{"id":8556,"date":"2024-09-19T06:15:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T06:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/istriceillustra.com\/?p=8556"},"modified":"2026-10-04T23:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:21:03","slug":"living-in-a-place-where-is-always-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/living-in-a-place-where-is-always-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in a place where it is always autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After more than two months traveling with just two outfits and the bare essentials to survive (due to the obvious lack of space\u2014the van is lovely but has its limits), we\u2019re finally here, in our home, with all our things, our winter clothes, and everything I need to work and create freely.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t decide what warmed my heart more: having brushes and pastels back in my hands or my autumn jacket!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve called Asturias, the place we moved to, \u201cthe land where it\u2019s always autumn,\u201d because even in August it was chilly at times. For someone like me, who loves being wrapped up in scarves, hats, and jackets, it\u2019s a real dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Old illustration I\u2019ve done many years ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the very first day, we lit the fireplace, gathered hazelnuts, and now we\u2019re waiting for the chestnuts from our woods to be ready. We\u2019ve planted winter vegetables in our garden, picked blackberries from the yard, and made jam. All of this makes me feel more inspired than ever. I could draw all day. It feels like I\u2019m living in a fairytale, where happiness grows a little more each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s a bit like the movie Am\u00e9lie<\/em>, where I enjoy life\u2019s simple pleasures, like finding wild blackberries\u2014even if it means pricking my fingers on the thorns\u2014or watching chestnuts turn from green to brown, shaking hazelnuts to see if they\u2019re full, but most of all, picking apples and finding the ones with funny faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, I truly feel, as they say in Spain, \u201cen mi salsa\u201d (which means, in my element).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Little Sketches at Dawn. The Simple Pleasures of the \u201cLand Where It\u2019s Always Autumn\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since I\u2019ve been here, the desire to live at a slower pace knocks on my door every day. I\u2019ve always said that I wanted to open an Istriceillustra shop, maybe in a beautiful, bustling historic center full of people\u2026 and now, the more I look around, the more I see Istriceillustra here. I imagine it becoming a place for sharing, where I can organize workshops and artistic retreats. I picture myself working to make this place a magical spot for creating slowly, and to be honest, it already feels that way to me. As I mentioned in the newsletter, I\u2019m already working on your Christmas commissions and the calendar, and I hope there will be even more because I truly feel inspired! Now, back to work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll talk in October!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

xxx<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After more than two months traveling with just the bare essentials, we\u2019re finally home in Asturias, \u201cthe land where it\u2019s always autumn.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-40"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8556"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950811,"href":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions\/950811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}