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…
Oh no…
Today it was a chilly day in The Netherlands. It really felt like winter. So I decided to wear my…
Freya and Fiona Friday 3: Growing up
Freya and Fiona grew up very quickly. The cute tiny kitten stage is short. But the cuteness remains. I don’t…
New studio
It’s almost done! Last Saturday, my husband and my father-in-law laid down the laminate flooring, and yesterday my husband and…
Freya and Fiona Friday 2: Baby Freya and Fiona
It’s Freya and Fiona Friday again, and it has been two weeks since Freya passed away. It’s also the first…
2020 in hindsight
It’s December 31st, and today I’m looking back on a surprising, interesting, and at times difficult year. I did not…
24 days of fluff
This year, I again purchased a Schaap & Draak advent calendar. I blogged about it back in November, when I…
Freya and Fiona Friday 1: The adoption
It has been one week since Freya passed away. An emotional week, to say the least. And now it’s Christmas,…
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