Bailey (top right) and Pixel (bottom right) peacefully engaging another dog. A rare occasion indeed!
This week’s Photo Hunt theme is Daily. One thing that is a part of our daily life, come rain or shine, is walking the dogs… and the drama that comes along with it. I snapped this photo last week [...]
Yesterday morning we woke up and it was foggy and grey. Not exactly what we hoped for on a Sunday morning but it would have to do. I had a lot of housework that I was avoiding, so I asked my husband how he’d feel about going for a drive so I could take some [...]
Tonight when I was getting ready to make dinner I saw a beautiful amber colored glow in our dining room. I looked out to see what was happening outside and saw the sun setting behind our building. I know when I start seeing the lovely gold and purple sunsets that spring is well on it’s [...]
This morning we woke up to a bit of snow in the Netherlands. At 10am my husband and I hopped in the car and set off to Kinderdijk! I’ve been there a number of times, the first time back in 2007 with the girls, then in 2008 with my parents and also once or twice [...]
A while back I wrote about a Sweet Proposal where a guy got the gal over at Bakarella.com to help him propose to his girlfriend. I thought that was pretty clever.
Today I saw another cool proposal on Gizmodo where a guy used light writing to propose to his girlfriend.
How very very cool. Without understanding how [...]
The view from my balcony last night as my neighbours brought in the New Year with a bang!
Every year on New Years Eve I am on my balcony in hopes of getting some good firework photos. Back in 2007 I was bummed because it was raining on NYE so not as many people were [...]
Before Friday I had no idea that there was a Christmas Market at Kasteel Keukenhof, but thankfully DutchBitch not only told me about it but gave us her mother’s free pass to the grounds! So not only did we get in for free, but I finally got to meet her after years of reading [...]
God I’ve been meaning to write about this for ages but I’ve been so busy the last while with my friend Penny being in town and a few other things that have been going on (that I will write about soon), my blog has suffered.
Anyhow, a while back my mother in law asked for some [...]
This past weekend I went on a sailing trip to Friesland with my photography club. It was organized by one of our members who is from there and used to work at a sailing club teaching lessons when he was younger. It was SO much fun!
On Friday night we arrived in the village of Heeg, [...]
I am now about to begin the 4th block of gail pan’s Christmas Wish BOM, and I’m so enjoying making them. The three above are the ones I’ve completed up till now, and the one below is my most recent. I didn’t think I’d enjoy embroidery as much as cross stitching but now I [...]
I’ve been wanting to learn to do embroidery for a while and when I saw the Christmas Wish BOM over at gail pan designs I thought it was the perfect opportunity to teach myself. So after a few online tutorials and YouTube videos I felt confident enough to give it a go. It came [...]
On Sunday Xander and I went to the Biesbosch in Brabant, just south of here. It’s quite lovely around there with lots of water and nature. There are boats you can rent to see the area from a different perspective and lots of trails for biking and hiking. We drove around the area for a [...]
One thing that has been bothering me about my camera since I got it, is the camera strap around my neck. The nylon material it’s made with scratches the back of my neck, and can get quite uncomfortable. Also, one thing I noticed when I was out with my camera yesterday, because it’s black [...]
If you are a photographer of any kind, you probably understand the annoyance of carrying your camera on a strap around your neck. At least if you are like me and you still have the nylon strap that came with your camera, those things are so scratchy. I can imagine that after a certain amount [...]
A few years ago I wrote about another blogger who was photographing strangers in public to ridicule them, which was something I disagreed with very strongly. It brought up a lot of questions in regards to taking photos of people in public. My personal opinion was that it was ok, that people in public are [...]
Saturday we went to Roosendaal for Noah’s first Birthday. It’s hard to believe he’s a year old already. I am shocked by it, so I can only imagine how much Penny and Yuri must be wishing they could stop time. Every time I see him he’s changed so much and is doing so many new [...]
Sunday morning I woke up and my back was still killing me, but I couldn’t stand the thought of not making it to Keukenhof. The last time I was there was about 8 years ago and I was due for another visit. I packed my camera bag with painkillers and tried to take the Suck [...]
If you have two dogs, and you use those extension leads with the big plastic handles… don’t do like I did today and think you can hold both of them and your camera at the same time. Whatever is out there can wait. Otherwise, you will just end up deciding it’s a good idea to [...]
April doet wat hij wil is a saying about the spring weather in the Netherlands. It means “April does what it wants”, and boy does it! A lot of people get irritated by not knowing what the weather will be like from one moment to the next, but I like it. We go from days [...]
This weekend I went on my first outing with my new photo club. I was a bit nervous as I didn’t know anyone other than my friend Heather, but I liked the fact that it was a smaller gathering. I’m more comfortable in those kinds of situations and thought it would give me a good [...]
Tunnels of Blood (The Saga of Darren Shan)
by Darren Shan
