Not a laughing face for a change. Ninety-five percent of the time I am smiling when a blog photo is taken. My normal expression is “a resting bitch face”. This photo above is not even the worst I can look.
I was wearing a black and white blazer with baggy jeans. You have seen this blazer before in this post and as second outfit in this post with blue/purple trousers. As the blazer is quite formal, I decided to wear it with jeans this time.
Below: I met my friend Aafke in the old town of Amersfoort, chosen as Europe’s prettiest town. This particular day it was grey, rainy and dark…sigh. It could have been so nice.
Below: My friend Aafke who took the photos. She is a bundle of joy, intelligent, hardworking, endowed with good values and funny.
Below: We started at a small canal.
Below: Me trying to be nonchalant. I turned the trouser legs up which I like, but only when I am wearing longer boots.
Below: When I looked in the mirror that morning and saw myself like this, I couldn’t help but saying to the mirror “Gosh woman, you don’t look half bad.” I am never that convinced or proud of my body so that was a lovely moment.
Below: We tried to take a photo of me with these buildings in the background, but the camera kept focussing on the poster face instead of mine. Which is our Crown Princess by the way.
Below: Not all posing ideas are good ideas. I laughed when I saw this photo.
Below: We had to wait until the rain had stopped so we did the shoot in two shifts. The second shift we went to the big church of Amersfoort.
Below: Magnificent church doors.
Below: After I had sold my gold necklace because I found it to be too elegant, too old-fashioned, I bought this necklace at &Other Stories for EUR 39. More modern and at that price you can change it when the fashion changes. The earrings are from Lara Design.
Below: Ron doesn’t like the blazer, but I still think it is lovely, especially with that statement back view. I wanted the bag to look heavy duty, not delicate. This (second-hand) bronze Mulberry bag fits the bill. The white boots do have a little heel, but I can easily walk on these.
Below: Amersfoort is such a picturesque town. I will do another post in Amersfoort when the sun is out and the trees are green.
Below: The sitting pose on a terrace.
Below: Pretty Amersfoort.
What happened in my life this week
This part of my blog post is short this time as it was a dreary week. The weather was horrible; wet, dark and windy. On Saturday my agenda was empty for 6 of the 7 days. Saturday, Sunday and Monday absolutely nothing happened; I was just sitting indoors reading and blogging etc.
On Monday one cheerful thing happened, dog Watson did a big pee at 10.45 PM, something he hasn’t done for half a year. He was traumatised last year’s Christmas day and we have no idea what caused it, but the result is that he doesn’t want to leave the house after 7 PM, sometimes not even after 5 PM. As I worry myself sick about his bladder and his kidneys, I get up at 7.15 in the morning to walk him and let him pee. We have tried everything believe me, vet and all. So Monday night was a happy event. And the happy event lasted the whole week. I am so hoping his trauma has gone, but let’s not speak too soon.
Below: How about a photo of my little vase with flowers to cheer things up? The vase was a Christmas gift from bonus daughter and her husband.
On Tuesday the lying weather apps (all 3 of them) said it was going to be dry and sunny from half past 1 to 4 o’clock. I asked Ron to do a photo shoot with me, and he reluctantly agreed. He had other plans that afternoon.
As I said, the apps were all lying. At our first destination it started drizzling after 3 minutes. Such a thing brings me to boiling point, and I uttered some pretty bad words in anger. From there on it can go two ways. Either Ron will respond to my aggression with the same aggression and we’ll get into a fight, or he comes up with a solution to calm me down. Very undeservedly, I received the latter. He said, “Why don’t we go to that restaurant on top of the car park with those big windows? Have ourselves a cappuccino and continue the shoot there?” And thus, did it come to pass. I am not (always) the sweet person some of you think I am.
Three things spoil photo shoots: 1) my hair, 2) my posture, and 3) the camera settings. I now have an appointment with a hair salon to get a hair piece if possible and I have an appointment for Mensendieck exercise therapy to improve my posture. The only thing left spoiling a shoot are the camera settings, but I am getting better at that.
Wednesday we had the electrician in the house for some jobs. We like the man and his employees, and they like us so we always have a an hour of banter and laughter.
In the morning Marcella (below) came for coffee, lunch and a chat. Her cardigan is soft mint green, but I couldn’t get the colour right in the photo. When she adds a scarf, it looks so good, just like Susan (Une femme d’un certain âge). Susan offers a lot of tutorials on how to do a scarf, but I just don’t seem to get it. I always look as if I have a cold.
Thursday we saw the grandchildren which is always great. I went out for a walk with Zoë. We were both dressed in black and white, so funny.
Friday I met my friend Maurits (below). We have been friends since 1985 I think, colleagues at an advertising agency.
The week wasn’t as dreary and empty after all.
Greetje
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