depot boijmans van beuningen - rotterdam

Wednesday 24th of November - Depot Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen is the world’s first publicly accessible art storage facility. The depot is located next to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Museumpark in Rotterdam. Visitors can see the result of 172 years of collecting. More than 151,000 objects housed together, arranged in fourteen storage compartments with five different climates. Next to the objects, all the activities that go into preserving and managing a collection are on open view in the building.

We were already huge fans of the outside of the Depot building in the museum park. Now that we have visited the inside as well and experienced the magnificent panoramic view of the city from the roofgarden, it's definitely my favorite building in Rotterdam.

And as icing on the cake, we were served by my dear former colleague Frankie during lunch in museum restaurant Renilde on the roof of Depot. Great afternoon!

vedett sweater - knitting pattern

New season, new knitted sweater!

The VEDETT sweater, inspired on the distinctive striped parasol from the Belgian beer brand Vedett.

Now in my ETSY SHOP; an easy to follow knitting pattern with detailed description, photos & chart, available in English and Dutch version.

Winter is on the way and also my knitting mood has 'returned' on those long evenings before Christmas.

In case you also fancy the blue, rust and ocher combination, hop over to my Etsy shop and knit your own Vedett sweater.

Or brew your own combination and knit a striped sweater in your favorite colors.

Photos taken on the recently opened Prince Claus Bridge in Dordrecht.

deep-pile ginkgo carpet

It's that time of year again.

After a few weeks of golden glow from the ginkgo tree in the frontyard and a stunning kitchen window view, almost all ginkgo leaves have fallen.

So we drink our daily coffee in the front yard on a deep-pile yellow carpet.
And we will leave the leaves for a little while, simply because it's so beautiful.

November joy of nature.

teeny tiny baby sweater - knitting pattern

The very first baby sweater i made for Liam Novi.

He is teeny tiny, so i made him this teeny tiny sweater that he can wear straigt away.

Last week i posted a photo on Instagram and got some requests for the pattern.

New in my Etsy shop, the knitting pattern for this super cute newborn baby sweater.

It's an easy to follow knitting pattern, also very suitable for beginners.

liam novi

L I A M - N O V I

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Our grandson was born on the night of November 3rd.
We've been waiting for him for so long and now he’s here.
He's an angel, our baby’s baby.

And Henk discovered Liam Novi's anagram; I AM IN LOV
and it couldn't have been more appropriate, we are all in love...