Post Studio Life

July - December 2024
  • Molly Hofer
This is more for me to keep track of the experiences and important moments, but I’m happy if you read it :) Read more
  • Molly Hofer

List of countries

  • United States United States
  • Luxembourg Luxembourg
  • Slovenia Slovenia
  • Croatia Croatia
  • France France
  • Germany Germany
  • Spain Spain
  • Show all (8)
Categories
None
  • 23.5kkilometers traveled
Means of transport
  • Flight-kilometers
  • Walking-kilometers
  • Hiking-kilometers
  • Bicycle-kilometers
  • Motorbike-kilometers
  • Tuk Tuk-kilometers
  • Car-kilometers
  • Train-kilometers
  • Bus-kilometers
  • Camper-kilometers
  • Caravan-kilometers
  • 4x4-kilometers
  • Swimming-kilometers
  • Paddling/Rowing-kilometers
  • Motorboat-kilometers
  • Sailing-kilometers
  • Houseboat-kilometers
  • Ferry-kilometers
  • Cruise ship-kilometers
  • Horse-kilometers
  • Skiing-kilometers
  • Hitchhiking-kilometers
  • Cable car-kilometers
  • Helicopter-kilometers
  • Barefoot-kilometers
  • 41footprints
  • 160days
  • 281photos
  • 74likes
  • Toulouse, the ten kilo cat, is having the time of his life at his new home :)
    The back of the house- terrace and tall trees :)The little bridge over the streamBehind this little fence is the vegetable garden 🪴Titi & Max ❤️Mamounette 🥰Kisses for little BuccaBoo

    Farm Life in France

    Aug 25–27, 2024 in France ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    The time here at Max‘s parents felt way too short. His mom, Titi, has recently moved her life out of the big city of Brussels for a quieter existence in northern France. His Dad still has his job in the capital but spends weekends and holidays here.

    The land is expansive, with chickens, cats, a pond filled with ducks, sheep, a cute little garden hut, a big barn, a babbling brook running through it, a bird observation deck, and a house from the 1700s! It is truly a little piece of paradise 🥰

    Titi has BIG plans for this place, including rebuilding the chicken coup, making an outdoor wellness lounge with hamam and sauna, renovating the house and making more guest rooms, and making an ecological swimming pool, just to name a few projects :) I am so excited for her and can’t wait to support her dreams in any way I can ❤️
    Read more

  • View from the van
    There's hiking trails starting right at the campground :)

    Camp Kyllburg in Eifel National Park

    Aug 27–30, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    I found the cutest campground in the middle of the Eifel Naturpark. I met some friends Michelle and Chris there for a 3 night hangout (it was located between Würzburg, where they live, and Belgium where I was staying). It is silent by 7pm, other than the river that gurgles by all the van pitches. It’s got really down to earth&friendly owners, „self check in“ so you don’t have to worry about arriving late as long as you’ve reserved, and even a bread delivery service (they leave it wherever you ask them to with a sweet little handwritten note on the bag 🥹). I will most likely be back someday :)Read more

  • End of Psycare Summer and Saying Goodbye

    September 12, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    The reality of handing over my apartment, studio, and letting go of all the security that my safe, well-built life provides set in the first week of September. German Summer kissed us goodbye as we embarked on a much different chapter of letting go and opening ourselves to the new.

    See you later my loves ❤️
    Read more

  • Massachusetts: Back to the Roots

    September 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    After one of the most uncomfortable, squished plane rides of our lives we landed in Boston and made our way to Grammy&Grampys log cabin. This is where I lived til I was about 8-9 years old full time, running the forests with our dogs daily and helping Grampy with the garden. So far we’ve seen turkeys, deer, a huge snake, squirrels, chipmunks, flying fish, seels, lots and lots of birds… I miss having so much contact and sharing land with animals on the daily. Things change, like favorite trees get cut down 🥺, or a new neighbor pops up… but in general things stay quite the same around here.

    I’ve begun learning firsthand some recipes that I never really asked about- it is “canning season”, when the harvest yields get processed and put into jars and stored for the winter.

    Voting is coming up, so that is a hot topic around here. I was able to convince Grammy to vote YES on legalizing psychedelic plants for personal and medicinal use in Massachusetts (see pic) 🥰

    And of course, hiking around state parks and seeing good friends has also been a hilight.

    More to come on our Rhode Island Adventures soon…
    Read more

  • Rhode Island

    September 18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    We visited my dad, stepmom and my half siblings twice since being in the states. It’s always shocking how much the kids change and grown in the time spent apart.

    While in RI we also visited my “second home”- Leah’s dads house, where I slept over more times than I can count and was like a little safe haven for me during hard times in high school ❤️ her sister, sisters best friend, and her dad were also there, and we had a GRAND old time joking, laughing, a bit of deep talk, lots of story telling, and puppeteering! Leah’s Dad is an artist and besides painting, making puppets is his passion. Check out his website:

    https://pkpuppets.com/pages/about-pk

    We’ve had good luck with the weather (summer held out for us here!) and enjoyed a couple of beach days. We had the freshest of fresh seafood (even sat and ate at the bay our food was fished out of, I freaking love this coast 😋).
    Read more

  • The Bridgewater Triangle

    September 24, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    In the last week we have been busy taking care of family, work, and personal matters. But on our time off we’ve spent many hours wandering the pretty trails that are sprinkled all over this region and have begun to embrace the onset of autumn.

    My most formative years were spent in the middle of what is known as the “Bridgewater Triangle”- a place known for being under a sort of curse, with high numbers in strange crimes (thought to be cult activity), unusually high proportions of reported paranormal activity, and witchcraft.

    I suppose it’s no wonder I have been practicing full moon ceremonies since I was little- the energy of these places that I grew up running around in is somehow different, riddled with coexisting feelings of magical enchantment/heavy energy and excitement/danger.

    As a kid I was obsessed with witchcraft- with harnessing my own power and the working with the power of nature. I even had quite a few supernatural experiences, both in childhood and as an adult in this area, that solidified my conviction that there are other layers to this world that we cannot control nor understand.

    As the leaves begin to turn, my witchiest self is embracing all her roots so that she may too change and become brighter, more vibrant. I am feeling more and more like the true “me” within this experience, and because of all my hard work, I can feel my efforts alchemizing into results, into real life feel-able, internal rewards.
    Read more

  • ❤️Sisters❤️
    Cute little fall games and raffles 🥰Josie ❤️PUNKINS 🎃Liv and JosieSnugglebuttBucket & CowboyI didn't pick them so the bees 🐝 have more snacksDalton bridge built in 1853 for 600 dollars 😋Dalton bridge from the riverside

    New Hampshire

    Sep 27–Oct 1, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    We visited my sister Livvy and her fiancé Jason at their house in a cute little village in New Hampshire. It’s the house that Jay grew up in, recently bought from his parents who have moved on to the warmer climate of South Carolina.
    Our time was filled with fall festivities, snuggles with my furry niece (Josie) and nephews (Bucket and Cowboy), and getting our first little peak into the small community that is Warner.

    We went to a little fall fest where we could sample apple cider, hear live music, sit at a bonfire, get a mocktail at the barn bar, play corn hole, and enter raffles. They primarily produce lavender and a whole array of products ranging from syrups, soaps, incense… you name it, they’ve got it with lavender 😍

    The porch of the little coffee shop at town center was full of people enjoying “Cinnabun Saturday”- the only day of the week that freshly baked Zimtschnecken roll hot off the oven to the counter. We made it just in time to buy the very last one to share in the rocking chairs outside.

    We were also very successful at the “barn sale”- its as a shop that benefits the historical society where you can get donated items for super cheap on Saturdays. We ended up finding so many things that we needed for our next chapter- bowls, glasses, french press etc. (More on the next trip soon hehehehe)

    Jason judged a local cooking competition (he is a professional chef) while we stayed home Saturday night with a sniffling livvy (she’s got a cold).
    Sunday we took Josie for a long walk along the river and discovered more of this adorable town‘s surroundings. Tuesday morning we had to say our goodbyes, but we will be back for the Fall Festival at the peak of leaf peeping season 🍁
    Read more

  • Upstate New York: Finding Nally

    Oct 1–2, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Christina&Sebastian are a lovely couple who work in the area of meditation and sound healing. They handed their van over with lots of care and made sure everything was in the best condition possible.

    I asked immediately about her name. During her time with Christina, her name changed to Shamon (Shaa-mone). We decided to revert back to her original name, Nally.

    Now on to the prep phase, as we will soon be heading south for the winter ❤️
    Read more

  • Vermont

    October 1, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    Just passing through Vermont on our way to get our van (Yes you read right- we found the perfect van to buy & resell for our time here 😍)

    Got sustainably harvested organic maple syrup from a mom&pop self service shop set up right on site where it’s harvested🤤

    Bob‘s Diner did not disappoint: bottomless hot coffee for 3 bucks, a simple brunch menu, and no frills service, all in the traditional atmosphere of your classic American diner.
    Read more

  • Van Prep

    Oct 3–5, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    Getting ready for our journey south…

    We are registered, insured, Nally passed inspection.

    Mumpi washed our huge warm blanket at the laundry mat that we got as a gift with the van. (See pics 🤣) I organized all our kitchen stuff, storage boxes, etc and we are taking her for a test run this weekend in Rhode Island.Read more