i love you say...a lil circle of love.....but you created that...and its wonderful ....a great place to feel safe and share with each other..i feel safe when im on your channel...your energys so kind...this morning i drove to work for 6am...and finish by 8am...and i charged up with ac/dc tape that was my dads....full blast...thinking of him..pure rock so early really did pump up my energy..(he died 6yrs ago & his b'day in august and ive been doing 'alot' of slowing down & re-evaluating over those yrs-trying to makes sense of things).the cleaning wasnt so bad.at work..the day b4 was old reggae & dancehall tapes....im so happy having an old car, with a tape player...so i can listen to those old tapes...ah i didnt win, but i LOVED the draw and the energy between you and james...and your stretching back to the mike to say congrats...made me smile huge ..big love guys...*X*X* warm hugs for ur memories for ur brother *X*

Wendy, I’m so saddened by the news of your brother’s passing.I hope you find peace and love in the memories you have of him. I also believe with all my soul how nature helps us to heal and find the calm we seek. You seem to be doing just that and I am happy for you. With love and warm hugs from across the pond!

I love all your video's. You really inspire me. At 54 years of age, I am just about to fulfill a lifetime artistic dream. I always wanted to go to art school to do a Foundation course. I was talked out of it at school, and like you, became a teacher. Finally, I am starting the foundation course in September. Yaaay! It's never too late.

I am an artist from Montana in the USA. I learned along time ago to slow down. Society as a whole trains us to be always on the move and busy. Other wise you are a lazy person who does not contribute to society. This is one of the biggest lies out there! The rat race is and can be a preference. My preference is to live slowly in the woods, as soon as I slowed down, I got more work done which is weird! I even got a book published. Slowing down allows you to focus. It also helps with creative flow! Good luck on your journey! Also you never need “permission” to slow down. God gave us all a free will. It’s society who takes it away from us! 😜🥰🤙🏼👌🏼👍🏼🤟🏼🇺🇸

Tracy here, I have been out in my garden all morning, pulling weeds, watching the pollinators. I decided to come in for a break and there you were! I love your nature walks. I'm always looking at the plants trying to figure out what it is. I loved your choice for the Backstage Pass mail! Can't wait to display it. Thank you for sharing your life and your art!

One of the ways I recharge is grabbing a cuppa and sitting down to watch Unexpected Gypsy. Thank you Wendy and James for the time to escape for a while with you xx

Oh my gosh!!! I'm so excited!!! Thank you Wendy and James! I live near the ocean, so this is a lovely piece of your work to receive! Bunny Hugs! Michelle

I lost my brother over 25 years ago- the grief never really leaves but... healing does happen. *hugs*

Today is my birthday!! I’m deciding to recharge by camping under the full moon with my little family of 4❤️✨ can’t wait to teach my kiddos to dance under the light of the beautiful moon 🌙

Congratulation to the winners. (I always feel like a winner when I watch your videos☺️)

Good evening Wendy, I lost my Dad to cancer 8 years ago 😢 the pain dose fade and you do remember the happy times you had with them . For me its my walks early in the morning because we both love use to love to see the deer 🦌, so when I see any now I say send my love to Dad . Thank for sharing, keep your light bright, hugs Teresa xx

Sending healing hugs from across the pond, Miami, Florida. USA. You are such an inspiration. Your voice and videos give me peace.🤗💖🙏🙏

Slowness is so important - enjoy with no guilt

It is absolutely ok to slow down. Thanks for taking us on your journey ❤️

Your videos are so restful and inspiring. You and James have such a loving relationship!! He is one in a million as are you. I so love your channel!! Since I had to quit driving, I don’t get out much, so you time in the outdoors is especially special for me. Thank you so much!!

You said in the beginning that you wish you could give a little something to us all…I hope you realize you do for me. With helping me learn to be calm when the world is on my shoulders. Being outside…oh how I yearn for that, I miss sitting in a tree closing my eyes and just listening to nature. I’m very sick and use a wheelchair now so I can’t get out and do that, no one will take me. Through you though I can experience it. Thank you so much, you also have such a calming voice. Love and Peace to you and James. Enjoy your travels, be safe. ✨✨🦋

What do I do to recharge...watch your videos! They are sooo inspirational! I always draw ideas and thoughts about my life when I watch these. Thank you for such a sweet view into you and James' world.

You are inspiring me! I burned out on social media and then Covid hit and I completely stopped my art for a year and a half. I am now ready to get back creating and sharing but did not want to go back to filling pressure to post. I am watching all that you do so I can choose my path of inspiration and balance. Keep going at you pace, you and James are an inspiration.

My recharge is watching your videos and learning that it is ok to rest and relax. Thank you for helping me without even knowing it!

Art is a fruit of the soul... it reflects as a mirror what lies deeply unspoken in the depths of one's heart. ❤ I am inspired by your journey toward inner peace and balance!

What do I do to wind down? I watch your videos of course. I love to see you and James together. You seem to nurture each other. Walking in the forest is good for my soul. Feeling the sheer strength of our magnificent trees. I also love to be beside water, being Pisces it’s a must. Keep safe and continue to listen to your body… slow but sure gets you there xx🥰

Thank you for taking us with you, for a bit of a slow down and escape. Just lovely! Hugs to you both.

you are the most wonderful couple!! i adore both of you! i miss England..i lived there as a child. I can imagine fairies in the woods

Oh my...coming across you this very moment is so part of the connections I've been making today ...both creating as I made 2 shelves for my daughter from old old boards and timber from a very old barn / garage growing into the ground ..being reclaimed and more beautiful every few days...hmmm and then embraced a serious windstorm ..so so so very fitting ..I believe it was for me...and then the walk out the back field down to the creek ...I came across a young buck laying in the tall grasses at the tree line..what a cherished boutique of moments as we just sat in each others presence at a distance for some time ...then he moved passed my path just enuf to feel completely safe and curious ...such a beautiful trust to have been graced....then an amazing hour with the creek and her banks and all the grasses and ferns and moss and little ecosystems growing on fallen logs ....all the shimmering of the mika jeweledsandy creek bottom...catching glimishes of such majical shimmers threw the crystal clear just off the mountainside creekswaters and the last of the dampened flowering sun light ....holy....ISIS...VENUS? WHERE YOU THERE?...with me this days departing into the growing nite? Then across the field to appreciate the details of the vallies mountains that are clear this nite after many many days covered heavily,thickly,in smoke from our surround of provinces wildfires.... Hmmmmm....and then off down the end of the road on my daughters electric bike ..into the cloaking the drifting the falling of the nite....hmmmmm...I need to stop writing for awhile ...its almost midnite now and I still have to pack to go back to my town my village my city in the morrow...back to it all...truelly truelly gratefull to have just watch your lovely celibration of Life really....thank you thank you🕊🕊💞🌿💦🧡🤲🧡💦🌿💞🕊

But you are a teacher! I learn so much from you about a creative and healthy live style. And how to get along when you feel that things have to be changed and reorganized. Living the no plan plan, that's what I had to learn. Thank you for your inspiration and have good next week❤️

Art, music, sunshine,fresh air, animals, exploring nature and gathering random medicinal plant life, noCountry drives and still getting a chance to assist and nurture my young adult kids. Lol.

Bees are the best but those swans are special aren’t they. I really like the footage of James capturing images followed by the images he captured. Chef’s kiss 👨‍🍳

Congratulations to the lucky winners. Your gentle energy and slowness really helped me today. Due to ill health I have had to be in bed since Friday. I suddenly felt enveloped with love from watching you and James enjoying the peace and having your green juice. You are an incredible lady and such a gentle soul that I find inspiring. Much love and light to, James and anyone reading this xxxx

Always a pleasure, I love hanging out with you🤗

Thank you for your integrity... You are an inspiration!!! 🧡

My favorite way to unwind is to get down and dirty......in my garden!🤭🌼🌻🌷🌹🌸

Awe! 🐝 The bees and the swans are so lovely! 🦢 As are you lovely souls! 🌻 So happy your videos have come my way!

I love those narrow English lanes and country roads. All the wildflowers and bees are wonderful too. It must be hard keeping up with all the work and maintaining creativity. Stay cool. Lots of love. Aroha nui from me in Aotearoa New Zealand. 🌻🐝🌹💖

Beautiful nature footage this week. I love you guys. Happy weekend!! xx

Hugs for you as you remember your brother. I lost my brother this past May and it has been hard. I love that you promote it being OK to slow down and do just what you need to do and not all that the world expects you to do. Some day I will get there. I get so much joy from watching your videos even when I don't have time to do art myself.

Thank you for so much inspiration💖🌱 your videos support me so much in my transformation and on my way. Thank you☺✨♾👩‍🎨

I am still trying to find your videos I haven’t seen yet. They are so calming to my internal storm. The bee on the flower was beautiful. The overlook is gorgeous!

Lovin th slow adventures of Wendy and James 🥰 Lots of new flowers to draw and paint, bees always

Great video Wendy and James! Love your adventures on the van. Great video on the bees and the beautiful blossoming flowers. Congratulations to all the winners. We are all winners with Wendy and James sharing their beautiful life with us. Thank you for reminding me to keep my light shining bright

Ahh the ever elusive work/life balance quest for us sensitive artist types…I’m on it too! The best way for me to recharge my batteries is my summer two month holiday in Nova Scotia, Canada where we have beloved family, friends and a beautiful old property. We are planning our return there in three weeks as the border is finally opening back up. Can’t wait to get my feet and hands in the dirt up there. Earthing is my best medicine. 💗🕸🪶🦢

Saturday morning relaxing with Wendy and James having a cuppa and taking time out for self-care . Feeling peaceful and nostalgic watching the picturesque countryside

Congratulations! Much Love, Cathy 💐

Love the English country side. The homes and buildings are so close to the road and charming. So happy for James obtaining his new lens! The two of you are such a gentle, peaceful couple. Thanks for sharing your life with us. Blessings!

Truly lovely video, just made me smile 😃

Love to you and your family. I have also lost my brother and mother the following year. Time to step away, relax, enjoy each moment, remember happy times, relish the here and now💕 I love that you two have gotten away for a bit! Take care and thank you for sharing with us❣

I'm crying watching this I have just put a deposit on a micro camper van, I have always wanted a van for so long and watching your videos have been so inspiring and showing the freedom you can have. I'm so excited !! To actually take your living room anywhere!! yes!! thank you Wendy and James !! We should always follow our dreams and do what we love. I was feeling vulnerable about buying one as I am single but I have to give it a go!!! much love to you both happy campers xxx

What beautiful and relaxing sites!! I'm sorry for your loss.

You are so inspirational and so calming. I love it

Yes I need to slow down sometimes and just focus on myself and not cause myself so much anxiety and nervousness! Hugs! Also I love your art! So beautiful! I have one of your artworks on a sticker and I put it on my laptop cover so beautiful to look at! Also mediation is a nice way to calm the mind! But I usually journal to calm my mind! I journal to God and journal my thoughts! I’m also so happy that this video came out when it did I needed a reminder to slow down before I head into work today!

Such beautiful scenery thank you

Sending hugs and hoping the breathing space is giving you the rest that you need xx

Lovely getaway and video 🥰! Congrats 🎉 to the winners! Thank you for sharing some of your downtime, take care 💕🤗!

Congratulations to all the winners! Prayers of peace and tranquillity to both you and James. We are all on this journey to find the right balance for our lives. When I think of all the years I spent rushing here and there to make a good life for my son and I as a single mother, always feeling it was not enough… just making enough money to survive and provide what we needed, cleaning jobs, care giver, restaurant work and finally an office job with medical benefits, but always stress.. I look back at now in my 70’s and wonder how I did it all. Luckily with Gods help, we made it. It took me a few years into retirement to be okay not to do anything some days but to just rest, or putter around in flower pots, or finally get into my art stuff. Mind you I’m not that great at it, no formal art training, but it’s fun. So Wendy I am so proud of you at this stage of your life to take a slower pace and realize what you need for your mental health. Rents here in the USA have also risen high and prices for everything so much Moe expensive. It like a steam roller and the same everywhere it seems. My the memories of a brothers love comfort you.🙏😘❤️ sending you soft hugs and love. Keep shining bright my dear friend.🙏💐🤗

Heart of Kentucky. Hi Wendy. I just saw where your brother left his body. I have thought, from time to time, If I lost any of my siblings while I'm here would be heart wrenching. May God's peace be with you. Katie.

What a lovely, restful video! Thanks for taking us along with you on your adventure- and I love the bee footage very much!

Beautiful and peaceful thank you both

Such nice spots you find out driving in the van, which looks so nice and comfy! I loved seeing those bees on the flowers, really beautiful videos of them!

Sending love Wendy, love your positivity & tenacity. 🤍💚🌬

So great that you're both taking in the sights and sounds of summer and finding that work life balance! :)

Just want to say thank you and I love you 💗

Your video feels full of love. Nature will recharge you if you let it and I am a great believer in the restorative power of sleep. Have a gentle week xx

Congrats to the winner. Happy and bright eyes on all the views…. Loved traveling with you guys this morning

Thank you for sharing. I always feel calm after watching you both. You can never have enough bees. I have planted a jewel garden this year and they just keep coming, it’s all about the bees.

Loved how you showed James filming then included that footage. Sorry about your brother. It has been almost 7 months since my husband passed away. He took beautiful pictures of bees and other creatures. I was thinking about him a lot watching your video today.

Thanks so Much dear loved so much as the beautiful footage of being in the forest and taking us there . I live in BC Canada and it is so Smokey here so one can not be out side much as the air quality is not at its best. I usually spend time out side in back yard every day, as I am not able to get to the forest these days so it is a wonderful treat to travel with you , to these places . I recharge with Meditation and when I can spend time out in my back yard which is beautiful with some trees and flowers , though I long for the days when I was able to go into to the forest i so love the trees . Much Love and Gratitude dear . I am sending some love your way to and so sorry for your loss of your brother , I lost a brother suddenly a few years back and then my mom a few months after so I have a sense of this pain and sadness as we miss them, but also Know that their is not death really that they have just gone to another place and were finished here. though it does not always make it easy for us here . much love to you.

it's viewtiful ! lovely walk down wooded path with wildflowers and bees ....

What a lovely getaway! Surrounded by inspiration with birds, bees, trees, rock paths, a village, and a lake. I’m very fortunate to live in a beautiful area, also which makes recharging a pleasure. I also love to fiddle on my garden and spend time with my two best friends. Laughter, friendship, and inspiration flowing. Take care, you are looking lovely, by the way.🥰

Thanks again for a lovely vlog and taking us with You both xxx from New Zealand

Gorgeous video Wendy, cheered me up greatly. Much love from Scotland. Xx

There’s nothing like the feeling in the forest and being in nature nature. Nice photography too James. Congratulations winners.. love you all.

Another wonderful video from the two of you. Thank you Wendy 🙏😘

Thanks for taking us along with you down the path...forests forever! XO

I haven't forgotten you- I've been somewhat busy, lately. Continue to do great things(as always) as you're doing now, and also, keep cool!🤗🥤🥤🧊🥬

I am very sorry to hear about your brother, my husband lost his brother at 47 you are in my thoughts and my prayers

Love this vlog - I love nature walk vlogs - especially in the UK

What a wonderful day you had! You live in such a beautiful area! Thank you for sharing.

Good for you for actively seeking balance in your life that works for you. Love the video of the beautiful countryside and am envious of your van sofa! Xx

Beautiful natuure ...thank you. Love watching you always..Love the way you did the green juice too...

You two are adorable! I enjoyed sharing your beautiful day out among nature x

Another chapter of the Unexpected Life!!!✨ Your narrative, pace and photography are soothing to the soul, thank you💖 you and James make a great team! Thank you Wendy for your sincere, authentic content & enchanted art. Thank you James for all gorgeous scenes & swans. Peace to you. Until we meet again 🙏

Just beautiful ... love exploring with you guys❣️

Love to you at this time xx be gentle on yourself xxxxxxxxx

Love to see you again...🌹

I really enjoy your nature hikes. Just went through my second total knee replacement and I still have a way to go. Can't wait to be able to hold on a walk again. Until then I will stick to my waterworks and that's fabulous too. 👍👍👍

I so appreciate you for Sharing the artist life. You're so right in conveying the lifestyle needed to create art. You must slow your roll. I believe that is what make's art so invaluable. Art takes a lifestyle to create.. Artist are willing to touch life, use all the senses & translate to a medium for scene, perhaps to people who are in another without nature. Life is wonderful to be partnered with a like minded person. Cheers Thanks for sharing yoursELF with us. I'm grateful for youtube as a platform in which more than 1 culture can been seen, heard & connected, virtually You have more value than an hourly wage

It was exciting seeing James' new lens! Photography is one of my hobbies.

Your posts are always lovely, relaxing, and inspiring. Today I recharged by sitting in the sunshine in my garden. 🌞🌿🕊️

Congrats 🎈🎉💕💞thanks for a lovely journey❤🌹

So enjoyed your video this week, Wendy, viewing from Oz on a blustery, winter’s day. James, your flower photos are beautiful, thankyou ....

After spending last week watching your videos i decided to go technology free this weekend. i feel like i had a visit from your creative fairies and managed to reorganise my whole craft room and paint with acrylic for the first time in 10 years! I love your vids please keep them up

Thank you Wendy and James for sharing your adventures.

I am so sorry my lovely - what a loss :( Your video has brought me a little calm in a busy and sometimes scary week. Be gentle to yourself xxx (ps - you can NEVER have too many Bees!) xxx

It was so enjoyable to watch this relaxing video while I ate my lunch. You and James are such lovely people. And, congratulations to the winners of those wonderful prints.

Thank you James for your beautiful view of all the thing flowers-we sometimes forget to look past the scenery, to those small things just in front of us. Beauty is all around us!

Never have too many bees! Big hugs xxx

Lovely video. I can’t give up my coffee so I drink it in addition to my tea. Lucky winners 🥰

Beautiful nature shots! Congratulations to the Lucky winners. ❤

Sending healing love as you go through the painful time of grief.. Thank you as always for sharing your thoughts with us. I have to say I can't drive so I feel like I am on a little trip with you when you film the journeys. Anyhow like I said sending love.. I found sitting with whatever arrises without judgement and giving myself the love I needed at that moment in time was my biggest help to heal. Thinking of you at this time big hugs 🌻🙏🌻

Congratulations to the winners, thank you Wendy and James for your generosity and time for the giveaway! Love how you are listening to yourself Wendy ♥ self-care and reexamining what it is that works best for you is so important, and so is changing it up when it's not working. Oh I love bees too, I have a balcony that I plant flowers every summer and it's wonderful to see the bees enjoy them! Recharging, I always find my way to the kitchen cooking and creating something good to eat. It always makes me happy and re-energized. Having different outlets helps us manage and certainly enjoy our lives, out in nature is a blessing no matter the weather. Beautiful weekend to you both ♥

Looks beautiful