horses are our soulmates!!

hola dear friends,
i am writing you in a very happy and satisfied mood. i had a wonderful weekend, relaxed on the porch in the sun, read the washington post and simply enjoyed life. i was also able to ride on zhar for a little bit while heidi was leading him. that was great. such a wonderful feeling to feel the horse under you and its easy and slight movements.
today we started to work in the garden. potatoes. man, i am so out of shape. do all the farmers feel drained after their first hour of outdoor work after the winter?? i was reminded a lot on my time at whole village last spring where we were digging in the rain day after day. my back cries out : "are you SERIOUS??? dude, after yoga you push me to do THAT???" well, well, i hope i will adjust. i did last year. and the beauty aboyt farming is that the jobs vary form season to season. you do the same movement for one season but then there is a change. although weeding is done any time of the year..:) well, 6 rows of potatoes we did this morning, micha and i. nice and neat the look. i smelled the earth and it smelled like home. the earth in costa rica smelled different. in general, the spring air makes me almost dizzy. i love this season so much. the birds started to sing, the trees slowing start to bloom (in dc the trees are at their best right now!!) and nature awakes. the horses already wear masks cause the flys are really bad already. looks kind of funy. like 'blinde kuh', which is a german game.
on sunday my cousins confirmation was happening in germany and i was able to takl to him. that is kind of crazy when you travel. somehow to have the idea that only YOU are changing and grwoing but everyelse that you know stays the same. how strange to see my cousins all grown-up and ready to face the world when i couple days ago he was still playing with legos??just kidding. but i guess when you are not there all the time change is more obvious once you DO see a picture of your beloved once. makes me think how fast life goes. i mean i have left germany almost 2 years ago. 2 years! my convirmation was 6 7 years ago and abi also 2 years. crazy but also that fact is comforting as it also shows that hard times pass. i remember when i first got to costa rica i was shocked and i just wanted to leave and couldn't wrap my head around the fact that my return ticket is not until march 19. MARCH 19 and it was only december. 3 MONTHS, 108 days (yeah, it is a little more then 3 months for who ever actually counted the days. i stayed longer, remember??) with NO BATHROOM, NO ROOM and so far away from EVERYTHING that i coudn't even WALK to the next telephone in less then 2 hours. but i managed. and i stayed. and i grew so much and learned so much. back then i thought the time will never pass. but now it is already april. i HAVE actually eaten bread again and hi, going tothe bathroom only equipped with a shovel and toilet paper (fancy, fancy) isn't that bad.
i think that this time taught me especially that in time of pain or uncomfort you appreciate every moment of pleasure so much more and your eyes are more open to see the sun side of things and situations. for example after reading up in a book called 'animal speak', that the spider has an incredible meaning and can teach us a lot, i still cry out but then i remember what i learned and i can take in consideration what she can teach me today. that really changed how i think about spiders now.
have you ever had a day where you felt like time stands still? where the numbers on the watch just doesn't want to change?? where you could almost see the single movements of a kolibri? i exaggerate of course but yeah, i kinda felt like that during my first days in costa rica. here time seems to go slow but steady. i am already more than two weeks back in the northern hemisphere. the days here are laid back although today was the first day where i really needed to lay down after lunch. i was exhausted. i work in the morning and usually after lunch i am free or if i desire i can go back to a project. i usually also do stuff around the house or help micha and heidi with something. i was interupted a few seconds ago by micha how asked if i could help him fill up some honey from the big container that we bought into smaller once. so far we have 3 1 1/2 kg bottles full of honey and the container is not even half full. so a lot of honey which exits me of course. nothing tastes better for me as a fresh baked piece of michas bread with honey!!! mhm.
now i will go back to applying for a wwoof opportunity at farms here in north carolina for the time between my parents leave and my visa expiration date.
i am sending you lots of love and
enjoy the time that you are having NOW.
jewels