Planet Fur and a series of very unfortunate events

I don’t want to spoil all the fun and start again about miserable things in my life, but last week was what you would call an emotional rollercoaster. The kind of week that makes you cancel your planned trip to France, to be precise. Instead of buying piles of smelly cheese and driving through wonderful landscapes, we spent our time worrying ourselves sick at someone’s hospital bed.

To be near but still have a little break, we travelled to Haarlem and Amsterdam for two days, just to try to relax and spent some time together. To stay positive (my Love learned me how to stay positive in situations that seem hopeless, it already helped me through loads of miserable periods): if we would have travelled to France, I would never have found the Swedish Hasbeens I have been searching for for ages. I feel so “Swinging Sixties Here I Come Baby!” when I wear them, they really make me smile. Furthermore, if you ever decide to pay Haarlem a visit, be sure to take a stroll through the Proveniershof (an almshouse, pictures left and below), at Lange Houtstraat 44. Haarlem is famous for her “hofjes”, I love their serene atmosphere once you’ve passed their gates. At Proveniershof we met the most grumpy, fat Persian cat we have ever seen. I tried to take some pictures of her beautiful flat face, but every time she saw my camera, she turned her big furry back at me. Eventually she ran into the bushes, hissing… That made me smile a little too :-) Be also sure you pay Sjakie’s a visit. You just can’t miss out on that one. (You can even have lunch there! What’s better than shopping and eating all in the same place?)

So..it was a strange week. Now let us wait and hope for better days to come…