We dachten dat we totaal geen appelen hadden dit jaar omdat er bijna geen insecten waren in de lente. Dat had alles te maken met de lange strenge winter. Maar toen we bij toevallig helemaal achter in de tuin moesten zijn zagen we deze schat aan rode appeltjes allemaal op de grond liggen.Snel opraken was de boodschap want dit zijn heerlijke ouderwetse appeltjes
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Due to the severe winter it seems all the insects where dead and all the bees too.So although we had lots of blossoms on our appletree it looked like we had not apples at all. Until we discovered this treasure of litte red apples all strewn out on the grass under the tree.
De cornus is ook al in herfsttooi
The cornus also took on his autumn color.
Voor de kleindochter maakte ik een fijn kussen met haar lievelings figuurtje van Umizumi erop. Met dank aan Lieve die haar borduurde!
For my granddaughter I made this tug along pillow with her favorite caracter from the Umizumi serie on. With thanks to Lieve who embroidered her on her machine.
Gans de zomer hebben we heel weinig rozen gehad maar sinds de herfst bloeien ze ineens. Ik verzamelde de blaadjes van mijn Richelieu rozen om te drogen en om er rozengelei van te maken. Ik verzon een receptje op basis van de rozen gelei van Madame Confituur maar maakte er iets bijzonder van door er Zilverwater aan toe te voegen. Zilverwater is een ouderwetse likeur op basis van bloemen en daarin drijven echte stukjes zilver. Deze gelei noemde ik Ruby Wedding Jelly omdat we dit jaar 40 jaar getrouwd waren. Het is een heel delicaat smakende gelei voor een feestelijk ontbijt!
The whole summer the roses refused to blown. Since autumn came we had lots of flowers. I'm collecting the petals of my Richelieu roses to dry them and make some rose jelly from them.
I was inspired by the Rose Jelly of Madame Confituur but addes some Zilverwater. Zilverwater is an old fashioned Dutch liqeuer that has a flowery base but has flakes of real silver in it. I called it Ruby Wedding Jelly because we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary in June. Its a real delicate jelly for a special festive breakfast.
Voor de herfstgarderobe van de kleindochter maakte ik nog een leuk rood rokje met hondjes.
Voor the new term in school I made this little red doggy skirt.

First and formost I wish you all a very Happy New Year. I wish you health, happiness and peace.
For the first time in years we celebrated this again. With our new granddaughter Anne-Fleur it was the ideal year to do so. She is of course only 7 months old and thus not get the spirit of the day. Chewing presents was the big joy of her day!
The typical candy, chocolate, fruit and of course the speculaas went to her mom and dad who accepted it gratefully. I think next year she will have her say about that!
For the adults there was of course cake.A very simple chocolate cake adorned with the typical Saint Nicolas candy. Golden coins (with chocolate inside), nic nac's ( the small sugared cookies ) on the side and on top and some lovely little chocolate Saint Nicolas plaques I found at the bakery shop.
It was years agoo that we had so much snow. I began snowing the first friday of december. So at Saint Nicolas day we took these pictures of Anne-Fleur. She sits on the sled of her dad and auntie that I kept for more than 30 years. She was a bit afraid. It was bitterly cold and her mom did not take her in to the snow before since she had been in hospital ,two weeks before. But I thought we could not pass up this opportunity to get pictures of her in the first snow of her life.She did not enjoy it that much.I think she was even a bit scared of it.



Lily our youngest Maine Coon is facinated with the tree .She had never seen one before. She took out one of my green glass balls in the first days. After that she became a good little girl and only sleeps beneeth the tree on the white fleece blanket that is covering the base.


This is it for today. Tomorrow I start preparing the New Year dinner I do for my inlaws. They will come on sunday to celebrate the New Year. Today, the first of january will be a day to start preparing, like ironing the table cloth and preparing the cakes.
