Hot Air Balloon

It is slowly starting to look like a real home. New York I painted the below half of my entrance walls grey, it makes it look a bit more sophisticated (and will go well with pink, which is the colour I will paint my front door!). And I put up some small frames with photos [...]

Sleeping in a new home is always a bit special. Especially when your bed collapses in the middle of the night when you are sleeping. Which made me think of two things: How can it be that it didn’t collapse the first night I slept in it? I am not the DIY master Jedi I [...]

Bedroom with Pirates of the Carribean blue wall Mini garden There is progress. All the paint work is done, wowee! Except the stripes in my living room, but that’s not a lot of work and will be done next week. I have assembled 4 closets. There are two more Billy’s to assemble, that should be [...]

The office garden has turned into a winter wonderland. I hope the trains will keep running so I can get home.

We are experiencing a real winter at the moment with snow and frost during the day time. The birds are having hard time so they are regular visitors in the garden. Winter – December 2010 Winter – December 2010 How’s the snow situation where you are? (Oh an hi – I hope you are all [...]

I visited the apartment near the river for the second time today and this time I was sure: that’s the place for me. I have decided to place a bid on it (that’s the way it works in the Netherlands), and will do so tomorrow. I don’t know if there are any other potential buyers. [...]

As in – what kind of place? A house? An apartment? Did you love your place at first sight? Why am I asking all these questions you wonder? I want to buy my own place. And there are two possibilities – I can buy a small apartment with a rather large outdoor terrace (balcony) or [...]

Red double decker buses Just because I think they are wonderful. Especially the old Routemasters. A reliable Oyster card (opposed to a not always properly working OV card in the Netherlands) The London transport system Yes it can be a busy system (and yes sometimes they strike!) but I find it a great system and [...]

Digging through my boxes I found these. I can’t come up with any better excuse for having four (four!) pairs of 3D  specs then that the model reminds me of a certain funky long legged man. This is why I have too much stuff: I absolutely lack common sense and I still haven’t grown up. [...]

Four years in London is  a long enough period to acquire a broad selection of electrical equipment. A laptop. Camera and phone chargers. A small telly. Some lights. And more things like that. They all have UK power plugs. Which are different from Dutch ones as you can see. Not quite sure how to solve [...]

I am waiting for the inspiration, or should I say courage to start this project. Not sure when it arrives, if ever.

We have a new daily visitor in the garden, meet Gijs the hedgehog! You can nearly put your your clock on it – Gijs will appear around 16.30 every afternoon, entering the garden from the neighbours garden. Gijs the Hedgehog – enters the scene He then has a little walk through the garden to see [...]

Where have you been? Well I have been kind of busy and I have left London and moved back to the Netherlands. What? Why? Good question. Because four years 24 hours a day in the hustle and bustle of central London was enough for me. London is a very exciting and fantastic city and there [...]

HARVEY Why don’t you ask me those questions? KATE Which ones? HARVEY You know, from the airport. When I wouldn’t stop. KATE Oh, the questionnaire. (beat) Ok. Name? HARVEY Harvey Shine. KATE Place of residence? HARVEY I’m in transition.

How working for a large 50+ employees UK (as they have offices all over the world too) creative agency is different from working for a small 6 employees communications agency.

It’s one of those memes that force you to think about your year a bit. So here is my year in words. How was yours? 1. What did you do in 2009 that you had never done before?I saw whales in their natural environment. I biked the Golden Gate bridge. Both very memorable experiences. And [...]

I am taking a break from this blog. I am sure I will return but at the moment I don’t have any energy for it. Sometimes life gets in the way and asks to be sorted out first. I still have the intention to do the non xmas card exchange but it won’t be before [...]

It looks a bit cloudy at the moment Thanks a lot for all the encouraging comments on my previous post, it really makes me feel less alone with this. I had the talk with my boss this morning. He basically confirmed it all, I will get paid until the end of January after that I [...]

Regent’s Park The weather is so incredible in London at the moment that I decided to bike to Regent’s Park after work, to catch the last sunshine. I think that Regent’s Park has become my favourite park. It is often peaceful, I love to watch people struggling in the boats on the boating lake and [...]