It’s hard to believe that we have lost our Grandma. Although she had many, many good years, it is still sad to lose her. She was in so many ways the thread that wove through all of our lives, sustained us, and showed us what love and caring were all […]

As always, we had a nice visit with Tanja, Djoeri and Noah this weekend.  We got in some nice time at the beach and kayaking, and of course sharing some nice meals and just hanging out together. It was a special treat to see Djoeri, because it has been many […]

I had a nice after work paddle with our neighbour Yvonne. Our neighbours Ton and Djoeke have kindly let us borrow their kayak’s. This was our second time out, and Yvonne is new to it all, but doing great. Other than our rather ungraceful flops getting in and out of […]

Rob testing out his new ZX-1 Power Add-on. This is the best power add-on there is for people with hemiparesis who don’t want to use a power chair. We are the first to have one in Europe, and very excited about the freedom it is going to bring. We’ll post […]

Rob got a Firefly bike attachment so he can start zooming around outside. We only took it for a small spin around our house today, because having a full leg cast makes it a bit difficult to maneuver. Hopefully soon he’ll be able to use it more and enjoy getting […]

We had a nice visit with Albert and his friend Wilga this weekend. The evening was also a bit of a late birthday celebration for Rob. Albert gave him some really nice beer along with his customary “Uitgeester Kruidenbitter”. Wilga brought some very beautiful peonies — the most beautiful fuschia […]

After a really difficult few weeks, we are having a chilled out weekend. Here’s a few photo’s with the pup’s: :  

We have a nice long holiday weekend and are really enjoying it. We have had a really late spring this year, which is probably just as well, because I’ve not really had time to do much gardening. I usually start seeds inside the house in March so I have everything […]

We had a nice chilled out visit with Santi. We had a lot of catching up to do and really enjoyed having him here. We also had fun doing a few house projects together. As you can see from the photo’s the critters really enjoyed having him here too. They […]

We have been enjoying a nice long weekend. It’s really cold, so we have not been doing a lot outside, but at least it has been sunny. We are really looking forward to some flowers blooming soon. Until then, I’ll post a really nice picture taken by a really special […]

We have a new entry for the “Kip” Chicken Wall of Fame. For those of you who have followed our antics with chickens from the past, and our not so friendly “Mijnheer De Haan” (Mr. Rooster a.k.a. George Bush), may he rest in peace, you may recognize this from our […]

After well over a year of research and negotiation with the powers that be, Rob finally got his custom-fit ultra-lightweight super-duper titanium wheelchair. We’ve been busy all weekend, along with Rob’s Dad Ger, to swap out parts and get it configured really well. Along the way we had a lot […]

We had a fun night out at our local café ‘t Ankertje to listen to a good local blues band LA BluesBand. Rob stole the show when he was the first on the dance floor. He has not been dancing for a few years, but both he and our new […]

We just celebrated Valentines Day early, though it was not really planned that way.  We had beet and onion hotchpot (stamppot). It’s one of those traditional Dutch things. It was the first time for me making it, so I thought I would do some pictures. Rob likes it with bacon […]

I’ll let these speak for themselves… Jane’s 1st and Jansen’s 5th birthday Jane and Jansen playing in the snow Jane and Jansen playing with Martha