You know what’s fun about spring in Belgium?
Absolutely nothing, until you look up and realize Mother Nature hit “refresh” and everything goes full Disney mode.
This past week, the weather was basically going through a midlife crisis. One minute it’s sunshine and birds tweeting like influencers trying to stay relevant. Next minute, it’s gray skies and rain like nature just got dumped. Again. She does this every single year!
But hey! Plot twist! It’s actually great news.
Because guess what? Plants need rain too. Shocking, I know. Back in my day, we just called it “weather” and moved on without tweeting about it, but here we are. Anyway, as the skies cried a little, the trees smiled back, and BOOM. Spring showed up like it owned the place.
So, there we were, halfway through the weekend. No plans, no schedule, just vibes. And honestly? That’s when the best stuff happens. The kind of stuff you remember. The kind of stuff you don’t post about until three days later with a slightly filtered photo and a caption that says “spontaneous days are the best 💕” but we both know you spent 15 minutes picking the font. And I didn't wait three days this time.
Anyway. Japanese Garden in Hasselt. You want to see nature flexing on winter? That’s the place. Cherry blossoms doing their soft pink magic, petals falling like confetti after a spiritual rave. Water trickling through tiny canals like nature’s ASMR. Like they're actually using one of those relaxation & alpha wave apps! Trees doing their best “I just woke up and I’m fabulous” pose. It was visual therapy.
And yeah… another matcha latte happened. Don’t judge. It was either that or another existential crisis about NFTs, and frankly, the matcha won. For now. There's no matcha in the neighborhood tomorrow though. Be warned!
Here’s what this day reminded me of, and maybe it’ll land with you too:
Sometimes, you’ve just gotta go. No plan, no perfect weather, no algorithm-approved moment. Just you, your people, and the world doing its thing. Because the most memorable stuff? It's rarely scheduled. It’s rarely Instagram-perfect. It’s the raw, unfiltered, messy, matcha-sipping magic of now.
So get out there. Touch some grass. Watch a blossom fall. Sip something green. Be present. And for the love of Gen X, put your phone down long enough to actually see it.
Then yeah, sure, take a photo. Post it. Caption it with something deep. But know the real magic? That happened before you hit “share.”
Now don't you forget that!
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Such a beauty!!! Amazing shots !!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you very much! Yes.. it was an amazing view!
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Funny how rain can be different things for different people on different times, right! But it does good! For sure!
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You are absolutely right. Nature is funny at times.
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@borniet just sent you a DIY token as a little appreciation for your comment dear @ariscoco1! Feel free to multiply it by sending someone else !DIY in a comment :) You can do that x times a day depending on your balance so:!DIYSTATSWell said mate, i think alot of people forget to live life, they are to busy trying to create the perfect moment they miss the real ones.
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Thanks bro! Yeah, being too busy to make things instagram-perfect, that they forget to live the real ones, seeing that happen way too often. Trying hard all the time not to step into that trap! And definitely succeeded in that ;-)
Hope you have an awesome week!!!
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Aha!! That makes it an even better matcha coffee! ;-) Yup, good times were had, so time very well spent!
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Laughing when you mentioned there's absolutely nothing fun about spring in Belgium. I love rainy days though. I feel the plants smiling when it's raining.
PS. I love matcha too. Happy new week ahead!
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Thank you!! Happy new week to you too! Hope you have a great one!
Yes, I love living close to nature, and would love to be even closer to it! Spring in Belgium is like have 4 seasons in one single day. And than that, 3 times a day even!!! It can easily freeze in the morning, be sunny and warm around noon, hail and rain storms in the afternoon, then have the greatest sunset to look at in a t-shirt.
I do like rain as well, not just like even, LOVE it, really do, especially how it smells after the rain. I do also often walk in the rain (or dance even! ;-) ). But in Belgium, it is often a little too much. For instance, in november & december combined, we had 3 days with sunlight. 6 days without rain. Now THAT is a bit too much :-)
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