Summer slowdown

 

Speech by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Frans Timmermans

Today is a day of national mourning in the Netherlands.



They have finally started to bring the victims' bodies home.

The gift of time

Wednesday was the first day of summer vacation

here in Luxembourg. 

Finally!

We get up at 6.30 every morning on normal school days, so we really like to sleep a little longer in summer. 

I woke up at 10. When I came downstairs, 

the kids told me to get back into bed, because they

had prepared a surprise for me. 

The paper is a gift certificate for two hours of their time. 

I love the gift of time. 

I can use it to read a book, or listen to an audio book, 

or take a nap....whatever I want, without interruption. 

They are so sweet.

 
Holland is mourning.

 

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Welcome to my little studio! 

I'm linking up with Karen (My Desert Cottage) today.

 

The room is full of old stuff gathered over numerous years.

When I bought the cabinets and the mannequins they still had reasonable prices. The embroideries were all made by my aunt 50 years ago. 

 This is the table where I sit when I'm writing my blog posts.

^  A Bolga basket from Ghana.

^ I love love love dress forms.

 ^ Pin cushion from Holland.

^ An old English cutlery box.

 ^ Shoe lasts with high heels.

^ I love to use old drawers (this one is from Belgium) to organize my craft supplies.

^ My favorite cabinet and some of my hat stands.

^ I have four of these crates. 

They come from an old German factory

that used to make shoe lasts. 

We found most of the glass jars in my late 

mother-in-law's attic.

^  An old olive basket (bought in Germany - it probably comes from Italy or France).

Love these cabinets (bought in Holland) because

of the upper part glass doors.

^ I use antique Dutch glass lid cookie jars to 

organize my stamps.

One side of my studio has two floor to ceiling glass

doors, they used to be the terrace doors before we 

renovated the house. 

They are really great because I can see

who is killing who what's happening in the living room.

Thanks so much for visiting!

You can find my earlier "WBC" posts, here:

2010, 2012, 2013.

Hope to see you again!

Hair!

She doesn't want me to touch her hair anymore.

Yay!!

Where Bloggers Create 2014

Want to know what's behind that door of my studio?

Come and visit me next Saturday! 

Where? Here!

Click here to visit Karen's blog.

Picnic

The first picnic of the summer...

...fresh bread and French cheese...

...in the garden...

...under the apple trees.

My great-grandfather

I cannot believe that this painting by my 

great-grandfather was auctioned in Holland in March

and I missed out on it.

 

So sad!

{this moment}

Linking up with Soulemama today.

A Friday ritual.

A single photo - no words - capturing

a moment from the week.

A simple, special, extraordinary moment.

A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.