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Recent Posts.

  • Elder flower syrup (Vlierbloesemsiroop) May 11, 2017
  • Finally, there will be shutters (luiken) May 8, 2017
  • Spoiled for herring May 1, 2017
  • Home made chair pillow April 28, 2017
  • Dance away the Altar-Boy-attitude April 27, 2017
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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.…

    May 11, 2017
    Cooking, Preserving/conserveren

    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…

    May 8, 2017
    Home improvement

    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…

    May 1, 2017
    Everything else
  • 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…

    April 28, 2017
    Craft, Sewing/naaien
  • Dance away the Altar-Boy-attitude

    (2.37min) Nothing holier-than-thou about this performance! My nieces rock. Enjoy the taster.

    April 27, 2017
    Everything else
  • 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…

    April 25, 2017
    Everything else
  • View from my room

    Here at my sister’s new, 250 years old, house in Switserland I wake up to this gorgeous view.

    April 22, 2017
    Everything else

    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.

    April 17, 2017
    Everything else

    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.

    April 15, 2017
    Craft, Sewing/naaien
  • 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…

    April 14, 2017
    Cooking, Preserving/conserveren, Recipes/recepten
  • “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.

    April 11, 2017
    Everything else
  • Craig and Onni posing with the flea market find of the year: Manufrance Saint Etienne Grinder

    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…

    April 9, 2017
    Everything else

    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)

    April 7, 2017
    Craft, Sewing/naaien
  • 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…

    April 5, 2017
    Home improvement
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Latest Posts.

  • Elder flower syrup (Vlierbloesemsiroop) May 11, 2017
  • Finally, there will be shutters (luiken) May 8, 2017
  • Spoiled for herring May 1, 2017
  • Home made chair pillow April 28, 2017
  • Dance away the Altar-Boy-attitude April 27, 2017
  • Communion in Switserland April 25, 2017
  • View from my room April 22, 2017

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