Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I were able to simply concentrate on one thing ... on just one of those wild and beautiful ideas that I have.
Perhaps it would be about me just going to Genova to work on my book. Or if I stayed home and only worked on the photography workshops. I wonder how it would be if I was a one-idea kind of woman.
Or if I just did the housework and cared for my family, deep-cleaning this quirky old Belgian house once a month, studying new recipes then cooking then, and taking the time to be sure my family was happy.
And maybe I would have that dog I dream about too.
If I didn't enjoy meeting new people as I do ... or love exploring other countries so much, then that distraction-factor would be so much smaller and that much more manageable. Perhaps.
But I am seem to be one of those people, genuinely deeply curious about almost everything. I love photography, writing and people. I love new people but old friends too. I love family, and I love those messy new ideas that bubble up and spill all over the place.
I tried staying in and working one rainy day back in Genova but the balcony beckoned and instead my camera and I attempted to capture some of the beauty just outside the glass doors.
I miss that apartment and yet, at the same time, I am glad to be home.
There was a BBQ last night, a reunion with some of Gert's university friends. They were gracious and kindly allowed me into their circle. The reunion was held in a beautiful location someplace in Belgium. We were outside under this sail-like canopy that kept us dry while a Fiordland-New-Zealand-style tempest rumbled and crackled and downpoured around us. It was a truly superb evening.
We hit 29 celsius yesterday ... summer is here. The garden is luscious, between the heat and the rain, everything out there is celebrating by growing madly.
And today there's a 50th someplace in the city. I should get ready but meanwhile ... another of the series of photographs taken from that balcony high up on Via Malta, one rainy day back in beautiful Genova.
