Flood!

This evening : The storm was coming!

In 1953 there was a big storm in Holland with a big flood.You know that we live below sea level..? Well then the dikes where not so good in that time and the sea brook trough the dikes. Our house in that time was standing whole under the sea water. Many people died that time.

It always intrigued me that catastrophe. We see in our house still the signs of it. The salt from the sea is still in our walls and its coming out in white flakes.

When I see a flood in Holland ( there still some little flood sometimes) on television I always wonder how people do that ..just stay calm and doing what possible is.

But now this evening I have my first mini flood. It was terrible weather and I enjoyd so much the rain and storm...I love autumn and it seems like autumn this evening. So I was happy. F. was outside looking of everything go's well with the new building..
But something was wrong and he was trying to fix it! Than he came in and said : Everything go's wrong. I can 't do anything!

That was the moment that my heart was going really fast...I looked outside and I know that I have to go outside helping to spoon all the water before our new the frontdoor. So I get outside in the storm ,rain and thunder in my summerdress and we both get really dirty and wet but we did what we had to do. And I could not help myself but I had to think off that horrible cold evening in 1953.

It was good to do and after 1 houre we take a warm shower and dry clothes and I looked back on a mini flood ...and that I did what I had to do.
Just that simple.

And it keeps me simple...
I thank God for a warm shower and a dry house...many people dont have this. I will pray for then tonight!

Hope that you in Holland survived this terrible weather!

Boeuf Bourguignon Finally!

Since I´ve seen the movie Julie and Julia I dream of making Boeuf Bourguignon. In that time I couldn´t eat that because of my gallstones but now after the surgery I just had to wait till I had enough energy to make it...
Yesterday was that day!!!

It was a really fantastic day..I was so glad with doing shopping and cooking! And more important it was a really good taste!! We love it so much..and I was smiling from ear to ear! Yes I was really proud!!

Months ago I saw some antique tin forks and spoons I bought it for our new kitchen..But yesterday was for me the day to started to eat with this. It was funny to realize that many mouths have eating from that spoon.
Our friend/neighbour was alone that evening so he was eating with us and we had with the tree of us a very good meal and a good evening! Love food , love friends, love life ...

And of course our star :





Don't you love Julia Child?

Wishing you a very good sunday!

French lunch: Ballotine de volaille aux pistaches!/ How to survive 37 degrees

I have made for the first time a French lunch. I´m so proud of myself! I started yesterday in the evening and 1 houre ago we did eat it. It was a perfect lunch. I feld myself luxury! I enjoyd every bite. It was so freaking good...
Hope I can inspirate you to go and make some delicious food you never made before. It was exiting and a adventure...I love cooking so much. I love the feeling of the meat in my fingers to prepare and to knead to slice. Its the same with painting you have to do it with your fingers in your work. To feel and get a tie with it. Its life at best!

We had eating vegetables soup with green pesto self made, toast with my new recipe chicken pâtés and some tomatoes and cucumber....its a keeper!!

Hope you have a nice and tasteful day!

Corner View: Summer

What I love about summer:
I love to watch planes go by and I dreamed of who is in that plane and where is the plane going to. I'll do this since I was a child.

I love to read outside and have all the time of the world. I love how the wind is playing with my pages.

I love the sunshine trough leafs and how the sun trough that leafs is playing with shadows on me and everything around me.

I love to stare in the space and dreaming of all kind of things. With the sun on my skin of course!

I love the summer sky with the summer clouds..they have something very special dont you think?

This morning I feld myself a little bit sad. I'm most of the time still to tired to live the summer life and I sleep a lot. Just as it is right now. But the weather is so beautiful ...grr. I wish I can go on my bike..but I cant and I have to accept that. Luckly I have a great place to stay. I cant complane... I will have a very slowly start of my summer...Its oke. I will live with it. But when I be better ooooooo boy ...Till then: Let the summer party begin and hold on till I be there! Have a nice nice summer!

Raw Herring Party

We missed our invitation for a herring party! We had something else to do. But today we eat the first New Catch Herring. It´s something special for Holland. We eat the fisch raw with raw onions. We hold the fish on his tale and take a bite ... Many foreigners shiver from our habit. But not only they... I like the taste of the fish very much but the idea of eating raw fish is mostly stronger than my desire to taste. So I start very brave but on the half I stop eating because I can not longer resist the feeling that I doing something dirty. And I'm also eating very righteous the fish with fork and knife because when I have to hold that fish on his tale I can not eat one bite a think.
What my F. totaly respected because the rest is for him.

We eat the whole year raw herring but the new season started this year 07-03 and many people where looking forward to that season. The fish are on they best than. Its the New Catch ...
So you see something real dutch here.
The cap I wear is also realy dutch. Its a cap of 1920 and the maids at that time where these caps when they cleaning the house...dont you love they? I love old dutch habits and clothes and houses and everything indeed. I love Holland...I think! I know for sure.

Corner View: Notice

I notice today that even our house is a mass trough the rebuilding..and even I'm still not better. I AM THE LUCKIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD!
With a husband how loves me very much..with a dreamhouse and a dreamgarden and view.
I notice today that I have to count my blessings!

Ps. Have you seen me plums!!? Are they not huge....
Hope you notice also beautiful things today! Have a wonderful day.

Whoops!

When F. made for me the best lasagne of the whole world..
I put on my new shoes in bed. I just want to see them on my feet. They make me happy..also the lasagne. Thanks dear for your wonderful cooking! Thanks shoes for make me smile.