Khotinsky

Remember my great lunch at Picknick? Well, afterwards we drove back to Dordrecht for coffee and cakes at Khotinsky (oh, well, why not?). It's a new restaurant in the industrial Energiehuis, where all the cultural centres moved in together. It's pretty and raw. And the pies are great.

lunch at Picknick

In Rotterdam, in a central area between flats, there's a great lunchspot called 'Picknick'. It's small and crowded, but great. We took a Picknick Platter for two and didn't regret our choice, as you can see!

at the local supermarket

I bought kiwis and of course I took this one

found

When I was here I found a lot of pretty birds' feathers.

 I wanted to put them in a photoframe, but they just didn't feel like laying flat. So I just blew them away in the garden. Maybe some other birds will use them a nesting material.
If you want to see a unique little video of the birth of a little kingfisher, click here. You can really see it come out of the egg.

peek-a-boo

My neighbour likes to talk to me through our garden fence. She turns 4 today. Happy birthday to you!

garden harvest

I was quite annoyed by these elder plants (Zevenblad) in my garden. If you don't watch out, they take over the complete garden. But I read that you can eat them as well. They are brought here by the ancient Romans to serve as food for their soldiers.
So I'm not only trying to dig their roots out any more. After carefully picking the leaves and washing them today, I turned them into a salad! It tasted quite good, although the leaves are a bit hard-bitten. Tomorrow I'll put them in a canelloni-pasta dish.

And well, everything tastes good with feta cheese, very good olives and homemade raspberry-vinegar.

landscape art by Paul de Kort

Dordrecht, the place where I live, is actually an island, surrounded by rivers. You can get away by bridge, but also by ferry. There's one that leads to the other side of the river. If you turn left, you can end up in a magical place: De Wassende Maan. It was made in 2008 by Paul de Kort and it represents our metaphoric struggle with water. For a little clip on You Tube, click. It's a recording of a micro-helicopter that's flying over the labyinth.
It so nice to walk on this circled labyrinth. We found some pretty awesome feathers and shells over there.