Day 7.

Round Noon....
A Phonecall..

 We are now in Leens...
Can we come over?

 The voice from Paul...dear friend with his girlfriend Anja..
On their way home from a holiday in Sweden they decided to give it a try..
Big surprise...

 We know eachother almost 30 years..
Met in Artschool..
Paul and me...
Same age..
Born on the same day...
Both the youngest in the family..
And now we live in the same street...

 Such good friends and we love eachother dearly..

 A few days ago Bram said to me that he would love to see them here..

 So they came..
It was moving...

 We talked..
And talked...

 We had lunch...

 And we got Direct Import from Sweden...

 Apple juice....

Knäckebröd.....

2 Beautiful Mugs...
And tonight our friend Birgitta comes all the way from Scotland...

 To stay with us for a few days...

 There is a someone waiting for her in the bedroom...





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