{"id":12654,"date":"2026-07-09T00:47:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=12654"},"modified":"2026-07-09T01:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:14:46","slug":"bohemian-roses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=12654","title":{"rendered":"Bohemian Roses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0675-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0675-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0675.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m reading another walking book \u201cA Time of Gifts.\u201d It\u2019s the first of a trilogy by Patrick Leigh Fermor, who walked in 1933 at the age of 18 from Hook of Holland to Constantinople. It is transporting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0690-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0690-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0690-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0690-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0690.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Iceberg rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So tonight he took me to the lost \u201ckingdom\u201d of Bohemia and I went back to the early \u201860s when I frequented a coffeehouse in Toronto called The Bohemian Embassy. It was all Chianti bottles and candles with folk songs sung by real singers. It was also a place where you dreamed of romantic adventures to magical places far from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0684-1024x957.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0684-1024x957.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0684-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0684-768x717.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0684-1536x1435.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0684.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After university I spent several years living a Bohemian life in Europe. I came back to Canada to live the antithesis. I have no regrets, however, there are pieces of that eccentric lifestyle that still haunt me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0692-700x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0692-700x1024.jpg 700w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0692-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0692-768x1123.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0692-1051x1536.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0692.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe this is why I plant a garden and walk Caminos. I need to escape to a lost world of ancient wonders. A world full of rich tapestries, old roses, lost rivers, dark mountains, soft music and eternal summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0686-845x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0686-845x1024.jpg 845w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0686-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0686-768x931.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0686-1267x1536.jpg 1267w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_0686.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Campfire Rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The roses are from my garden. They are remnants of a lost world. I nurture them as I nurture my dreams and they fill my life with a Bohemian richness, as poetry does. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m reading another walking book \u201cA Time of Gifts.\u201d It\u2019s the first of a trilogy by Patrick Leigh Fermor, who walked in 1933 at the age of 18 from Hook of Holland to Constantinople. It is transporting. 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