Elections in the Netherlands last week. Elections in Spain next month. Discussions in de neighborhood app about VOX. Discussions on FB about left or right. Talks with the neighbors about Brexit. Discussion with a friend on how women can vote for a sexist man . . . There is a lot going on. Interesting.
My friend was laughing so hard I could here it here, when I told her I was so glad with the rain yesterday. “Hmm” she said, “things can surely change. I thought you were such a rain hater?” Well, yes, usually I am, but the land is in desperate need of rain and my garden … Read more
Computer troubles today. Grrr. Or actually software problems. Just as bad of course. My patience has been tested.
Belonging to yesterday’s post of the nest.
Spring started. Still too early for birds eggs of course, but for me it’s a symbol of Spring.
In Holland we often had apple pie with a coffee or tea when we went out. But since we eat sugarless and are not too fond of the Spanish apple pie (if we can find it) anyhow, we have developed a new favorite: tostado con tomate. Tom can also make the tomato sauce himself now … Read more
More clouds but also sun today.
What I like most of rainy, clouded days like today is the coif the mountains have. Although I realize that on the painting it’s just as hard to see as on a photograph.
In the old days I played Irish music, so the 17th of March still is ingrained in my head as “Oh, it’s St. Patrick’s Day”. 
As Irish friends remarked the other day: “Isn’t it something that people do know who the patron saint of Ireland is, but not if their own country has one”. … Read more