A slow life in the countryside of France

[Music] [Music] [Laughter] You're You can leave. [Music] [Music] Are you [Music] praise? Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Bonjour. Welcome back to a new video. I am taking it a little slower this summer. So, I'm taking a little break from filming every now and then. And whenever I feel inspired, I do film. And I was going through the footage. I could tell from all the footage that I shot that the roses have grown so much since, for example, when I filmed a couple of weeks ago when I was pruning them. I planted these in the spring with my mom. And I'm honestly so happy with how they turned out. And just seeing them bloom and seeing how the garden is turning into the thing that I had in my mind makes me so happy. But it also makes me realize that summer is really flying by. And I think I say this every single summer. It is a busy season for us. We have guests in the cottage and the cabin. And this week is a really nice week. We have wonderful guests in the cabin. And I make breakfast and dinner for them every day. And I really enjoy doing that because it also challenges me to get creative and come up with new dishes which I find incredibly inspiring. At the moment I am actually working on a second book as you may know on new French country interiors but I have to be completely honest I am also making a second cookbook. I'm just overflowing with inspiration. And whenever I create something just from what I find in my garden, what I find at the market, I write it down. And a second cookbook is kind of writing itself at the moment. And so this summer, I'm enjoying taking care of our guests. We are having warm days. Sometimes you get a little bit of rain, which is really good for the garden. And all in all, life is just really good. It's nice and quiet, but also having a lot of guests on our property also brings this really happy little buzz. Meeting people from all over the world, which makes me really happy. So, yeah. How are you all doing? How is your summer going or winter if you're on the other side of the planet? Okay, so my husband was filming that. He can never be serious. The other thing that tells me that we are really in the middle of summer is the parking. I don't know if you see all these weeds. We have done everything we needed to do to prevent getting them. And it's horrible. So, we are still trying to make this look nice. I come here every evening just to enjoy the view and enjoy the quiet. I just keep falling in love with the beautiful area that we live in, the beautiful view that we have from our home. And I pinch myself every single day that this is where we live now. Our life here in the French countryside is really slow and really quiet. I was in the Netherlands last week and sometimes I miss the liveless and the high energy of the Netherlands. But then every time I return back home, I feel that this peacefulness and the stillness is actually what brings me back to myself. I can always leave this place and look for inspiration. And I travel a lot for all the home tours that I film and for other projects. And every time I come back here, I just feel no other place makes me feel more connected to who I truly am. Makes me feel more content and at peace. So I am just incredibly grateful for this life. It's repetitive and maybe even a little boring sometimes. I am learning to just be more present in the moment and it is very nourishing for my soul. So, I'm just going to end the video here with a couple of these last shots of the boring stillness of our home. And I hope you've enjoyed this video. And I'll be back with a new video very soon.