Spider arts and crafts

Because of the current fashion trends I'm not often tempted to buy myself new clothes. But last week I stumbled upon this beautiful green, velvet skirt with pleats. Normally I don't 'do' pleats because they can make you look fat. But these pleats don't! Skirt with elastic waistband = comfortable The skirt has an elastic...

In a local thrift shop I found an old fashioned card game. I fell in love with the pretty picures and the price. It only cost $1! But as I was admiring the drawings something struck me: the images were very stereotypical about what women and men should do! The woman serves. The man eats....

I find reading books during Summer easier than during Winter! The reason that reading Summer is easier, is because I can do it outside. For some reason that helps me to find enough peace inside myself to just sit down for a while and read a book. I think it's because in my mind, sitting...

I'm trying to minimize my ecological footprint. I don't fly, I don't go on vacations far away, and I try not to buy any more clothes. The outfit I'm wearing in the picture is all second hand. But I have to admit, the flower thingy is actually a door wreath I bought on AliExpress. Shame...

My husband likes to make sure we have lots of toilet paper available. Even before Covid 19 he was always worried we would run out. So he buys our toilet paper in bulk, and then throws it down the stairs of our cellar. There it lies waiting, until someone runs out of toilet paper, and...

When we got our cat, who we named him Dean after the male character in Supernatural. We were told it was a male kitten. But the last few months he got fatter, and fatter. And now we're kind of worried. Could he be she? What do you think? Make sure you don't miss any posts...