Cool drinks, flip flops and a swimming pool.
Sunshine and blue skies,
smiling faces
Red poppies and lavender fields
crickets on a hot summer’s evening
French “joie de vivre” …
… that’s what’s on my mind right now.
This blog is taking a vacation.
The French Provence is waiting for me.
See you in two weeks!
Today is my quilting class. I’m making this little heart shaped boutis. Boutis is a French Provençal needlework and quilting technique. Click this link for a video how it’s done.
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Only one picture today, but it’s a favorite of mine. I love the colors and the light, and I love how it came out looking like a painting from an old Master.
I took it at Bokrijk Museum park last time we were there.
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A medieval festival was being held in Deurne near Antwerp this weekend. Almost a thousand participants from all over the world were gathered here this weekend.
For two days they slept, worked and lived as they would have during the middle ages.
Their costumes were accurate right down to the tiniest details.
Shoes …
spectacles
musical instruments
even the dog’s leach was exactly how it would have been in the old days.
They even prepared
and presented their food as seen on old paintings.
Not a lot of anachronisms were spotted.
except for the odd cell phone perhaps?
You can see more pictures from this event in this post.
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My friend Annie and I love to cook. About three or four times a year we get together, dig up some interesting recipes and spend an afternoon in the kitchen to prepare a gourmet menu. This is what we made a couple of weeks ago.
A little appetizer made of zucchini filled with bacon and goat’s cheese.
Appetizer number two : scampi with pink grapefruit, arugula and ginger.
The entree, langoustines and asparagus.
Lamb chops with a basil sauce
and as a dessert we had a vanilla bavarois with balsamic vinegar and chocolate sauce.
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Life was peaceful
There was music …
food was abundant …
business and trading was prosperous
Life was good until …
All of a sudden there was a rumor.
There was going to be a war.
Things started to change.
The men were getting ready for the battle.
The battle was fierce.
Everybody joined forces to defend their land.
A lot of men were wounded, some even died.
The fight was hard, the men were exhausted,
but in the end the enemy was defeated and peace was restored.
These pictures were taken yesterday at the medieval festival in Deurne, near Antwerp.
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I can’t believe it’s Friday again, this week seems to have whizzed by almost as fast as a vacation does. Only one more week before we leave on holiday to France! Yaaay!
We’ve had some sun and some rain here in Belgium, but I have enjoyed the sunny days to the fullest.
1. A day off with my hubby. My husband needed to be in Ostend for his work and at the spur of the moment I decided to drive along with him. While he was working I made a long photo walk and after that we took the rest of the day off together.
It was such a gorgeous day to be out and about at the beach and there were countless photo opportunities!
2. Walking barefoot in the sand at the beach, and feel the warm sand between my toes. A real Summer feeling.
3. The fresh fish and shrimp I bought at the fish market. Fresh fish straight from the fishing boats, delicious!
4. Fresh asparagus and biological vegetables straight from the farmer. Nothing compares.
5. Yesterday was a very busy day as well. The Boutis quilting class I took in the morning went great. Boutis quilting is a lovely needlework technique, you can make such pretty things. I’m making a heart shaped hanger, a slightly different one from the one pictured above. At the end of the afternoon I had my pedicure appointment and my youngest sister came over for coffee after lunch. We don’t live close enough to each other to be able to pop over for coffee any time we want to, but she needed to be in the neighborhood for her work. It took her three hours to get home again due to traffic jams and such but it was worth it she said!
As you can see I had a lovely week, packed with all kinds of fun stuff!
How was yours?
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He had gotten rid of his costume, stolen a gun and was trying to escape from his army camp.
He did not make it very far. Soon they were after him.
It did not take long before he was arrested …
… and escorted back to camp. He knew he would probably pay for this with his life.
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