you can't plan a box, you can't plan a life

pictured: stockholm on a nice evening // us at our stockholm rental apartment with frukost // us in the forest near the appelfabriken // alex relaxes with the cat

today commenced our wwoofing adventure here on the ekerö islands - specifically Färingsö – of sweden. it's a peaceful place about a hour outside of stockholm, but it feels many many miles away. goats baa across the street, horses and cows lay about, and there's only the sound of weird birds crowing (...or whatever unknown bird does). it's quite nice i'd say. and the weather, luckily, was wrongly predicted. so instead of miserable rainy days, thus far, we've has a nice shine of sun and a cool breeze greeting us.

and this morning started with a nice breakfast of bread with jam, honey (both made by the appelfabriken - where we are staying) and some new kind of cheese that's more like peanut butter than cheese. after our little frukost, we set off to our first project - to build two very large plant boxes that would eventually house a kitchen garden of lettuces with old scrap wood and vintage window panes. i love using saws, drills, and that sort of thing (even though alex did most of the sawing) and i think plant boxes (no technical name needed) are pretty and purposeful. so, what the perfect task for me!

and the lesson learned at the end of our work day (which, by the way, was only 6 hours, and Lars, one of appelfabrikens owners, came out to tell us the day was over at 4...and that we took a short lunch - which was again, yummy, and in the sun of a garden...crazy!...but how nice) was that no matter how much you think you've got the right plan, you've probably overlooked something valuable that changes the outcome. tangibly - today numbers were taken (metric is way easier) and things were cut, but we somehow still managed to mess up several times and the plan didn't really work out so well (ahh, to experience a new kind of messing up that is stress-less and educational!)

anyway, i like thinking this new life of mine has no real plan. sure, i've got some ideas brewing in the ol'fraynebrain, but i don't want to over think anything. i've done that. i'm over that. so thanks wwoof lesson #1!

video: the lambs/sheeps just across the way - chewing on some grass, eating some bark, and just hopping about...