Out and about

Today my friend Sophie and I went hiking and once again I took a lot of photos. It was pretty cold outside, but the light was so pretty!

 

 

Music Monday #46

The music I'm sharing today is a bit different than what I normaly share. It is a piano piece and it was one of the first ones to inspire me to try to play piano. I can't play it yet, but one day I will.

George Winston - Joy

Going for a hike

Last sunday Suzan and I went hiking in a woodland and moorland. The weather was beautiful and, eventhough it is only January, it made me feel like spring was almost upon us. I took my new camera with me and made a lot of photos.

Music Monday #45

A while ago my brother showed me some songs by Alt-J to hear. We listened to it through the speakers of his laptop and I thought it was okay. When I visited my brother we listened to the record and it made such a difference! I actually really like their music and love it more each time I hear it.

Alt J - Tessellate



Alt J - Matilda

Enra - Pleiades

Today I wanted to share an inspirational permonance by enra. Enra incorporates images in their live performances to create something quite unique.

Trip to Delft & The Hague

Last weekend I visited my brother in Delft and together we went to The Hague.

First we visited a permanent exhibition of M.C. Escher's work in the former palace of Queen Emma in The Hague. Escher was a Dutch artist who made woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints and used a lot of mathematical pricipals in his work. He is best known for his impossible constructions and tessellations.

We wandered around in The Hague for the rest of the day and in the evening we ate at an Indonesian restaurant.

 The next day we went to the city centre of Delft and I also took a couple of pictures there. 

We also visited the Johannes Vermeer centre and in the afternoon we went to a concert of Eefje de Visser. Johannes Vermeer was a painter from the 17th century who lived in Delft.

Music Monday #44

Yesterday my brother and I went to a concert of Eefje de Visser. She is a dutch sing a song writer who also sings in dutch. Usualy I'm not really a big fan of songs in dutch, but I find hers really good!

Eefje de Visser - Dat kan ('which can')



Eefje deVisser - Ongeveer ('approximately')

Oat flake cookies

As a kid oat flake cookies used to be one of my favorites! They are really easy to make and taste very good. If you think them to plain, you could add pieces of chocolate or raisins for instance.

Ingrediënts

100 g self raising flour
200 g brow sugar
125 g butter
1 tbsp milk
150 gr small oat flakes

Preparation method

Preheat the oven to 175°C. Sift the flour into a bowl. Add the sugar and mix. Add the butter and cut it into little pieces, then mash it through the mixture. Add the milk and make sure the mixture has an even consistency. Then you can add the oat flakes. When you think the oat flakes are evenly spread throughout the mixture you can make small rounds of it, flatten them and put them on baking paper. Make sure to leave enough space between the cookies, because they will spread due to the self raising flour. Bake for about 10-12 minutes.

Enjoy!

A new camera

I got a new camera which is far better than my old one. The last couple of days I've spent making a ridiculous amount of pictures. The coming weeks you'll probably will be seeing more photos. Here are some random pictures I took this week.

I'm still trying everything out so it will probably take a while before I really get the hang of it, but it is so much fun!

Music Monday #43

I've been a fan of The Lumineers ever since I heard Ho Hey. I love every song of theirs, they never disappoint.

The Lumineers - Stubborn love

Day Zero Project

101 Things in 1001 DaysJan 04, 2014 - Oct 01, 2016

I wish you all a happy new year! This year I'm not really doing any new year's resolutions, but I decided to make a new Day Zero list. Basically the idea behind this project is that you make a list of 101 goals that you are going to try to achieve within 1001 days. I made a list like this before and in the begining it really helped me to achieve my goals, but after a while it didn't anymore because a lot of my goals were school or horse related and I finished high school and I don't ride horses anymore. I have been thinking about making a new list for a while now and I finally got around to it. Eventhough I might not even complete all of these within the given time, making a list like this really stimulates me to try. Here are my goals:

1. Learn 10 phrases in Manderin Chinese
2. Read 5 non fiction books
3. Go hiking or make a biking trip without without pre-set destination
4. Complete a coursera course
5. Learn to play a song on the guitar
6. Make myself a dress
7. Go camping
8. Learn to fold 10 more origami creations
9. Make a webseries
10. Finish the Web Fundamentals course at codecademy
11. Learn a card game
12. Repeat my swedish course
13. Learn a song on the violin
14. Run a 5K race
15. Finish a crossword puzzle
16. Make an idea book
17. Learn about runes
18. Read a book in German
19. Decide what I want to study
20. Learn to play Nuvole Bianche on the piano
21. Write a book
22. Send a message in a bottle
23. Complete NaNoWriMo
24. Enter a writing contest
25. Make a short jacket
26. Reread the Hobbit and finally finish the Lord of the Rings
27. Participate in BookCrossing
28. Ride a horse again
29. Cook a three course meal
30. Read a book about physics
31. Finish a painting
32. Learn the alphabet in sign language
33. Read a book about mythology
34. Organize a themed party
35. Make a dreamcatcher
36. Learn first aid again
37. Get up at 8 a.m. for a week
38. Make 10 things from my pinterest DIY board
39. Succesfully bake bread
40. Read a Jane Austen novel
41. Finish my quiver
42. Bind a book
43. Make a backpack
44. Copy our movie 'Miesje' for Sophie
45. Crochet a blanket
46. Read a French book
47. Spend one weekend with only my music, art and books. "Unplug"
48. Make a short film
49. Do yoga every day for a week
50. Spend a day at the beach
51. Write every day for a week
52. Learn 10 phrases in Russian
53. Bake 5 cakes
54. Go on a multi-day biking trip
55. Do some volunteer work
56. Learn 10 phrases in Spanish
57. Send 10 Postcards via PostCrossing
58. Get photos printed
59. Do archery again
60. Compose a piece of music
61. Go ice skating
62. Learn to identify all the countries on a map
63. Make a hat
64. Read 10 classic books
65. Do something to become more self sufficient
66. Learn to say hello in 10 languages
67. Learn a card trick
68. Blog for 7 days in a row
69. Go kayaking or canoeing
70. Be able to identify 5 constellations
71. Read the Narnia series
72. Write a poem
73. Learn to find 10 edible wild plants
74. Make a smoothie
75. Bake pizza
76. Send a handwritten letter
77. Have a Lord of the Rings movie marathon
78. Buy something from Etsy
79. Knit a scarf
80. Bake Christmas cookies
81. Make shorts
82. Bury a treasure
83. Swim in the ocean, a river or a lake
84. Go to a climbing forest
85. Learn to play 2 more songs on the piano
86. Go on a picnic
87. Take my painting supplies and go paint outdoors
88. Visit a cave
89. Spend an entire day outside
90. Write 50 more blogposts
91. Get my driver's license
92. Buy camping gear
93. Go to an amusement park
94. Make a new friend
95. Do something completely out of my comfort zone
96. Visit Teyler's museum in Haarlem
97. See an IMAX film
98. Go to a concert
99. Enter a photography contest
100. Go abroad by myself
101. Read a book in a day