checkered chocolate coat

A spontaneous painting project on Wednesday morning. I made a checkered chocolate coat for an old red wooden tiny table, just because I felt like painting.

... and the orange flower buds of the clivia (i bought last week) opened up in my favorite cheerful color, orange!

power of plants

Our exuberant ficus elastica - once rescued at the plant store in the 'damaged houseplant corner' with a only a few (broken) leaves - has been joined by a clivia, which is about to bloom in orange.

The way i see it, the house is never too green and are the stacks of plates are never too high...

bay window bar

Wednesday 30th of August

Afternoon coffee break in the frontyard. We use our bay window as a serving hatch for breakfast, coffee, lunch or drinks in our 'petit parc parisien'. However one of us has to go to the kitchen again for a refill.

Coffee is served from the bay window in rustic portuguese espresso cups from Casa Cubista Olhão.

I never put these handmade cups in the dishwasher and don't mind washing them by hand.

The huge rubber plant (Ficus elastica) I rescued from the 'sad & damaged houseplant corner' with a few broken leaves in February 2020 and it's starting to look like a tree nowadays.

wednesday 13th of may

Wednesday 13th of May, 1:20 PM

View from the bamboo daybed. And another day at home.
I’m feeling pretty good right now and I discovered during the last 'quarantine months', I can be a house sparrow, as we say in the Netherlands.
I don't mind to spend a lot of time at home. I also realize I have variety to go to work 3 times a week, no doubt that makes a lot of difference!

clock - Habitat flap clock from London (2004)

vintage cigale wallvases - collected over the years from Lammie's Saturday shop and Magasin Horaz

frisbee - Haven Surf 'good vibes' frisbee (October 2016)

chair - vintage garden chair from Spain (road trip July 2014)

checekered cushion - handmade by me (April-May 2020)

framed print - l'amour toujours by Ninainvorm (2010)

ficus elastica - rescued from the 'damaged houseplant corner' with a few broken leaves (February 2020) fully recovered now

pink plant table - Lammie's Saturday shop (May 2018)

painting - Fantasia performance from Essaouira (October 2019)

hallway wall painting - visible in the background - made by me (May 2020)

botanical issue

A peculiar botanical souvenir from our visit at Jardim Botânico in Lisbon last month.
The bottom picture shows what it looked like at first.
Once at home the 'rubber tree blossom' orange seeds popped out.
The seeds have dried in the meantime.
I wonder if I can use the seeds to grow our own rubber tree (ficus elastica )...
Tips anyone?