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Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

The house on the picture means a great deal to me. It has such a sweet appearance too, I even like to think it has a bit of a face, a very sweet one I’d say. The picture shows it in all her old-days glory, with thriving blossom in the trees of her front garden. Oh, how much I would want to go back to those days, if only for a couple of minutes!

Alas, I can’t pick up the house and put it in my pocket, but I can cherish the memories that lie on that very spot and take them where ever I go. So…what’s nicer than turning something so dear into a creative project?

I traced the picture and used this site to turn it into an embroidery pattern. (I’m sure there are lots of websites that facilitate it too, this one is in Dutch.) It’s very simple and fast and it’s just the perfect project to do during this wonderful slow holiday season.

I’m taking a small blog- and shopbreak to work on some more creative projects, be with loved ones and relax after a very busy year. Hope your Christmas was cosy and warm. Will be back before you know it!

It’s so funny when you think about it. Everything we can do here in The Netherlands is whine about the cold weather and snow. As though those warm Winters from the past few years where normal. I must admit, I don’t like it either that cycling to my work is the farthest from home as I get these days and that I haven’t crossed the city borders for over a week. I hate it that there’s only a very narrow snow and ice-free strip available on the bicycle-paths and that you’ll for certain get stuck behind someone with a much slower pace because it’s impossible to pass by without falling over. I hate it when I have excavated our drive and one day later I can start all over again (and where, tell me where do I leave all those piles of removed snow? I have gathered enough snow to build an igloo and go Eskimo). It’s all so confining, but it’s so normal. It’s Winter! I guess people in Canada (or Russia! or Alaska! or Eskimo’s!) laugh their pants off when they’d hear us complain about the weather. A few inches of snow is peanuts compared to those who need a snow-plough to even be able to leave the house. Or build their house with it (for crying out loud).

Ah well…despite the icy bicycle paths, today I was still able to get home with two bags filled with thrifted treasuries. And one thing’s for sure: this Winter gives us the most beautiful sights since years. The Christmastree in our neighbour’s garden looks like it came straight walking from a fairytale. As long as I’m inside, next to the central heating, I guess I can still enjoy this season…