Adventures of a Cat Lady

  • The Rijks Museum Library

    The experience of visiting the Rijks Museum Library, taking in the history and reading a few random books.

  • Gardening, the hobby of love and loathe

    “A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.” – Liberty Hyde Bailey There is truly nothing that I enjoy more than my garden in bloom each summer. There is something very satisfying all my hard…

  • 3 months in an ‘intelligent lockdown’

    I realised over the weekend that it’s been 3 months since lockdown started, any plans for the near future were cancelled and I truly became a home body. The Netherlands opted for a ‘intelligent lockdown’. What are the rules of an ‘intelligent lockdown’? Everyone is asked to keep a distance of at least 1.5 metres…

  • 2020 and who would have thought we’d all be in worldwide pandemic fighting for toilet paper over tissues

    I cant believe we’re already basically a third of the way into the year and what a unique years its been already. I’m pleased to say that the year has been entertaining so far and Ive had tons of fun. Last year gave me closure, acceptance and clarity on a level I’ve never had before…

  • Moving house and adulting

    This year,  has been crazy busy… thats my excuse for not blogging. I have had a few messages of disappointment at my distinct lack of blogging. I can always trust my friends to harass me and put me back on the right path!  Having said that, so much has happened in the last 5 months…