a week in reflectionToday is Sunday. Time to have a look into the Sunday newspaper (5 min) and shake your head. We have undoubtedly entered the slack season and the holidays here in Europe started with the traffic jam on the Gotthard road south, like every year with the Gotthard tunnel being the rate limiting factor in the private transport chain from north to south through the alps….
We will hit south, too. But the plan is to use the bike, from Geneva to the Mediterranean. I figured this is easy. Overall, it will only go downhill.
But back to the Sunday: I look back to an exciting week. The new website is working fine. The first 300 flacons of the “UNE ROSE VERMEILLE” are filled. I counted my stock (ufff!) and my bookkeeper will use the numbers and do his magic. And I feel like Alice in book keeping wonderland. I 100% unconditionally totally admire my book keeper (the W.-factor) who understands the numbers forth and back. I used to only have a simple excel file: What comes in and what goes out. Now we have this double entry bookkeeping and I am simply amazed how you can look at numbers from all different perspectives.
Anyhow: This week featured a nice start of the “A MOMENT WITH LILY OF THE VALLEY ” community book writing project. There was one little misunderstanding:
THIS E-BOOK PROJECT CONTINUES UNTIL EARLY 2011! And I need more contributions and hope that I can motivate many more…
I will continue collecting the contributions from the community and will start working on the publication of the e-book by early 2011. Then, by spring 2011, I will use the media and press that I get in spring to push this e-book and make sure that it sells, because all profit goes to charity. Thus, there is time to contribute and no hurry.
I wish you a great Sunday.
Today’s picture: a mountain carnation, seen on Wednesday.
A trip down to the Med sounds heavenly, although I’m afraid lazy old me would ditch the bikes and just jump in the car.
You most certainly have had a busy week. I hope you find the time today to relax and enjoy your accomplishments.
Greetings to you, Persolaise
I am about to dilute the next Orange Star batch, then we go for the 2 hours jog to keep me fit and then we continue pouring rêverie… I guess it will not really be relaxing, but I will enjoy my Sunday nevertheless.
By the way: There is something meditative about biking. You would love it!
Wore Carrillon to sleep in last night, wonderful!
Thanks!
Thank you for more beautiful pics!! Your trip south sounds just as gorgeous – what are your fave scents and foods from the Mediterranean, as in what can you never say no to??
dear Hotlanta Linda
that’s an easy one: Red wine, olives, white bread. And then there is this scent of the pineta, the fragrance of the pine trees on the sea, the needles on the soil, the ambra in the air. This is heaven.
Dear Eric
Interesting: I wore it for weeks, always before going to bed, and I found it to behave very nice over night. The same is true for the rose vermeille, by the way. I do not think I could say the same for the cowboy scent , Lonestar Memories, though…
What a gorgeous little flower! I am already envying your trip to the south – all those red wines and olives sound heavenly! Can’t wait to hear about it/see photos and live vicariously.
And hopefully, some “fragrant inspirations” for you in the Mediterranean? Eat extra olives for me! 