Age. It's a funny thing . I remember a few years ago a birthday of mine would have been celebrated through a haze of drink and a well earned hangover which would linger for two days after 🙄😜🤣 For my 37th birthday my hubby booked us a weekend away ,very near home yet far enough away 😉 We stayed in what we now know as a "hippy commune" This house sleeps 16 but I'm pretty sure 20 could easily fit. There were ,in the end , 8 of us that gave up the weekend to feed our hippy souls. It was amazing. We were in the middle of the countryside with only herbs ,cats and wilderness all around us . We sat with those who lived on site, they were beyond friendly ; they told us of why they chose to live in a commune and how their life has changed since. ( I'll admit ,I was a little envious of their freedom ) We sat and drank tea, coffee and whiskey by the open turf fire .(not all in the one cup 🤣) We played cards . We even played Monopoly - when was the last time you sat with adults and played a simple game ?! We tried to play the piano 😜 We stood in awe of one hell of record collection with a sound system ready to play whatever we wanted ,whenever we wanted . We cooked , walked the woods , went to the river and climbed barbed fences and electric ones - something I haven't done since I was a child . We found a castle and fairy forts and lots of cows sh#t ! We stayed in a house which was basically handmade from top to bottom ; I'm actually pretty sure I could hide in there and the owners would never know 😲 It really was an Aladdins Cave ; each room made us stop in awe at the love and care that went in to crafting such a room ❤️ A friend of mine who couldn't come , asked me how the weekend was and I replied "it made my inner hippy so happy " - and it did ,it really did. What I've learned in my now 37 years is that you must nourish your soul too 🙌 And my soul has a bit of hippy in it and this past weekend I definitely let my soul dance; and now my soul is happier. Thank you to those that could come along - for cooking wonderful food ,for chatting late into the night ,for teaching me how to play certain card games 😉 and for helping make my birthday one I'll not forget 😘 And for those of you reading this , I highly recommend a hippy commune for a friend catch up ,a family gathering or just to get away from it all - it'll definitely do your heart, soul and mind a little good 😍 And Dhana ,...