We just got the news from my cousin Jaqueline, that Hennie, the partner of my late cousin Jos, has passed away this night. She had been living in a care home for the last few years, because of her advanced COPD, where we visited her in 2019. Rest easy, my … » full post and pics!
Books I read in 2021
Here’s my annual list of read books, the books I read in 2021. But this time it’s really not a surprising one! Ok, maybe even a boring one? Not for me though, I’ve just been bingreading some of my favourite writers 🙂
Barbara Cool Lee
You already know from the … » full post and pics!
Happy New Year!
We hope you all had a great holiday season! On Christmas Eve we had Marga and Henk over for gourmetten. We planned to have a handful of friends over on New Years Eve, for a mini Dutch party. But the Covid cases had just started to rise fast again, so … » full post and pics!
Books I read in 2020
Since I want to make this an annual post, here’s what I read in 2020! I’ll never have a long list of books, but my biggest change in 2020 is that I got a proper ereader! And oh boy, do I ever love that thing!!
Kindle or Kobo ereader?
Safe Holidays and a Healthy 2021!
Needless to say that 2020 has been a crazy year!
Nico got a new right hip in January, but unfortunately he wasn’t able to return to work so far. It still hurts and other joints are chiming in, so that’s going to be a longer road than expected.
Then the … » full post and pics!
RIP Smokey
Soon I’ll be blogging about our summer adventures, but first I unfortunately have another RIP post, this time for one of our beloved kitties. Smokey was a master cuddler and usually slept in between us or on our pillows. He would meow without sound and wink at you. On August … » full post and pics!
RIP Jon McCaulder
In June we had to say goodbye to yet another loved one… our friend Jon had been battling health problems connected to kidney failure since many years. Getting a new kidney in 2011 improved his health for quite a while. But eventually it failed too and he ended up back … » full post and pics!
RIP Dad: Harry Breeuwer
I would’ve never thought I’d ever have four “rest in peace” blog posts in a row. It all happened over the course of a good month, so I did not feel like work or putting up any cheerful posts in between. I also never thought I’d really have to say … » full post and pics!
RIP Edwin Bos
Oh Edwin, Nico and I will miss your big goofy smile so much! Our hearts break for losing you as well as seeing your mom and dad (our besties Marga & Henk) and your sister Carmen (and bf Carter) in this much pain. We promise you we will support them … » full post and pics!