I went to visit a presentation from Young Artist Overbetuwe at Theater De Kik last night. An exhibition from Bram Groeneveld and Jeroen Pronk.  Bram and I used to be neighbors, so when I saw he had an exhibition coming up I wanted to go and take a […]

I volunteered to accompany a trip to Tempel | Kerk Museum Elst with my sons school. There wasn’t much art but it was definitely very special to see! The Tempel | Kerk Museum Elst is located inside the church and tells the story of this 2000-year old place […]

Last year I heard there was an Instagram museum opening in our town: The Akwart Experience Instagram museum. I was looking at some pictures and I was excited right away to go and take a look! Unfortunately Covid came along so I couldn’t go. But when everything could […]

I think most people have heard of happy stones by now. Draw or paint a stone and leave it somewhere behind for someone else to find. It brings people so much joy! I decided to do the same, but smaller: I’ve been drawing mini happy stones with little […]

We adopted another African Grey parrot: Micky! Micky is 24 years old and he needed a new home because his caregiver got sick. My husband and I have been thinking about a second bird for a while, but we hadn’t made the decision yet to really take one […]

Last weekend I celebrated my 30th birthday! And I didn’t celebrate for one day… I celebrated my birthday for three days!!! On Friday we went out for dinner. We found a restaurant Osteria Pomodoro that has a playroom especially for kids. You can eat as many as you’d […]

I wanted to write this blog earlier, but because Micky came to live with us a bit “last minute” I didn’t have much time earlier. But here it is: Our Valentine’s Day! I celebrate almost every holiday with my husband and kids. I always buy a little gift […]

A quick update on my blog… because we are so busy at home with our new parrot!  Recently I ordered new business cards. Of course there’s one business card with Guusje on it! And of course the rest is also with birds. I already showed them on my […]

Last year we went to visit the art exhibition ‘Bob Ross Happy Painting’ at Museum More in Gorssel. My husband and I both love Bobs paintings, so there was no question if we would see the exhibition. All of Bobs paintings were lined up in a special room […]

Recently I wrote a blog about my new shitbook. The people behind shitbooking organized a challenge this month: Paint Yourself Happy February. I was excited right away! The goal of Paint Yourself Happy February is to play, experiment and explore. It’s not about end results, but it’s all about […]