The funeral

Early arvo my best friend Mic and I attended the funeral of our good friend Nantko's mom. There were about 20 people. Here we were walking her to the cemetery.

When I came home I went shopping and then decided enough was enough and I cleaned my hallway. It's almost sparkly now.

I had dinner while watching a Star Trek episode.

Bowling

On my way to work. Construction across is steadily going up.

Björn imagining what it would be like in our new office. Dave checking out the zen. Together with some others I'll be re-located. it's well out of the way of everybody so it's going to be quiet. Hopefully not too quiet but I think it will be just fine.

In the evening my colleague Chris and I drove all the way up to Drachten (fucking far away).

We went to play some 10 pin bowling with colleagues from our Frisian dept.

There were about 8 of us.

The place reminded me of a small American desert town. At first we were the only ones there, it was quiet and empty.

Chris rolling away.

We all played 5 games. I sucked at the first four but I'm a steady force.

Takin' time to check out my awesome bowling shoes.

By the fifth game most people were tired while my engine was still running strong and I beat them, ha!

Driving home at 170km/h. Took this shot with my phone out of the window. I had to hold on to it a LOT... Nice piccie though.

Holiday planning

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Holiday planning. Paris, Normandy and Brittany. Got all the train connections checked, now we need to find accommodation...

There's a ghost of a cow here... or Scooby Doo.

I made pasta in the evening. Nice quick meal added to my repertoire. Marjolein has been a great improvement for my cooking ;-)

For 2 months I've had a band noted on my calendar called "The little ass birds". For 2 months I was under the impression it would be 4 Irish girls with little bums. They played tonight. They were not girls...

Decent music though, good bluegrass. Can't go wrong there, really :-)

The WdW dinner

This bad boy was being fed on my way to work. A woman was feeding him bradwurst. One moment he had it in his beak, I look away for 2 seconds, look back and it's gone!

The place where Citybox used to be has now been fenced off completely again. I used it as a shortcut but those times may be over. I hope they'll take the remaining buildings down soon.

This Beamer's been left here and got broken into. The car looks dodgy, broken and discoloured.

I met Marjolein after work and we went to Jon's for dinner cooked by Nicole.

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Turning clockwise we see Marjolein, Nicole, George,  Eamonn, Anna, Jon, Petra, Cindy, new guy and Paddy. We had a wonderful Mexican dinner made by Nicole.

Afterwards Marjolein and I went to Schiller for a drink. We saw mice. Above you can see one racing over the floor.

Close-up! (Photo by Marjolein)

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Spot the mouse... (Photo by Marjolein)

Past the gas station on my way home. Looks like a few people will be waiting for a while ;-)

Birds like brooms

I worked from home today. This little bird came to pick straws from my broom to make a nest.

Babies

I went to get some blood tested first thing this morning. Hopefully nothing to worry about but it's best to be safe. They will also test my cholesterol on the side. I'm VERY curious about that...

Little baby geese.

Birds

Birds on Marjolein's balcony. At times it can get pretty wild out there!

Saw a lot of train stations today coz I went to Gouda to have a BBQ with M's family.