The Christmas gift no one wanted. Except me.

Adding a splash of colour to your garden is easypeasy! There's this saying: 'You're doing it wrong! You let someone els do it!' To be frank, that's a bit how I feel about gardening. I love our garden, but mostly to sit in it and read a book. Nevertheless, if you like a nice garden...

A couple of years ago my youngest daughter (19) went to live in China for 6 months. Now she's home again. She studies English at Utrecht University. To save money she lives at home. Students can travel for free, so it's a great way to avoid racking up the student debts. Anyway, she had 3...

I suppose it's one of those things that happens as you grow older. At least in my case: my eyebrows, which used to be quite eyecatching, have grown paler and paler. I want eyebrows like Julianne Margulies At first I didn't care all that much, because I was wearing glasses, and they hid my pale...

My youngest daughter had to do a special assignment for school. She had to re enact the image of Amor and Psyche. And it came out beautifully! The original The reenactment My son helped them with the wings, by photoshopping them in later. The girls had made real wings, but they were too big to...