Enjoying simple things

Contest time!

2012-02-09T13:17:00.003+01:00

Contest – Time! Win a bracelet of your choice........ That's what you have to do: 1. Like my fb- page www.facebook.com/alkes.attic or register for the newsletter on my website. 2. Go to the shop www.alkes-attic.com – choose your language – and find the red bracelet which I've misplaced somewhere in the shop. On the misplaced red bracelet you'll see an exta button. 3. Send me an email – either

Sometimes it all comes together....

2012-02-08T13:48:00.003+01:00

.... really fast. I had an old louvre-door, picked up in a sale somewhere for €5. Enter the need for a thread storage. Take door, make wholes glue in nails Voila! Nicely filled!

Afternoon delight...

2012-02-07T16:35:00.001+01:00

005 a video by breiduiveltje on Flickr.On icecold, but sunny days!

2008 -2012

2012-02-02T11:14:00.000+01:00

2008 - Teddy 2012 - Bono

{This moment}

2012-01-27T19:15:00.002+01:00

001 a video by breiduiveltje on Flickr. {this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

{This moment}

2012-01-20T19:29:00.001+01:00

First bath! {this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

The canary in the coalmine

2012-01-19T12:43:00.000+01:00

Please take a moment to watch this.

{This moment}

2011-11-11T23:12:00.000+01:00

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. A good workout!

It feels like spring, preparing for winter

2011-11-04T23:25:00.001+01:00

Slowly but surely I'm tilling the ground of the allotment. In the ten years I have the allotment, I've never tilled the whole lot before winter. In spring I could notice the vast difference between de beds then, though.... To keep myself motivated, I took a picture every time I've finished my goal for the day. Half a bed is enough to make me feel the tilling in the evening, but I can go

{This moment}

2011-10-07T21:40:00.000+02:00

{This moment}

2011-09-02T15:26:00.000+02:00

{This moment}

2011-07-22T14:20:00.000+02:00

Preserving prunes

2011-07-20T16:43:00.001+02:00

There are only so many ways to preserve your garden bounty. The canned prunes from last year are not used up yet, so I had to think of an alternative. 11 kg of prunes in a day - I eat much, but not THAT much. All neighbours are taken care of, so .... I made a rich yeast dough: 1,5 kg flour 450 grams suger 200 grams margarine 400 grams butter zest of 3 lemons 3/8 liter milk 90g fresh yeast 3

What you can't remember...

2011-07-01T23:33:00.000+02:00

You've got to write down. Yesterday I've "destemmed" a lot of black currants. We treat them like pure gold, as the jam made from them, is our all time favourite. For the umpteenth time I filled the bowl first, as I'm using it always when processing the pickings from the garden in front of the television. I wish I had a front porch to do that, but I don't, so the living room it is for now. So..

Families...

2011-06-15T11:24:00.001+02:00

The inside of my shed is a coveted space I've learned this spring. First signs where the newly build nests..... outside the shed as well as inside it. first signs - outside Prime real estate, appearantly. Then the nest contained 5 eggs, which all came out. I have renters now. A family of "White Wagtails" I have 7 little souls living in the shed now. I try to stay out of their way

Overachiever.............

2011-06-14T14:06:00.000+02:00

I'm not. It's been a while ........ But my blackberry truely is this year. It was flowering with a fury about a month ago........ It's FULL of berries slowly developing now. and still flowering. It blows my mind. You'll sometimes see plants doing this in their last attempt to survive. But my blackberry is preparing for next year at the same time.... "front" - eastside "back" -

New starts all around....

2011-05-14T22:39:00.000+02:00

This spring - as every spring around here, is a time of beginning. The garden lies clean and ready for a whole season of gardening. First strawberry is picked and eaten, the blueberries performing this year for the first time, the woodchip mulch makes the ground sour - which helps them tremendously. The other beginning looks like this: The first step to prepare for september. I want

A beautiful Easter weekend

2011-04-29T20:49:00.000+02:00

This Easter we went to the west of our little country to see our Grandson and his parents. He's growing like nobodys business, having outgrown the jacket I'm making for him already !?! I will have to get creative, because the size chosen - 12 to 18 months - is what he's wearing right now! Easter monday we've crossed the border to Germany, finding two fleamarkets to peruse. I've found three

{This moment}

2011-04-15T19:50:00.000+02:00

Breakfast smoothie

2011-04-13T12:30:00.000+02:00

Finally I'm starting the smoothies belonging to the CLEAN program. We're working our way there, very slowly. I'm down to 3 cups of coffie a day, when earlier (for the last 25 years actually) I've consumed about 2 cups an hour every waking hour of the day. I have to say, I feel better for it. Today it was: Apple, Kiwi, Pecannuts, Prunes (F), Strawberries (F) and Blackberries (F), green leafs

Eventful week

2011-03-27T16:36:00.000+02:00

This was a very eventful week - no wonder I did not have time to blog about it ;-) Tuesday started like this: then this happened: At the end of the day: A few hours later I got an amazing gift: Wednesday's stage was set... the amazing art of staging a sandwich... But she is the real star of the day: Thursday Max came to us for a vacation - he followed a few hours German

{This moment}

2011-03-18T15:31:00.000+01:00

I'm so easily entertained!

2011-03-16T19:23:00.000+01:00

I've exterminated Poo the bear today. He was rather surprised. Some of his friends were braver.... but got distressed later on... Even Poo was elated by a little thing - the butterfly - which I found all over... He held on to a log in an effort to stay..... but the bigger picture was a rather positive one! Piece by piece Poo and his friends made way for a blank canvas.

Crocheting Cecilia

2011-03-15T11:05:00.000+01:00

A while ago Rachel and I decided to start a CAL. We both wanted to make Cecilia, a Julia Vaconsin pattern. While all the terrible developments in Japan had us pretty much glued to the TV, I made considerable progress. I started on feb 23rd. I make size 40, these are the two front parts. Because I want to change ge front to a V-shaped nek, I'm making both fronts simultaniously. My ability

{This moment}

2011-03-04T23:05:00.000+01:00