café au ginkgo

Saturday 16th of November

Somewhere around this November day the ginkgo tree is at its most spectacular! An annual autumn delight!

Every year, over and over again I am cheered by the golden glow in the front garden, but also in the house.

Many outside coffee moments on the terrace at the 'café au ginkgo' this season.

deep-pile ginkgo carpet

It's that time of year again.

After a few weeks of golden glow from the ginkgo tree in the frontyard and a stunning kitchen window view, almost all ginkgo leaves have fallen.

So we drink our daily coffee in the front yard on a deep-pile yellow carpet.
And we will leave the leaves for a little while, simply because it's so beautiful.

November joy of nature.

w is for weekend

W is for weekend

A (quite rare) weekend off.

Saturday morning with plenty of time to set the table festively and enjoy a delicious breakfast.

We both have a soft spot for setting the table nicely and literally pull out all the stops to make it as fun as possible.

Gradually we are decorating the house in a Christmas atmosphere, lights in the ginkgo tree, a star with lights in the kitchen window and Christmas greenery at the front door.

The grey W sweater was a joke-gift from Henk (woodwoolstool workwear) and the striped midi pencil skirt I've made some years ago. You can download the pattern in my ETSY SHOP.

Have a great weekend y'all!

annual golden ginkgo glee

Annual golden ginkgo glee in the front yard.

November always brings the golden yellow ginkgo confetti delight.

Looking through the kitchen window and having a morning coffee in the front yard on sunny days like this...

Enjoy the little things in life!

wednesday workspace

Wednesday morning in my workspace.

Make-over of a caftan I bought last year in Haarlem, which still had to undergo an adjustment.

(and another pile with all sorts of things that had to be patched...)

I am still very happy with my atelier, everything has a spot and there's enough space and light to do anything creative. It is even more practical than I imagined and frankly feeds my inspiration to work between all my stuff and houseplants. (and Spotify)

After sewing in my studio, I had a coffee & moroccan almond-pistachio cookie in the front yard.

An additional advantage of sewing in the studio, I can close the studio door and leave the mess behind.

ginkgo carpet

The annual autumn party in the front yard.

The ginkgo tree in our garden is always splendid, but now it's the most beautiful!

During these weeks, we have a high pile golden yellow ginkgo carpet in the front yard!

merry christmas

Merry Christmas to all of you!
We are having a drink in the front yard. Cheers!

*let*it*snow*shoes*

be merry today

For Rosa.

golden gingko garden

I'm enchanted by the gingko tree in our front garden.

The golden leaves were hanging on the tree slightly longer than a week this fall.

Now there is a yellow gingko rug in the front yard; so awesome!

It's a gorgeous sight, the chemical changes and autumn beauty, every year again!

when the ginkgo leaves turn bright yellow

Oh how I love this time of year, when the ginkgo leaves turn bright yellow.

peep toes & peep fingers

Although we planned to walk into the woods yesterday, we didn't feel like going anywhere.
Due to bad weather we decided to stay at home and take a few autumnal pictures of the newly created fingeless mittens in our frontyard. I assumed my feet would stay out of sight, so I went outside in my non autumnal "sitting shoes" for a quick shoot and didn't put on my boots.

I had to laugh when I found out my feet are visible in some of the pictures. Actually the [peep toes & peep fingers] effect is kind of funny.

Thanks for your nice comments on the wee mittens on my blog and Instagram.
After three orders in one day (even one from New Zealand) I can't guarantee the shipping term of 3-5 days, but of course I'll do my utmost!

warm wee wear

Brandnew mittens! I've made myself some fingerless mittens, for the fall season.
The pair of wrist worms by Sandra Juto I've bought some years ago, are favorite this time of year. I love to wear them!

I do like my wood & wool wee wear design so much and thought it would be great to make myself a wee pair of mittens!

They've become even cuter I had hoped and are nice and warm! So now there's some wee wear for everyone!