Pumpkin festival

Finaly, the nice part of the autumn is the Indian summer feeling. Although in the Netherlands we don't have that real Indian summer of Amerika. But we also have a harvest month.

This weekend is Pumpkin festival at my favorite nursery in Aalbeek: Kwekerij Bastin. http://bastin.nl/

Even if your garden is full grown and you don't have a place for a new plant, you may not mis the nice atmosphere. It is like you go back in time. You can stroll around here and enjoy the small market and have an bite.

All the picture from the website Bastin.nl

Autumn sunshine

I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air. [Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804-1864]

Dreaming

I love these pictures from http://www.kleurinspiratie.nl/blog/geraffineerd-grijs.html.
The wallpaper from Graham & Brown in combination with this cosy hanging chair make you dream that you are in a forest. Below is an example from a modern classic interior. The lamp and the green fruits give the whole a boost.

Region in transition, Ruhr 2010 .........

After Ruhr 2010 we were not finished with this area in transition.
So this year we went again for 3 day's.
Things you have to see are the landscape park Duisburg Nord and the Zechen Zollferein in Essen.
The basis of these project were the same, a complete area with plants that are not used anymore. Demolishing was a option but also a very expensive one. So the made the right choice to leave the building as they are.
The difference between these two projects is that the Zechen Zollferein has a clear use, for example the Ruhrmuseum and the Red Dot Design museum that are in the buildings. In the landscape park of course de buildings have a function but the the idea is that nature can take over. The functions came also more organically. For example the climbers have a big space were they climb, even for small children there is a wall to climb. The Divers -association has her own base in the old gasometer, now the 'Tauch-gasometer'.

Below some impressions of both projects.

Landscape park Duisburg Nord

Zechen Zollferein, Essen

A Prins

Yes, finally we have a frog in our pond in the garden.
Our own frog-prins.
Isn't he cute?

I like flowers

Even though I am a earwig.

Color your mood

It is so easy to create a nice atmosphere with color.
Color has a very strong influence on our well-being.
These are my to favorites of the color-trend 2011 by www.kleurinspiratie.nl
Take a look to check your own favorite.

Ceylon city

Oriental industries