The year 2023 will certainly be something special, new…

Well, every year there is something that deserves a certain percentage of special space in our memories.
Just last week, in the hospital after leg surgery, I was thinking about how much work Spring creates at the property that my partner and I have. What do I have to buy before I even dare to look towards the `fligenport`?
Between the house and the `fliegenport` there are quite a few steps and a grassy area leading down to our fruit trees. It will be… a couple more weeks of recovery, and I’ll be sitting on the tractor, thinking how much fuel is left in the tank, and how much mowing I need to do :).

There is nothing more beautiful than walking on just mowed grass amongst well-kept trees towards the `fliegenport`. There you can look up and see your plane, which you control just like a real pilot.

We had booked a trip to France this spring, where I would definitely be busy with my camera, but the operation and recovery scuppered this long-awaited plan. My friend would certainly have been happy to have us come to visit as he and his partner have a lot of work to do on their home. I don’t think I would have been doing much sitting around. Well … all in its own time… At least that’s what someone told me.

I’m also thinking a lot about the exhibition, which I’m kind of already putting together in my head. I visualise all the photos and place them on an imaginary wall so that they will tell the story that I want. I am very careful not to look at them too long. An old photographers’ rule. It seems to me that I have also made a lot of progress with the stories themselves and crisper post-production. I kind of stick to that red thread of mine that the story takes precedence over everything else. I am keen that each photo I take has a little bit of me in it. I’m thinking if this is really the case? Do others see them that way? Do they get a hint of my story?

My injury and the operation have forced me to sit with myself and I notice that I now see things from a different perspective. Everything is more orderly and systematic in my mind. It could be said that not only the body rests, but also the mind 🙂

Hmmm, that reminds me … I need to write another list for Adrijana for when she goes to the store… The list is getting longer. That’s what happens when your mind rests 🙂