Whilst teaching at the group Tegendraads in Leiden, one of the ladies had made this jacket, cutting up a navy sweatshirt and stitching raw edged shapes onto it, as shown right.
One of the nicest ones I’ve seen.
I’ve been back a week but only just found time to catch upand have a look at my last few pictures taken in Apeldoorn, the town were I was born, grew up and
where my mum still lives. The markets in Holland are always very colourful, last Friday there was an annual geranium market with sunshine to match. Just look at all the plants and their colour, so many everywhere.
All the shops show off their best arrangements, I always come back with the best of intentions to do something like this at home and never seem to get round of it, perhaps this time.
Just before getting on the train I just had to take this picture so Dutch. Where in the world would you find so many bikes, perhaps China I suppose.
Wow that's uncanny – my only visit to the Netherlands was in about 1986 when I was in a choir and orchestra. Our town of residence was Apeldoorn. We stayed with a lovely family (we were all posted out to various families in the town as I remember). We did plenty of cycling in the days and concerts in the evenings. I must dig out my photos now and refresh my memory!