The Christmas Cactus (or “Lidcactus” as it is called in Dutch) is a very popular plant for indoors. They belong to the genus Schlumbergera (part of the Cactaceae family). Its origin are the coastal mountains of Brazil. Cultivars of the this plant can have white, pink, yellow, orange, red or purple flowers. It is an…
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Sharing joyfully my life with Marion. Gaming. Cooking. Whisky. Greece/Lesbos. Photography. Computers. SF & Fantasy.
The Holiday Cup of Starbucks
Yesterday I was at the Central Station of Utrecht. There we decided to get some coffee at one of the Starbucks there. Every year Stabucks has a specially designed cup for the Holidays Season. So they have this year, a colourful and bright design I would say. I really like it, but again is not…
10 Years “dimrost.nl”
It almost slipped by without noticing it. By coincidence, I just saw it today: Our weblog on “dimrost.nl” was in October 10 years old! On 26 October 2007 the first article on this weblog was posted. And now we are more as 10 years further. I remember well how at first the weblog was titled…
A longing for Lesvos…
(Click on the image to zoom in) Rain, cold wind, temperatures that start to call to turn on the heating, all signs autumn is really arrived. And that is how it is here now: Wet, cold and wind. I was standing in front of a window looking outside, Marissa and Marion behind me sitting on…
Spider plant that belonged to my mother.
Chlorophytum comosum is a well known houseplant. The common name for this plant is spider plant, but is also known as airplane plant, St. Bernard’s lily, spider ivy or ribbon plant. In Dutch the plant is known as “Zebragras” or “Graslelie”. It wants a light place, but preferably not too much direct sunlight. Apart from…
Me and my big mouth…
You know it when you say something you don’t really mean, out of fun… to make others laugh and have a good time. And suddenly it gets a slight bitter taste. Many will know that Marion and I have a so called “LAT” relation (Living Apart Together). The weekends we are mostly together, but throughout…
Forge of Empires
As with every holiday there are these “empty moments” when nothing is going on and nothing needs your attention. Mostly it is early in the morning, late in the evening or when the ladies were getting a tan. For these moments I loaded a game called “Forge of Empires” on my iPad (well, you are…
The stars above
Now the darkness has covered the island, the temperature has become very nice. Very welcome after the heat of the day. Mel, Marion and I made a very nice walk in the neighborhood of Mel’s house. Just 5 minutes away from her house and the darkness is complete. Then, looking up to the sky, something…
Our first real day in Lesvos
So the first real day of our vacation to Lesvos. Lesvos again? Yes, Lesvos again and that for many reasons. Just read the articles that Marion and I will write during our vacation here and maybe you will understand why. Our vacation really started yesterday. Because our plane would leave very early in the morning…
Rabbit Island (or the Island of Saint George)
In 2015 around this time of the year I placed a message on Facebook related to Marion’s and my vacation to the island of Lesvos. It was after a long time that we would be going there again. On one of the photo’s of the area where we would be staying there was an island…