The other day when we drove to Ermenonville for the Rose Days, I spotted this huge field of poppies. I asked my husband to pull over and jumped out of the car to snap a few pictures. Poppies are my absolute favorite flower: they seem to grow almost everywhere, are so floppy and fragile. I Read article…
Author: Judith de Graaff
On the run
Recently I decided to start to run: I bought the most flashy running shoes (aqua + neon green anyone?), a simple outfit and the perfect sports bra. Today I went for my 6th run and I'm really enjoying it! Running every other day also means that I get to explore my vicinity extensively. I challenged Read article…
Hüttenpalast Berlin
On the last day of my stay in Berlin, I met for tea with the lovely Lena from Minamoka. While sipping gingertea, she told me that we were actually at a very special hotel. A hotel where you can sleep in a real caravan. I was so surprised! Of course! This was the place that Read article…
La vie en rose
This weekend we visited the Journées de la Rose at the Abbaye de Chaalis. Near the ruines of the ancient Abbey everything involved roses. Rose lovers, garden enthusiasts and rose professionals presented their products and savoir-faire in a fragrant environment. And of course: we were accompanied by a true Rose, which made it extra special. Read article…
Weekend inspiration #6
My Boarding Pass
Earlier this week, my maptastic friend Anne from Prêt-à-Voyager featured me in her wonderful BOARDING PASS series. I'm so honored to be in company of some amazing fellow travelers like Sivan Askayo, Pia Jane Bijkerk and Elodie Rambaud. Check it out here, I included images, animated gifs and a little video. Merci beaucoup Anne! And Read article…
The first radishes
It's almost ridiculous how proud you can be of something that grows without any effort, like a radish. No green fingers or any particular talents are needed to grow them. But knowing that they come from my own tiny vegetable garden makes me happy. And now there's finally some space for the melon seedlings! Did Read article…
the colors of Berlin
While flipping through the photos I made in Berlin last week, I realized that: ► almost half of them included beautiful type… oops! ► I captured lots of blue skies… after a long dark winter, I guess that's what I needed ► Berlin is even greener than I remembered ► there was color everywhere, hence Read article…
On the Oise
This weeked, I did something that I've been wanting to do for over a decade. Do you see the above picture? That's the view from our home: we live along the riverside of the Oise. Every day we see transport ships, rowing boats and swans go by but we had never made a boat trip Read article…
#hive13 highlights
A few of my favorite quotes from speakers at The Hive, the European blog conference, that I attended last weekend. As twitter was buzzing, I also added some interesting tweets, that spoke to me. My overall highlights of the weekend in Berlin were the more personal conversations that I had with blogfriends, old and new. Read article…
