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Black summer trousers with a green top and yellow necklace
One for the matchy matchy enthusiasts amongst us. Yellow shoes (suede) to bookend the yellow necklace by Lara Design. Marcella of Lara Design showed me her new creation and I borrowed it to feature in this blog post. She used my old face on her website to promote the necklace. I am flattered. I paired…
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Bright blue trousers with a pink top and Ron Mueck’s exhibition
Marjolein, being my photographer for this shoot, spotted this vivid image at the restaurant of the Voorlinden estate and museum. She called me back to take this photo as I was already on my way in, absolutely not noticing this photo opportunity. I was following the smell of cappuccino. I am glad she has such…
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Pink and orange brooch and Zaanse Schans
What I thought was a bit of an average outfit, turned out to be really good (IMHO). Credits for Misja who advised me not to turn up the hems but to leave them long. Made a world of difference. The creation of this outfit started with the pink and orange brooch. I still love this…
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Wide linen trousers with a lime yellow top
With the wind blowing from behind, my wide linen trousers look like billowing sails on a ship. I thought it was funny. The BVA girlfriends were visiting me and the day went almost like always. Only after lunch, Marianna went home and Claudia stayed behind to talk to my husband Ron as the rest of…
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Green trousers with an anchor blouse
Thank you all so much for your kind comments last week, consoling me with the death of my mum. I didn’t reply as I would be repeating myself the whole time but know that it felt so warm and kind. Mum always said, “Why would your readers want to see my old face?”. And I…
ABOUT ME
My name is Greetje, I am Dutch, born in 1954. Married and living with husband Ron, dog Watson and cat Sophie. Pretty stepdaughter is married to a lovely man.
This blog is my hobby. I hope to entertain you and make you smile or laugh with the content I post. It is for everyone, but probably most appealing to women over 40, like me (oh, all right…I am way over).
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