the garden of my parents is definitely one of my number one retreats. i never appreciated it so much when i was younger, but as time goes by, everytime i am visiting my parents this garden fascinates me again and again with its beauty and lush greenery. even in autumn and winter it provides beautiful sceneries. my father loves natural gardens, with lots of flowers, weeds & herbs growing seemingly everywhere. and that's what i love about it, too.
an abundance of fruits and berries grow in summertime and it's always so much that a lot of the harvest can't be eaten immediately. so my mother prepares a lot of jams. sometimes my father presses wines as well. sometimes i wish i could be there all the time just to help with all the work in the garden.
butterflies are loving my parents' garden, obviously! they find lots of nectar every year.
a fresh bowl of raspberries with a lot of cream is the best little afternoon snack, don't you think?
we also went swimming in a nearby gravel pit now used as a bathing lake. because the gravels are pretty mean to your feet my mother had the glorious idea to buy these swimming shoes. quite something that you have to get uses to, but it's easy on sensitive feet :)
the lake is pretty nice.
clouds came up and we decided to drive back to pick more raspberries before the rain got too strong.
in the end i picked them in the rain, but it was really a meditative chore.
and eating them right away is also another very joyful chore :)
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