Spring storms and rainbows.

Hey there!

Not sure whether my blog is becoming more of a nature blog than a lifestyle, thoughts / stories blog. Mother nature has just been treating us on some crazy ass weather and amazing meteorological events lately. No, that's not the right way to put it, mother nature has been doing the same amazing job for centuries it's just that I haven't been paying enough attention to it. Until now.

This week the weather has been super crazy. One moment everyone is outside in shorts and a T-shirt and the other we're all running around in sweaters holding an umbrella while rain is mercilessly falling down the sky. Lightning, rainbows I've seen it all in just this week!

The weather gods aren't letting us down when it comes to the beauty of the weather. This week only we've already been treated on two double rainbows, beautiful storms and thick curtains made out of raindrops. Although I love how beautiful these types of weather look on the canvas that is our world I wouldn't mind if the weather got a bit of it's stability back. Just one type of weather a day would be good, not first bright skies and a second later thunderstorms. 

So from here on I will leave you guys with some pictures I took of the weather this week. I hope you enjoy them and maybe you've been experiencing the same kind of weather changes this week. If so, feel free to share them with me and show how beautiful the weather was / is at your place!

I will leave you guys now and resume climbing the mount Everest of homework that I still have to finish today. Wish me luck!

Love you lots and remember to look outside every once in a while! Who knows what beautiful kind of weather you might see..

ThatDutchGirl96

ps. Sorry my blog is so short this week. 

The wonders of the rain.

Hello!

This week winter has turned back to autumn. Rain, rain and more rain. From small drops, to huge waterfalls and hail. (solid) Water hitting you in the face and creeping it's way down your spine as you cringe at the cold feeling of it. Every time you decide to go outside or you simply have to go somewhere the weather pleases itself by turning just a little worse. No slow drizzle for you! Here have some thick raindrops. And I'm not sure although I feel like the weather has quite low self-esteem because every time you have to go out and you are finally happy with the way your hair falls down or whatever it decides to turn that slow innocent drizzle into a bloody flood. Yay! Way to go weather.....

So this week every time after my 20 minute bicycle ride to the train station I was soaked. Completely and utterly soaked. Coat, drowned in water, hair, ruined, clothes and even underwear, no dry spot to be found. Well done weather... Are you happy now because I'm not. And those are always the moments you realise your day has only just begun... FML

Rain isn't all bad and stupid, no no no. Every now and then (especially at times I don't have to go out in the rain) it's quite nice. In my case it's mostly when I'm on the train or in the car (except when I'm driving), rain drops landing on the windows and slowly sliding off the window again, racing against each other. The raindrops getting ahead of one an other before falling back behind. I love to watch those races making up stories in my head about what might be happening inside those drops. "HAHA goodbye Roger, I'll be there first!" "No way Susan."

Besides the racing there is also the sound of raindrops hitting the windows and rooftops. Different rhythms, intensiveness's. When it's drizzling you'll barely hear the drops fall down however when it's raining quite heavily you might hear an up beat rhythm passive aggressively hitting the windows or rooftops. Those passive aggressive raindrops compose the best symphonies, a calming sound slowly taking me to the land of dreams and nightmares, taking along the stress as they glide down the window. 

Yeah rain can be a total pain in the ass however it sometimes is one of the most wonderful weather conditions. Let's just say rain is underrated. Especially on days like mine today. A lazy day, not having to go outside, just staring through the window watching the rain drops forming puddles and racing down the window, enjoying the blur that it leaves the outside world in. 

Lots of love,
ThatDutchGirl96

Autumn!

Hello,

So a couple of days ago we had to change back to wintertime again. Daylight becomes a rarer thing whilst darkness takes over more and more time a day. Most days I have to leave the house in the dark and come back home in the dark as well. This pretty much sucks because whenever daylight brightens up the world for the few hours it gets, I am just sitting inside listening to a teacher's (wise) words and the talking and whispering of my classmates and other people that roam the halls of the school I attend. So whenever I have a day off and it's not raining I like to get outside, go on a walk or just enjoy the presence of daylight. 

Back to autumn. There are various reasons why I love autumn so much:

• Candles.
• The right time and temperature for wearing a onesie.
• Fairy lights.
• Autumn/winter room make-over.
• Tea & Hot chocolate.
• Leaves changing colours and making the world seem like a very warm coloured, nice and cosy place.
•  Fires in fireplaces.
• Cosy socks.
• Sweater Weather.

There are many more reasons why I love autumn so much but those were lost inside the continuous information flow that runs through my brain.

During spring and summer my room has had a sea-ish theme. I've chosen for this theme because ever since I was a little kid I've had this weird obsession with the sea and everything that is related to it. Maybe this is the explanation for me spending so much time at the river that flows in front of my house. 
Just the calming sounds of waves crashing against the rocks or on the sand. The wind blowing through my hair.
However the summer has passed I let the sea theme remain in my room with a few autumn / wintery touches like candles, fairy lights and some warm autumny colours:

The pictures above are just a few of the autumn/ wintery touches I added to my room and more have to follow (like a little Christmas tree) but I will leave those until winter has arrived. 

Oh and be prepared.... As Halloween is approaching so are the spooky, halloweeny activities I have done this year :)))

Lots of love,

ThatDutchGirl96