Busy times at work. Everyday more to do and less people to do it, due to illness and absence. So tonight I feel tired and longing for my next holiday. Also longing for more sunshine and warmth.
This summer I am taking part in a photo chain organized by my photoclub. The idea is that one member sends a self made photograph to the other member who has to make a photo that is inspired by the previous one and this new photopgraph is then sent to the next photoclub member. When summer is over we will see the complete photo chain!
The guys from Pearl Jam joined with Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron from Soundgarden in the band Temple of the Dog as a tribute to their friend Andy Wood of Mother Love Bone who died in 1990.
Here's their number Hunger Strike: (one of my all time favourites)
Pearl Jam will be performing in Holland on Tuesday 26 th and Wednesday 27 th of June. I follow them from the beginning. 'Alive' was their breakthrough single in our country. Last night the documentary Pearl Jam Twenty was on teevee for the second time. I love them and their music!
The head of the hospital where I work is leaving today. In his honour there was a party with VIP's and music. I happen to know the blonde singer above. She did a good and humoristic performance.
Did I mention that I had a photoshoot with Lizzy on Sunday? Here is one of the treehundred pictures I took. You can find more photo's on www.modelsandfriendsgroningen.nl in the July issue.
The Dutch Team were sent home yesterday by Portugal. They didn't win one match in the UEFA Cup 2012. Friend A and I (both dressed in orange) watched the game at his place.
On my styleblog Fiftysomethingstyle I posted an overview of all the thirteen looks of Spring 2012. Here is the link: http://fiftysomethingstyle.blogspot.nl/
In a couple of days it will be officially Summer! When I walked home last night through the city I came across these trees. A fairy tale atmosphere while the sun was slowly setting.
We had a boat trip from work today. The journey went through the canals of Groningen. The weather was sunny and a little bit cold. Afterwards we had a pubquiz and a buffet. It was a nice day out.
My colleagues are already preparing for the football game tonight between Holland and Germany. Wearing orange clothes will surely help the Dutch team on their way to win the European Championship. In 4 to 5 hours from now we will know if they've succeeded.
I finally got to meet little niece M on Sunday. Also I played with niece L and doggy Reggie. Tomorrow I will post some photographs from the modelshoot with niece J that were taken on Sunday.
On Saturday I had a family day with members of my mother's family. The oldest person present was my dad (91) and the youngest person was Amarens (6 months). We see eachother once in 2-3 years, talking, eating together and saturday evening even watching football together. The Netherlands against Denmark resulted in a 0 to 1 score, so that was a little dissapointing.
Apart from blogging myself I follow some other blogs. Here are the three blogs I follow on a daily basis. a. Afterdrk.com by Dutch Sabrina Meijer because she has a very nice style and beautiful photographs: http://afterdrk.freshnet.se/ b. A Beautiful Mess by Elsie Larson about style, recipes and creativity in general: http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/ c. Bloglovin.com: where I can watch all styleblogs in the world that interest me: http://www.bloglovin.com/
I am busy planning a new modelshoot like the one in May. So, there will be maybe five models and five photographers shooting together. The shoot will possibly take place in July.
This year I've started reading books again. I stopped for a while because I was easily bored with reading. Now I found new inspiration in reading the books of Brazilian writer Paolo Coelho. I have read half of his total work this year and hoping to read the other half in the next months.
I traveled to Friesland today to visit my brother's birthday party. He is 5 years younger than me. My niece J and I played 'Just Dance'. The weather was cold and rainy.
The first yellow rose of the year is in bloom today! Normally it blooms exactly on the day of my birthday. This year however it's a little later, maybe because it has been a colder spring than normal.