Postcard Challenge 20

I'm getting there!

Here's the card for week 19!

This time we're supposed to pick a country in West Africa.

I'm not traveling, but making them send inspirational cards to each other! :)

Broes was happy to see another fun and bright card between his mail.

Too bad the message wasn't all that happy... 

Right there he decided to take Emily out for the weekend, whether she wanted to go or not, they had to talk! He had the best idea for her to rent, he just wasn't sure how to bring it to her.

His proposal could be taken in two ways, of course he hoped she would be thankful and take the offer without thinking about it!

But he knew Emily a little and knew he had to tell a good story to make her buy it...

Photo of a beach in Cape Verde

Colored bright and tropical with Derwent colorsoft pencils

and it has a lovely blue distressed edge (that went a bit missing with scanning... *sigh*)

The back reads:

How about a small wooden house on this lovely beach in Cape Verde?

I want to invite you to go with me next weekend.

I think you can use a change of scenery, and your parents can use a break too...

Be ready Friday at 9am, I'll have you home on Sunday before 10pm 

and in between we have a lot to talk about!

See you Friday!

Broes

Postcard Challenge 19

Okay, it took me a couple weeks but I finally found some time to make my next card for the Postcard Challenge over at Art and Sole!

Hopefully I can make a couple more and be all up-to-date in the challenge soon...

Here you can find the last card!

Emily is all surprised to receive a card from New Zealand and the skeins of Possum Merino feel so soft. She knows they have to transform into a beautiful shawl soon!

For now she has her hands full searching for a place to rent. She tried the official way through an organization and found out there's a waiting list of about 13 years!

Seriously? 

The way it's going with her parents right now she's glad if they let her stay for 13 more days...

Snail House - Sofia - Bulgaria

The back reads:

I really don't feel like traveling right now. 

My parents have been giving me a hard time and I decided it's time for me to move to my own place.

Unbelievable how some people can take the joy out of living!

I really like this snail house in Sofia.

Do you think they have a room to rent me???

XO Emily

Oh, did you notice she's so troubled she forgets to thank him for the yarn?!

Amari

Evelyn beloofde dat ze nog eens een KAL zou houden

zoals ik laatst de Wholehearted al breide.

Het is zo leuk om te zien wat garen en kleur met een patroon kunnen doen!

Evelyn promised to do another KAL soon

after we knitted up the Wholehearted.

It's so much fun to see what yarn and color can do to a pattern!

 

Gisteravond begon ik met de Amari.

En nu kun je de vorderingen van iedereen volgen op Ravelry!

Zo leuk!

In mijn voorraad vond ik nog een paar bollen Drops Karisma

color 01, net niet helemaal wit.

Zo ver ziet het er heel mooi uit maar 100% wol is wel errug warm breien nu het tegen de 30C is... :)

Yesterday evening I started the Amari.

This time we can follow each other through Ravelry!

So much fun!

In my stash I discovered a couple balls of Drops Karisma

color 01, off-white

So far it's looking great but 100% wool is pretty warm to knit with now it's close to 30C/86F... :)

Pimpelliese

Zaterdag moest ik even de stad in 

en vond ik mezelf zomaar ineens in de wolwinkel

waar Cato verliefd werd op een bolletje Regenboog.

I had to go into town on Saturday

and suddenly I found myself in the yarn shop

where Cato fell in love with a ball of Rainbows.

Lana Grossa Cool Wool Merino Print Superfein

col. 703.

We namen twee bollen mee en zochten op Ravelry naar een leuke sjaal

We kozen voor Pimpelliese!

We bought two balls and searched on Ravelry for a nice shawl

We picked Pimpelliese!

Gelukkig werd het toen ineens héél mooi weer

en zaten we alleen maar in de tuin of in het zwembad

en dat geeft mij lekker veel brei-tijd!

At once the weather changed to very lovely

and we spend all our time in the yard and in the pool

and that gives me lots of time to knit!

En zo was hij dus gisteravond gewoon al af!

Hm, eens kijken wat mijn volgende project word... :)

And just like that it was already finished last night!

Hm, now to decide on my next project... :)

Cotton Candy Girl

Voordat alles hier in huis veranderde 

bedacht ik dat ik heel erg behoefte had aan een nieuwe online workshop

en dan vooral de Cotton Candy Girl's class van Natasha May. :)

Hier vind je haar blog met meer informatie!

Before our life here changed drastically

I thought I desperately needed another on line workshop

to be more precise the Cotton Candy Girl's class by Natasha May. :)

Here you can find her blog and all the info you need to join!

Wat mij betreft ziet dit er helemaal geweldig uit.

En de lessen zijn ook erg leuk! 

Heel uitgebreide filmpjes, lekker veel informatie,

écht je geld waard!

If you ask me this looks absolutely fabulous.

And the lessons are so much fun!

Very detailed videos, lots of information,

really worth every penny!

Hier is mijn eerste canvas, rijp voor de prullenbak...

Helaas was mijn fineliner dus niet watervast dus over haar hele gezicht staan nu zwarte strepen...

En ik haat de glim die mijn lijm achter gelaten heeft. Nu zou ik dat op kunnen lossen door mijn hele canvas met een laagje lijm te bedekken volgende keer...

Al met al, voor een eerste keer lang niet verkeerd maar nog een hoop te leren! :)

Here's my first canvas, ready to be thrown away...

Sadly my pen was water soluble and it made black stripes all over her face when I applied the glue...

And I hate the shimmer where the glue went. I could solve that by applying glue all over the canvas next time... 

In the end, not too bad for the first time but definitely a lot to learn! :)

Teus is 6!

Wow, gewoon 6!

Wow, already 6!

En dan is het tijd voor een heuse ridder-taart...

And then it's time for a cake with a knight...

En een lekkere traktatie van augurk, worst en kaas op een 'paraplu',

omdat het zo regende vandaag...

Erachter staan nog kopjes gevuld met Merci voor de juffen.

And something fun to give to his classmates,

gherkin, sausage and cheese on an 'umbrella',

because the weather was so terrible today... 

In the back  are cups filled with Merci-chocolate for the teachers.

Natuurlijk waren er ook kadootjes...

Of course there was a mountain of gifts too...

 

De Nintendo 3DS was een topper!

The Nintendo 3DS was the bomb!

 

Toch heeft hij de halve middag buiten gespeeld met zijn nieuwe waterpistool

waarbij hij zich niet liet hinderen door de regen.

Ik hoop dat je een hele fijne dag hebt gehad en ik wens je nog heel veel mooie verjaardagen in de toekomst!!!!

Still he spend half the afternoon outside with his new water gun

and he wasn't bothered by the rain.

I hope you've had a wonderful day and I wish you many more Happy Birthdays for the future!!!!

 

PS. Alles gaat hier goed, hoor! We hebben een nieuw pleegkind in huis en dat brengt altijd een week of twee van wennen en regelen met zich mee.

Zo gauw ik kan, spring ik weer in de uitdagingen en kom ik jullie leuke blogjes weer lezen!!!

PS. We're all fine! We have a new foster child in our home and that always brings about two weeks of getting to know each other and getting settled.

As soon as possible I will jump back in the challenges and will visit your blogs again!!! 

Dagje kust

Wat is dat toch heerlijk,

zo'n dag met de wind in je haren

en blote voeten in het zand!

Dan geeft het niets dat het maar 10C was vandaag...

It's the best way to spent a day,

with the wind blowing in your face

and bare feet through the sand!

It didn't matter it was only 10C today...

Eerst de heuvel op naar boven...

First up the hill...

 

Dan de heuvel weer af richting het meer...

Then down the hill to the lake...

  

Zie je de kikkervisjes?

Bijna kwamen we niet verder dan het meer...

Do you see the little tadpoles?

We almost didn't make it past the lake...

 

Twee van de Galloway runderen die hier vrij rond lopen stonden zo goed als op het pad.

En wat heeft dit beest een mooie vacht.

Zou je daar ook mee kunnen breien of haken?

Two of the Galloway bovine animals were very close to the path.

Look at this amazing fur it has.

Could you knit or crochet with this too?

 

Ja, geparkeerde fietsen en ik hoor de branding...

We zijn er bijna!!!

Yes, a couple of parked bikes and I can hear the surf...

We're almost there!!!

 

En gelijk al een prachtig schedeltje van een krabbetje ofzo...

And immidiately a lovely skull of a little crab or something...

 

Deze huisjes kun je voor de zomer huren.

€ 300,- en dan zit er één ligbed bij!

Het is héél klein, geen stroom, geen wc...

Nou ja, in geen 300 jaar, zeg maar...

These little houses can be rent for the Summer.

€ 300,- with one sunbed!

It's really small, no electricity, no toilet...

Ah well, let's say not in 300 years... 

Deze foto vind ik echt helemaal geweldig!

Die komt uitvergroot ergens hier in huis te hangen!!!

I love this photo of my four little ducklings!

It will be blown up and gets a lovely place in my home!!!

 

De dag zit er bijna op...

Dag zee, daaahaaag!

Ik kom gauw weer, hoor!

The day is coming to it's end...

Bye sea, byeeeeeee!!

I'll be back soon, really!

  

Ik kan het niet laten, maar geparkeerde fietsen geven me zo'n gevoel van thuis zijn!

I love the sight of parked bikes, they make me feel at home!

 

 Leuk hè, zo'n wegwijs-paddestoel?

Isn't this cute? It's called a sign-toadstool when I translate directly from Dutch.

 

 

Spring Fever - ATC

Of ik werkelijk elke week mee kan doen met de uitdaging bij Wicked Wednesday weet ik nog niet, hoor!

Maar hier is weer een nieuwe: 

I'm not sure if I can take the challenge every week at Wicked Wednesday!

But here's a new one:

 De foto is behoorlijk slecht en scannen wilde ook al niet doordat er allemaal hele kleine druppeltjes Glossgel op de achtergrond zitten...

Nah ja, we doen het er maar even mee deze week! :)

The photo is pretty bad and scanning didn't work out because of all the tiny drops of Glossgel I used in the background...

Oh well, guess we just have to deal with it this week! :)

Postcard Challenge 18

Yikes, Friday again!

Last weeks card can be found here.

Come and travel with me...

Broes was ready to go back to work after two weeks of hanging around, walking the dog and making small repairs on his property.

He was happy when the phone rang but a little shaken when he found out he had to go all the way to Hamilton... 

New Zealand!

That's at least 38 hours on the plane! What a way to start work again...

The province Waikato has the highest rate of dairy farming, there are about 1,415.000 dairy cows and they provide 29 - 35% of all milk products for export.

If he can sell those farmers on his device he might be able to quit working at 40!

This week I tried to paint an original Red Barn which you'll see all over the New Zealand country side.

It's a pencil drawing with watercolor.

And yes, I was a bit too quick here and there,

blame it on the children who have a break this week! ;)

The back reads:

Emily, you're not a wimp! You've grown up while they stayed teenagers!

I'm in Waikato at work this week and stumbled upon Knitsworld where they sell Possum-Merino.

I had to buy you two skeins to support the people here to decrease the population of Possums.

They eat too much native trees, plants and bird-life and are responsible for spreading diseases under sheep and cows.

I hope you will knit something nice and warm with it!

Where are you planning to travel next? It would be nice if we could hang out together again...

Broes

Don't forget to check out the other world travelers at Art and Sole!!!

I love your comments and will come by all of you to leave some love this week! :)