Hello lovely peeps,
I'm joining Elizabeth and Bluebeard in Second on the 2nd where I dig up an old blog post. This one is from June 2015, exactly ten years ago. It was the week of my mum's birthday. She died a few years ago at the age of 99 and I still miss her. I wrote this blogpost in the Netherlands, when I was there to celebrate her birthday with her.
My cousin Ina had just done a course in felting. Now, ten years later, she teaches courses herself and does exhibitions. The scarf in the photo was later gifted to me. I'm wearing it in the photo with the cows. Actually I still have it now.
And the friends who have the farm have a son who lives in Spain in my village and is married to Antonia's daughter.
Hi everyone,
It’s Wednesday again and time to do some desk hopping. Via Julia (http://www.stamping-ground.blogspot.com.es/) we get to see each other’s desks and say our weekly hello.
Well, I am not at home, in fact, I’m still travelling. At the moment I’m in Holland visiting my mum who will be 91 on Friday.
The desk I’m going to show you belongs to my cousin’s wife Ina.
She loves sewing and and crafting and has recently done a course in felting and has made this scarf. She gave it to me as a present. I love it!
Ina and her husband live in the north of the Netherlands in an area called Friesland. Friesland has its own language and is famous for its black & white cows (Friesians). Also there are beautiful lakes so sailing is very popular in Friesland.
On the way back from Friesland we visited friends who have a farm (beef cattle, not Friesians).
This is my friend's vegetable plot
Here are some pictures of this typical Dutch landscape.
That's it for today. Thank you everyone for following my travels in spite of the non-crafty content. I will try and visit as many of you as I can politely get away with. (I have internet as I am staying at someone's house, but I believe it is quite rude of course to be on my tablet all the time when I am visiting someone....)
God bless you all!
See you next week,
Lisca
That is a fabulous scarf. I'd love to learn how to make one. Too bad I don't live near your cousin for a class. :) and we have lots of those black and white cows here in my area too. Have a super Monday Lisca, and it was fun to see this post. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteI had a friend from Friesland who said “good butter and good cheese good English and good Fries.” Because the languages are somehow similar.
ReplyDeleteI actually remember that post. I was about to learn how to felt about that time, but NOTHING like what Ina made. I was thrilled to see the Dutch landscape a learn a bit of history about the country, too. Thank you for sharing this second look with us on the 2nd. BTW, I love that photo of you with the cow!
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful scarf. I love the color. So fun to travel far away from the comfort of my chair. Thanks for sharing.
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