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| Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a blessed New Year! |
Thursday, 22 December 2016
Friday, 23 September 2016
Fall
The weather is still lovely and sunny, but fall has started. All my men are back to school, even Adriaan. He opted for voluntary redundancy after 25 years with Shell and has started a one year course at Delft University, to become a physics teacher.
Yesterday he unexpectedly had a day off, so we went for a long walk with Maya.
Yesterday he unexpectedly had a day off, so we went for a long walk with Maya.
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Holiday
The summer holiday started and we spent the first week in Zeeland. The weather was great. We had a lovely holiday house and we discovered a part of the Netherlands that we didn't really know yet. Fun was had by all and we still have 6 more weeks to go. Bliss!
Maya came along and she had a blast too. She loved the fact that she could jump into the water easily from the garden. She swam a lot.
Simon decided he wanted to have a ride in the Haunted House in Vlissingen. It was scary!
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| Our holiday house at het Veerse meer. We also rented a sailing boat. |
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| Theo Jansen and one of his Strandbeesten. We went to a lecture by him on Wednesday, so that meant driving back to The Hague, but it was more than worth it. |
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| Theo pulling one of his creations towards the sea, so it can walk on the hard sand, powered by the wind in it's sails. It walked quite fast. |
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| Ring riding in Middelburg |
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| Beauty! |
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| Ring riding, without a saddle! |
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| Windmill in Veere |
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| Veere |
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| Vlissingen |
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| Vlissingen |
Maya came along and she had a blast too. She loved the fact that she could jump into the water easily from the garden. She swam a lot.
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| Huge jump in |
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| Here she slipped when she jumped,... |
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| Beauty! |
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| Simon on the third floor, at the beginning of the ride. |
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| Coming out of the Haunted House. It was scary! |
Sunday, 1 May 2016
ALAS Voorjaarswandeling
Today we went to the annual Spring Walk for all the rescue dogs from ALAS. After a week of horrible winter-like weather, we had a lovely sunny day with 13C.
The walk was in Ugchelen, on the Veluwe, a beautiful area in the middle of the Netherlands. I am not sure how many dogs were there, but it was a very large pack and Maya had a great time running around with them.
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| Maya on the right, taking off at full speed |
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| No water tastes nicer than the water from a puddle |
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| Heaven! |
Monday, 11 April 2016
Austism
Last week was autism week and Simon wrote a poem for the school paper:
Autism- by Simon Spaander
I am not
weird
I am not
abnormal
I am the
one to be cheered
I am the
one most formal
You
break the rules
You do
what you want
You are
the fools
Fools
like mules
The ones
who fill the schools
Yet I'm
the one you taunt
You
scoff at logic
You
think you've fooled the law
And you
think I'm the one who is tragic
Nay, I
am the one most normal
Friday, 19 February 2016
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
A lovely winter's day
I love this weather: cold (-3C) and sunny. Maya and I went for a long walk this morning.
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| Happy puppy |
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| Ice |
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| Looking for mice |
Saturday, 30 January 2016
Sunny day
Finally another post on this blog, the first one in 2016. Some photos of the beautiful nature in the Netherlands. Having a dog means you have to go for walks rain or shine. Rain has been the mayor theme this winter, but we had some sunny days too.
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| Our puppy is getting big |
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| a lovely park, close to our house |
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| Maya loves swimming, no matter how cold the water is |
Friday, 23 October 2015
Life
I haven't been very active on this blog. In fact, I haven't written any posts since August. It is not like nothing has happened since then, it is just that I am not sure it is worth writing about.
I could fill this blog with lots of photos of our cute puppy, but that would probably be quite boring. OK, just one ;-)
Life is back to 'normal' now and we have all settled in and found a routine in our daily lives. School, university and work are all going well for my men. We are very happy with the choices we made for our boys' education. Simon is getting a lot of support from the counseling department and the special needs department and the school even has a weekly "Spectrum Lunch Group" for the children that are on the Autism spectrum. Simon loves it, he really likes spending time with peers that think alike. To feel normal and not the odd one out is doing him a world of good.
It has taken me more time to settle. I love having our puppy around, she keeps me company and all the walks we take keep me fit. I still miss the expat life, but I enjoy being closer to our family.
Yesterday I went to Naarden Vesting with my parents and my sister. It is a beautiful town and we walked all around it over the fortified walls. The weather was good so it was a lovely fall day.
I could fill this blog with lots of photos of our cute puppy, but that would probably be quite boring. OK, just one ;-)
Life is back to 'normal' now and we have all settled in and found a routine in our daily lives. School, university and work are all going well for my men. We are very happy with the choices we made for our boys' education. Simon is getting a lot of support from the counseling department and the special needs department and the school even has a weekly "Spectrum Lunch Group" for the children that are on the Autism spectrum. Simon loves it, he really likes spending time with peers that think alike. To feel normal and not the odd one out is doing him a world of good.
It has taken me more time to settle. I love having our puppy around, she keeps me company and all the walks we take keep me fit. I still miss the expat life, but I enjoy being closer to our family.
Yesterday I went to Naarden Vesting with my parents and my sister. It is a beautiful town and we walked all around it over the fortified walls. The weather was good so it was a lovely fall day.
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