Orange our national color ....

On April 30,
We are celebrate Koninginnedag ("Queen's Day"),
a national holiday to commemorate the birthday
of the country's (former) Queen.
It is by far the most widely celebrated holiday in the Netherlands.

On Queen's Day citizens do not need
a permit to sell goods on the street.
On this day the country turns into one big flea market,
on which everybody can sell second hand trinkets they no longer use.




The (rest of the) day is reserved for an open air party.
Especially Amsterdam has a reputation for celebrating Queen's Day
and generally draws somewhere between 500.000 and 2 million tourists
from the rest of the country.



The current monarch, Queen Beatrix,
visits towns on Queen's Day
where she is received with special celebrations,
often in the form of demonstrations of old-fashioned dances and crafts.



The photo below ...
This is our Queen "BEATRIX" she is now 72 years old !!

There are rumors that they want abdication,

and that her son be the successor,

King Willem Alexander and Princess Maxima
(from Argentina)

But the exact date is still a secret ;)

Here a picture from Willem Alexander , Maxima and kids :)

For a full day and night
the streets flood with people happy, wild and .... orange
in celebrating the Queens birthday.
Orange because it’s the national colour,
stemming back to the 16th century
and Prince William I of The Family Nassau, House of Orange.
A colour of royal and national pride for Holland,
and they love to show it on Queens Day.
Orange is everywhere, even in the sky.
The sun always shines on Queens Day,
against any and all meteorological predictions ;)

Our orange Dutch tulip fields
and we are very proud on our orange tulips :))

Meow..meow..
Its only a drawing ..
But its me =^.^=
I go also for orange :-)

Yummieeeeee ......... :-)

What could be more delicious
than a freshly baked treat still warm from the oven ????

Yeahhhhhhhh......


C upcake

U nique

P alatable

C herubic

A nya eat it yummie...

K areltje steals it ;-)

E xquisite

Oopss ....

Happiness is not a matter of intensity
but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony ;-)



People really have no idea how good animals are for our mental health.

The benefits of sharing your life with an animal are vast.
Pets can help humans overcome illness and injury,
they can help lower blood pressure,
they can reduce stress and they can help people beat depression.

You might ask how can pets help people with depression?
It is quite simple really.
How can you feel bad about yourself and your situation
when you have a loyal friend who thinks the world of you ;-)

Pets can be the beginning of the recovery process.
Pets are so innocent and pure of heart
that they will love you regardless of if you are wearing
sweatpants and lounging around all day,
or if you actually have friends to see and places to go.

A pet can improve anyone's outlook on life.
A pet will without a doubt put a smile on your face.
If the pet doesn't make you happier,
then you must need serious help.

All in all,
a pet will provide a depressed person with somebody to love,
and will in return love the person back unconditionally.
A pet is a wonderful anti-depressant ...

Look to Kareltje
He relaxed the whole day
I'm jealous !!
Yes... jealous of a cat ;-)

Let's try ....

We all want that
our grandchildren can breathe clean air !!
Let's all ~ TRY ~ to save the world ....



Climate change is in the news.
It seems like everyone's ~ going green ~
Our grandchildren-and their children-will thank us
for living more sustainably.
Let's start now !!

Earth Day falls on Thursday, April 22, 2010
and it's the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.
It's a great time to learn about our planet
and how to take care of it !!!

Forty years after the first Earth Day,
the world is in greater peril than ever.
While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time,
it also presents the greatest opportunity –
an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy,
prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future.

The polar ice cap as a whole is shrinking !!

That humans, animals and plants
can continue to reproduce on a normal healthy way ;)

I'm green and I go for green, you too ??

Let's try to save our green ;)

We can at least try !!

NO privacy :(

I have absolutely NO privacy at home :(



Every movement is photographed !!!



We cats need that also ;-)



I think my staff has never heard of privacy !!



But what can I do about it ????



Nothing only accept the situation ...

I love my mommy :-)

I wish I could tell you, Mommy
how much you mean to me ...
But there are no words to say
how much I admire you,
how much I appreciate you,
how much I thank you,
for everything you've done .....




Mommy's smiles can brighten any moment,
Mommy's hugs put joy in all our days,
Mommy's love will stay with us forever
and touch our lives in precious ways ...

I love you Mommy

My Mommy loves me .... =^.^=

Especially for you the foals :-)

The foals from the wild horses !!

I had promised you all
to make pictures from the foals :-)
The photos are not clear and distinct
because I was far away !!

It was my lucky day :))
I saw many foals ...
There is enough love every day in our nature area ;)
Here you see my (almost) daily view .....

Our colors ....

What are the colors of life ...

Blue, how I do feel, life full of doubt.

The sky may be blue, maybe gray,
shows how life can change day by day.

Red symbolizes the color of the heart,
blood flows so deep, deep within you.

Yellow in sunlight and spring flowers,
I bask in them, hour upon hour.

Green as the beautiful sea,
brings peace of mind and tranquility.

Life is full of meaningful colors,
what are the colors of your life ....

In our life there is a single color,
as on an artist's palette,
which provides the meaning of life and art.
It is the color of love :-)

Jip and Jop our new friends :)

Look at Kareltje his face,
where is he looking at ?!
It seems very interesting in our garden ...

Today I want to introduce you

to our new garden friends Jip and Jop :-)

A couple of blue tits (in Dutch Pimpelmees).

Jop is a very hard worker

and Jip flies and gives orders ...

(what women always do.... ;-)

They have a colourful mix of blue, yellow,

white and green and make the blue tit

one of the most attractive resident garden birds.

Almost any garden with a peanut feeder will attract

them and they readily breed in nestboxes.

The Blue Tit's song is

~ tsee-tsee-tsu-hu-hu-hu-hu ~

sounds very friendly ........ :))

I love this sound !!!

It was not easy to take pictures

because they are flying very quickly in and out the nestbox :(

I was sitting on my terrace and I had a lot of patience

and wait..wait..wait ...

and Kareltje behind the window

was looking ..hunting fantasy..looking .. !!!

After much patience, this is the result :-)

I could not choose so I made a collage ....

The photo below shows how a baby blue tits look like. ..

Next month I expect the baby birds in my garden.

Then I try to make new pictures

from Jip and Jop with his whole family :))))))