A Wednesday in May, 14:03 hrs., outside on the terrace. Flies are harassing and attack from every side. The weather is warm, dry, thunder lingers in the air every afternoon but never arrives. We need water and freshness. We means also the plants in the garden, the fruit trees in the orchard, the berry bushes…

We are already way into October. Daily life got it’s routine back, and it is the same routine like always and everywhere. Days pass by so fast. The alarm clock, breakfast, work, coffee breaks, lunch, work, tea breaks. Then some weed pulling / hiking / grocery shopping, house keeping (make a choice, depending on nice…

Everything and everyone is dusty and tired. The plans and the erathe need more water, the people wish less brightness and some refreshing rain. We still jump into the pool very often. Then out to do some gardening. Take a quick warm shower to wash of the sweat and back to swim some distance. Perfect…

Summer is here. An invasion of heatwaves, irritating swarms of flies, ants, sand from the Sahara and a lot of very nice visitors. The house is now subject to all kinds of user experience tests. A heatwave with 44 degrees Celsius? Inside the air reaches a maximum of 27 degrees, without air conditioning, but thanks…

We have a TV show called ‘Ik vertrek’, (‘I´m leaving’ – for another country, without any knowledge of language, or rules, or construction, without sufficient budget, and I buy a ruin of a house or castle, and within 4 months this junk or horror house must be transferred in a profit driven B&B, you know…

The number of things you gather in a few years… this was a big move! The last move! The fifth move in a mere three years time. For the large and heavy items we rent a moving company for part of the day. All the other stuff we stow in bags and cases and we…

When the love of my life listens to experimental jazz, I don’t know how fast I can distance myself from him. My brain is immediately cluttered with a diarrhea of noise information. The melody lines that seem out of tune. Instruments that seem not to cooperate properly. Suddenly one of them starts a solo, the…

Sometimes we have completely different adventures. A woman from the health center calls me. We have had our vaccines, she knows, and we are now invited by the SNS to come for a general health check. Heart condition, bones, spine, general condition. This is what I make up from her words with my growing knowledge…

Right. We are running behind in our communication. But we are somewhat very extremely tired. And Mr. master builder / architect / chief of works / financier / head contractor / solutions finder / details hoarder that has to manage alle these working men and disciplines and troubles and planning, is near a burn out……

Once upon a time, there was a very friendly man, our uncle Herman. An uncle that asked endless questions about what was interesting you, about your goals in life, your talents at work, your possibilities. An uncle that never stopped complimenting you in every way he could. Together with our aunt he traveled the world.…