Waiting for...............

No, no news yet of Bobby's test. We need to exercise our patience some more it seems.
And I am not the only one waiting. Above is a baby bed I made up today. Not because I was working, but I was visiting my dear friend, who is expecting. They are sooooooo ready for this baby. Would you believe she spent last Christmas putting the baby furniture together? And she is not due for an other 2 weeks? Oh all right, 13 days. Now I am around people who are having a baby all the time. And most of the time I seem to send people out with lists of what they need to get, áfter the baby is born. Or they are still in the middle of moving or renovating. Which is okay, I am so used to improvising and I love the creativity in that.
On the other hand, I really cannot wait to meet the little man who will sleep in this bed either. As much as I am surrounded by babies all the time, it has been a while since a close friend or family member has had one. And knowing that you will watch this child grow up longer than just a few weeks or months is definately special.
So, I am waiting too!

Special prayer intention of the day

Today Bobby will be re-tested by a state doctor for the evidentiary hearing which will be in June. Of course he is nervous, or actually plain scared as he said in a letter I received yesterday. It is his life depending on this.
So my special prayer intention of today is for him, may he find the courage and strength to walk him through the next few months. And may the courts too see who and how he really is.
And as nervous as I am, I try to get hope from the fact that the state decided to test him once again, despite the testing they have done already. Why would they do so again unless they did not like the outcome they got before???
We should have the results sometime next week.

Sunbathing in the city

We have been having some lovely spring weather here the past week. And what to do when you want to lay out in the sun but have no garden like lucky me? Not even a balcony? You open your window and just let the sunshine in!

Legal???

Often when I tell people abroad I live in Amsterdam their reaction is "ahhhh", nudge, nudge, wink, wink. And just as often they think I am joking when I say my idea of fun is going to church or knitting socks..........
Maybe this helps debunk the myth that smoking dope is the norm or even legal here?

Spring

Arrived home yesterday from my stay in Texas. And when I went out I saw this magnolia tree in bloom. It is a tree I go to look at every spring, to check if it is blooming yet or not. And when it does, it always makes me so happy as to me that is the sign spring is truly here.

Texas bluebonnets

Today is a chilly day in east Texas, an other cold front is moving in. Would you believe I am actually sitting here with the heating on? In April in Texas?
Yesterday was lovely though. We went for a drive and saw fields and fields full of the most wonderful wildflowers. Including the famous Texas bluebonnets.

Our little house in the woods

I've been asked several times what the place I stay at while in Texas looks like. So finally:

This is the front porch where I like to sit with my morning coffee.


This is my favourite of the two swing benches.


And this is the other swing bench and the hammock.