33 - Senses: Sound

Which sounds remind me of summer?

A few of the sounds which remind me of summer:

§  laughter (when the sun shines in general people are more happy)

§  lawn mowers

§  aeroplanes, filled with people who are going abroad

§  music (on summer festivals, out of cars with open windows,…)

§  animals: birds, bees,…

That last one reminded me of the song ‘The birds and the bees’ of Jewel Akens :-D

32 - Senses: Touch

What do I FEEL during summer?

In the blue ‘waterlines’ you can read:

§  the warmth of the sun on my skin

§  cold ice cream or sparkling water

§  a nice summer breeze

§  the laundry that feels soft and fluffy

§  sand on the beach

§  sweat because of the warm temperatures

Natalie challenged us to create as much texture as possible on this page. One of my favorite ways to do that is to use aluminum foil. Furthermore I used cotton pads and crocheted flowers.

31 - Senses: Sight

What do I SEE during summer?

WEEK 5 & 6

An overview of the past two weeks:

Weekend inspiration



30 - Boring days

Sometimes you have days where you have nothing planned, there's no work and nothing on TV.

Ideas for activities on those kind of days:

- freewrite

- watch a dvd

- art journaling

- write a short story

- send e-mails to friends

- eating (yes, Belgians like to eat well ;-p)

- play games (parlor game, computer game, puzzle)

- prepare voyages to foreign countries or little trips in belgium

- ...

29 - Travel nightmare

For this prompt I didn't make a page, although I have a very interesting story.

But it is too complicated to tell in just one page and as I said earlier, I prefer to make pages around positive things ;-)

28 - Summer flowers

My favorite flower is an orchid, but as it blooms during several seasons, it is not a typical summer flower.

It's not easy to choose my favorite summer flowers, because there are so many beautful ones.

I really like to take photographs of all sorts of flowers.

Some of them you can see on this page.

This week I went to the national botanic garden.

There I was lucky to see the extraordinary sacred lotus flower and the Mexican Calliandra.

Although these flowers don't grow in Belgium in wild, I added them to this page, because they are extremely beautiful and it's a nice memory of our trip to the garden :-)

27 - Summer picnic

What would I pack in my picnic basket?

Actually I never go on a picnic.

But if I would, there are lots of delicious things I can think of to take with me. A few of the things I would bring along:

26 - Drink stand

Unlike in America, in Belgium you never see children’s “lemonade stands” during summer.

However, if I would set up a stand like that now, I would serve strawberry summer bowl (and for the children a version without alcohol ;-)).

Under the part below I wrote the exact recipe for this strawberry bowl, along with the text from above.