One lucky find

I never was one for pastel colours,
but recently, I started to appreciate them.

I found the little triangular table some time back
- in Amsterdam -
while walking in the morning from the station to my office.
Somebody had thrown it away,
between a pile of garbage bags.
Lucky find indeed! (Apart from the garbage part of the story.)

The workmen restoring a house there,
thought it was really funny to see me crawling over the rubbish,
(Okay, I'm exaggerating here, I didn't actually have to crawl.)
 - but I thought it to be a perfect start of my day.

Neon Pink Deadlines

While hectic deadlines for my work are looming,
I took a short break from it all,
to dabble with neon pink, littles vases and instagram instead.
Not so wise. Not so useful.
But fun nevertheless.

PS. Sure, the vases were all thrifted.

Vegan pie to die for

After a small hint from my side
(Pleaeaease bake me a pie - please?)
Mr. H. decided it was a good day to try a recipe from
Vegan Pie in the Sky
Another fabulous cookbook from Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero.

He decided to try his hand on the Lagusta's Chocolate Raspberry Tart.
Kudos to him for that choice.

I tell you it's really hard to catch this pie's gooeyness on a photo,
but I gave it a try.
Although it meant having to deal with small hints of Mr. H.
(Can we pleaeaease eat it now - please?)

If you're vegan or not: the pies in this book really are to die for.
To make it (just a little bit) more complicated:
The recipe for Chocolate Raspberry Pie was borrowed from Lagusta's Luscious,
definitely a site (and vegan chocolate shop) to add to your favourites!

Vegan Pie in the Sky is well written and funny.
If you click here you'll find some sample recipes:
Like Pear Frangipane Tart and Old Fashioned Chocolate Pudding Pie.

Highly addictive stuff...

Potholder Poetry

Mmm - if this title might seem a bit preposterous,
it's probably because it is.

Anyway, the sheer number of vegan ovendishes
we eat in this house,
make a good excuse to crochet a new potholder.
Every now & then.

Although Mr. H. arguably would rather see me
reading a good book instead.

Which, for the record, I do too.

Container gardens #4

If the first signs (and the weather forecast) aren't fooling me,
there are a couple of sunny days on their way to The Netherlands.
Good - that means that I can finally make new photos of container gardens,
while they're at their best, with flowers blooming.

For the time being, I hope you enjoy these.
I made them a few weeks ago.
In between days of rain showers.

Thrifted #5

Yes! Finally some sun while taking a photo.
Some would argue: a bit too much. And with reason - but I like it.

Anyway, this little cutie was in poor shape when I found it in a thrift store.
I didn't buy it at once. (How many stools does one need ?)
However, the third time around it was still standing there,
so I felt it was my moral duty to give it a new home.
Some paint and a crochet cover was all it took to let it rise above itself again.

But I'm thinking now it could do with a more cheerful cover...

Teatime!

Whether it's at home...

With a homebaked vegan muffin...

Or outside on my terrace - on those very rare sunny days...

I do enjoy teatime.