I AM still alive As someone may have noticed, it's been very quiet on my blog these past few months, and by very quiet, I simply mean... NO blogs. There were several reasons for this: the desire to blog

Dreading Autumn Every year, I dread autumn, which hasn't diminished in recent years; quite the opposite. I'm finding it increasingly difficult to cope with the ever-shortening days and the ever-lengthening

Our Infinity Pepper Adventure So, our annual pepper adventure starts in February. While the rest of the world is still bundled up and dreaming about sunny days, we're already getting our hands dirty with

From now on, Skipper can ride in the Bipper. We've enjoyed our little Suki for a long time, our faithful little Suzuki Alto. A brave city slicker, always a faithful starter, always frugal, and small enough

The Price of Inequality Yesterday it was "Prinsjesdag" in the Netherlands. The good news that dominated the news was that it was said that everybody would benefit from an increase in purchasing

I am genuinely tired of it. Daily, in my neighborhood, the North Brabant countryside, I see how humans are careless with their garbage. As if the roadside is the dustbin, as if nature can be used as a

Things Didn't Quite Work Out Today I had a rough idea of ​​what I would do and what I needed to do. I had the idea that today, like every day this week, I would be working on our website again. A start

Time Is Flying Until a few weeks ago, I already knew what we were doing and our future plans, but I hadn't anticipated how much further I'd come. Where I initially encountered certain obstacles that prevented

Easy Peasy! Sometimes I think: how hard can it be? You apply for a domain name, choose a nice color, add some text, and you're done. Right? Well… no. Once that domain name was secured, the fun really started.

Sometimes things go well, sometimes they don't. Our kettle seemed to be on the verge of reaching the end of its lifespan. I don't know what it is about kettles these days; they certainly don't last as

What browser do you use? Consider it. I have a question to begin today. Just a quick question: what browser do you use? Now you might be thinking, "That's none of your business!", and you're

These past few years, my weekends have always been pretty much the same: I'm busy at home, I walk the dog, we have coffee together, and we chat... Sunday is usually a way to slowly wind down the weekend,

The village where I live is actually quite peaceful, almost year-round, but once a year, our haven suddenly transforms into a refuge for many, and we're "imprisoned" in our house for three days.

Gosh, it's been ages since I last took photos with my Nikon D750. It's an older camera, I know! But honestly, the quality of the images still pleasantly surprises me. And yes, I don't get that with my

A World Full of Noise Yesterday I wrote about it too, the news! That constant stream of misery can be found daily on the internet, and in most places you can see around you. I've always been sensitive

Autumn Lurks It's a quarter past nine in the evening, and it's already dark. I really don't want to write sentences like that yet. I mean, it's still August. It shouldn't even be part of it. Autumn officially

We're already in the last month of our summer. You've been looking forward to it all year, and when it finally arrives... it flies by, and before you know it, autumn will be here again. The thermometer

Desire To Leave Last week, we were watching an episode of "Ik Vertrek" (I'm Leaving), a Dutch TV program that follows people who emigrate to another country. The desire to do the same creeps

It's so funny, when you start talking to people and they hear you used to have a large pack of four German Shepherds, they automatically put you in a certain category of "person." Now everyone

I've been in a holiday mood for the past two weeks. Not because we've had so much vacation, quite the opposite. But because my partner didn't have to go to his job for two weeks. And during those two weeks,