What a fun morning this was. Kitty and I did a photo shoot at a restaurant (Villa Westend) with a beach at a lake, just a few miles from the centre of Haarlem. You wouldn’t know that you are near a city.
Styling a bright green shirt with 3 different pairs of trousers and shoes and 3 different bags. To show you different options. Be warned; you’ll get to see many photos, even though this amount is only 1/3 of what we shot. Kitty took photos fit for a magazine, with lots of lovely detail pictures. Alas, my blog hasn’t got the proper lay-out to do her photos justice.
Let me start by showing you the setting.
Below: There was to be a wedding in the afternoon and evening. Look at the marvellous set-up. The restaurant is to the right, up the steps and has this fantastic view.
Below: Close-up of the flowers.
Below: These flowers waited inside as it was so hot outside. They would have wilted.
With yellow and silver earrings, a green bag, blue and white pinstripes trousers and silver pumps
Below: The first pair of trousers has blue and white pinstripes. Wearing silver pumps, yellow and silver earrings and a green bag. As the shirt is rather airy it is so comfortable to wear and perfect for hot days. (Link to original post with these trousers.)
Below: The sunlight was rather bright.
Apparently the ducks use the end of this jetty as their gathering place. I feel for the person who has to clean this.
Below: Kitty is like my husband. She wants a nice photo and if that means the model has to stand in the sand, slowly sinking away, that is no skin off her nose.
Below: You can see the pinstripes better in this photo where I am unbuckling the shoes.
Below: Incredible how much sand a dainty shoe like this can hold.
With yellow corrugated cardboard earrings, a yellow bag, pale blue skinnies and rosé golden pumps
Below: Sitting on the steps to the restaurant. The skinnies may appear white but they are pale blue. (Link to original post with these trousers. Scroll down a bit.)
Below: My bag is by Coach. It is rather beautiful but I hardly use it. No idea why. Too formal?
Below: Close-up of the rosé golden pumps. What a terrific vintage find that was. (Perhaps I shouldn’t let Kitty take a photo so close…the veins…haha. Well, it is what it is.)
Below: Close-up of the corrugated cardboard earrings.
With yellow and silver earrings, a white bag, wide dark blue trousers and yellow suede pumps
Below: The earrings are the same as in the first photos and I added a silver belt. Because the trousers are so dark, I thought it would be good to have a light bag for balance. You see that this shirt works just as well with wide trousers as with skinny trousers.
(Link to original post with these wide trousers.)
Below: Showing off my dainty heels.
Below: I love this photo at the beach of the restaurant. Again with pumps in the sand.
Below: Villa Westend has lots of space for mums and dads to sunbathe and children to play. And No, this is not a sponsored post.
Below: Close-up of the yellow suede pumps.
Below: Close-up of the belt.
Below: Close-up of the earrings while holding balloons for the wedding. Darling photo.
Below: Friends of the bride and groom were creating garlands with balloons and green leaves (not real leaves).
Below: As if this post doesn’t hold enough green, this sweet doggie joined in with his green bandana hahaha.
Below: Let us not forget to show a photo of Kitty, the skilled photographer. I should have done a better job of capturing her.
The end. It was a very joyful morning.
What happened in my life this week
Saturday started with a “thank-you” lunch. As you might know, my group of friends, called BVA girls, spent a week’s holiday in Spain. We stayed at Hans and Marijke’s apartment and we wanted to show our gratitude by buying lunch for our hosts. Along with Marijke’s husband Hans, his best friend René joined as Hans didn’t feel safe being alone with 5 women haha. His friend has helped us in Spain so we already knew him.
Below: Couldn’t get the group to fit in the photo properly because Marijke and Claudia insisted on ducking away instead of leaning forward. We had a terrific spot on a terrace near the water. As always we had a lot of fun and laughed a lot.
Below: I was wearing my colourful dress/jacket which I bought in Spain. I thought that was appropriate. (See original post.)
Below: Straight after lunch, I rushed home as we had our annual street party. There were about 40 neighbours, the weather was perfect and as usual, there was loads of delicious food. Everybody brings something.
Below: Of course Sunday was mum-day. Here she is again.
Below: As my mum can appreciate an elegant dress, I wore one. At first she thought it was a tunic with a blue skirt. Her eyesight isn’t too good. I still think it is a very nice dress, but husband Ron is no fan; bummer. (Link to original post.)
Monday was a day of chores. Nothing to report.
Tuesday I had a half-yearly appointment to have my teeth cleaned. In the afternoon Loes and I went on a photo shoot which went very well. It means I am safe for next week’s post. We did some vintage shopping too and Loes scored a pretty jacket.
Wednesday the plumber fixed the leak in the shower and also our heating system. He is a nice chap and we know him since at least 2003.
In the afternoon I took mum to hospital for her first eye injection. The poor soul couldn’t read the letters anymore in the afternoon because of the anaesthetic; everything was blurry. I stayed for a cup of coffee after I drove her home. See her in another top below.
Below: I wore this outfit. Flat shoes because of all the hospital walking. Those shoes are the softest shoes I have ever owned.
Thursday my physiotherapist had to treat my calves as I kept getting spasms at night, even though I exercise my legs and take Magnesium before going to bed.
In the afternoon I drove to Jilske’s house to teach her how to use my old camera which is now hers.
Below: The yellow trousers were still out, so I combined them with my multicoloured shirt as in this beautiful blog post. The high heels were no problem because I didn’t have to walk much. I had the heels changed compared to the shoes in the blog post. They are now a bit lower and sturdier.
Later in the afternoon Ron phoned and invited me to come along to the beach to walk dog Watson, so I changed the trousers and shoes. See below.
However, traffic was a spoil-sport. The trains were on strike and everybody took the car which led to busy lanes. To add insult to injury, the roads to Haarlem were also crowded because we have the Grand Prix races in Zandvoort (Zandvoort is very close to Haarlem). Long story short: we didn’t go to the beach.
Friday men came to fix one of our sunscreens. Well, “fix” is not the correct word as the screen is beyond fixing, but they secured it so it won’t tear in winter. Next spring we need new sunscreens.
I did my exercises and hopped on my bike for the last exercise. My bike trip led me into town and I decided to take a look in a second-hand shop. And who did I meet but Loes!?! She had the same idea.
I found the perfect second-hand white summer jacket by a very good brand; a jacket I have been searching for, for a long time. It fitted like a glove but…it was a fitted jacket. Such jackets look really good on me, nevertheless I hesitated as I didn’t know whether fitted jackets were still in fashion. Some research at the end of the day taught me they are still fine. I phoned the shop and they kept it behind the counter for me until I could fetch it on Saturday.
Loes took me to another shop where I found a little jumper (sweater) in my favourite lime colour and in the shape that suits me so well (batwing sleeves). We decided to have lunch together in a nearby restaurant.
Below: Loes and I had lunch on a terrace overlooking a canal.
All in all, it was a fine week.
Greetje
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