Some days the exhaustion catches up with me a little more than others. My body is sore and tired, but I often call it the “payment for memories made” and time well spent with the people I love. 💜 Living with chronic health conditions means that even joy can come with a little aftermath 🙈 A lovely weekend, travelling, laughing, long conversations, hugs, adventures… they all leave footprints behind in my body for a while afterwards. 🐾 So if I’ve been a little quieter than usual, I’m simply recharging my batteries so I can come back and give things my whole heart again. 🙌🏻❤️ I think there’s something important in allowing ourselves rest without guilt. Rest is not falling behind. It’s part of continuing. 🌱 So today I’m asking you this… How do you recharge when life, people or even beautiful memories leave you feeling a little worn out? 🌿

This week we’re heading to Canada… and oh it’s a good one 🙌🏻A quiet road, soft trees, that feeling of space stretching out beside you… the kind of place that invites you to slow right down and notice. 👉https://maps.app.goo.gl/A4ecYzZjNCzec7859 Before we wander too far… I’ll also be sharing my Greenland piece soon ❄️ It’s not quite finished yet, still sitting in that in-between stage… but I quite like that part of the process. The not-quite-there-yet. The becoming. Now… let’s go exploring 🌍✨ 🌿 If you’re new here You can travel with us no passport required. 🙌🏻 Each week we visit a new place using Street View and respond in whatever way feels right to you: * a quick doodle * a painting * a collage * a poem * or simply a few words about how it makes you feel There’s no right way to do this. Just a smidgen of curiosity and a moment for yourself. ❤️ I’d love to see what you notice in this one… maybe it’s the way the road leads you forward, or how the trees hold the space, or something small that only you spot 💛

Is it just me, or do our thoughts sometimes wrap themselves a little too tightly around us? You know those moments…when everything feels a bit too much,when you can’t quite see a way through,when your mind keeps circling the same worries. 🧐 It can feel like you’re stuck there. But I’ve been thinking… What if we’re not as trapped as it feels?What if things are just a little foggy right now? Because sometimes the path isn’t gone it’s just harder to see when our thoughts are loud. And maybe the next step doesn’t have to be big or brave or life-changing… Maybe it’s just this… loosening one small thread. A gentler thought. A softer approach. A tiny step forward, even if you’re not completely sure where it leads. You don’t have to have it all figured out.You don’t need the whole picture. Just a smidgen of movement is enough. 🥰 I’d love to know…what helps you when your mind feels a little tangled? 🤍

Every so often I get everything out…glue, paint, crayons, pencils, scraps of paper even the fineliners for good measure ! And then I just let go. 🧑‍🎨 No plan, no pressure… just whatever is in my head finding its way out. It usually looks like a bomb’s gone off —and to be fair… it kind of has 😅 But in that ahhhh… I needed that kind of way. I think we can do this in so many parts of our lives. Writing is a big one just line after line, whatever comes out.No editing, no judging. Because while you’re ‘purging’ it all out…your brain is quietly making sense of things in the background. 🧠❤️ So I guess what I’m saying is go for it. I think my current sketchbook shows what I am trying to say 🥰 Let it be messy.Let it be imperfect. You might just surprise yourself 🤍

Today I’ve been to visit friends and they have the most beautiful garden 😍 I had to share this small slice of heaven with you, no captions because the flowers speak for themselves 😍 I hope you had a nice day with a smidgen of calm whatever you’ve been doing 🥰 I will be posting Around the world in 80 sketches tomorrow as I am completing exhausted our friends have a 2 year old and she knows I am a sucker for Peppa Pig and running round the garden 🤦🏻‍♀️🫠 My heart is full though ❤️