Not far from where I grew up and the nearest bigger city you can find one of the oldest petrol stations of the Netherlands: Brabant Service Station. When the entire area was restructured, the classic building from 1933 faced demolition. But somehow the city council "splurged" 800K€ on moving the gas station 55 meters from Read article…
Month: May 2013
Buttercups & Pillows
After a tsunami of dandelions, we currently have a garden full of glossy buttercups. I picked a few flowers for our living room… in the domoor they look pretty good! The petals didn't drop by themselves… Ehmmm… who's fond of buttercups? (for the record: Wally also loves pillows and cardboard boxes)
Matisse cutting into color
Situated along the highway between our home in France and our family in Holland, is this lovely museum: the Musée Départemental Matisse. Both my husband and I are big afficionados of the work of Henri Matisse. Many years ago we visited his home in Nice (turned into a wonderful museum) as well as the famous Read article…
Weekend inspiration #4
Pas de pub / No publicity
2 Popcorn Girls
Maybe I'm starting this tradition of bending the rules: last month for the first #2flowergirls tag I used daffodils in stead of ranunculus. And today I'm showing you the requested flowers, hydrangeas, but I didn't photograph them at home. Actually I didn't find fresh cut hortensias near my place and even in Paris they only Read article…
The Typography of Travel 17
Beautiful typography spotted on some of my travels: Le Rex Club – Paris, France De Boshoek (private home) – Vught, The Netherlands Les Bains des Docks (aquatic center) – Le Havre, France Polkagriskokeri (candy factory) – Gränna, Sweden Kusine Bodil (toy store) – Copenhagen, Denmark Het Rood Hekken (bakery) – Den Bosch, The Netherlands To Read article…
Mariapaviljoen
Spending a long weekend in Holland with family and friends was really nice (and sounds like such a cliché, but it’s true!). I also spent some time at the hospital… or better: at the recently opened restaurant Mariapaviljoen in the old sanatorium in Den Bosch. Around the corner of where we used to live, you Read article…
Weekend Inspiration #3
Casual Friday Sun
The nice spring weather adds two perks to our cinema room. First, it creates beautiful shadow patterns everywhere: And second: the sun encourages our little mandarin tree to bloom. The blossom makes the entire room smell amazing! I wrote about our cinema room before: here and here. Have a happy & sunny weekend!
Melons in the making
For the first time ever I'm growing melons this year! My sister sent me watermelon and honeydew seeds with her latest sistermail and now I can't wait to make these frozen honeydews again with my own homegrown melons… My vegetable garden is really tiny, so I'm not sure how I'll manage. But so far, the Read article…
