celebrate

*

celebration

*

my daughter Anna

moved back to HOLLAND

last weekend

after living and working

in FRANCE

for a year

*

today she came home

for tea

and this ROOM-TOMPOUCE

*

Celebrating

being able

to have cosy tea's

together

*

Hope you have

a cosy tea today

with some unexpected

celebration-yummie

*

Happy Holland

*

Love my coffee

and love my mugs

*

Love to live

in Holland

*

do you love

you live

where you are ?

*

happy

living

*

crystal clear

*

in the attitude

of silence

the soul finds the path

in a clearer light

and what is

elusive and deceptive

resolves itself

into

crystal

clearness.

Our life

is

a long

and

 arduous

quest

after

 truth

Mahatma Gandhi

*

Sunday

is

a beautiful day

for some

crytal

clearness

*

Happy sunday

*

flowering flowers

*

When

you have

only two pennies left

in the world

buy a loaf of bread

with one

and

a lily with the other

chinese proverb

*

do not forget to

buy yourself

some flowers !

*

and have a wonderful

WEEKEND

*



letter a letter

*

To send

a letter

is

a good way

to go somewhere

without moving anything

but

YOUR HEART

Phylilis Theroux

*

every time

mister postman

brings me a letter

my heart

JUMPS

*

wish you

happy letters too !

*



gardening

*

a garden must combine

the poetic

and

the mysterious

with

the feeling of

serenity

and

JOY

Louis Barragan

*

Are you also

longing for

SPRING

*

just beautiful

*

a single rose

can be my garden

a single friend

my world

*

happy roses for all of you

*



The Art of Living

*

This week

I saw a documentary

about

HERB AND DOROTHY VOGEL

art collectors

*

something happened

I was so touched

by them

*

Their love for each other

their love for Art and collecting

but most of all

I was touched

seeing this man

old and awry

but

he walked with passion

always on his way

( always together )

on his way to an artist

or a museum .

Always passionated

and

walking .

*

Why was I so touched

seeing this ?

*

I have such difficulty

to walk or stand .......

and so I am almost

always

HOME

*

safe

*

and for quite a while

that has been healing

because I had asked

far too much of myself

I should have known

that only being able to do things

when I had lots of painkillers

that that's not a way of living

*

NOT AT ALL !

*

now I am much better

and I miss

working

and

doing things

*

I am still in pain

and unable to do

what I want

*

so

next week

I am of

for a second ( 6 )

opinion

another orthopedist

*

keep hope alive

*



first time's

*

EVA

very first time

she is standing

*

Oh how I love

all those first times

*

they are so special

and it's heartwarming

to participate

in the joy her parents

show and share

*

Wish you all

some happy first times

today

*

be prepared

*

DO

WHAT YOU CAN

WITH

WHAT YOU'VE GOT

WHEREVER YOU ARE

theodore roosevelt

*

Today Elisabeth had

the third chemo

another three to go

*

We are still here

and doing the best we can

*

it's hard

 but

 in a whole

different way

 than I imagened

*

there is

 this

complicated

medical side

and

there is

 the human part.

*

each day

has surprises

*



always making me happy

*

a new mug

for my coffee

is always

making me

HAPPY

*

the combination

is excellent !

coffee......

and the mug

and than

........sigh.......

*

Hope you have your

sigh-moment too

today

*

happy valentines day

*

wish

your

day

is

surprising

*



tomorrow tomorrow

*

tomorrow

tomorrow

*

for today

 I am sending you

some pre-valentine

LOVE

*

use as much as you need

and share

*



short easy words

*

It's not always easy

finding the right words

*

there is

one word

*L*O*V*E*

that's

always

right

*

yes

always

*

Thank you all

for your

Love

*

love is in the air ........

*

hope

you all

feel

love

today

*

to be in the moment

*

doing

the

best

at this moment

puts you

in the best place

for the next moment

Oprah Winfrey

*

I am so grateful

to be able

to be in the moment / moments

this phase of my life

*

for ME

that is something

I have had to learn

and it took till NOW !

*

the stage I am in now

with myself

as a mother

is so very special

it sounds strange

but I would almost say

it is a blessing

*

of course

I am the mother

of my brave Elisabeth

but I am still also

the mother of my other

children  too .

*

In ALL

 that's happening now

I am able to be

CALM and

just be ME

*

and

because it's rather new to me

to be like this

everytime it happens

my heart feels alive

*

and

now

we are

in the month

of

LOVE

*

I love

this time

of the year

now

more than

EVER

*

so

lets

share

a

lot

of

LOVE

*



* E * V * A *

*

Long time ago

Long before Eva was born

Long before we knew a boy / or a girl ?

I won
Koralee's
Give-away
THE CUTEST cuddle coat
from Bunnies by the bay .
*
It was send to me in a
surprising parcel
all the way over the ocean .
*
From the very first moment
I was in love
and I have showed it
to everyone
long before my first grandchild was born.
*
Here she is
the most beautiful
grandchild
E V A
*
She is our sunshine
and oh how I love
to be A grandmother
HER grandmother .
*
Happy joy to you
*