10 days of joy

Hey Everyone!

I'm back! I had the most lovely 10 days with my closest

friends in a huge villa. And when I say villa I mean VILLA!

Can you believe this was my house for the past 10 days? I wish I could ship it to my current

home town ;)!

A group of 22, some of my closest friends, some newbies who I adored and of course two precious doggies!

This was the 4th year in this house and I've been having the same bedroom for 3 years.

It has calming blue walls and I feel very at home there. Especially when I bring some

deer to cosy up the room ;).

The deer also requested a special

photo shoot in the garden :p.

On the first day we discovered a pretty caterpillar in the garden. I really enjoyed taking pictures

of it :)! It's a common creature who will eventually grow into a moth. But his colours are breathtaking.

I've been back home for one day now and I'm already having trouble remembering what

I did those 10 days :(! I visited the village 'Spa' a lot to take pictures and shop for cute

goodies. I ate French macarons for the first time in my life (yum, they were good!) and my friends

and I went to the 'Thermen' to swim and sit in the sauna :).

I bought two cute dresses (one with kitties on it!) and I found the most precious deer figurine at an

antiques market, the woman selling it to me spoke French so I couldn't understand a word she was saying

(dropped French in 2nd grade). My friend heard her say something like 'tres vieux' which means really old.

When she wrote down the year 1920(!) I almost couldn't believe it!

Some of us went to the forest to enjoy the pretty nature. I loved it! We picked raspberries and they

were delicious :)!

I also posed on a rock in a river,while my friend Ghislaine took pictures.

We visited nearby towns, barbecued, laughed, played games, made music together, drunk till

we were silly, discovered new friendships and lots more.

And now I'm home and there's this empty feeling, missing the 21 friends I spend my days with and 

learned to love even more than I already did :(.

I also miss this silly little creature:

Her name is Alice and when her 'daddy' wasn't around she chose me to follow around all day. 

I grew really fond of her and she softened my sadness from missing the kitties.

 My hubby saw how I was with her and we talked about having our own dog one day. 

I can't wait :)! But first, little Alice's boss promised that she can stay with us for a short amount of 

time to see if we are up for life with a doggie, and our kitties for that matter ;).

I want to share one last picture of a friend named Chris, because I think it turned out really pretty

and I am thrilled about 'catching' him in such a sweet smile!

And I want to thank all my friends for these precious 10 days we had together! 

I <3 you guys! See y'all soon!

I'll be back on Monday with (hopefully) my missed doodley doo's!

Love,

Nikki