Archive for March, 2010
“Beside the lake, Beneath the Trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”
These lovelies are finally in bloom. Such pretty golden faces. And now, I leave you with this. :-)
Roxi in Turkey
A couple of weeks ago, Roxi had the most amazing experience–she flew to Ankara, Turkey to participate in the AMIS International Honour Band and Choir Festival. Roxi and 12 other students (6 choir, 7 band) plus their chaperones flew out of Amsterdam early Wednesday morning. They arrived in sunny Ankara later that afternoon. Most of these [...]
Don’t forget to change your clocks!
We “spring forward” to EU/British Summer Time here this weekend. You know what that means… one lost hour of sleep! LOL Have a great weekend anyway :-)
Ask an Expat: Weather in May and June
A beautiful March sky in Den Haag. Last week, Alinda asked: We’re spending 2 months in Europe beginning mid-may. (our 1st time too) We’ll be camping a lot because we’re frugal and we love the outdoors. I’m wondering just how much it really rains in northern Europe and Britain. How much (dry) camping is possible? Thanks! Alinda, oh [...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ 36: Beautiful Delft (Netherlands)
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A few more Delft pics
I really didn’t take that many photos in Delft because soon after we got there it started to rain! I think I need to come up with a solution for shooting in the rain. I don’t care about getting wet, but I really don’t want my camera to get soaked. Any suggestions? EVOO–LOL! When Mr. [...]
A rainy Saturday afternoon in Delft
Roxi was in Ankara, Turkey for an international honour choir festival most of last week, leaving her old parents wondering what to do in her absence. Ha ha! Well, first we drank champagne in the middle of the week. Then we watched a double feature on a “school night” (Zwartboek and No Country for Old Men–both excellent [...]
New Recipes
“Five Minute Chocolate Cake” in cupcake form straight out of the microwave. Not beautiful but certainly delicious. I haven’t talked about cooking much lately–I guess because I’ve kind of been in automatic mode (same-old, same-old). But here are some recipes I’ve tried recently that we’ve really enjoyed. Paula Deen’s Salmon Croquettes. A wonderful, old-fashioned recipe [...]
Ask an Expat: Ice in drinks
In the comments from last week’s Ask an Expat, Julia left me this question: I think it’s interesting that you want less from the U.S. I don’t know what I’d miss the most if I left. Maybe ice since I hear that you can never get ice in your drink in Europe. Is that true? [...]
