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Last night my dad sent me an email beginning with a, to me moving, sentence:

- Al is onvermijdelijkheid voorzien... daarmee wordt aanvaarding niet vanzelfsprekend -

- Even when the inevitable is foreseen, acceptance isn't guaranteed -
(translation credit to my brother)

Light in the Darkness

If you can help me finding the same porcelain Wilhelm Wagenfeld

(WV 387/388) lamp for Lindner..... PLEASE let me know!

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Forget-Me-Not

In the garden we have a sea of blue forget-me-nots and a single white one.

Springtime

Sunlight

Summer

Finally temperatures are rising.... summer has arrived!

We've planted this vigorous rambler last year and it's doing very well.

This beautiful rose has strongly-scented white flowers. It smells just heavenly!

Freckles

Life is beautiful!

Enjoy your weekend!

Star

White

When we arrived here in 2006 there was a plum tree in our back yard. In wintertime this area flooded regularly. It was more like a bog garden. The tree itself was a poor looking specimen but the early blossom was to die for. So we held on to this tree for a couple more years but finally we had to cut
it down.

February 2009 we've planted 7 Pyrus chanticleer espaliers on higher ground, parallel to our drive.

We wanted to improve the view from our kitchen window on the 3-layer apartment block next-door.

First the kenderman dug a deep narrow trench all the way to the back of the garden. For that he needed
a power shovel. He really enjoyed using that digger :) He placed a drainage pipe, added a layer of recycled shells and stones and filled up with the original ground and lots of compost.

After 6 years I would say the trees are "coping" but not thriving. A professional told us the trees are infected with a fungus called Venturia inaequalis. But lets try and focus on the bright side.... 

the blossom is gorgeous!

Hairy Beauty

We've been working in the garden today.

Winter Wonder

Overnight everything turned white.

Blossom

Although it's getting colder the blackberry bush is still flowering.

Birch

About 6 months ago I got this idea of some slender floor to ceiling birch trunks in our living.

One of my facebook friends answered my call. He would be able to help us.

Now the trunks are drying outside waiting to be fitted in our house.

I think Nim will love these trunks :)

Too bad only one of them has the floor to ceiling length we will be needing for the living.

But the other two can still be (partly winded with rope) functional.

Nim's scratching posts :))

Spring

A blossoming Prunus dulcis branche at my windowsill

I could swear spring is in the air!

Temperatures are rising, birds are singing, plant and flower buds are swelling.
I have been seeing a brimstone butterfly (citroentje) although it's still
possible to get some severe frost and snow in March or April.

Spring Bulbs

Iceland

In 2010 we went to Iceland.

The kenderman initiated this journey because he knew I dreamt about Iceland for 20 years.

My Iceland fascination started after watching a clip from the The Sugarcubes.

During our short stay on Iceland there was an increasing seismic activity.

Just a few days after we flew back to the Netherlands Reykjavík airport was closed down.

And I could only think: "if only we had been so lucky to get trapped at Iceland!"

The vulcano eruptions of 2010 must have had a huge impact on the local people
although they're used to such a harsh environment.

We both fell in love with the magical Iceland and we will definitely go back some day.

Felty

This Salvia is so soft!

Styled Fern

Today I bought myself a new ceramic piece by Dik Scheepers.
I went shopping with Climber Boy and we visited Dutch Design Year.

I thought this piece would be perfect for my little fern and..............I think I was right :)

You can see  my other ceramic piece from Dik here.

Silk

"the best is yet to come"

Don't forget to enjoy your weekend :)