saturdaymorningmarketbouquet week 23

saturdaymorningmarketbouquet week 22

jay

YES! I did it . I caught this jay with my camera this morning. For over a week now, he visits our very small outside in the heart of Amsterdam. We are exited about this nature-rural-bird-thing and tried to take a picture but didnt succeed untill this morning. There are still peanuts left on the peanut-bird-string so he will probably be back this evening.

saturdaymorningmarketbouquet week 21

florist

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As long as I can remember, I have a soft spot for men who are professionaly involved with plants and flowers. Gardeners, florists, I love them. Today I met Paul. A man with a passion for natural greens and colours. He has a charming little flowershop in the heart of Haarlem. In his shop an interesting palet of flowers to make beautiful bouquets. His website is under construction as we speak.

musicboat

Suddenly we heard the familiar sound of the little trumpet that belongs to Reinier Sijpkens and his tiny musicboat. Every summer he surprises you with beautiful compositions performed on this charming little boat on the canals of Amsterdam. It fills your heart with joy and puts a smile on your face.

late in the afternoon

surprising late afternoon light in the kitchen

audrey

Audrey Hepburn keeps coming back these last few days. Beautiful forever

garden

A perfect day for a stroll and a cup of coffee in the garden of Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Hortus Botanicus showed herself in all her glory. Blue bells, paeonia and ofcourse wisteria on it's best behaviour.

Geja 50

My dear friend Geja would have been celebrating her 50th birthday. A bouquet, of bought, and stolen from nature flowers, always made her happy. Here's to you dear.

queensday

Emma, in aquablue, with her friends on an orange boat on the Herengracht in Amsterdam.

orange impression

Three more days to go before our queen celebrates her birthday.Or better, we do it for her.

Amsterdam, slowly, turns into an orange city for this happy orange occasion.

We pray for an orangy sun on wednesday !

april weekend

women in art

Just watch and enjoy

nature

Longing for nature, my cityfriend Yvette and I went to a suburban gardencentre to enjoy the violets, the lavender and other greens and colours. The showstopper of the day was a robbin who lives comfortably in the greenhouse of this gardencentre and sings like a lark under the glass roof. On the right the plants I bought to make a tiny garden in a bowl.

perfection

Watch this amazing performance from a group of deaf people. Enjoy !

Glenn Gould

This one is for you Hans

ventriloquist

Ventriloquist Terry Fator won the talentshow America got Talent 2007
Watch this video

paper fairytales

Take a look at the site of paperartist Sue Blackwell.

She makes magical art out of books and other paper elements.

Amazing!

happy easter

A few months ago we desperately wanted a white Christmas. It didn't happen then. Today is easter. A white easter indeed.