who wants to be * * SURPRISED * *

*
SIX
days
to go
and
get

SURPRISED

*

100

followers

and

1

year

blogging

*

I prefer to call it

SURPRISE

instead of give-away

*

Let me know

if you want to take

A CHANCE

to be surprised

by me

*

Will it be something

little

or BIG

*

will it be only

ONE thing

or a whole lot of

surprises

*

will it be heavy

or LIGHT WEIGHT

*

in an envelop

OR A BOX

*

ONE

thing

for SURE

it will be

a

BIG

surprise

*

leave a comment

and you have

your chance

*
07-07-2011
the lucky-one
will be announced
*
Thank you all
for following me
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happy blue

*

Long hot summer

started today

*

How wonderful !

*

When I was young

we lived near the beach .

5 minutes walk ......

So all summer

we were ON the beach.

*

me , my brother , my 3 little sisters

my mother ( father had to work...)

and always friends an family.

*

all we had

was each other

the sand and the water

Towels of course

and lots of sandwiches

*

Happy memories

*



in the garden

*

Life is sacred

Life is art

Life is sacred art .

Gabrielle Roth

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Your life

is

a jewelbox

of precious moments

*

Today

little Eva

is coming to visit

me

with her parents

of course

*

beautiful Sunday

this will be

*

Rain.......

*

R A I N

whose soft

architectural hands

have power

to cut stones,

and chisel to shapes

of grandeur

the very mountains

Henry Ward Beecher

*

*

The best kind of RAIN

of course

is a COZY RAIN.

This is the kind

the anonymous medieval POET

makes me remember

the rain

that falls

on a day

when you'd just as soon

STAY IN BED

a little longer

WRITE LETTERS

or read a good book

by the fire

TAKE early tea

with HOT scones and JAM

and

look out the streaked windows

WITH COMPLACENCY

Susan Allen Toth

*

How about this ?

Hope your weekend is sunny !

*

representing

*

Each friend

represents

a world in us

a world not born

until they arrive

and

it is only by

this meeting

that

a new world

is born.

*

Anaïs Nin

*

The first time a realy good friend

passed away

I found out

not only she was gone

but also

that unique thing

I only had with her .

*

I remember

I was riding my bike

and all of a sudden

I realised

the older you get

the more friends

will pass away

the more pieces of yourself

you will loose .

*

So

I will concentrate

on all my friends

here and now

*

Sharing

is

so

precious

*



smile

*

A smile

is

the light

in the window

of

your face

that tells people

you're at home .

*

anonymous

*

I am smiling today

to all of you

*

be surprised



*

BE

READY

TO

BE

SURPRISED

TODAY

*

words

*

It was the brilliant , high ,

windless sky of early autumn.

*

The BLUE was paler

than the blue of summer

but not leached out ,

still positive and drenched in sunlight

as though treated

with a wash which was transparent
but full of minute gold flecks.

*

If you stared very long

the sky seemed to be pricked

with those tiny flecks of gold

which winked and glittered.

*

Robert Penn Warren

All the king's men.

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To be a writer

and be able to

paint a colour with

WORDS

*

I love that

so

much

*

yummie fathers day ......

*

since my son

became a father

on may 24

we finally have

A FATHER

in our family again .

*

Happy

father's day

to all of you

*

stripes

*

always loved the

blue-white stripes.

*

a while ago

my friend Leontine

came by for coffee

and she had this big box

filled with straw

and things wrapped

in old newpapers.

*

for me , she said

you do like blue and white !

*

I was speechless

because there were all kinds of

kitchenware from

cornish

*

plates , bowls , cups-and-saucers

for coffee and for tea ,

cans , sugar-bowls ,

coffee-mugs

*

Can you imagen

how

SURPRISED

I was

and still am

every day

*

wish you

sweet surprises

*

I WON .......YES

*

Oh I am so grateful

I just read

I WON

*

the give-away

from Koralee

*

The Summer-issue

of WHERE WOMEN COOK !

*

I am a big fan

of Koralee's blog

Bluebird Notes 
click and visit her

*

It's such a happy place to visit

The happy colours

the inspiring words

and the most amazing photo's

*

I am already grateful

for all of that

and now

I WON

*

That makes my day !

I wish you are surprised

today too

*

Thank you Koralee !

*

time to muse

*

Beautifull rainy day

today

*

mister postman

delivered all

the pictures of

EVA

*

Love the internet !

order, pay and

wait .

*

My garden loves the rain

*

both having a good time.

*

Wish you all

too

*

girls just wanna have FUN

*

I WANT TO SHOP

*

Of course there are lots

of "things"

I would very much

be able to do again .

*

BUT

OH

how I long for

A GOOD

AND LONG

shopping

*

walking

from store

to store

looking

and

BUYING

*

That's what I am going

to tell the doctor today !

*

and some other things

*



updaten

*

YES

*

I just had to update

something

and now everything

is working

and even

BETTER

*



happiness

*

a cup of coffee

shared with a friend

is HAPPINESS tasted

and TIME well spend

*

* Take YOUR time *

I have had lots and lots and lots of time being at home and not being able to work .
In the beginning it was bad bad bad ... lots of pain and lots of not-being-able-to-let-go
I had to learn a lot ..... but TIME HEALS ...... and without all the doing-too-much
my life became much more at peace .....
I have learned so much about myself ..... things I lost and did not even know I lost them .
I still cannot walk and stand still , only for a very short time, but ......
I am so happy these days ...... Although the better I am .... mentally .... the more I miss my work
Next week I have my next appointment in the hospital .... see and hear what the ctscan shows.
But whatever the future brings ....it's okay by me . I am so happy with my life right now .
So I wish you all a pretty basket full of TIME too .
Only ......just take a little part every day and don't do what I did .... Have a good time YOU all.

highest point of happiness.......

TO STAY IN BED .... WITH FRESH COFFEE .... NEW MAGAZINES

READING ...... MUSING.........

MY IPOD ON SHUFFLE ............. SURPRISE !

AND OF COURSE WRITING ..... POSTCARDS FOR POSTCROSSING

LETTERS TO FRIENDS AND ENJOYING ............

*B*O*O*K*S*

I want to tell you about one of my favorite books.

OLD TURTLE
....... a story by Douglas Woods ....
watercolours by Cheng-Khee Chee .
It's about ...... a gift of wishdom and hope .
offering a message
of LOVE and TOLERANCE
and honoring the SACREDNESS OF LIFE
*

Wish you all an inspiring weekend
Give your favorite book a place
close to you
*

alive in the present moment

*

We know

how to sacrifice years for a diploma

and we are willing to work very hard

to get a job , a car , a house and so on .

But

we have difficulty

remembering

that we are ALIVE in the present moment ,

the only moment there is for us TO BE ALIVE .

Every breath we take

every step we make can be filled with

PEACE , JOY , AND SERENETY.

We need only to be awake

alive in the present moment .

thich nhat hanh

*

Wish you all lots of precious moments

*

what''s in the name

*

STRAWBERRY

= in dutch ......AARDBEI

but also known as

ZOMERKONINKJE

zomer = summer

koning = king

*

Have a cheerful day

*

* Tradition *

*

My son and daughter-in-law

are having a busy time

being the parents of Eva

and having lots of visitors

all coming to meet little Eva .

*

In Holland it's tradition to

make

BESCHUIT MET MUISJES

for all the visitors .

mmmmmmm

*

simply the best

*

The answer

to all your questions

is

this moment

just as it is .

*

Be in the moment

and experience

*

have

a wonderful

weekend

*

June

*

How far that little candle

throws his beams.............

So shines a good deed in a weary world'

William Shakespeare

*

I

love

the sound

of the word

JUNE

*

Happy June !

to all of you !

*