settled in the lovely Kent countryside in the UK.
I love everything meaningful and beautiful,
which I try to capture in different media.
My inspiration for all of this: the people that I love,
and the love that God has for me.
Ek deel graag met jou die vreugdes van dit
wat mooi en betekenisvol is.
Stap
Writing
Creating pictures with words & building it into stories
Arts and Crafts
Creating with lines, shapes, colours & textures
Sketchbook
Painting
Embroidery
Series 13
Cooking
This is about imagining, preparing, serving & enjoying food can always be a feast.
Elsa Schiaparelli once said: A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.
Blog
The sous chef’s white rolls
What fun to bake bread rolls for lunch – by the ouma (granny) and 6-year-old granddaughter! We used 500g plain flour, 2 sachets of instant yeast to speed up the process, 5 ml salt, 15 ml butter and a little more than 50 ml lukewarm water to get a soft and sticky...
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Cynthia
This time it was Cynthia’s turn to receive a Series13 apron.
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Joy – daily
Recently, Brink and I were driven to the airport by a young man, totally unaware of the fact that he had been imploring the Lord to bring something special across his way. Settling in the car, we didn’t immediately make ourselves comfortable to take a much-needed...
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Jo
The adventurous young Joanna left her home in Poland to explore life in Ireland. This is where she met her future husband, also an expat and the two of them got married.
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Heavenly lights and earthly storms
Storms raging on the surface of the sun cause enormous clouds of electrically laden particles being shot into space. When some of these reach earth’s atmosphere, it ionises gases, releasing light. This way colourful curtains of light,
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Journey with Vincent
Vincent van Gogh has become an ally in my journey of becoming a better artist. A knee injury and a pair of crutches makes it hard to access my studio. Working on the unfinished “Icons” painting and the “Three generations” is on hold for the time being. Fortunately, my...
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To love
“I want to give him love!” replied our 4-year old granddaughter. Her mother had just caught her kissing her sleeping grandfather’s hand. Like grandfathers do, he had fallen asleep on the special yellow chair. The other grown-ups were busy preparing a meal.
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A shield and a can of Coke
My “shield of faith” (Ephesians 6:16) recently needed some serious panelbeating. I was making very little headway with some documents that needed to be completed ASAP and sought up the quiet of my bedroom, shut the door and sat down at the Lord’s feet.
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Who is your God?
“Who is my God?” This isn’t a question one would normally ask of yourself when struggling with a worrisome situation or a deep disappointment.
One day, as I was nursing an upset because of some less sympathetic remark my dear gentleman husband had made, I sensed the Lord asking me: “Who is your God? Is it Me or
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My eyes on the finishing line
“You need to stay calm and run to the finish line." This is the advice of Justin Gatlin, American athlete who won Olympic medals in the 60, 100 and 200 metres dash. Knowing how young children tend to look around while running, I had the perfect solution for our...
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