This weekend started with a visit to Rollende Keukens. A festival all about food. It was a bit cold and grey weather wise. But the food was very good.
Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head
5.11.2013
Well, on the umbrella that I was holding that is.
Today started out grey & wet. But with all the newly green trees it looked like such a wonderful mix match of colours, that I had to go out and take some pictures. So I walked around the city, warmed up with a cup of coffee in a coze cafe and returned home to watch episodes of The Wire (I only just started watching it…)
Now, once again, I wait for the pulla dough to double in size, it takes two hours…Making cinnamon & custard/coconut ones today!
Happy Saturday – do you have any nice plans for the weekend?
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5.11.2013
Looking up, part two
5.10.2013
Saturday morning walk
5.08.2013
In between preparing dough for pulla (sweet buns) and baking them, I went for a short walk through our neighbourhood. It was lovely. The sun was shining brightly and more and more green appears. I ended the walk with a sip of strawberry juice.
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Let’s have some fun
5.02.2013
I stumbled upon this meme a few weeks ago. It triggered me into thinking about blogging days gone by (or are they?). When I look around in the blogosphere I see less and less play. I miss it, like I missed being a curator of my own little museum. So in honour of play, here are my answers to this meme and I encourage you to join me. Here goes. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-list via Sandra.
10 things I like
- disco dip
- coffee + cheesecake
- Twin Peaks
- photo walks in the city
- day dreaming
- baking sweet goods
- writing
- dinner on the balcony
- discovering new places
- biking
9 things I like less
- ice on the roads
- head aches
- people who don’t value other people’s time + work
- being grumpy
- wet socks
- frizzy hear
- brussel sprouts
- mopping the floor
- naysayers
8 blogs I read
7 things I want to do in the future
- go to New York
- visit Paris
- create a photography series
- bake a layered cake
- buy new shoes
- write short stories
- build a tree house
6 things I’m afraid of
- roller coasters
- horror movies
- loosing a nail
- ghosts
- poking in eyes
- of not being able to think of a 6th thing that I’m afraid of…
5 places I like to be
- Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland: buying lots of strawberries + other good snacks and drinks. Travelling to the iland by boath, wind in my hair. Finding a perfect spot overlooking the see. Settling down, picnicking. *le sigh*
- Negenstraatjes, Amsterdam: wandering around the nine street district. Browsing the shops, buying good food + fabulous chocolate.
- South Africa: it has been almost ten years. Would love to visit my family there once again + road trip around the country. Visiting all those wonderful places in the hot (for us Dutch people) Winter’s sun.
- France. I saw a documentary on perfume making this weekend. Of course parts of the documentary were shot in France. I want to stroll through fields of lavender + drink wine and eat cheese.
- Berlin. It has been a year. I miss it. All of it.
5 words that described me
- Nostalgic
- Light hearted
- Gentle
- Adventurous
- Traveller
3 things that I’m looking forward to
- visiting New York later this year
- BBQ on the balcony
- Summer festivals in Amsterdam
2 good movies
- Mulholland Drive
- Haute Cuisine
1 great song
- Dissolve me -Alt-J
A year ago
4.28.2013
april 2012
And so it has come to this: posting pictures from my archives. A reminder to myself that I need to go out more with my camera. Perhaps I’ll even start today. Happy Sunday!
New York, New York
4.03.2013
by blazedshooter
by Sandra Beijer
Some of my flickr favs of the Big Apple.
It might be a bit of a cliché, but I dream of one day visiting New York. Today especially. I’m feeling under the weather and I’m looking for ways to cheer myself up. What better way to do so, than by planning a trip to New York. Or perhaps even by day dreaming of living there some day.
Have you ever been? What would you recommend? Would love to hear your New York stories.
A glimpse of Summer
4.02.2013
The weather was lovely today. The sun was shining, the temperature okay. I went for a walk in the city to take some pictures and enjoy the sunshine. Also, tried something different when processing the photo’s. Somehow this makes them feel a little bit more Summer-like I think.
Good old flickr favs
4.01.2013
untitled, by missfaeriedust
untitled, by missfaeriedust
untitled, by stefanyalves
untitled, by isabelle bertolini
Ghetto, by Marion L’inventaireuse
Remember those early blogging + Flickr days? Sharing mosaics of your favorite flickr photo’s. I always loved putting those posts together. Like being a curator of your very own museum.
Lately I’ve noticed that I hardly ever look at other people’s flickr photo’s anymore. I also stopped using pinterest (which I always loved). It dawned on me that I was following so many people, it just became a little too much. So I spring cleaned my pinterest + flickr account. It feels good to follow less people, I see more. And I know in time the list of people will grow again. There are just so many inspiring people out there. Which is, by the way, not a complaint. Just an observation.
I miss being a curator of my own little museum. So I thought I’d start sharing a bit of my favorite things, pictures, finds, books etc. here again. Let see how it goes.
The best you can do
4.01.2013
taken january 1st 2013
I’ve been day dreaming a lot lately. Thinking about places I want to visit, things I want to do, shoes I want to buy. I’ve also discovered many fine new-for-me places on this world wide web. I love to get tangled up in it. Reading archives, browsing photo’s. Some days, that it’s the best you can do. For example on days in April when it is colder outside than it was in December and when you long for the warmth of a few sun rays on your skin.
Where I’m at and what I want
3.29.2013
pictures taken at Reluct’s studio + posted on instagram a couple of weeks ago
Today I am working I worked I am at the studio of Reluct agency. No one else is here, so I took the opportunity to work in a nice + quiet space. At two pm I’m still trying to get into work mode. I think it’s just not going to happen today, so I decided to write a few lines here.
- Perhaps you’ve already seen the announcement on Twitter or Facebook but this week INDEPENDENT\INDIE, the company I co-founded, was launched. So exciting, but still so much to do. But I love it.
- I really, really want to go home -right now- and sit on the couch with a blanket + lots of pillows and watch a funny movie. It won’t happen -right now- as I’m meeting friends for coffee + cupcakes later this afternoon (yay!), but it will sure happen tonight.
- I also really want my own office. Have been thinking about it for a while now, where I would like the office to be located + how I would decorate it.
- Speaking of things I want. I also really want some new shoes + clothes. I think I need to pay a visit to Pinterest to gather some shopping inspiration.
- I just started watching Weeds. Well, I’ve seen the last season, just catching up now and I love it. Why haven’t I watched this before?
- I miss taking ‘real’ photographs. I think I need to ‘steel’ Joost’s camera this weekend and go for a photo walk.
Happy Easter!
Cocktail hour
3.24.2013
cocktail hour, posted on instagram
As I typ this the wind is howling outside. It’s a very cold weekend. A very wintry weekend, especially since it’s Spring. But it’s okay for now. It’s perfect weather to stay inside, to catch up on blog reading and, of course, to write a post.
Yesterday was spent in Rotterdam. Visiting Joost’s cousin + sipping cocktails + going out for fab Chinese. The night ended with a train ride home, special beer shopping + watching 90′s movies and listening to 80′s and 90′s music. A very good day.
Today we will continue working on our new project. I’m so excited and can’t wait to see how it develops more and more. Have a good feeling about this one.