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Photo of a pyrography / watercolor made by me 2027, the year of Truth When I read @karinxxl's blog today about the possible change in Dutch taxes, I thought for a moment that she had gone crazy. This can't

This is an AI image. Because: 1. The job was too dirty for my camera. 2. My partner won't even put his hands online. AI solved the problem for me! The Joy Of Living In An Old House Living in an old house

Well… It’s already two weeks later. And despite all my good intentions to post more often on Hive, many other things have come up again. I can relate, I think. There’s always something waiting that feels

Hello Hive! It’s been a while since I’ve been in touch on Hive. Not because I haven’t been up to anything or had nothing to say, but because I’m in the middle of a phase that’s hard to capture in a few

Image Generated by CHAT GPT On Hive, you often see personal stories in diary form. About gardening, cooking, art, pets, health, small victories or struggles, and honestly, that's usually what I blog about.

A "Fresh" @friendlymoose photo contest The theme "Fresh" made me think of our strawberries. Also completely fresh! Last year, due to a huge snail plague, our strawberries had come to

Gone Silent ... Again! The past few days, I have fallen silent on my blog again. I was busy with other things, not because I had nothing to say. The past few days have been, to put it mildly,… intense.

Ah, it really has been a long time now. But once, in the distant past, when I was still photographing professionally, I was very consciously working on composition rules. Most people who consciously work

How standing still made my body grow Somewhere, I hope that many people recognize the moment I had last Sunday. You look at your body and clothes, and you want to put on those summer pants from last year,

Nature in the Small By chance, I saw the photo contest of @friendlymoose this week with the theme “Nature”. That really appealed to me again and convinced me to take the trouble to participate again. Not

Time To Work The weekend looks the same for us as during the week. With the difference that my partner doesn't have to GO to work, but that he gets busy working at home ... the wooden sheds are thrown

Not so long ago I was discussing the garden with my partner. I wanted to go to a garden centre. Something I always want to go to as soon as spring really shows itself. And my partner thought that was a

Living in the countryside has advantages and disadvantages that you don't think about beforehand. And in recent years, I've noticed it more and more often when I'm sitting in the garden, for example. You

Everything is getting more expensive (except your salary) Do you also feel like you have to think three times about every euro these days? I do. Life is rapidly becoming unaffordable. Everything is more

Sensitive – Protective – Shy This is Skipper. My long-haired German Shepherd, my buddy, my shadow. And honestly? Sometimes also my biggest challenge. He's Defo Not The Easiest Dog Skipper is not the easiest

I once embarked on this adventure via Steemit. At the time, I didn’t even know I was entering the crypto world. I vaguely knew Bitcoin by name, but I had no idea that there was more to crypto. What attracted

I've heard it so many times now that I'm actually getting tired of it. "Trump is pro-crypto!" And I'll admit right away, for many, that will have been a reason to think that the crypto party

How Did It Happen? Who actually invented time, and why? There is no clock in nature. The sun rises and sets, the seasons follow each other, and life instinctively adapts to these rhythms. We used to live

After a wonderfully sunny spring week, in which it felt like summer was already here, reality hit hard today. The sky is fifty shades of grey, and as if that wasn't sad enough, the temperature has taken

It was a weekend full of sun and pleasant spring-like temperatures in my corner of the world. Both my partner and I, but also our Skipper, got the spring fever. I simply did not want to go inside anymore.