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May 9

Happy sunday and happy Mother’s Day for those celebrating from my home to yours. This is a day of honouring but I know for some Mother’s Day can evoke feelings of mourning. Sending all my love to everyone in joyful and difficult times. (Self) care always and everyday but especially today. Special tulips for a special day from the field of @passionfortulips thank you Michel for letting me choose my favorites.
Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone.
#mothersday #flowersalways #colourlove #tuliplove #tulipmania #currentmood

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May 9

A couple of weeks of spring break has almost come to end. This past week has been all about tulips. I could have been working but chose to smell the tulips instead. Thank you @passionfortulips for this capture but most of all for sharing your flowers friends in high places. Entering the fields absolutely forbidden, I’m so grateful for this permitted moment. These are the times I’m so happy to live where I live. Back to sugar soon, have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone. Don’t forget to stop and smell the flowers from time to time.
#tulipfields #tulpenvelden #flowerlove #flowerfriends #fromhollandwithlove #currentmood

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May 2

Happy sunday from my home to yours. There is always a story behind every flower. Blossoms that were gifted to me by one of the sweetest flower vendors. I told her how I would love to have some blossoms. If it would be possible for Anja to buy them at auction sometime. To my surprise, the following week she told me she had a surprise for me. From the back the most beautiful blossoms I had ever seen, she had cut some branches from her own garden. I still can’t believe she gifted me these precious pink blooms. Blossoms with ranunculus, tulips, Solomon’s seal and fritillaria.
My children are having spring break. Because we are still in a semi lockdown and travel isn’t advised we have to be resourceful to create the best time with our children. Spending time with my family now, I promise to back to IG soon in full swing. Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone enjoy the beauty of the season and time spent with loved ones on your side.
#flowersalways #pinklove #currentmood

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May 2

Happy Sunday from my home to yours. Tulip heaven on my rooftop terrace while watching the sun go down. I don’t have a garden but these pots of flower gold mean everything to me. Hopefully, at some point in my life, I can add ‘gardener’ to my resume but until then... I will enjoy this rooftop with everything I love. Thank you @passionfortulips I still can’t believe how it was only a couple of months ago that I planted these amazing bulbs in these pots. Nature is magnificent and Spring truly is the most beautiful time. Up next my Sunday flowers with a few tulips from this mini garden. Enjoy Sunday and have a wonderful week everyone.
#sundaysunset #roomwithaview #tuliplove #springishere #passionfortulips #amsterdamlove #currentmood

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Apr 18

Happy sunday from my home to yours. I’m beginning to think I’m suffering from a different kind of virus. The color virus. Again colorful ranunculus and roses in our home. As I’m trying to sail through this time, it must be my way to keep my spirits high. A safe and perfect remedy, I don’t mind getting addicted to. Flowers always and colour always.
Have a wonderful Sunday and bright new week everyone.
#flowersalways #lifesaving #colorlove #currentmood

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Apr 18

Golden hour. My favorite hour all year round, but especially when spring has sprung in my city. Sunset and flowers, what more can I wish for. Flowers on every corner and every bridge. I never have to walk far to find beauty in Amsterdam. I can’t wait to travel again but until then I’ll just keep searching for the small treasures close to home. I hope this is a practise worth keeping when all this is over. Up next my Sunday flowers inside our home. Sending you a postcard from Amsterdam, signing it with love. Have a lovely Sunday and golden new week everyone.
#amsterdam #springishere #currentmood

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Apr 11

Happy sunday from my home to yours. I will never say no to colour. It is impossible for me to reject colour. Any kind of colour. Happiness of spring in our home with all the colours of the rainbow. I feel like having a pot of gold.
Have a lovely Sunday and bright colourful new week everyone. Sometimes that pot of gold is right in front of us.
#colorlove #coloralways #flowersalways #currentmood

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Apr 9

Sugar flowers for Friday flowerday. I had been given the honour of being invited for a chat with the @the.restlesscreatives Three brilliant floral designers @fionapicklesfloral @mossandstonefloraldesign and @lucytheflowerhunter got together and started documenting their fabulous chats when the world shut down, inviting inspiring artists along the way. It has been such an honour for me to be their guest. I’ve put the link in my bio, you can view on YouTube or listen as a podcast. I could not have asked for kinder hosts, thank you so much for having me.
Ofcourse I will always prefer that warm hug upon greeting someone (now anyone!) in person, sitting down with a cup of tea or glass of wine. But connecting with friends around the world with Zoom or otherwise has truly been a savior. Don’t hesitate to ask that person you miss for a virtual date. Heaven knows we all need it. Have a lovely Friday and beautiful weekend everyone. Hope you get to recharge and enjoy great conversations.
#followfriday @the.restlesscreatives
#happyfriday #flowerfriday #sugarflowers #littlestoriesofmylife #currentmood

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Apr 4

Happy sunday from my home to yours. It’s Easter and finally spring has arrived with an abundance of flowers. Roses, tulips, poppies and plenty of ranunculus. If only spring could last forever. These times bring out the best and the worst in me. The best because these flowers truly are my savior in these turbulent times, the worst because how do you say no to the best offerings? Choosing between what each vendor has to offer an impossible task. Nature always giving us plenty. Wishing you a beautiful Sunday and bright new week filled with abundance.
#flowersalways #lifesaving #colorlove #currentmood

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Apr 4

Try and catch him if you can when in Amsterdam. Swipe to see. ‘... fresh oysters...!.... fresh oysters..!’ from the top of his lungs. The fishman and his boat. He sails the canals of Amsterdam and rings his bell, while announcing his catch of the day. Usually I’m too late for a capture but yesterday coming back from the market, I was lucky to find him. This way of doing business just like the old days. These canal waters giving us so much. I hope some things never change in my city. There are so many things I love in my town. Small things I will never take for granted. Sending you a postcard, signing it from Amsterdam with love. Hope you had a lovely Easter, wishing you a beautiful new week everyone.
#amsterdam #justlikeoldtimes #springishere #currentmood

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Apr 3

Sugar Helleborus
Happy Saturday and happy Easter. Recreating helleborus before the season is over. Nature will always win but playing with sugar, trying to get as close as I can a second best. The repetition of petals and tiny stamen keeping me grounded. Hopefully soon cheerful Saturday night dinners until then flowers keeping me alive. I bought more chocolate eggs for this holiday weekend than needed. Food, flowers, whatever gives us comfort these days.
Wishing you a wonderful Easter Everyone.
#helleborus #sugarflowers #botanicalart #currentmood

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Mar 28

Happy sunday from my home to yours. How many of us often think if only we could look into the future to know how things would go. How wonderful it would be if we would be able to predict time ahead. It has been a year now since all our lives changed. I can’t help but feel that it is a good thing no one really knew what was in store for us 12 months ago. It is as if we are entering another year. With vaccines around the corner this one most certainly more hopeful. Hanging in there just a little bit longer. We can’t predict time but that doesn’t mean we should stop dreaming. Dreaming of better days filled with, hugs, kisses, laughter, sharing meals, great conversations and dancing together without a care in the world. We are so close, I know I’m right. Flowers for hope. Roses and ranunculus, tulips and carnations, frittilaria and scabiosa, helleborus and....forget me nots. The last one symbolizing connections that endure all challenges and measure of time.
Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone. Don’t stop dreaming, some things are only a matter of time.
#flowersalways #colourlove #springishere #currentmood

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Mar 26

Happy Friday everyone. Cake and florals for flowerfriday. Another week almost done, we made it. It is so important to celebrate even the smallest of victories. I don’t know about you but I have been following the news about the container ship ever since it got stuck in the Suez Canal. The facts are totally mind boggling, this ship in length is larger than the Eiffel Tower and almost as large as the Empire State Building. This is the most expensive traffic jam. But this story shows how connected we all are. I read that this essential canal handles 12 percent of the seaborne trade. This blockage disrupting more than 9billion worth of goods each day (!). Oil, goods and groceries... The best quality Madagascar Vanilla I always use that is also in this cake, now problaby waiting to sail through.
The Netherlands and water is a continues dance. Large parts of my country are below sealevel. Ever since the heartbreaking flood of 1953 in Holland we have made it our mission to educate, dedicate and fight against the water and also climate change. Dikes, dredging, the Delta works, it came as no surprise the Dutch have been chosen to help resolve the issue with the container ship in the Suez Canal. The Dutch engineers have warned it can take weeks but let’s hope this blockage will be resolved in a few days and we will hardly notice the effects in our everyday life.
Another Friday still in lockdown. Especially when it seems there are no reasons, we have to celebrate. We are all connected, we are all in the same boat, we can do this. Have a lovely weekend everyone.
#flowerfriday #celebratelife #fridayfeels #botanicalart #currentmood

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Mar 21

Happy sunday from my home to yours and....it’s quiet. My kitchen where I spent most of my days looks out on a small garden courtyard from my neighbours. Our old Canalhouses are high maintenance. Restoration paintwork is taking place as we speak commissioned by these same neighbours. They hired two men for the work. They talk in an East European language that is unfortunately impossible for me to understand. Here is something I have never experienced before. These men won’t stop talking. When I say won’t stop, I mean non stop. Literally. No pauses, no moments of silence. None. Just from what it sounds like continues blathering. Whether standing on the ground or high up on the scaffolding they continue to speak. No loud music coming from a radio, just these two having conversation while doing their work. At first I was annoyed, asking myself how?? How is this even humanly possible?! How can anyone keep a conversation going on like that while working. Pulling my hair, it drove. Me. Mad. The next day same story. I tried to listen more carefully, still no luck understanding a word they were saying but I noticed they actually had fun. And then I realized the beauty of it all. Imagine doing your job and you and your coworker get along so well that you can’t stop chatting. Having the time of your life while doing the job! That you would never run out of stories or subjects to talk about. How amazing would that be. I wonder about what they are saying. Stories from home? Families that they miss? They will be back on Monday and I’m actually looking forward to hearing them again. The monotone sound of joyous continues chatter in the background.
Have a lovely Sunday everyone. Spring is finally here. Hope you have fun and great conversations in the week ahead.
#flowersalways #joy #colorlove #currentmood

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Mar 18

The day after general election in the Netherlands. Every 4yrs we choose a new parliament. There were some losses and some gains but overal our political climate stays relatively the same. An unexpected big win yesterday by the progressive social liberals with a female leader. They are in favor of fighting climate change, funding education and healthcare and pro European allegiance. The liberal party leaning right remains the largest in NL. They respectively won 23 and 35 seats. Our parliament is 150 seats. Together (23 +35) they have to find smaller parties to form a coalition for a 76 seat majority threshold to govern. Far right gained 28 seats combined. It’s fair to say that in the Netherlands barely a fifth of voters favors Nationalism. There were significant losses on the far left but those votes were (re)distributed among other parties including a newcomer in favor of the European Union gaining 4 seats. Some in the world would consider us ‘socialist’ but overall Holland remains a country with moderate liberal progressives, willing to work with both left and right. Anyone in the Netherlands can start a political party. Mobilizing 1000 members paying a contribution of € 12 annually, you can apply for subsidies from the Dutch government. Anyone in NL reaching 18 and plus, subsequently receives their ballot in the mail. Voter turnout this year 82.6 percent. The pandemic as it seems hasn’t been the single motivating factor in voting. Covid denier Mr. Engels didn’t win a single seat. He demands a recount and said the Dutch election was fraudulent.
My son (11) came home from school today. They reviewed the election with their teacher and discussed the groups in class that organized their own political party. My son’s group named PNDK (party of nature sustainability and climate) They had to explain and defend their ideals and hopes for the future. My life is about flowers but I thought sharing with you what is on my mind and in my heart might be of interest. Every country is different, just some reflections here on news in the Netherlands. Elections matter. What we decide affects us, our children and generations after. Decency and democracy matter.

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Mar 14

Happy sunday from my home to yours. We are still mostly confined to our homes. These roses don’t make it look so bad. Fritillaria persica one of my favorites together with a few ranunculus tulips and carnations. Flowers truly are one of the most joyful, abundant things to have around the house when all else feels limited. So happy to share this seasons offerings. Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone. Don’t hesitate to surround yourself with the things that give you joy.
#flowersalways #colorlove #currentmood

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Mar 14

Evening stroll before dusk. My favorite hour. Because of lockdown and evening curfew the streets are left abandoned. It is that perfect hour for opening a bottle of wine. The Dutch rarely close their curtains. Call me nosy but taking peeks inside an unavoidable habit. The Dutch word ‘gezellig’ goes beyond coziness. A word so difficult to translate, maybe a picture can explain. A Canalhouse or houseboat both just as warm and cozy. ‘Gezellig’ is the heart of Dutch culture. It roughly defines as togetherness, warm feelings, convivial, a sense of belonging, positive atmosphere all together and more. Never before has this word meant so much to me. How I miss the old days.
I truly wish for lockdown to be over but at the same time I wonder how I will look back on these quiet, extraodinary times where I have the city almost to myself.
Sending you a postcard from Amsterdam, signing it with love, have a lovely Sunday and ‘gezellig’ new week everyone. #amsterdam #almostspring #currentmood

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Mar 7

Happy sunday from my home to yours. Tomorrow is International Women’s Day. Flower prices in the Netherlands sky rocketed just before the weekend. Not widely celebrated in the Netherlands but much honoured in the rest of the world. It was difficult for my vendors to get flowers at a reasonable price. Loads of flowers were snatched before their eyes at auction, off to be sent abroad. A few flowers from last week still going strong mixed with some new. One of the benefits of living in Holland, I will never pay the prices in the rest of the world for flowers. But even I have a budget/ limit each for each week. Roses and tulips from last week. Affordable Helleborus, delphiniums, snowballs and more from this week.
Have a lovely Sunday and happy International Women’s Day. Here’s to strong, soft, beautiful, funny, smart, kind, vulnerable, women. May we know them, may we be them, may we raise them.
#internationalwomensday #flowersalways #colorlove #currentmood

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Mar 7

Sugar tulip ‘La Belle Époque’ and peony. This week last year was one of the last days before everything changed and all our lives were different from one moment to the next. I was on my way home from a lecture @stlartmuseum in Saint Louis, Missouri. In that previous year I had been traveling quite a few times. I remember while waiting at the airport thoughts were crossing my mind that I wanted to travel less and spent more time with my family. Little did I know... be careful what you wish for they say.
I cherish this time with my family but what I wouldn’t give to return, if only a bit, to life as we once knew. I can’t wait to teach again. I can’t wait to travel again. I long to see friends again. Spring is around the corner and so are normal times. We just have to hang in there and make the most with what we have.
Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone. Up next my Sunday flowers. Some things don’t change.
#sugarflowers #botanicalart #tulip #peony #currentmood

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Feb 28

Happy sunday from my home to yours. Roses with tulips and spring blossoms. The Flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) almost like wallpaper. They are one of my favorites because they are proof that spring is around the corner. A new week, a new month and a new year for me. Today is my birthday. Thank you for being here with me. I could not ask for a better more beautiful gift in these times where everything feels up side down. An afternoon spent at the beach with my family. An old friend stopping by (safely social distancing) and cake to celebrate. Happy March everyone. Life will not always be this way. Spring is just around the corner.
#springlove #flowersalways #colorlove #currentmood

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Feb 28

Sugar peony from last spring. Second photo behind the scenes, keeping things real in my kitchen studio. Same sugar peony together with a real peony ‘Etched salmon’. Working with real flowers always the best prototype. I will never beat nature but trying to get close remains the most fun. Up next my Sunday real flowers. Real or sugar... working with flowers is a very sweet life. Happy sunday and a wonderful new week everyone.
#sugarflowers #botanicalart #peony #currentmood

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Feb 21

Happy sunday from my home to yours. First Anemones of this year from Saturday’s market. With temperatures rising flowers are readily available again. Thank you for all your lovely comments on my instastories last week. All the ice and snow is gone but the energy and fun from last week still with us. It was exactly what so many of us needed in this time of lockdown. It isn’t often that I received so many questions so I would love to explain a few things. Because it is so rare, from the moment we hear that frost might be on the way, most in the Netherlands will start to fantasize. Will we? Or won’t we? Skating in NL is that/dead serious. My children get skating lessons at the age of 8/9 in school. During school hours the whole class will take a trip by bus one morning of the week in winter to practise at an indoor ice skating hall. Lots of people have skates stored in the attics so frantic WhatsApp messages from friends borrowing and pleading for different shoe sizes are no exception. To say we love it is an understatement. Ice skating is in our Dutch DNA. You can’t escape but when the days are here you don’t to want to either. With water everywhere, each canal, pon, lake, river will be a place to practise and enjoy. Ofcourse there is always a risk but mostly skating is always done safely. There are some video’s with much hilarity where things went wrong. No one in the end was harmed. There is always a rope to pull someone out of the water.
Last weeks ice and snow now a memory. Spring has sprung today. Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone sending all my love always from Amsterdam.
#anemone #roses #scabiosa #carnations #flowersalways #currentmood

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Feb 21

Sugar Anemones
We went from skating the canals and lakes last Sunday, to the warmest Sunday in February ever recorded in little over a week today. I would have loved to have the snow and ice for one more week but feeling the warmth of the sun again was, I must admit, was a very pleasant surprise.
Anemones in our home this week so this flower taking center stage. I know, I know I’m late to the party but 15 sec of Reals in my instastories. I really need to practise some more but hopefully more coming soon.
It was lovely after last week’s absence, because of the extraordinary cold, to see my flower friends at the market again. Skating was all we talked about. Happy to be back to all things floral. My Sunday flowers up next. Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone. It is never too late to learn something new.
#sugarflowers #botanicalart #anemone
#currentmood

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Feb 14

Happy sunday from my home to yours. Lilacs and roses for Valentine’s Day. It has been below zero this past week. Unfortunately because of the cold there weren’t any flowers on Saturday’s market. So happy to still have these in our home. We waited with much anticipation for the canals to freeze. Mother Nature didn’t let us down. Magical scenes on our waters that have turned to ice, made everyone stop and enjoy the day. Even a snowday from school, it was time to enjoy the moment and have some fun. I’ll get back to work shortly but for now I’m going to enjoy all the beauty (instastory) we were able to experience. Spring temps expected for next Sunday. Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone. We only have now, always try and seize the moment whenever you can.
#roses #lilacs #happyvalentinesday #flowersalways #colorlove #currentmood

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