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Elder flower syrup (Vlierbloesemsiroop)
Every year we make Elder flower syrup and every year we regret not having made more. So this year we made almost 5 litres! Ha, that should get us through the summer.…
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Finally, there will be shutters (luiken)
The shutter-team arrived to put up the scaffolding for attaching new shutters onto Jay’s part of the house. At the end of day 1, one window is dressed! (bummer, we now need…
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Spoiled for herring
This spring has been a fishy one. First, a couple of weeks ago, our dear friends brought me herring from Belgium as a surprise, waarvoor dank! Then, last week, my mum brought…
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Home made chair pillow
I made my sister a little pillow! Nothing much you’d think but in the end I got pretty frustrated with adding the buttons (“capitoneren”). Things got better when I found a longer…
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Dance away the Altar-Boy-attitude
(2.37min) Nothing holier-than-thou about this performance! My nieces rock. Enjoy the taster.
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Communion in Switserland
(2.54min) The date for visiting my beloved family in Switserland was easily picked; I had to be there for Nelly’s Communion. Before you ask, no, neither did I know this was still…
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View from my room
Here at my sister’s new, 250 years old, house in Switserland I wake up to this gorgeous view.
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Easter pick-me-up chez nos amis
Een zonnige tweede paasdag met vrienden die haring (!) trakteerden en dat serveerde met een shotje Vodka. Oh what fun under their bursting wisteria.
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Cathrine sews a zipper bag
It’s always a party when Cathrine, daughter of our friends, comes for a day of sewing. This time it was a cute lined zipper bag.
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Daslook, Bärlauch, Ail d’Ours
Or in English: Wild Garlic. It’s always fascinating how names of plants and food resemble and/or differ in every language. The word “garlic” is presented in these languages, two of them add…
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“Gros os” or Somebody’s happy
Our butcher frequently offers me a free dog bone for Rita. She thought it would be good to have me take a picture of how grateful she is.
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Green Grain Grinder
Craig and Onni invited me to come along to a flea market. Within seconds Craig sniffed out this rare beauty, a serious grain grinder not unlike the one he owns himself and…
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Brand new Matiss
Friend Annelies gave birth to a baby boy. I made him a blanket with a Dutch touch. Many congratulations Annelies, Adrien, big sister Rune, and of course Matiss! (pakje is gepost)
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More steel to paint
Inspired by yesterdays succes with the table I started on our banister which we meant to paint for the last three years but never got around to it. On inspection it becomes…
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