Vintage Sinterklaas

Holiday advent photo/ image challenge

I want to post each and every day until christmas. But since Holland is dipped in Sinterklaas fever until the 5th of december it will be a December holiday fest.

For today: Sinterklaas as he is in my mind:

Gimme gimme gimme!

ACK! That crown! It would look so much better on me!

Was watching the in production trailer for the second season for Game of Thrones yesterday. Video didn't impress. Two things lingered though:

1. WHAT?!?!?! April? You are kidding right? I cant wait that long... will be reading them books I guess...
2. The crown Rob Starck was wearing in this teeny weeny short shot:

Clickyclicky on piccie to see it move!

Need to have it, must wear something like this, with my hair loose. Looking like a Starck princess :) Okay, Rob can keep this Stag version, I will have my own branch like version.

Happily knitting away..

I'm happy to knit! Today I got to work on the stranded color work part of the sweater I'm working on and I am thoroughly enjoying it! Who would have guessed?!

Me, totally scare apeshit for colorwork of any kind. And firmly believing I do not have the patience to work on a big project. . .

And now I'm happily knitting away on this yoked sweater and falling in love with stranded color work! I actually like the way the back of the work looks! Okay, okay it is fiddely now, but isn't it like all things? You will get better trough practice? Let's practice away then!

Hardnekkige mist aka Thick fog

There has been for thick fog for a week now. I love it, it makes the world look extra magical.
Today someone really nice took me to the woods for a walk in the fog and while we were there dusk was setting in. It was wonderful and I felt extra special walking in that magical landscape of greens and browns and reds and oranges. Any minute something from a fairytale could turn the corner and walk past us, or someone from another era. My mind went to stories long forgotten...

Trolls and kabouters, good witches and some bad ones. Good Fairies, but I do remember a lot of the fairies being something you had to watch out for as a kid. Not to be trusted those fae.. my dad used to say.

Leaves thick as a carpet and droplets falling on us from the trees. Mushrooms sticking out everywhere, and pretty things to look at in abundance. Looking up through trees that have lost half of their leaves, the sky shimmering above, but not really there because of the fog.

The drive home took us trough a blanket of fog and all the lights had halo's . And since people are starting to put up the holiday lights (5th of december is Sinterklaas here in Holland, lights go up early to make sure he can find our homes) the world looked like something one can only dream of. . .

Like a cocoon I could huddle up in and be in my very own dreamworld, inviting people to stay for a while, have some tea and a hug.  X

One thing

Okay, I've been slipping...
The world is turning dark again due to wintertime and my mood has turned over to the dark side with it. And, damn, I don't want to end up at the bottom of that pit again, so lets stop this slipnslide right here and now!

Me taking control of my life, doing what is right for me, not what is right for others..

For today: a song that makes me smile each an every time I hear it!

And Sinterklaas is in town! Yay for Sinterklaas :) It is his birthday on the 5th of december you know?

Lollipop

Sometimes old and new smashes into one another in the most delightful way:
Puts a smile on my face when I hear this

Nice clouds

When I woke up and looked out the window the clouds looked really pretty. I tried to take a photo but it didn't really come out in all it's splendor...

Will be leaving for Amsterdam soon. I have a lunch date with my bff. I think I will stick to a piece of sweet pie today, it is a holiday after all. And then at six I have a dinner date with Marc. He has been my friend for a really long time, but every now and again he falls in love with me and that makes me feel like we can't be friends anymore. He has seen some rough times with me. But he is still sticking with me, so time to revive that friendship. I can talk about ANYTHING with him, and I mean gory details anything....

Autumn holiday ritual

Every year in the autumn break Mom and me go for a walk in the woods. This time we chose a 10km trek trough wood, dune, beach and back. It was splendid and we really enjoyed our selfs! The landscape was enchanting, late fall makes for great colors and views.

And Mom photo derped me: lolz

And she made this gorge pic of me:

Sun shine shining on me

Today I had to attend a track-meet of my students. The sun was shining and I was chatting to a co worker who just found out she was pregnant. We had a lot of laughs and the sun was stroking our skins. And we got paid for doing that! Gosh, lucky me...

Rain kisses

It has been raining for three days now.

The first day is was mere spitter spatter here and there a droplet rain. When I rode my bike some droplets landed on my lips and it felt like cute little kisses on my lips.
The second day the rain became cold and came in heavy showers. I like the sound of rain on my roof.
Today it rained harsh, but even that has an upside! I rode my bike trough the puddles, lifting my legs and let the water splash all around me. Whooopeee!

Yesterday the mailman brought me a parcel with all these lovely mini skeins of yarn to make hexipuffs from! Thank you Heather, I love you! Smak xXx

Stronger

Wow, I just found out I'm stronger than I thought I was! And I really, really, really like my life!

So, move, get with it or get the F... out!

I really like this song, tacky taste-level, yeah, its me!

Knitaholic/ yarnoholic

Hi, My name is Marieke. I'm a knitaholic.
I get a serious yarn-on every single time I see or touch yarn. Especially Merino... I'm totally defenseless to Merino.
When I look at my stash I drool.
When I'm at work I think about the knit waiting for me on my couch. And my hands will start to itch, that's how bad I want to make things.
I have so many patterns lined up that I will not be able to make them all even if I would turn 100 years old.
This weekend I will be going to London to visit a huge yarnoholics convention. I even tricked my best friend in joining me.

BUT! I'm still having fun, I'm not in debt because of my habit and every single person that I know will have a warm head and neck this coming winter. As long as nobody gets hurt I will wallow in my affliction...

I must be going mad

I am actually waiting... But for what? I must be going bonkers...

Put in the song just because it is really good, not because it reflects my mood.

Mental image

You're driving your yellow GTO with one hand. Your fantastic long legs are smoothly working the pedals. Your black boots are untied. The car is making this great throbbing sound.

It is a great image, it has been taking up a lot of my thinking time in these last two days. It definitely works for me. You stir up things in me I never even knew were there....

Music in my head

Sometimes you start humming and with me it somehow always ends up being this song... It is part of my soul and comes out when I'm relaxed enough to hum and dream.

The other song that somehow keeps haunting me is also a soundtrack song: my ain true love from the movie Cold Mountain. Reading that book at the moment btw, it is fantastic!

Things I detest: cleaned, finished and booted out!

Today was a good day! I got some nasty paperwork done at work which has been weighing on me heavily for the last two weeks. Done! While I was doing that I overheard a conversation about a co-worker whom I personally detest. He is an asshole and nasty with the students and well... an arrogant SOB. He will be leaving within three months! He felt he wasn't a good fit in the team... No surprise there for me, and I'm super glad he will be going, for me and the kids at school.

I had some great classes, uploaded all the grades of the talks my pupils have given. Then the sun was shining, had a nice chat with a new co-worker, and had a seriously good yoga class. After one flow I found myself exhaling in a content sigh. Yummy, yogi flow. Did some knitting, and now for some really nice sleep in my really nice new bed, all soft and shiny!

Evi Vine, I ♥

Kings of Leon

This song got stuck in my head on Couderc. Became sort of a summer anthem after that. It is raw and empowering, ...enticing...

Funny picture

I've been making hats for Maris like crazy. And if they are too big for me, they are perfect for her!

Made one out of Angora. Which is nice and soft but NASTY to work with! It gets everywhere.. yuck. Neverever again... I stick my tongue out to the nasty stuff: