Monet 2 Images number 5.

Well, what a nice way to start this Sunday morning. The Rotten Correspondent has seen fit to give me the You Make Me Smile Award, which makes me wonder if she has read all of my posts lately? Nevertheless, there must have been something endearing about them and I very gladly accept the award, of [...]

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Bouquet 1 Images number 4.

Just a short update. It has been a quiet and uneventful day, for which I am very grateful. I am very happy to say that my moods have only swung from sevens to fours, which is a vast improvement over yesterday. Mostly I am hovering around sixes and fives, which I can live with, that’s [...]

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Barnacle Images number 1 and Ultra Rapid Cycling

So, I’ve done my satisfying first round of my favorite bloggers and got to read and see some nice things. It is always a good way to start the day. I read some great answers to some curious memes. You do get to know people a little bit better that way. By the way a [...]

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Monet 2 Images number 6 and Everything.

Well, I slept on the sofa again and it was so comfortable that I am thinking of sleeping there always. There is nothing nicer than falling asleep there while Eduard is still sitting in his chair watching TV and me dozing off to the sound of that. And I sleep so well there also! Due [...]

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Picasso Images number 4 and Everything.

First things first. I have been tagged by Debi from Debi Cates Photo a Day, so here we go:
Name four places you have lived:Utrecht, the Netherlands (where I was born)Costa Mesa, California (in Mesa Verde)Sonoma, California (where I left my heart for a while)Maastricht, the Netherlands (where I live now)
Name four foods you like:
Tortilla chips [...]

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Gauguin’s Chair Images number 7.

The small list of bloggers that I visit first thing in the morning before I write my blog is growing, that does not take into account the other bloggers that I visit later in the day. I now visit about ten bloggers first thing before I start on my own post. I do it to [...]

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Bewerkte Pisa Deur Images number 1 and Two Poems.

Louise Bogan (1897-1970) Poet, translator, editor and poetry critic.
MEN LOVED WHOLLY BEYOND WISDOM.
Men loved wholly beyond wisdomHave the staff without the bannerLike a fire in a dry thicketRising within women’s eyesIs the love men must return.Heart, so subtle now, and trembling,What a marvel to be wise,To love never in this manner!To be quiet in the [...]

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Blue Flower Images number 6 and Everything.

I can’t believe I slept until 7:30 this morning! Of course, I went to bed late last night, because I waited up for Eduard, but still. There were a couple of instances when I woke up during the night, when I could have gotten up, but I turned over and went back to sleep. I [...]

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Bewerkte Gele Bloem 2 Images number 1

There is a mixture of optimism and sadness in this apartment. Sometimes the one has the upper hand and sometimes the other. Sometimes I look at Eduard and I feel so sorry for him, because I see him sitting there, lost in his thoughts, pondering big issues and having a hard time with it obviously. [...]

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Appel 2 Images number 5 and Contemplation.

I have been sitting here for a while, drinking coffee, chatting with my daughter who had spent the weekend with her boyfriend and who had just now gotten up to date on my blog, so she was full of curiosity about how I was doing. Luckily, I could put her mind at ease and tell [...]

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