Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi everyone hope you are enjoying thanksgiving with your loved ones!

Here in Holland we don't celebrate this day.....So no turkey leftovers for Koekie and Droppie.

But I am thankful today for so many things and one of them is having you all for my blog friends!

I am slowly recovering from my cold. Next week I will travel to Singapore and hopefully the sunshine and wamth will do me good :)

♥Happy Thanksgiving!♥

TT

When I got back from Egypt yesterday this beautiful card was waiting for me!

Sjimmie in Egypt!

Lolo you always find the most appropriate cards and gifts for me!

I think he wished he could have traveled in our suitcase with us........

Our dear friends Miriam and Frans took good care of our house and cats, but Sjimmie doesn't like their dog Diesel so he was out most of the time.

Once inside and sure the dog was gone he gulped in a bowl of food in no time.

After that he relaxed and felt king of his castle again.

I know he is so happy we are back.

Miriam left me a card and it was a Sjimmie as well from the same artist as Lo's card!

Well how coincidental was that!

They are such beauties!

The cards are by Bug Art and the artist is Jane Crowther.

I can just look at them over and over again.

With Lolo's card came a gorgeous bookmark. 3D and with wonderful hummingbirds that seem to flutter......

Unfortunately you can't see it on the picture, but believe me it is awesome!

Thanks Lo for these thoughtful gifts!

I am having trouble today uploading pictures to blogger, but here are a few shots from my holiday. In random order..................

A sunflower under the palmtrees

The kids having fun together

I read 2 books this holiday!!!!!!

No internet and no art making. Well for 8 days I loved it !

One night we took the bus to Hurghada and were dropped at a touristic marina.

We took a taxi to the centre where we had a nice Arabic dinner and we walked back through some real local streets.

I just love to take pictures of all those local shops.

A hotel shot again, early in the morning before the whole hi-di-ho started

Look who came for a visit...................

We spent our time at the beach. The swimming pools were close and the kids knew where to find us.

And yes I did the half pipe and all the slides as well ;)

I had to cry twice this holiday...........

In the aircraft when I saw Hachi (for the 2nd time)

and when I read KJ's BEAUTIFUL book on the beach.

(please note my bookmark also ;))

My husband cried the same tears for the same reasons.......

If you haven't seen the movie yet, you have missed something!

And if you haven't read the book, order it here!

A nap at the beach. And last but not least ........ Look at this special award I got from my best friend Emily !

It is good to be back home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a good time! Lovely weather (between 30 and 40 degrees Celsius) I guess that is between 86 and 104 F.

My kind of weather.

We had a week in which we relaxed and enjoyed each others company.

Have to get back on my diet again.........

I am thankful we had such a good time, and that we arrived safely home again as 61 Dutch passengers didn't...........

I am thankful to be home again with all my beloved animals around me.

Things are back to normal. It is still (too) cold here, but everything is so beautiful green.

I have to catch up with everything and everybody, but at the same time I am busy preparing a mandala workshop for Saturday, so please be patient with me.......

Hope you have a lot to be thankful for!

Happy Thankful Thursday!

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Thankful Thursday!

This beautiful postcard I received Suki in our Global mail art exchange!

So beautiful , so Suki!

Thanks!

This beauty came from Patty in Alaska done in Scherenschnitte.

Please visit out Global Mail Art blog to see all our postcards!

Thanks Patty!

This surprise came from Lolo!

A lovelycard from Lindy Longhurst, a kaleidoscope, which is always fun: a neverending mandala!

and 4 affirmation cards. These cards can be yours, just order them in her Etsy shop.

Thanks Lo!

And this surprise package from Margaret!

Gorgeous paisley ATC and lovely print of her art heart!

Gorgeous box, perfect for collecting stamps from all my mail from all over the world.

Bookmark and moo card.

Wow what a collection!

Thank Margaret!!!

Again from Patty (PAKART ALASKA) a king salmon and one of her lovely postcards: bear with salmon!

Thanks Patty!

Lovely card made with micron pen and the I = for Iris from Mim! Here's the inside!

Thanks Mim!

Picasso Cat by Cat!

Also for the Global mail art Challenge!

Thanks Cat! I love cats!

I am thankful to have so many wonderful blogfriend, who are sharing so much creativity with me!

I hope you have lots to be thankful for!

Happy Thankful Thursday!

Thankful Thursday!

PS (on top)

Look what I got today from Deepa!

This wonderful artist and sweet person made some very beautiful and personal awards for us.

I got this wonderful one!

I pass it on to all my blogfriends who come here and make my day with their comments and friendship!

Thanks Deepa!!!♥

This treasures came from Lolo!

Her new series of ABC ATC's she is sending in gorgeous organza puches and I was wondering how she got those glitter letters on. Well now I know and I have the same in gorgeous purple!

Wonderful hummingbird transfers. Don't we all need some of his energy?!

I already have an idea what to do with them in my head......

Thanks Lolo! ♥

Lolo also sent me this wonderful Frida interpretation.

Love that lady! Who? Well both of course! Great Purple Hairstreak by Lisa! her butterfly series are fabulous! Glad one fluttered my way. And as a surprise she sent me a Vincent bookmark. I love it! He sure was special! Click on the YouTube below to admire his work and the song by Don Mclean, both are so timeless..................... Thanks Lisa! ♥ Soul sent me one of her lovely ATC's J= for Jump! Hope the lady lands softly........... Thanks Jossie!!! ♥ Together with a card I recognized immediately. On the back it says : Do Animals Have Souls? Of course they do. After looking this beauty in the eyes and you can say No, you have to have your head eximined.

Yeah..............spring is here!!!!!

Well no, but the card from Cat sure has that Spring feeling I am longing for!

Thanks Cat!!♥

I am ready for Spring. How about you?

Happy Thankful Thursday!

Hope you have alot to be thankkful for!

Thankful Thursday!

In random order I have to show you the treasures I have received the last few weeks!Winter greetings from Lolo with the C= for Cabbage, in lovely blue!Lolo's mail is always fun to get! Look at the gorgeous bag and stickers. This arrived later , a lovely card with a mandala sun feeling.

And Sjimmie with a red winged blackbird on his head!

I never heard of this bird before Lolo painted it on my book page. And later she found this card; an omen! A wonderful surprise by the ever so talented Margaret!

All her art is a lust for the eye! Such a wonderful Valentine surprise!

Check out her hearts and feel happy! This arrived first! Soul's African beauty for the ABC ATC's Around the World.

Together with a splash of goodies.

Love that beauty! This painting I got from Martin Immerzeel.

One of his lovely (and soon famous) barns. Mark my words.

He gave me this painting, thanking me for taking him and Olga to Vancouver.

Far too outrageous, but how can you say no to a wonderful painting like this!!!!!This card I got from Marja one year after my Dad died.

So thoughtful and sweet of her, just like she is.

This card came together with the lovely birches of Patty. The birches matched so well with Lolo's birches, who were on my wall already. So now I am the proud owner of my own birch forest. The upper ones are Lolo's, the lower ones are Patty's. I was so lucky I still had one of those same frames in my drawer. I just love them together. This wonderful handmade card arrived from Suki. She is a wonderful artist in many ways; multi talented!

This is the fifth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet Hay .

Lynn made it for me. And I made the Earth for her.

D= for Dots dashes dogs and diamonds.

What a lovely card by BT.

Thanks so much from the bottom of my heart!

Both the gifts and friendships will be treasured by me!

Hope you have a lot to be thankful for.

I know I have.

Happy Thankful Thursday.

(now I will catch up some sleep. Tomorrow I will catch up with your blogs again:))

Thankful Thursday (#20)

Round ATC by Yoon See

I still have to show you my Christmas gifts

(pictures are at in ramdom order) Troelie inspecting an ornament from Lolo. Approved by Troelie:) Lovely gifts from Lolo! (Do you see the mandala magnet?) I gave myself a present by ordering my favorite painting from Soulbrush! A wonderful mug from Emily! (see yesterday's post)

How to be happy cards from KJ, with special additions from Emily.

Doozey in a Christmas stocking, a beautiful ATC from Teri.

A handmade card from Lynn (with Sjimmie) and a lovely card from Kate. And all the wonderful Christmas cards I received from all over the world!

Gifts from Yoon See.

Special things from Soulbrush. Click to enlarge the Sjimmie ATC's.

I ordered cards from Mim's Etsy shop and got a wonderful extra and a handpainted Ms.Em!

A lovely ornament from Lolo, which hangs perfect on my cabinet.

Emily keeps an eye on ityou see..... A special butterfly trollbead from Marja!

Thanks so much everyone! I am afraid I left someone or something out. It has been so much lately.....

But most thankful I am for the friendship you all give to me! The visits and comments all of you leave on my blog. The support and encouragement. And the thoughtfullness behind the presents and cards is heartwarming. Thank you all for making this bitter winter cold a few degrees warmer! Hope you have lots to be thankful for! ♥♥♥ >M<