one two three.. in 10 minutes

one of the great pleasures is the waterpart that borders our garden. in winter we ice skate and right now, when it is tropical (to the Dutch standard), we enjoy the waterfront in many ways. I carry around about 30 watering-cans a day for my daily work out. and the 8 year old is on the water in his rowing boat.

today we tried the fishing-rod. we never tried it before (it was a present for my son's birthday in March) because we (mum and son) are scared for the huge fish that swim around. but today husband took the rod (he is not afraid he catches a 40 cm tall fish and even better: he knows how to get them off the hook). I was surprised the two men caught 3 (three!) little fish in 10 minutes. what an excitement.


ps. we released them all after half a minute on the hook! and we are not even sure we caught the same fish 3 times in a row!

cat in the garden

cat Saar loves this time of year where she is queen of the garden. she has so many spots were she can go ......

when it is too hot....

or a where the last sunbeams come in the evening....

and just to roll and be happy with the space and warmth of the tiles!

African temperatures

about 20 years ago I travelled in West Africa. I still remember the humidity and the hot weather. one move and pearls of sweat were on my forehead. in those three months I also bought fabrics. I couldnot choose between all the colourful paterns and brought home several prints. I never knew what to do with thoose fabrics, they all were out of place in our cold and grey country.

a few years ago I had a 'brilliant' idea and made cushion covers for the garden. we use this cushions only when it is warm and summer and suddeny the colours of the fabric didnot look out of place anymore.

sorry, aroma is not included

snuff snuff snuff.... what a lovely odour around my nose. it is hard to tell which flower smells the most. happily for me they all spread their aroma at different times of the day.

the rose smells during the day with a very delicate sweet scent.

the jasmine spreads her odour at the end of the day when the sun sets with her last sunbeam.


and the 'kamperfoelie' (english name unknown) smells late at night at the very end of the day when the night falls. sorry: I havenot found the button in my blog program to include aroma's!