiting for the f<i>irst warm piece </i>to be cut, served, tasted & cherished.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">People that <i>have learned </i>to o p e n t h e i r h e a r t s.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">People that are<i> willing </i>to l e a r n </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">they <i>become </i>s o f t e r, yet s t r o n g e r,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Then I want to w a l k b a r e f o o t on the simple concrete floor of my s u m m e r h o u s e,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i>somewhere </i>in a corner of the earth where then s u n s h i n e s often.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">there where the salty air can be felt on your lips while you take <i>deep breaths</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I want to go up & down the stairs of this place</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">and then I want to have the ability to e m b r a c e p e o p l e for <i>who they are,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">concluding that a b r i l l i a n t s w i m m e r ,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I <i> l o v e</i> swimming.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">And through life by the woods I've learned to also<i> cherish</i> the trees.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">But if one judges me here for my ability</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I have become an e x c e l l e n t w o o d w a l k e r here.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">I keep the s w i m m i n g p a r t for when I'll be finding myself in water again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">all diptychs & collages made by Iro - Ivy Nassopoulos</span></div>
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