For the Love of Textiles

I always love the Weekend.. The Fridaynight together with a glass of wine... Time for shopping, the laundry etc. on Saturday.. And time for...whatever.. on Sunday. On Fridaynight I watched my all time favourite Cookery Writer: Nigel Slater on the BBC with his program.: "Dish of the Day" in which he demonstrated a very tempting Lemon and Thyme cake.  I did find the recipe also in this really GREAT Cook-Book I have bought some years ago.. A great Read, esspecially if you like -as I do- reading Diaries, and this one is combined with very tasty recipes. But if you don't have the book and want to make it: The Recipe is  HERE  . So, this morning I decided to give it a go..Placed all ingredients together and the beating and mixing could begin.. More about the Cake later.. I just love baking.. Guess I have that from my late Mum. She was excellent in cooking and baking.  Now I really regret it that I don't have her much loved recipes.. The chewy chocol...

For one time I am going to write this post in Dutch.  It is not that I don't want to write in English, but this topic has to do with Dutch Poetry and writing this in English looks a bit strange to me.. But just one time..I promise..the next post will be in English again.. And there is always Google Translate, if you really want to know what this is all about... but I tell you: this weekend was just MARVELLOUS. Wat een feest was Het Tuinfeest gisteren.  Ik ben er vandaag nog helemaal ondersteboven van.  Voor wie niet weet wat Het Tuinfeest is: Het is een Poëzie-festival georganiseerd door Theater-restaurant De Bouwkunde (bij ons om de hoek). Het festival wordt gehouden in de tuinen rond het Klooster en de straten er rondom heen.. De afgelopen jaren waren wij altijd op vakantie in deze periode, maar nu waren we thuis en konden we het allemaal meemaken.  De afgelopen week werd er hard gewerkt..  De Banners werden opgehangen... ...