Being connected to nature is great and very healthy.
Nature is feminine energy, which I love! It's going with the flow, not trying to control things etc. Knowing that things come and go like the leaves on trees and flowers in a field.
Maintaining a balance so things nourish and nurture one another and so on.

I've grown up with a dad who loved nature and he passed that on to me. We went to the woods regularly, he showed and taught me a lot. Now you have to know that the Dutch woods are usually smaller even than what you in the US and likely Canada call "a park".
I've been to a so called park in Alabama which was huge! Way larger than any woods we have here.
In the same way we also don't have the same wild animals. They either do not live in this part of the world or they cannot have a habitat anymore because humans claimed so much ground to live and for roads etc.

As such we don't have bears. We had them until approx. the 9th-10th century, then they went extinct.
Foxes can happen but rare and they typically don't come near houses as far as I know. I think I've seen a fox 2-3x in my entire life and one of them was in the UK.
Racoon... dunno if we have those in The Netherlands.
We don't have mountain lions, snakes, scorpions, no moose or elk either. Deer & raven only in certain areas, the latter not in my province.
There used to be more in the past but because of superstition most got killed and they nearly went extinct. I actually think they went extinct and had to be re-introduced in the '80s. I've never in my life seen a raven in The Netherlands. The only ones I've seen were at The Tower in London.

Since a few years we get wolves again. They had also disappeared for yonks.
They came in via eastern route, Russia maybe, then via Germany into our country. At first only in the east where there's more forest area, but they're slowly spreading towards the south-west which is where I live.
So it could be that in a few years time we have wolves roaming round in the village, hihi.

Unlike in your situation there is little chance of me getting any wild animals in my garden or area. My garden is fenced off anyways, lol. Only cats and birds can get in. And hedgehogs. I do have those :)

Native American and/or First Nation ways are different and also not directly available to me.
I've studied western European paganism with a UK hedgewitch but after a few years I moved on to something else.
I'm also an old Soul, a Lightworker. I felt a longing & calling for more. I moved on to more Cosmic stuff I suppose, less of the Pagan ways. I used to call myself a Pagan, and in a way I still am, but mostly a Lightworker.
I work with energies, Archangels & angels, Ascended Masters and so on. Very busy with the ascension process of both myself & mankind.

I've done loads of (paid-for) Tarot & oracle card readings for people but at some point had enough of that too, hihi. At the mo I only read for myself on occasion.
I also have different beings who protect me, more from the Angelic realms (which includes Arch/angels, dragons, unicorns) and/or Ascended Masters, over 400 high vibrational crystals, and my own high vibrational energy. I'm very well protected.
If need be I smudge my aura and house with white sage, but this is rarely needed, thank goodness! So there is a bit of Nat. Am. here and there, the smudging is one.

My main focus in life is working with the masculine & feminine energies & dynamics. Learning about that to great extent and passing that on to other people.
As a coach I've given courses for women on that, online & in English so I could work with a broad audience.
Menopause to-do threw a spanner in the work when I was just getting started :/
Currently considering picking that up again.

So we're both spiritual, sensitive, but in entirely different ways!

After the flood... I think I tried that one, not sure anymore.
Sometimes I get the 1st season and forget to find the next one as it often takes so danged long for that to come out, hihi.

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I LOVE Expedition Bigfoot!! I've watched all 6 seasons several times.
They do have plenty of things they find, but it depends what you consider to be proof. Seems to vary a lot for people.
It's as if some need to see one captured and dissected on a table. I'm not one of those people. I'd hate for one to be caught as it would get mistreated, probed, dissected.

What they find are hair samples, footprints, handprints -one of which was on the window of their command centre's door- plenty of thermal footage of a huge bipedal creature walking through the woods, sounds, proof that there's a creature that produces infrasound which is not done by any animal in the US and so on and so forth.
They do have footage of Russell -one of the team- catching a huge dark creature standing up and walking away, and it's clearly not a bear.
In the last season they capture a tall bipedal walking off through the woods.

They also find nests several times (on the ground), woven and made exactly the same way gorillas make their nests.

They try to back everything up by facts and science as much as possible. It's not like "finding bigfoot" which is a joke compared to this.
For instance, they have reason to believe that bigfoot can cloak itself and visually disappear right in front of your face.
Then people think, utter BS. But... a scientist/expert they visit says that we can actually make things invisible. We know how to do that. So it isn't a mystery anymore at all. He also says it isn't far-fetched to think that -if they can do it- an animal/creature could have figured it out too.
It's nothing more than bending light. So if a creature could move its hair a certain way for instance, it is not unthinkable it can make itself invisible that way.

They investigated that as there are tons of witness report stating that bigfoot suddenly disappeared AND because they themselves captured bigfoot on Lidar footage 3 times (!!) while there wasn't anything to see with the naked eye nor on regular camera.

So they captured a helluva lot! And you know, if you see how freaking fast these bigfoot move through the woods when they got one on thermal imaging it's no wonder hardly anyone ever has a close encounter!
NO human could run that fast. It's insane.

If the subject interests you this is really a great series!

For me power animals have not been real animals I've seen. It's intuitive, energetic.
The deer came up in a meditation. A buck with huge antlers, looking straight at me.

I do sometimes come across animals, mostly birds actually, that I do feel hold a message. Then I look it up when at home. It is almost always accurate.
For instance at some point I noticed that I saw a lot of ducks. Nothing special really, ducks are basically everywhere, right?
But it stood out to me and then I know it's more than just seeing them. it's a message.
I looked up the meaning and couldn't believe how accurate it was!
A short while later I stopped seeing ducks, even though ducks were still around of course.

I also like birds of prey. For a few years had a thing for marsh-harriers which I actual saw on regular basis too.
Once I had one fly across the street, right in front of my car?! I almost hit it, it was very close to the windscreen.
Now why would an intelligent bird of prey do that?

I have a thing for kestrels too. And golden eagle.

But none of these feel like my main power animal. Nothing like Raven at the time. Also a bird? Come to think of it, that in itself has to have meaning.

Yes, it can most certainly happen. You can feel a click & resonance via chat as well as in real life.
Nothing strange about it.
It's all related to energy and you can pick up on that any time, any place. It's not bound to personal encounters at all. If that was the case I'd never be able to do accurate readings for people I've never met or seen, and don't even know the name of.

Concerning love... I've had it happen twice and both times it led to more. First time turned a long-term relationship, the other a shorter one.

You're welcome, I liked it as well!
And no, I will have to check those out. Thanks for the suggestion :)
Always good to have new stuff to put on the menu!

Number one reason women lose interest: the man not being a healthy masculine energy man and thus not doing and being what she needs to be fulfilled.
Almost all men these days are so called Beta men.
You may provide and listen, but do you carry the masculine energy (in a healthy way)? Do you hold the masculine frame so she can shift into her feminine and actually -finally- feel good?
A woman who cannot be in her feminine energy because she has to pick up the slack from the man isn't happy and will not want sex or not really enjoy it.

For a woman to be passionate she needs to be able to trust a man, trust comes from knowing, sensing, feeling, noticing that he holds the masculine frame. Again in a healthy way.
Once she feels, senses, knows she can trust him, that he can hold her, allows her to shift into her feminine, she can surrender to her man and enjoy sex.
If a woman cannot surrender she cannot enjoy sex and often can't orgasm either.
It takes a lot for a woman to allow a man into her most intimate. She needs to feel safe. If not, she cannot surrender and without surrender there's no pleasure, no orgasm or weak ones.

Another reason... he treats the kids or one of them poorly.

Both will very very quickly make a woman lose respect for a man and a woman cannot love a man she doesn't respect, let alone have sex with him.
He will feel like a burden, another child she has to carry. She doesn't want to have sex with that.

For years Raven was my power animal.
Then I went through a phase, not exactly a dark night of the Soul, but with the help of someone I had some things cleared out on very deep levels.
When I drove home after that session I felt my Raven saying goodbye and leaving.
I cried.
I knew it was good, and that I didn't need him anymore. But it was like saying goodbye to a life-long friend and it left a feeling of emptiness for a while.
I had a gorgeous larger raven pendant, Celtic design, silver. I wore that every day.
But I haven't worn it anymore since Raven said his goodbye. It just didn't feel right anymore.
It's like trying on a coat that no longer fits.
I still have it, won't ever get rid of it. It's very dear to me. But I don't wear it anymore.


Ever since, I haven't really had another Spirit animal although Deer kept coming up time and again.
And when I checked what that stands for it made a lot of sense.
But the feeling isn't as strong or intense as with Raven.

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If you like British series... have you seen Dept Q?
Only 1 season so far, but there is going to be a 2nd one.

And nice list you posted a earlier this month. I'll go through it as I like Brit series as well :) Thanks!

Zero, indeed. It is simply rude.
I'd never pay to get treated like that either. You can get that for free in the outside world if it tickles your fancy, haha.

My photo is from 2016 or 2017. I cannot even update it for a recent one.
Now I'm not here for dating, I'm on Dutch dating sites for that, so it doesn't matter all that much. But it is a nuisance and ridiculous that it's so difficult to get a photo uploaded on a dating site.
If it was about dating for me I'd be long gone.
Plenty of dating sites with normal options and decent customer service with human beings handling things.

I watched a number of Josh Gates' shows too for a bit but lost interest when he himself didn't go out to explore anymore.
He is good, love his sense of humour.

Have you ever watched Expedition Bigfoot? Now if you want to watch something that regularly keeps you on the edge of your seat you gotta watch that!
It's one of these rare shows that only get better with each season.

I would like to upload a new one, but the site won't allow me.
It follows the rules of face only and smile yet it gets removed. Tried a few times with different photos.
I replied to the email I got. Never got a reply back.

The site's gone to chit. I mean, what good is a dating site if you cannot even upload a profile photo?

I'd be okay with going on holiday by myself, but would not go to certain countries. I've been to Morocco, but sure as heck wouldn't do that on my own.
Same with India, although India is not on my list at all.
And for some reason I would feel very uncomfortable going to the US by myself as well.

As for going on solo holidays when in a relationship... I could live with that, but not if it was like 2-3 weeks.
A weekend or a week tops.
My last partner wanted to go fish for salmon in Denmark for a week. Did that too.
Totally fine by me. I have no interest in fishing all day every day like he did, nor in sleeping in a tent so small and so low you almost have to crawl on your belly to get into it. And nowhere inside it to sit if it's raining. Not for me.

And if I wanted to go to Glastonbury on my own, I'd love to be able to do that too.

Also, if he wanted to go with a group of women or lots of women I'd not be okay with that either. Sure, you gotta trust each other, but there are some things that aren't acceptable (to me).

And I agree with Soufie: certain things are much better with the one you love by your side.

In other words: you don't want to be a healthy masculine man. Then what are you doing on a dating site looking for a partner?
Better go to the pub with your mates.

As for the car, what the hell would you want to do with a Porsche? Is driving really fast your idea of vacation? You don't have to go on holiday for that. Just rent a Porsche and go drive fast for a couple of hours. That will get you home with money in your pocket :)

Predator: Badlands - 2025
I didn't even know they did a 2nd Predator movie last year. Found it by accident.
Totally different yet again. I enjoyed it.

But then, why do you think she's interested in old(er) men?

As for the willingness, I think there's no general rule. It's quite personal regardless of someone's age or having (had) children or not.
It's just a matter of finding that one who's interested.

Make sure you state in your profile that you're a single mum and have a 7 year old. I'd not mention the gender.
That way you won't get so many men who aren't up for that.

But I'd also make clear how much time I have to go out on dates with someone. If that's once every 2 weeks or less it might be difficult to find someone.
So it would help if you have someone who can babysit or can afford to get one in which would free you up to date.
But it also has to be clear to potential dates that you do have time and how often.
Be honest about that but don't cross your own boundaries in this! If you can't date every week and/or pay for a sitter every week than don't force yourself in an awkward position. Know what's doable for you and work with that.

The Game - British mini series - 2025
Just found this one, currently watching episode 2 of the 4.
Looks very promising.
With Robson Green. Great actor who can be real intense.

Detective Huw Miller is haunted by one case he failed to solve. As he settles into retirement, he suddenly thinks he has found the elusive killer in the shape of his new neighbour Patrick Harbottle.

I think it has more to do with people not being handy with making photos or simply not bothered to put much effort and time into it.
I don't think it has anything much to do with showing off their phone. It'd take someone who's really into mobiles to be able to tell what kind of phone it is.

Many men don't even have a recent photo but one from the time they were still happy with their ex. They crop the ex off and that becomes their profile photo.
To them the photo in front of the mirror is probably already an effort.