Friday was my birthday. It was a pretty fine day.
It just happened to be one of my normal Friday’s off work (2 per month) which was handy. I went for a little jog in the morning, then DB and I headed to Amsterdam for the afternoon. We went to see Hinke’s showing at the Weterings [...]
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Today was election day in the Netherlands. We went to the polls to elect our new national government. Above is a photo of the ballot paper that was hung in the hallway leading to the polling station where I voted. See all the lines printed there? Each line is a name of a person you [...] Finally I can show you my Christmas FOs! Above is Ishbel the Third, this one for Mom. It was mailed off today after the photo shoot in the back yard yesterday. You can see that we are still getting snow around here! I love how this little shawl came out. The yarn is so light [...] This morning we all woke up to see snow covering the ground. White Christmas? When was the last time there was a white Christmas in the Netherlands? I don’t know, but quite a few years anyway. Above you see the little bear in the window, welcoming the snow and any visitors who might come by [...] Today was, once again, the Sinterklaas celebration for the family. We all gather at the home of an aunt and uncle (there must be 50 of us) and wait for the Sint to come visit. (As a knitting aside, see the girl [...] On Sunday’s I call my mom. We talk for an hour or so about everything and nothing. We just chat away and the time slips away. Yesterday was no different. I told her about my work and my weekend and about the Christmas knitting I finished up. Then, in a small voice, she asked On October 17 John and Mandy got married. It was the best wedding ever. Really. What do most Americans do on Thanksgiving Day? Eat and watch football, that’s what. We don’t have Thanksgiving here in the Netherlands. The Dutch don’t know much about Thanksgiving actually. I overheard a colleague of mine (Dutch) talking on the phone with another colleague who happened to be working in Australia. My colleague asked the [...] This morning while walking to work and passing the public library, I thought “wow, I used to spend my Monday evenings here, in between work and Stitch ‘n Bitch at 7:30pm”. I haven’t done that in a very long time. The last few months it became normal to work until 7pm and then leave for [...] As some of you might know, I was busy sewing stuff before heading off to California in October. Back in June we went to Paris and in between being sick as dogs, we managed to get to a fabric store where I bought some PERFECT white silk fabric. Above you can see what I did [...] |
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