This Week in Wijnjewoude 2022

Week 48  Once in a Lifetime Friday Saturday Sunday (this morning) It's nearly time for the gloves - It was snowing this morning and 3 deer crossed the road in front of our house - Boeke didn't see them!! Janny says that I always get a bit "funny" at this time of the year...might be being away from "home" at Christmas or it might just be the cold :-) eg. This week, I finished off my last can of spaghetti (donated to the cause by Frank)... and I made a chocolate ripple cake with biscuits brought over by Paul... We have kids this weekend...they might be lucky :-) Drinking water to cost more... The cabinet’s plans to allow more variation in the water table, as part of measures to ensure sufficient drinking water and stop the ground from sinking , will lead to changes in the Dutch landscape, experts say. Dry summers, population growth and economic developments are hitting the supply of fresh water, while rising sea levels are increasing the salinization of groun...

  Week 47 Coping with the cold (I feel a bit guilty even writing that - as I have been reading about the people of Kherson having to live in their own cold in the Ukraine). I had a bit of a laugh this week (at myself) as we blocked one of our no longer used exit doors. When we first submitted drawings for the first new building works in circa 1997/8, it was easy for me to put exit doors everywhere - I was more conscious of them than the people at the Local Government Offices - it has all been good and I even added a couple more when we divided one area into two apartments. Janny's Dad was helping me at the time - cutting the doorways into the brickwork and laying new drains - he was always good with the digging! Anyway, on Monday the clients were complaining of a draught in their work area out the back - it felt like it was coming from a disused (ie not rquired) exit door - so we blocked it off with polystyrene foam. I'm sure it was "between the ears" but everyone fel...

Week 46 A bit "out there" this week, but I'll stick with it... Sunday Morning (today) Out with Boeke at 0700hrs - still dark! Lit the fire for the kids, brought Janny a cup of coffee - and filled the kids' shoes... My Supervisor ... Sinta Klaas is a Dutch thing on 5 December (they also do the Kerstman at normal Christmas) - a nice double dip for the kids. In the lead up to Sinta Klaas, they're allowed to put their shoes in front of the fire IF they sing a song ...the shoes get filled with a small gift overnight... Henk reckons he's too old for it now, so there is one missing. He is now over 18 but the family asked if he could keep coming as he loves it so much. Baby "Ellen".   Our niece (and employee) Lotte had a baby girl. Now, I reckon Lotte must have thought about this for quite a while. Her maiden name is Langhout, so her initials are L.L. - In Dutch the letter is pronounced the same - ELL - but the plural is made by adding "en" - thus ...