GIRLFRIENDS

Saturday evening at my parent's place. Lotte (with Tessel) and Anneke and Gisèle came all the way down south to catch up on the latest gossip from Spain.


We had a classic winter dinner: boeuf bourguignon and ofcourse some lovely wine to wash it away...

Anneke due in about 3 weeks...

Everyone stayed the night and the next morning we went to see Koen (and Thijs and Cerise ofcourse)

My nephew Koen

Went to visit Koen in Eindhoven, he's so cute!
(photo stolen from Koen's blog)

And tiny...

And loved...

Olive picking time

It's olive picking time again and this year JP and Ingrid are here to help.

Some of the trees are in tricky places but Ingrid is a reincarnated mountain goat so for her it was no problem!

We cleaned the trees up to the last olive.


And had a break in between with an outdoor lunch.
It is sunday the 19th of November and 25 degrees celcius.
warm enough for shorts and... nothing else for JP!

Antonio

Our neighbour Antonio passing by our house, he's herding his flock of sheep and always loves a chat. Usually about the weather...

Viktor&Rolf

Viktor&Rolf love H&M and I love Viktor&Rolf...

RAIN!

Yesterday... it has been drizzeling for 2 weeks now, the plants are happy, the sky is grey and reminds me of Holland.
The weather predictions are pretty gloomy.



The weatherman was right!
Last night it rained with a vengeance...
Our pool as you can see from the picture taken this morning has risen to the rim (about 8 cm) and I needed to 'backwash' it to prevent it from overflowing.
As we live on top of the mountain all the water that falls finds the shortest way down as fast as it can: the road. Our road is partially a dirt track and now has a mini grand canyon right in the middle.
This is why 4x4 cars are made and why we have one.
(In Holland 4x4's are now called PC-Hooft tractors because they are seen a lot on Saturdays on the most expensive shopping street in Amsterdam.)

KOEN

Welcome to this world: KOEN!
Son of my brother Thijs and Cerise, born on the 1st of November 2006.
I am a very proud and happy aunt!