Freya and Fiona Friday 17: Communication
Everybody knows that cats usually say “meow”. What many people don’t know is that those meows are unique and varied.…
Freya and Fiona Friday 16: Little helpers
Freya and Fiona were both very helpful in the house. They always let us know when their food bowls were…
Exploring still lifes
For the past few months, whenever I was painting on my iPad, I sort of ended up painting fantasy landscapes.…
Freya and Fiona Friday 15: Lap time
Today is the 15th Friday since Freya passed away. Today I’m looking back on one of our favourite pastimes: lap…
Migrating from Ravelry to Airtable (via Excel)
Lately, I’ve been spending quite some time moving my content away from Ravelry, mostly to Airtable. Airtable is an online…
Is Ravelry accessible yet?
TL; DR: No. Please consider joining Silence for Ravelry Classic by not logging in on Ravelry between March 31st and…
Freya and Fiona Friday 14: Play time
Cats sleep a lot. But when they are awake, they love to hunt. Even though Freya and Fiona were indoor…
Song of the day: O quam tu pulchra es
Today’s song is very close to my heart. I’ve always loved singing early music. I pondered studying it when choosing…
Freya and Fiona Friday 13: Food
Has it really been 13 weeks already? It’s hard to believe. But at the same time, Freya feels so close…
Freya and Fiona Friday 12: At the stairs
In our previous house, we lived on the second floor. After going through the front door, you had to first…
Freya and Fiona Friday 11: Nap time
Cats are masters at napping. They do it often, so they gain lots of experience. When you see a cat…
Playing and learning
If there’s anything that connects all my activities to each other, like Ariadne’s thread, it’s curiosity and learning. I’ve always…
Song of the day: Nuit d’Espagne
I’ve been playing the violin a lot, lately. It’s fun to rediscover my first instrument! Slowly, I’m getting better at…
Freya and Fiona Friday 10: Cat blocking
Looking through all my photos of Freya and Fiona, I can’t help but notice how I’ve hit the kitty jackpot…
Morvarch
It has been a while since my last hand knitted shawl, but I’ve finally finished a shawl knitting project again!…
Freya and Fiona Friday 9: Outside
Freya and Fiona were indoor cats. They were born in an apartment, and moved to my apartment that didn’t have…
Rearranging
Today I had my day off from work, and while that day is mainly intended for resting, it doesn’t mean…
Freya and Fiona Friday 8: Stretch
One of those things that cats are fabulous at is stretching to the max. We lowly humans can only dream…
Quarter time
My advent calendar is a rather large spinning project. It consists of 24 fibre samples of ~20 grams each, so…
Song of the day: Morgen!
Today, or actually, last night, Vrouw Holle entered The Netherlands. It was snowing and storming – technically, we had a…
Freya and Fiona Friday 7: Boxes
If you know cats, you will probably know that they cannot resist cardboard boxes. Why that is? There is a…
WIP update
With all the singing and cat related posts lately, you might be wondering if I’m crafting at all. The answer,…
Freya and Fiona Friday 6: Eyes
When Fiona and Freya were kittens, their eyes looked very similar. Blue at first, and then, gradually, the amount of…
Song of the day: Le Secret
Today I’d like to share a lovely song by Gabriël Fauré with you: Le Secret. I love Fauré’s music, and…
Freya and Fiona Friday 5: Water
Both Freya and Fiona had a love-hate relationship with water. Drinking water = good, water making you wet = bad.…
Time for some music
I so enjoy my studio! I’ve been spending time there making music quite often these last few weeks. It’s so…
Freya and Fiona Friday 4: Friends
Four weeks, you guys. It has been four weeks already since Freya passed away. And yet it still feels unreal…
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