più siciliano

Sicily - May 23, 2026

Early flight to Palermo.

Arancini for lunch by the sea at Chiesa San Vito a mare.

Plenty of time to drive slowly along the coastal road to Sciacca.

In the afternoon, we check in at STUDIO TRE, created with love and soul by Jasmijn & Enzo. The enchanting sea view wherever you look creates a sense of tranquility right in the middle of the city.

Sea view from the terrace with filtered sunlight through the canopy with bougainvillea.

Seaview from the large bedroom with fluttering curtains and a super cute blue balcony.

And even the bluest sea view from the atmospheric & fully equipped kitchen (shelves and cabinets packed with beautiful tableware), which naturally inspires Henk to culinary Sicilian adventures. We immediately feel completely at home and couldn't be happier!

Plan for the rest of the day: a city walk and aperitivo in town, grocery shopping and dinner at home.

Completely zen, looking at and listening to the sea.

random eat play love

More May

After our mini vacation we still had two more 'supervising Tuesdays' to catch up with Liam.
That turned out well, because we still owed it and Liam had chickenpox, so didn't go to daycare but came to play with us for an extra day. Fortunately, Liam had little trouble and quickly recovered completely after a day.

We also dined in the garden more often, with dinners prepared by Henk, with all the trimmings of course...

May is going well so far...

all about love

A mini photo report of the wedding of our friends Marieke & Stefan, or as we call them Marie & Steef...

Marieke is a wonderful friend and we share a lot of passions, like crochet, gardening (ginkgo's), Cuba, flowers, vintage, oldtimers and golden shoes.

Marieke and I met for the first time in October 2010, when she joined the crochet workshop for beginners I organized with Yvestown's Yvonne in Den Bosch, the Netherlands.

It was great fun and Marieke also joined the second crochet workshop in March 2011, this time for experienced crocheteers, haha.

From then on our friendship blossomed into something special.

Marieke joined me during the Cool Crochet workshop April 2015 with her niece Marleen. We had so much fun together and the three of us became soulmates! We share the same sense of humor and all three of us are equally emotional...

On Saturday we celebrated the wedding of Marie & Steef. Everything was right; the couple, love, fairytale setting, weather, atmosphere, live Cuban music, flowers (by Marleen), home baked cakes, champagne and all dear family and friends! And her husband Steef surprised her with a vintage Porsche on the wedding day, no doubt that almost everyone wanted to be photographed with that beauty!

Like Marie's father mentioned in his loving speech during dinner; 'Marie is a pearl!'