friends and family in summer

We have a summer that is wetter

than we hoped for .....

but days with friends and family

are always good !

Two months ago a loooooong time friend from Germany

said she could make a bus trip to Holland

if we were home then ...

YES

We met in Austria when we were 12 (!)

and both with our parents on holiday, camping.

Our parents kept the friendship alive

for as long as they lived ...

and we are still going strong !

(the last time we saw each other was ten years ago)

Lots of rain earlier last week

but guess what : we had sunshine on Sunday

after we picked her and a friend up in their hotel

and took them home with us  ;-)

We had so much to talk about
but
of course we had to (re)visit the windmills.

It was a magnificent day !

(we promised not to wait thát long again

to see each other )

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In this week was the last day of elementary school
for our biggest grandson,
so we took an extra day off
to go to the  "Efteling"
For the youngest is was the very first time.

We went in at five past ten  ;-)

And after some time together, our ways separated ...

Hmmmm ..... everything lóóks real .....

but : isn't !
(that was a problem for the little one sometimes)

Pinocchio ...

And THIS is not my kind of pleasure !!!!!
(brrrrrrr)

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The week before last daughter and I
made the last window paintings
(perhaps two more next year, because of some changes in school)

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Today we visited some good friends in Schoonhoven
the "silver" town of Holland
I took a plant from our garden ... and got one in return,
and took the felted jewel I made for her birthday

(ha, I just see the magenta Geranium I took with me
for them, is in this picture too !)

These friends are both professional artists
and I always come back inspired by them !
;-)