hello new spring season

ever-changing interior

Noverber 2023

Same furniture, different setup.

The 'oversized' plants needed more space & daylight. Previously this year, We adopted a 'sad Strelitzia' from Minne. The plant completely recovered in our backyard this summer and had grown to a large size. Now that it's getting colder the houseplant has to go inside. The 'green invasion' called for change.

So we moved my desk in front of the window and 'borrowed' an old table from another corner to create a cozy nook with the tulip chairs.

Everything has been reused, nothing new, but a completely different vibe. We are more than satisfied with the new autumn/winter living room. And luckily we both like moving things around.

approaching spring

Happy Monday, friends!

How was your weekend?

On Friday we went to Rotterdam and started with coffee at By Jarmusch, the newest 'breakfast' spot in town.
We took a seat at the counter, where coffee is always brewed fresh and poured at your table by a waitress, dressed in an old style dinner lady uniform.
We already had breakfast at home, but if breakfast is your most important meal of the day, you can have it exactly the way you want it overthere.

Next we went to Ace & Tate to adjust my new frame, because the nose bridge of my new sunglasses was annoyingly uncomfortable. It was a piece of cake for the optician to adjust the shape and now it fits perfectly.

I am ready for sunshine and Marrakech-proof! (only 4 weeks to go...) Soon I'll be standing beside real palm trees again instead of street art palm trees.

I love this time of year, because everything comes alive and you know that within some weeks it's spring again!
Sure, the winter months were cold but now we’ve turned the corner into spring and the days are longer, warmer and brighter.

Have a great week!

'Palmtree' streetart by Gino Bud Hoiting.

budding bougainvillea leaves

The new leaves of the Bougainvillea in the kitchen windowsill are turning pink again.

This week I noticed the first pink leaves (yay!), followed by more after only a few days.
First signs of spring!

The window sill is a bright, sunny growing location and I hope within a while I can move the plant back in the backyard.

Sunshine is the most important requirement for this blooming beauty. The same goes for me...