Another blogpost using blow-up art as background for our photo shoot of the golden yellow top I bought in Milan. Marjolein and I used BlowUp art as background last year as well. It is colourful, it is artistic and it is something different.
Below: This piece of art is by Jan Snoek and is called Nero. Is there any point in me telling you about who created which one? I bet not.
Below: I am pointing at the ’30’. Not that anyone would ever believe I would be 30.
Below: The art is by Eugenie Boon. It is a wide piece.
Below: Here is another part of it.
Below: The golden yellow top is by WHYCI Milano. The trousers by Humanoid are a couple of years old and you have seen them before in this post with a neon pink top and in this post with a blue blazer and a blue blouse. At the end of the day I managed to get a dirty great big right-angled rip near the bottom of one of the trouser legs. No idea how.
The scarf is from kpa.haarlem, the bag is Wandler, the belt Loewe and the sandals I cannot remember buying.
Below: Here are a couple of art works without me in the picture.
Below: A horse and carriage went by. It makes for a beautiful picture with the trees and the houses.
Below: I am in this photo, on the left, looking at the ground near the tree to see whether it was safe to put down my tote there. Marjolein kept saying “Don’t! Doggies pee there!”
Below: I changed my belt, shoes and earrings, replaced my scarf for a necklace and added a bracelet (spot the differences LOL).
Below: I like this one. The artwork had arms reaching out to the front on both sides. It was too tempting not to imitate. Marjolein, being a dancer, coached me how to hold my arms.
Below: She also directed me to stand in this spot, so she could take the shot with me in the middle.
Below: One of my personal favourites. The artist is Klaas Gubbels. He is a painter and a sculptor, well-known for his special love of coffeepots.
Below: Close-up of my necklace by & Other Stories, with some baby blue enamel in it.
Below: I just let my tush land on any floor for a good photo, although the colours went funny on this one.
Below: This is the whole building and it also has this strange green haze. Probably from the sun shining through the trees.
It was time for lunch, which we did at Pulchri Studio, an artists’ association and gallery, which organized the exhibition with the sculptures in this post (and more). They also have an excellent restaurant and terrace.
Below: The only thing is, I always get stains on my clothes and I ordered a tricky dish with burrata, pesto (!) and some red sauce. The waiter gave me several serviettes but they were small and the wind blew them off my lap.
I took a shopping tote from my bag and tied it around my neck as a bib. Not really what one does in a posh restaurant, but the thought of any of such stains on my new top, made me do it anyway. The blessing of getting older…you don’t give a damn.
Below: And finally, what you’ve all been waiting for…(drumroll, please), Marjolein, being her dazzling self again.
Below: I finally got a good shot of her new purple earrings.
Another lovely day.
What happened in my life this week
Saturday the Shopping Saturday ‘girls’ went to Antwerp, which means Anke, Sabine and I. It was a great day, celebrating friendship. Those sweet women surprised me with a high tea at the end of the day as a treat for my birthday earlier this year. Why I get a present while we never celebrate each other’s birthday, is something I cannot understand. They have done this a couple of times before. Anyway, it was delicious and their company made it even better. Friends are the salt of the earth. Next week you’ll get a full report, for now a preview of the high tea venue (below).
Sunday was supposed to be an uneventful day with laundry etc. That was until the doorbell rang and this shaking girl confessed to have broken off my car’s left mirror. She dodged a cat and that’s how it happened. The cat is still alive, our insurance papers have been filled in, everything is fine again.
Monday the garage gave me an estimate for repairing the mirror which is a whopping €570. I forwarded it to my insurance guy and it will be fixed this week. Wore a simple jeans with white shirt outfit and added a colourful scarf (below).
Tuesday I had to help Ron by walking the dog and I did my fitness exercises (finally). Broke in my vintage Jil Sander shoes which I bought in Antwerp last Saturday. Created this outfit (below).
Below: Close-up of the vintage Jil Sander shoes. Found them at Winckle in Antwerp. Fabulous vintage shop as you will see next week.
Wednesday I went out to dinner with Helga (below). Always cheerful, always a great evening with fun and this time was no exception.
Below: Helga took this photo of me. I was wearing a thick linen dress and my off-white trench coat (gorgeous but impractical).
Thursday we saw the granddaughters again (and Nicky, of course). And at the end of the afternoon I drove to Maurits who was celebrating his birthday (below).
That day I had been driving with my right car mirror not extending to the point where I could actually see cars behind me at the right. A couple of times I nearly crashed into one. I made another appointment with the garage (again) and I had been talking about it to the other guests, stressing how dangerous it was. Then as I left, Maurits took one look at the mirror, gave it a tap and it worked again. We laughed so loud. He said: “You do understand that I am going to tell everybody in the house all about this, don’t you, haha.” I would have done the same.
Friday was a day of peace and quiet.
Greetje
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