Apple cosy II., For Man!

Crocheted this apple cozy for Kelvin, he is using it every day for his lunch apple. He told me that even his colleagues found it LEUK (nice)!!

Dutch Nature

After having spent a whole year in the Netherlands I finally realized, I have the most special Dutch nature reserve just here ''around the corner'', between Almere and Lelystad. It's called the Oostvaardersplassen and like the whole Flevoland, it's a polder, an area gained from the sea. Ever since it became land (or on most places a marsh), it has been a place for pure nature, has never been never used by people. 

It's breathtaking nature with surprising diversity of species! And what made me aware of it? There is a beautiful nature film coming, De Nieuwe Wildernis showing the wild life on the Oostvaardersplassen.

I saw this trailer and said: I must go there!

So, we made a bike tour of 60 km...

 And saw lots of wild horses..

  And biked on the dam of the lake Markermeer...

And ohh, the famous Dutch air...

   I absolutely fell in love with silhouette of the gooses...

 Aren't they beautiful?

What is this?

You can put something in it...

weeell, almost, but not yet perfect...

 Yesss, it's an apple cozy!
For medium size apples, for work or school. Wondering, how I could live so long without it! And now, I have to make another one for Kelvin (he was first struggling between it's ridiculous or it's cool) and finally, decided he would like to have one, 'cause of course, it is cool!

Monday Morning Mood

A little acorn, a little bit of crocheting and a little bit of drawing and here you go, sleepy acorn boy:)
Egy kis makk, egy kis horgolás meg egy rajzocska, és már kész is az álmos Makk Marcika :)

Autumn shawl

A soft shawl with the colours of the autumn, again the favorite granny square...

Happy autumn!

 

Poncho

Last week's product: my first poncho.
I used to think that poncho's are wide things making woman plump. But I also wanted to make one, as it seemed such an easy crocheting project. To make sure it will be pretty, I tried it on almost after every row. And now, tadaaam, change of my life: I like my poncho! The autumn can start!
The colours are a bit different than on the picture, terracotta, jeans blue, deep purple and ivory white.

Holiday pictures from Portugal

It's been a long time since I last wrote here. I took a really long vacation and this week the school got already started.
It doesn't mean that I was not crocheting, of course I was busy as a bee, just no time for making photo's, but it's coming soooon!
Meantime, I thought I'd make a selection of the nicest pic's from our holiday in Portugal... Enjoy!

The 25 de Abril Bridge

Belem, view from the Monument to Henry the Navigator

The beautiful castle of Sintra

Collage from different Portuguese tiles (on buildings + collection of the Museum Azulejos)

The view of Lisbon on tiles

Lisbon, by the Tagus

The ocean by Cascais

Tropical garden in Lisbon

Tropical garden in Lisbon