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My War on Asia
Living in a flat in Rotterdam brings with it a lot of interesting interactions with neighbours. We have been living in this flat for over ten years and while we do have some really
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Fire in the Sky
Today the sky looked so beautiful as the sun was going down. After a few months of mainly wet and grey weather it really warms the cockles of my heart to see the sun.
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Canadian Beauty – “Over Home”
I still haven’t finished working on my photos from Canada. I took so many, and I hadn’t even finished working on the ones from France yet either. I am way behind but I will
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Creepy Crawlies
One morning during our holiday I got out my camera and went for a walk around the property to take some photos. While up in the orchard I noticed some wasps buzzing around
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The Veggie Files – I have Veggies!
It’s true… look!! BEANS! Actual … beans!! I don’t believe it! I grew a real and honest to goodness vegetable! I am the queen of gardening! Seriously, if you could have seen the little
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The Veggie Files – The Grand Replant
Well, it’s time for another installment of The Veggie Files. It’s been almost a month now and things are going great! The plants are growing very quickly and with the exception of my lettuce,
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The Veggie Files – We Have Lettuce!
As I mentioned in my last Veggie Files update, patience is not something I have a large supply of. I got really tired of waiting for lettuce to show up in my lettuce pot,
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The Veggie Files – Signs of Life!
A while back I got a package in the mail from Xander’s step-mother which included seeds for growing cucumber, lettuce and beans. Not just any old kind, but the urban kind for people like
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Sunday Morning At Carnisse Grienden
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
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Allergic To Nature
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
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