A bientôt

A

bientôt

last sundaybeam

remember in the winter,

far beneath the bitter snows

lies the seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose.

last sunbeam of monday

Amsterdam shows secret gardens

Open Garden Days
As every year, the Amsterdam Canal Museums organise the Open Garden Days in the third weekend of June. On 18, 19 and 20 June 2010 some thirty canal gardens will be open to the public. Each year the Open Garden Days are being organised around a theme. This year the theme will be 'Courts and Community Gardens'.

kitchenview on a friday in June

Beschuit-met-aardbeiendag 2010-06-17

Vandaag zou mijn vader 80 jaar zijn geworden.

We vieren zijn leven met de bekende beschuit.

17 juni 1930 - 1 februari 1998

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Texas, Barr Mansion

Texas is the place that I normally link with tough guys and cowboyhats. Not with a stylish, original and/or romantic wedding . Guess what, I stumbled upon the Barr Mansion. Check it out . Temptation is the word. Seems like just the perfect place with good vibes.

last sunbeam of the day

spring in Amsterdam

roses

June is our month of roses.

Emma will have her exams in modern art.

She passed me the name of Henry Fantin Latour. (1836 - 1904)

He was a painter of portraits but mostly of flowers

Pied a Terre

Preparing my trip to the south of France, beginning of July, I visited "Pied a Terre".

It is a fantastic, and very tempting bookshop, packed with thousands of books about your destination in the world. The Netherlands are small so the Dutch like to travel. Thanks to travelguides etc. the fun starts at home.

photo of the day

Nature in our urban kitchen.

Bumblebee found his way to the lupins in the kitchenwindow.

Makes us happy.

photo made by Emma Waslander

castradivi of een dagje Valkenburg

Het station van Valkenburg - het oudste nog in gebruik zijnde station van ons land - is in kalksteen opgetrokken naar een ontwerp van Ir. Jacobus Enschede. Hij liet zich bij het ontwerp inspireren door het tussen 1846 en 1849 in Tilburg gebouwde paleis van koning Willem II.


Een huis dat villa Rozenheuvel heet en door Cuypers is ontworpen.

Het openluchttheater in 1916 door architect Pierre Cuypers

ontworpen.

Het trio I Castradivi.

elderflower & co

Elderflower
Lady's mantle
white/green roses named "Twilight".