tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194878342024-03-19T03:57:18.954+01:00The Writing Tree (closed)"It takes an awful long time to not write a book."
- Douglas AdamsJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.comBlogger824125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-62210337917112600322013-01-09T18:39:00.002+01:002013-01-09T18:39:54.830+01:00Sunburst Granny Square TutorialJust a quick reminder that this blog is now closed and I have started a new blog called <a href="http://nittybits.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nittybits</a>. I dedicated one of my first posts to the very beloved Sunburst Granny Square Blanket I made a while back. You can find information about the pattern and joining of the squares <a href="http://nittybits.blogspot.nl/2013/01/sunburst-granny-square-blanket-tutorial.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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You can follow Nittybits through blogger, <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/4494981/nittybits" target="_blank">bloglovin'</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Nittybits" target="_blank">facebook</a>!<br />
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-87378341187976656982013-01-01T16:16:00.001+01:002013-01-01T16:16:13.084+01:00The Big Goodbye: Making a new startFirst of all: happy new year everyone!!! 2013 is going to bring a wedding, and hopefully more wisdom, more love, more colour and more joy. And with that, it is time for some change...<br />
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One of the things I gave a lot of thought to this past year was this blog. For seven years I've been writing about my life, and oh how it has changed. When I started this blog I was a student, still living with her parents, dreaming of writing short stories and books. 'The Writing Tree' was meant to be a writing diary, containing inspiration for stories and funny anecdotes about my life. Then I graduated, got a job, lost the energy and time to write, and eventually got a new hobby: crafting. I started to write in English so I would be able to communicate with more people in Blogland, I taught myself to crochet, knit, sew and carving out stamps, photography became a big part of my life and graphic, interior and product design became new passions.</div>
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<b>New year, new start, new blog</b><br />
I've been wanting to make a fresh start for some time now, which is exciting, refreshing, exhilarating... and scary as hell!!! This blog contains seven years of stories, videos, photographs, comments, followers. Seven years of my life!!<br />
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But the time is right, and I am starting a new blog. To all of you who have been visiting this blog over the years: thank you for all the sweet comments and e-mails!!! And to all 98 of you (!) who are following this blog: from now on you can find me here:<br />
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<a href="http://nittybits.blogspot.com/">http://nittybits.blogspot.com</a><br />
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Hope to see you there!! I'd love to hear what you think about my new blog :)<br />
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JennyJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-23837603462055982482012-12-31T15:12:00.000+01:002015-01-18T22:36:53.258+01:00Goodbye 2012!!Oh 2012!! What a year you were :)<br />
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After happily leaving 2011 behind (it was not the greatest year of my life...) 2012 brought joy, pain, heartache, laughter and love. We had to say goodbye to the last of our little pet rats Polleke (the end of an era!!), there was crafting, followed by lots of pain from crafting, campfires, soaking up sunshine, redecorating parts of our home and holidays with friends.</div>
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But most of all, 2012 was the year where I learned a lot about myself and about life. I'm not done yet - who ever is? - but I'm sooooo ready for 2013!!<br />
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New year.<br />
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-32027674495933452882012-12-29T13:32:00.000+01:002012-12-31T11:36:20.139+01:00Four simple goals: challenge completed!Hey Blogland! I hope everyone had a great, cozy Christmas with lots of friends and family? I sure did! :) And with Christmas gone, I can't believe this year is almost over! Time to see if I've achieved my goals ;)<br />
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Last September I set <a href="http://zooivlooi.blogspot.nl/2012/09/four-simple-goals.html" target="_blank">four simple goals</a> to achieve before the end of the year, and I am very pleased to report that I achieved them all :) These were my goals:<br />
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<b style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">1. Practice my Photoshop skills</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Check! :) I learned about layers, adjusting brightness, contrast and colour balance, I played around with different fonts and I even made my own actions. It was so much fun, and there is SO MUCH MORE to learn!!! I'm definitely going to keep working with Photoshop in 2013.</span></div>
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Again: check! ;) I signed up for a web design course where we learned to work with Adobe Dreamweaver. And although it was fun to built a website, I realized I was much more interested in the graphic and creative side of things. Colours, fonts, layout: it's all so much more fun and inspiring to me than the technical aspect of building a website. So even though actual technical web design isn't something I'm likely to pursue, this course did teach what I should invest more time in. Which is a good thing :)</div>
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It took me a few full days, but our kitchen is now partly <a href="http://zooivlooi.blogspot.nl/2012/10/a-little-kitchen-makeover.html" target="_blank">yellow</a>. And yellow is ALWAYS good ;)</div>
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This is probably the one I'm happiest with: I actually <a href="http://zooivlooi.blogspot.nl/2012/11/finished-project-crochet-pillow-case.html" target="_blank">finished another crochet project</a> :D And I am soooo very happy with the result!!</div>
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I wouldn't necessarily describe myself as a gloomy person or a pessimist, but I do tend to over-think things. And especially in the darkness of winter it's sometimes hard to focus on the good stuff. </div>
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So in a very 'when life gives you lemons' kind of way I try to make the best of these colds, rainy months. Like, when it just keeps raining, and raining, and raining? I buy the best rain boots EVER :)<br />
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I'm soooo happy with my brand new Hunter boots :) They look amazing, plus I forgot how much fun it is to jump in rain puddles! :D</div>
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Next tuesday J & I will go to a midnight viewing of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which of course means I have to re-read the book so I can compare book and movie every step of the way :) So Middle Earth & coffee it is for this very cold friday!!!</div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-91595317529408235162012-12-04T20:00:00.000+01:002012-12-04T20:58:43.455+01:00Winter BluesI don't know if it's the short grey days or the crappy weather, but I have been suffering from a little Winter Blues lately. (...) And with Winter Blues I mean I've been CRANKY AS HELL!!! ;)<br />
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This is the blanket I was working on a few weeks ago. And of course, I was SOOOOO excited about the result, and about the fact that I was crafting again, I took it too far (once again...). So (once again....) no more crafting for me :( </div>
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Meanwhile, our home is a mess while we wait for a new sofa and chairs, the holidays are around the corner for which I am neither prepared nor in the mood, and the weather is absolutely horrible with loads of rain, rain, rain.<br />
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In short: I want to go to bed with a good book and a hot cup of tea and stay there 'till April ;)<br />
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-2226099786738742472012-11-14T14:50:00.003+01:002012-11-14T14:51:21.171+01:00Finished project: crochet pillowcase<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Remember when I started working on a crochet pillowcase <a href="http://zooivlooi.blogspot.nl/2012/06/source-of-my-pain.html" target="_blank">last June</a> and ended up in pain (again) due to crafting overload? And remember one of my <a href="http://zooivlooi.blogspot.nl/2012/09/four-simple-goals.html" target="_blank">four simple goals</a> was to finish that pillowcase before the end of the year?<br />
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Well, people, I am very VERY pleased to say that taking baby steps with crafting FINALLY PAID OFF!!! :)<br />
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After 'training' with granny squares I was finally ready to get back to crochet, get out my sewing gear...<br />
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... choose some buttons...<br />
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... and FINISH THE VERY COLORFUL CROCHET PILLOWCASE!!!! :D<br />
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I am SO happy with the result :) But even more so with the fact I actually was able to finish another project :) <br />
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YES I CAN!!!!! :)Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-91070516031476923682012-11-07T16:04:00.001+01:002012-11-07T16:04:41.955+01:00Paperchase<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I discovered a <a href="http://www.paperchase.co.uk/page/home/" target="_blank">Paperchase</a> store at Utrecht Central Station the other day, and of course I couldn't resist :)</div>
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So much pretty stuff! :) Will be back for sure!</div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-70541893537640282512012-11-05T13:11:00.000+01:002012-11-05T13:11:26.740+01:00Happy Monday Everyone!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And to celebrate this glorious (read: rainy, grey and cold) first day of the week, here's a cute little bunny I made a while back for a friend. Love the pink scarf! At least one of us is ready for winter ;)</div>
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The little bunny tail!! :)</div>
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What a fun, colorful week it has been!! :) We've been living in our apartment for over three years now, and for the past few weeks we've suddenly been in need of some change. Not the 'let's move' kind of change, but the 'let's upgrade' kind of change. </div>
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So I painted the wooden doorposts in our kitchen <a href="http://www.color-swatches.com/histor/histor-compleet/goudenregen/1073-y04r/swatch.html" target="_blank">yellow</a> and did some redecorating!</div>
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I absolutely LOVE all these beautiful, pastel colors. Combined with the warm yellow it makes our kitchen a pretty happy place to be right now :)<br />
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Next stop: turning a plain old door into a ginourmous magnetic blackboard!!!Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-22326957356313482792012-10-25T10:00:00.000+02:002012-10-25T10:00:00.925+02:00Trees in the mist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every year when summer is about to end, I shudder at the idea of autumn. I don't want the days to get shorter! I don't want it to get colder! I don't want to wear a coat! </div>
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Then the leaves change color, I get to wear my snug caps and scarves, and inside the house it's warm and cosy.<br />
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It's autumn, baby!!! :) <br />
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What a fun week I've had!! It was filled with cycling trips, shopping sprees and little celebrations (which included <a href="http://www.koekela.nl/en/shop/16/lemon-meringue/" target="_blank">the most delicious pie EVER</a>!! :) </div>
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Yes, dear friends: I was allowed to crochet :)</div>
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If you visited this blog before you might remember me mentioning the problems I've had with my neck/shoulders for about 1,5 years now. It has prevented me from crafting, and every time I try to make something I take it too far and end up having pain for weeks... </div>
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It was soooo hard to stop!! I actually caved and made a second one... but I resisted the urge to make 15 more, so I guess that's progress :) </div>
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Plus: no pain!! Which means I can probably make some more this week! YAY!!!! :D<br />
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But not too much of course :S Baby steps. BABY STEPS...Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-48062689106555083942012-10-08T10:00:00.000+02:002012-10-08T10:00:16.933+02:00The Notebook Makeover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I saw these <a href="http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2012/09/make-your-own-house-stamp.html" target="_blank">cute little house stamps</a> on <a href="http://www.abeautifulmess.com/" target="_blank">A Beautiful Mess</a> I couldn't resist! I love little houses, and they make such great stamps :) And the notebook makeover was so cute - I just had to try it myself!<br />
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... and added the cute little houses :) Tah-daaaah!!!!<br />
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Love it!! :) Even though I was in pain for over a week after carving out the stamps... :S But maybe that's because I carved out five stamps in two days...<br />
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When it comes down to crafting, I just don't know when to stop ;)Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-51700237866834590852012-10-07T16:11:00.000+02:002012-10-07T16:26:35.894+02:00Goodbye September... Hello October!So... I took a little time-out and when I snapped out of it, it was October!!<br />
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<i>PS. To all the people with a spider phobia: sorry for the ginormous spider pic! ;)</i>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-6823683204856777632012-09-15T10:00:00.000+02:002012-12-31T10:46:49.542+01:00Four simple goalsOne of my favorite blogs - <a href="http://www.abeautifulmess.com/" target="_blank">A Beautiful Mess</a> - posted a very fun <a href="http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2012/09/4-simple-goals-before-2013.html" target="_blank">challenge</a> last week: share four simple goals you want to achieve before 2013.<br />
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<b>1. Practice my Photoshop skills</b><br />
I've never really been an avid user of Photoshop. I certainly realize you can do amazing things with it - I just never bothered to find out how. To me, the challenge of photography has always been to create an image as beautiful as I can make it right then and there, using only the settings on my camera and the world around me. Then, when something like this rolls out of my camera, without any editing whatsoever, I feel like I've actually created something.<br />
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And yet, I have realized that <i>taking</i> photographs and <i>publishing</i> photographs on a blog are two very different things. Instead of just posting photographs, it is so much more fun to make the photograph a <i>part</i> of the post. My blog has always been a bit all over the place, which was fine by me, but lately I've been more and more longing for some... harmony. A calm and light atmosphere instead of chaos ;) Understanding and using Photoshop is my first step in that process.<br />
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Another thing I would LOVE to learn more about. I've been using blogger ever since I started blogging in 2005, but lately I'm getting a bit sick of simple templates and just feel a very strong need for change. Maybe even leave this blog behind and start over fresh? Who knows. Hopefully signing up for a web design course can help and motive me with finding my blogger identity.<br />
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<b>3. Paint our kitchen</b><br />
The paint and brushes are all here. Now all I have to do is start painting :)<br />
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<b>4. Finish my crochet pillow case!</b><br />
So this past year hasn't exactly been an easy one for me. And the fact that my back pain was preventing me from doing one of the things I love most - crafting - didn't help either... At all...<br />
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But I'm not giving up! I will get back to crafting! And I will finish my colorful crochet pillowcase I started earlier this year!!! :)<br />
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Update 29/12/2012: <a href="http://zooivlooi.blogspot.nl/2012/12/four-simple-goals-challenge-completed.html" target="_blank">I achieved my goals</a>!! :)Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-65813770282494251852012-09-13T10:18:00.000+02:002012-09-13T10:18:01.979+02:00Listening to: Bon Iver<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t60roHM1t7o" width="400"></iframe>Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-75109359734597156792012-09-11T10:00:00.000+02:002012-09-11T10:00:01.641+02:00New Neighbours: Part Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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... except when the book in question is yellow. And covered in swans. And happens to be one of your favorite books of all time.<br />
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I - of course :) - already own a paperback copy of Pride and Prejudice, but when I saw this hardback copy on <a href="http://www.modcloth.com/shop/books/pride-and-prejudice" target="_blank">ModCloth</a> I just had to get it.<br />
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Because you know what? Sometimes you just have to allow yourself to indulge in pretty stuff.<br />
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A fresh summer breeze.<br />
A soft, colorful blanket.<br />
The grass beneath my bare feet.<br />
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Just a few little things I enjoyed today.Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-73183705801222572672012-08-26T15:36:00.000+02:002012-08-26T17:57:52.642+02:00Strawberries & whipped cream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFarC69lLeRgfwVZY21QZfp3Bxihea6hCoxVOw3ZrigeTklW4a7XtOhNgFKN7BpRLHkHgc6FSwIsCa15S1aHTt5WTPNY-8CZGWDFFN9tskeI7Dd4vVhs3yq76Lzf5oq4R3OMb4xw/s1600/strawberries+&+cream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFarC69lLeRgfwVZY21QZfp3Bxihea6hCoxVOw3ZrigeTklW4a7XtOhNgFKN7BpRLHkHgc6FSwIsCa15S1aHTt5WTPNY-8CZGWDFFN9tskeI7Dd4vVhs3yq76Lzf5oq4R3OMb4xw/s400/strawberries+&+cream.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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It's raining.<br />
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That's it, people: all I need to justify comfort food ;)<br />
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YUM!!!!! :)Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-63089256111680576592012-08-19T15:25:00.000+02:002012-08-19T15:25:38.278+02:00There... and back againAfter weeks of looking forward to my holiday, I can't believe how quickly it flew by!!! :( Sure, it's good to be home again... but I wouldn't mind adding another couple of weeks (or months... or YEARS ;) to happy, careless, sunny days in a foreign country!!<br />
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I left J at home and together with a friend took the train (or actually: three trains and a bus) to Sauerland, Germany...<br />
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... hiked through beautiful mountains and fields...<br />
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... past beautiful streams...<br />
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... and rested beneath green branches.<br />
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In other words: we had a lovely, lovely time!! And I can't believe it's over already. I'm glad I took about a gazillion photographs...<br />
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... so I can still relive my holiday as much as I'd like ;)Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19487834.post-28571882660902036792012-08-07T11:30:00.000+02:002012-08-08T14:53:56.612+02:00Three days to go... YAY! :)I wasn't really planning to go on holiday this summer as I always go in Spring and Autumn. But since it was a bit quiet at work and I was suddenly in serious need of a break, I just decided to GO. I always over-analyse, so booking a vacation on a whim is quiet spontaneous for me... and I cannot begin to tell you how much I'm looking forward to it! ;) We leave on Friday, and I'm counting down the days...<br />
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Meanwhile, I'm practicing my 'embroidery' 'skills'... ;) <br />
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It could not be more crooked but hey: at least the motto is a good one, right? :)Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16103161325259806604noreply@blogger.com0