<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212</id><updated>2011-04-21T23:29:26.313+02:00</updated><title type='text'>2 Queens</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>213</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-114341563663438818</id><published>2006-03-27T01:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-03-27T01:27:16.660+02:00</updated><title type='text'>My new blog sites!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; After some 'shopping around', I decided to continue this weblog here:&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;a href="http://aandachts.punt.nl/" target="_new"&gt;Wat ik even wilde zeggen &lt;/a&gt;- A new name for a weblog about things that bother me.  It will mainly be written in Dutch.&lt;br /&gt;I also have a second one....&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;a href="http://abelsonline.net/blog/" target="_new"&gt;Blimey &lt;/a&gt;- A blog on which I will put the funny &amp; remarkable things I happen to find on the net or in the media&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope to see you there :) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Na wat rondgekeken en uitgeprobeerd te hebben, heb ik besloten hier verder te gaan met deze weblog:&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;a href="http://aandachts.punt.nl/" target="_new"&gt;Wat ik even wilde zeggen&lt;/a&gt; - Een andere naam voor een nu voornamelijk Nederlandstalige weblog over allerlei zaken die me zo bezighouden.&lt;br /&gt;Ik heb ook een tweede weblog:&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;a href="http://abelsonline.net/blog/" target="_new"&gt;Blimey &lt;/a&gt;- Een Engelstalige blog waarop ik grappige en opmerkelijke dingen wil plaatsen die ik zo op het internet of in de media vind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hopelijk zie ik jullie daar :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-114341563663438818?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/114341563663438818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=114341563663438818&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114341563663438818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114341563663438818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-new-blog-sites.html' title='My new blog sites!!'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-114255892034044615</id><published>2006-03-17T02:24:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-19T14:51:28.940+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Little break</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; ==================&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;My weblog will be set up somewhere else. When it's ready, I'll write here the new internet address&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;. Hope you all will come to visit me there as well :) See you soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Mijn weblog wordt ergens anders op&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;gezet. Als het zover is, zal ik hier het internetadres schrijven. Ik hoop dat je me daar ook komt bezoeken :) Tot spoedig ziens.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;==================&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-114255892034044615?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/114255892034044615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=114255892034044615&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114255892034044615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114255892034044615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/03/little-break.html' title='Little break'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-114220005381961118</id><published>2006-03-12T22:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-12T22:47:33.836+01:00</updated><title type='text'>DON'T</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://img252.echo.cx/img252/8159/006wo.swf" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/pressnot.jpg" border="1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-114220005381961118?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/114220005381961118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=114220005381961118&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114220005381961118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114220005381961118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/03/dont.html' title='DON&apos;T'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-114216578959580947</id><published>2006-03-12T13:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-12T13:18:22.913+01:00</updated><title type='text'>No cats' weather.</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/snow.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; After a week of cold and some days of boring rain we finally got the promised snow. The photo above is taken half an hour ago while the one below is taken just right now. (It's 12.15 now). No weather for cats apparently.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/snow2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Na een week van kou en een paar dagen saaie regen kregen we uiteindelijk de beloofde sneeuw. De foto bovenaan is een half uur geleden gemaakt en de tweede foto is net een paar minuutjes jong. (Het is nu 15 over 12). Kennelijk geen weer voor katten.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-114216578959580947?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/114216578959580947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=114216578959580947&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114216578959580947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114216578959580947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/03/no-cats-weather.html' title='No cats&apos; weather.'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-114212093563667440</id><published>2006-03-12T00:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-12T01:02:38.650+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Many happy returns!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mickbd.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lots of love xxx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-114212093563667440?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/114212093563667440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=114212093563667440&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114212093563667440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114212093563667440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/03/many-happy-returns.html' title='Many happy returns!'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-114212026961361464</id><published>2006-03-12T00:36:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-12T00:57:07.483+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Better late than never</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/krantS.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Undelivered and unopened mail up to 18 months was recently found in and near the house of a Yorkshire postman. The mail should have been delivered in a few places and amongst them was the place we live. During the last 18 months we did receive mail, so 'the damage' for us personally was not too big.&lt;br /&gt;We were really delighted to finally receive some Christmas mail and so was Dave who already sent his christmas present for a second time :)). His mail (and other mail) took about 2.5 months to arrive. &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/krant12.jpg" target="_new"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is the last article about this bizarre story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/post.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Onlangs werd niet-bezorgde en ongeopende post, tot zo'n 18 maanden oud, gevonden in en nabij het huis van een Yorkshire postbode. De post moest werden bezorgd in een paar plaatsen waaronder die waar wij wonen. Gedurende de laatste 18 maanden kregen wij wel post dus 'de schade' was voor ons persoonlijk niet zo groot. &lt;br /&gt;We waren echt opgetogen nog wat kerstpost te krijgen, net zoals Dave die ons zijn kerstgeschenk al voor een tweede keer verzonden had :)). Zijn mail (en van anderen) deed er zo'n 2,5 maand over om aan te komen.  &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/krant12.jpg" target="_new"&gt;Hier&lt;/a&gt;  staat het laatste artikel over dit bizar verhaal.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-114212026961361464?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/114212026961361464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=114212026961361464&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114212026961361464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114212026961361464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/03/better-late-than-never_11.html' title='Better late than never'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-114211949788290556</id><published>2006-03-12T00:19:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-12T01:00:31.686+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Walenpleintje Amsterdam</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/tekening.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; One of the things I brought with me from Holland is this drawing, once bought by Gerrit in a second hand shop. It's a pen drawing by P. Elzinga, dated 27 February 1950 and it shows Het Walenpleintje in Amsterdam. I think it's one of the nicer Dutch things over here in our Yorkshire house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Een van de dingen die ik meenam uit Nederland is deze tekening, ooit gekocht door Gerrit in een tweedehandse winkel. Het is een pentekening van P. Elzinga,  gedateerd op 27 februari 1950 en het toont Het Walenpleintje in Amsterdam. Ik vind dit een van de mooiere Nederlandse spullen die we hier in ons Yorkshire huis hebben.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-114211949788290556?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/114211949788290556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=114211949788290556&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114211949788290556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114211949788290556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/03/walenpleintje-amsterdam.html' title='Walenpleintje Amsterdam'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-114156928080163697</id><published>2006-03-05T15:19:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-05T15:34:40.820+01:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/hunshelf2.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Due to several different things I haven't been able to post blogs for a while. At the moment it doesn't look like the situation will be changing for a while. However, I will  be back soon, hopefully in a week so please, call here from time to time.&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile: this photo above was taken a few hours ago. We again have a bright sun against a smooth blue sky.  Happy weekend and see you soon. :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Vanwege verschillende zaken was ik gedurende de laatste tijd niet in de gelegenheid iets te schrijven hier. Momenteel ziet het er ook niet naar uit dat daar spoedig verandering in zal komen. Ik verwacht echter wel gauw, misschien met een weekje, weer hier terug te zijn, kom dus a.u.b. even aan van tijd tot tijd.&lt;br /&gt;Ondertussen: bovenstaande foto is vanmorgen genomen. We hebben weer een felle winterzon aan een gladblauwe hemel. Fijn weekend en tot gauw. :))&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-114156928080163697?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/114156928080163697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=114156928080163697&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114156928080163697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114156928080163697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/03/due-to-several-different-things-i.html' title=''/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-114028168327894992</id><published>2006-02-18T17:46:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-18T18:04:41.156+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The joy of foldable netbags</title><content type='html'>I have to show you some pictures of the cats :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mandab2-6.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manda: 'I am the cat and this is my house'.&lt;br /&gt;Below: who's enjoying it more, Mandarijn or Michael?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mandac2-6.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;@-&gt;----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kibbb2-6.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kibb: 'Yes, I'm here, now what?'&lt;br /&gt;Below: after a play it's good rest.&lt;br /&gt;By the way, below her you can see my newest buy: a Chinese garden seat that I use when I'm on the computer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kibb2-6.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;@-&gt;----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/lucy2-6.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lucy, our neighbour's cat, who unfortunately is going to move in the coming week.&lt;br /&gt;Even she loves these net bags.&lt;br /&gt;Below: 'Help, my house collapsed'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/lucyb2-6.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-114028168327894992?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/114028168327894992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=114028168327894992&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114028168327894992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114028168327894992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/02/joy-of-foldable-netbags.html' title='The joy of foldable netbags'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-114027969412256245</id><published>2006-02-18T17:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-18T18:06:51.733+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Building  ....</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/borders.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Like in Deventer NL (and many other places of course) Sheffield's in the middle of big changes. Many roads are narrowed due to street force and cranes are seen everywhere, even close to our house where a new medical centre will be built. The building on the photo, in Sheffields centre, is in the middle of rebuilding as well. The historical front is saved but everything behind will be renewed. I heard rumours that Borders, a big bookshop, would come in here. As a book lover I hope it's true but time will show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Nederlandse tekst volgt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-114027969412256245?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/114027969412256245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=114027969412256245&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114027969412256245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114027969412256245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/02/building.html' title='Building  ....'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-114027901827541233</id><published>2006-02-18T16:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-18T18:07:19.946+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Burning gorse</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/gorsefiring.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; A few days ago gorse burning took place on the hills behind our house. This burning takes place in the winter months and is essential for mountain management so the spring grass and plants can grow better. Burning gorse is timed as there are no nesting birds at this time of year. Because of the oils the fires can easily be big and hazardous so the local fire brigade is informed beforehand. Indeed the fire brigade came later to see if the fire had stopped properly.&lt;br /&gt;In the Bach Flower Therapy Gorse is used as a remedy when one feels without any hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Nederlandse tekst volgt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-114027901827541233?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/114027901827541233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=114027901827541233&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114027901827541233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/114027901827541233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/02/burning-gorse.html' title='Burning gorse'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113944044739562125</id><published>2006-02-09T00:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-09T00:53:43.860+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Piggy</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/PIGGY1.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; This is the Piggy Bank I made in the pottery Class. Instead of a coin slot, I made a little lid so I won't have to break the pig when it's full with money (keep dreaming, Astrid... ) On the second picture you can see a little bit how it's made. First there is the shaped pig, still in fresh clay. After the first firing I glaced it. The colours are now still very vague but after the second firing the colours came out shiny and intense. Just how I hoped it would be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/PIGGY2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Dit is het spaarvarkentje dat ik op de Pottenbakken-cursus maakte. In plaats van een muntgleufje maakte ik een klein dekseltje zodat ik het dier niet hoeft te breken als het vol geld is (blijf maar lekker dromen, Astrid...). Op de tweede foto zie je een een beetje hoe het gemaakt is. Allereeerst is er het gevormde varkentje, nog in verse klei. Na het bakken glazuurde ik het. De kleuren zijn nu nog erg vaag  maar na de tweede keer te zijn gebakken, kwamen de kleuren er glimmend en intens uit, precies zoals ik hoopte.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113944044739562125?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113944044739562125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113944044739562125&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113944044739562125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113944044739562125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/02/piggy.html' title='Piggy'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113944031781545308</id><published>2006-02-09T00:11:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-18T17:55:43.800+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Bears...</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/bear.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Why is this little read bear laughing when there's a smelly green &amp;amp; orange mandarin sticking to its feet? I will never understand bears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Hoe komt het dat dit rood beertje lacht terwijl er een stinkende groen en oranje mandarijn aan zijn pootje bengelt? Beren, ik zal ze nooit begrijpen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113944031781545308?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113944031781545308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113944031781545308&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113944031781545308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113944031781545308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/02/bears.html' title='Bears...'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113943995034946627</id><published>2006-02-09T00:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-09T00:42:21.093+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Amaryllus</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/amaryllus.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; We got this Amaryllus as a Christmas present and the bulb grew up very fast. Within a month the stem was about 80 cm (32 inch) and then, within two weeks, it had five beautiful giant flowers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; We kregen deze Amaryllus als een Kerstgeschenk en de bol groeide erg snel. Binnen een maand was de steel ongeveer 80 cm en binnen de twee daaropvolgende weken waren er vijf prachtige reusachtige bloemen te bewonderen!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113943995034946627?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113943995034946627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113943995034946627&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113943995034946627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113943995034946627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/02/amaryllus.html' title='Amaryllus'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113943991149871406</id><published>2006-02-08T23:59:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-09T00:39:52.860+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Low water level</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/reservoir.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt;  No, I was not far away but there was no time to write on my weblog. I did a few short courses and there was little spare time left. Time that I spent lying on the settee, looking at television, or having a lie in. I'll start to talk about a few things that had my interest during the last time. First the reservoirs in and around Sheffield. The waterlevel is so low that people start worrying. Apparently there was too little rain. Some people talked about the dry time in 1996 when drinkingwater had to be imported.  Let's see what will turn out this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Nee, ik was niet ver weg maar ik had geen tijd om op m'n weblog te schrijven. Ik deed een paar kleine cursussen en er was weinig tijd over. Tijd die ik liggend op de bank doorbracht terwijl ik tv keek of die ik gebruikte om lekker uit te slapen. Ik wil nu een paar onderwerpen aanstippen die de laatste tijd m'n aandacht hadden. Allereerst de reservoirs in en rondom Sheffield. Het waterniveau is zo laag dat sommigen zich zorgen beginnen te maken. Het heeft blijkbaar te weinig geregend. Sommigen noemden 1996 toen drinkwater moest worden geimporteerd. We zullen wel zien hoe het dit jaar uitpakt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113943991149871406?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113943991149871406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113943991149871406&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113943991149871406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113943991149871406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/02/low-water-level.html' title='Low water level'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113794776694287848</id><published>2006-01-22T17:20:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-22T17:36:06.963+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Mandarijn &amp; haar huisje</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kattenet.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Mandarijn goes crackers with her newest toys: a foldable lightweight storage bag and a sweater dryer of the same material (I'm sure you know this kind of stuff). You can buy them in a 99p-shop and when I came home with the sweater dryer and made it ready to use, Mandarijn confiscated it straight away. Therefore I bought her later the bag as well. I made a 'door' at one side of the bottom and between the two compartments. She plays with it and sleeps in it many times a day. Kibbeling is curious but prefers to look at it from a distance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Mandarijn is helemaal gek met haar nieuwste speelgoed: een uitklapbare lichtgewicht rommeltas en een truitjes-droger van hetzelfde materiaal (ik weet zeker dat je deze spulletjes kent). Je kunt ze in een 99-pence winkel kopen. Toen ik thuiskwam met de truitjes-droger en het gebruiksklaar maakte, werd 't meteen door Mandarijn geconfisceerd.  Daarom heb ik haar later ook maar die tas gekocht en een 'deurtje' gemaakt in een helft van de bodem en in het tussenschot. Een paar keer per dag speelt zij er mee en zij slaapt er ook nog in. Kibbeling is nieuwsgierig maar geeft er de voorkeur aan om er van een afstandje naar te kijken.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113794776694287848?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113794776694287848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113794776694287848&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113794776694287848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113794776694287848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/01/mandarijn-haar-huisje.html' title='Mandarijn &amp; haar huisje'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113794681046853878</id><published>2006-01-22T17:08:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-22T17:36:38.466+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Effect</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/straat.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Sometimes I just play a little bit around on the computer and thanks to &lt;a href="http://www.cybia.co.uk/" target="_new"&gt;these free plug-ins,&lt;/a&gt; I could make these pictures of our street. Nice effect, eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Soms speel ik zomaar een beetje op de computer en dank zij &lt;a href="http://www.cybia.co.uk/" target="_new"&gt;deze gratis plug-ins &lt;/a&gt;kon ik deze plaatjes maken van onze straat. Leuk effect he?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113794681046853878?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113794681046853878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113794681046853878&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113794681046853878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113794681046853878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/01/effect.html' title='Effect'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113794610517481219</id><published>2006-01-22T17:04:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-22T17:36:57.456+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring in the air</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/sheff1.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/sheff2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Yesterday it was a very nice day with a nice blue sky, almost as if it was spring. Here are two pictures from just somewhere in Sheffield.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Het was een heerlijke dag gisteren, met een mooie blauwe lucht, bijna alsof het lente was. Hier zie je twee fotootjes van 'zomaar ergens' in Sheffield.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113794610517481219?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113794610517481219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113794610517481219&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113794610517481219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113794610517481219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/01/spring-in-air.html' title='Spring in the air'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113691685843575621</id><published>2006-01-10T19:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-10T19:14:18.436+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Funny break</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/player.swf?video_id=vEWLwz6JRNE&amp;l=357&amp;amp;s=B4BC767524" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/foto.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/player.swf?video_id=vEWLwz6JRNE&amp;l=357&amp;amp;s=B4BC767524" target="_new"&gt;This little movie&lt;/a&gt; really made me laughing. You need to turn the computer speaker on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Ik moest echt om &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/player.swf?video_id=vEWLwz6JRNE&amp;l=357&amp;amp;s=B4BC767524" target="_new"&gt;dit filmpje&lt;/a&gt; lachen. Zet wel eerst de computerspeakers aan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113691685843575621?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113691685843575621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113691685843575621&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113691685843575621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113691685843575621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/01/funny-break.html' title='Funny break'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113668959771874602</id><published>2006-01-08T03:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-08T04:06:37.743+01:00</updated><title type='text'>What's your favourite recipe?</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/salade.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Finally, after a few weeks of searching, I succeeded to buy fresh dill again. That means that I at last can make the &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/4-recepten/recipes/tomaat-paprika-salade.htm" target="_new"&gt;Polish tomato and pepper salad &lt;/a&gt;Gerrit gave me the recipe for.&lt;br /&gt;If you have a favourite recipe too, and you want it to be placed on my recipe site, please don't hestitate and send me an &lt;a href="mailto:astrid@yorkshiremixture.co.uk?subject=receptensite"&gt;email&lt;/a&gt; so we can 'talk' about it. The chance is big that your recipe will be published in English and Dutch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Eindelijk, na een paar weken zoeken, lukte het me weer eens om verse dille te kopen. Dat betekent dat ik eindelijk de &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/4-recepten/recipes/tomaat-paprika-salade.htm" target="_new"&gt;Poolse tomaat en paprikasalade&lt;/a&gt; kan maken waarvan Gerrit me het recept gaf.&lt;br /&gt;Als u ook een favoriet recept hebt die u graag op m'n receptensite geplaatst wilt zien, aarzel dan niet en stuur me een &lt;a href="mailto:astrid@yorkshiremixture.co.uk?subject=receptensite"&gt;e-mail&lt;/a&gt; zodat we erover kunnen 'praten'. Grote kans dat uw recept in het Engels en het Nederlands wordt geplaatst.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113668959771874602?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113668959771874602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113668959771874602&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113668959771874602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113668959771874602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/01/whats-your-favourite-recipe.html' title='What&apos;s your favourite recipe?'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113668849388605114</id><published>2006-01-08T03:14:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-08T03:48:13.950+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Sheffield Ski-Village</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/ski-village.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Did I ever tell you about the &lt;a href="http://www.sheffieldskivillage.co.uk/ssv.htm" target="_new"&gt;Ski-village&lt;/a&gt; in Sheffield? It's there where the white track is on the hill in the background.  For the ones who have seen the film &lt;a href="http://www.dvdreview.com/html/the_full_monty.shtml" target="_new"&gt;The Full Monty &lt;/a&gt;I can tell that the part where one of the blokes wanted to gas himself in the car, was taken on that hill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Heb ik je weleens verteld over het &lt;a href="http://www.sheffieldskivillage.co.uk/ssv.htm" target="_new"&gt;Ski-dorp&lt;/a&gt; in Sheffield? Het is daar waar je die witte baan op de heuvel in de achtergrond ziet. Degenen die de film &lt;a href="http://www.dvdreview.com/html/the_full_monty.shtml" target="_new"&gt;The Full Monty &lt;/a&gt; hebben gezien, kan ik zeggen dat de scene waar die ene man zichzelf wilde vergassen in de auto, daar op die heuvel is geschoten.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113668849388605114?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113668849388605114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113668849388605114&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113668849388605114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113668849388605114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/01/sheffield-ski-village.html' title='Sheffield Ski-Village'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113668485832236265</id><published>2006-01-08T02:41:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-08T03:48:42.750+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Grey day today</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/fog.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Could weather be more depressing? It's grey, foggy, cold and damp. Snow was expected but this came instead. Of course I'm glad there is no snow and no slippery roads but the only thing I'd like to do now is crawl against the heater with a mug of hot chocolate within arm's reach. Melted Belgian chocolate stirred in hot milk ... mmm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 141px; HEIGHT: 149px" height="175" hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/chocolade.jpg" width="169" align="left" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Kan het weer nog depressiever zijn? Het is grijs, mistig, koud en wat nattig. Er werd sneeuw verwacht maar dit was wat er kwam. Natuurlijk ben ik blij dat er geen sneeuw ligt en dat de wegen niet glad zijn, maar het liefste zou ik nu tegen de verwarming aan willen kruipen met een mok hete chocolade binnen handbereik. Gesmolten Belgische chocolade in hete melk geroerd ... mmm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hanf-onlineshop.de/index/hanf_rezepte_spezial/Hasch_Chocolade.html" target=_new&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:78%;"&gt;Afb. chocolade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113668485832236265?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113668485832236265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113668485832236265&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113668485832236265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113668485832236265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/01/grey-day-today.html' title='Grey day today'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113616116919611053</id><published>2006-01-02T00:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-02T01:37:15.563+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Haggis &amp; Happy New Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/haggis.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo: top:&lt;/em&gt; Nigel, Chris and Mick in Scottish outfit; &lt;em&gt;middle:&lt;/em&gt; me, enjoying haggis;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;bottom:&lt;/em&gt; Mick, the haggis-cook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Haggis with tatties and neaps&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (with potatoes and turnips) was our first meal in 2006. It tasted gorgeous despite all different stories about it! Both Michael and I enjoyed it a lot although Michael had to disguise the taste of the neaps with gravy. It all started last midnight, when 2006 just began, when we were unexpectedly invited to the New Year's Celebration at the local Rugby Union Club. We thought that would be great, so off we went to their homebase. As soon as we were in the building, we were coaxed to get some Haggis. I felt great as I've always wanted to eat this traditional Scottish food, and all of a sudden it was there, on a plate, in front of me. There was music and a joyous atmosphere (with a Scottish touch, hence the Haggis) which passed the time along nicely. In the evening there was another food surprise, a great buffet! All who wanted, could stuff themselves full with gorgeous things such as meats, fish, game and quiches. As I said, we met a lot of new people in friendly and relaxed surroundings and we decided to become members (which means parting with £2 a year) as we want to visit this club more often. &lt;strong&gt;So here's our first resolution for 2006.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Haggis&lt;/em&gt; met &lt;em&gt;tatties&lt;/em&gt; en &lt;em&gt;neaps&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (met aardappelpuree en gestampte rapen) was onze eerste maaltijd in 2006. Het smaakte heerlijk ondanks alle verschillende verhalen erover. Zowel Michael als ik genoten ervan ofschoon Michael wat moeite had met de smaak van de rapen met jus. Het begon allemaal afgelopen middernacht, toen 2006 net begon. Onverwachts werden we uitgenodigd op de Nieuwjaarsviering van de plaatselijke Rugby Club. Dat leek ons wel wat en we gingen er dus heen. Zodra we arriveerden, werden we naar de keuken geloodst voor wat Haggis. Ik vond het geweldig want ik heb dit traditionele Schotse voedsel altijd al 's willen eten en opeens was het daar op een bord binnen handbereik. Er was muziek en een vrolijke sfeer (met een Schotse tint, vandaar de Haggis), al met al een prettige tijdsverdijf. 's Avonds was er nogmaals een eetverrassing, een groot buffet! Wie wilde kon zichzelf volstouwen met heerlijke zaken van vlees, vis, wild en quiches. Zoals gezegd hebben we een hoop nieuwe mensen ontmoet in een vriendelijke en ontspannende omgeving en we besloten lid te worden (£2 per jaar) zodat we deze club vaker kunnen bezoeken. &lt;strong&gt;Ziehier ons eerste voornemen voor 2006. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113616116919611053?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113616116919611053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113616116919611053&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113616116919611053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113616116919611053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2006/01/haggis-happy-new-year.html' title='Haggis &amp; Happy New Year!'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113595514794841615</id><published>2005-12-30T15:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T17:33:19.513+01:00</updated><title type='text'>What are we all searching for?</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/vinden-.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Every moment many, many people are typing a word in at the same time, on one of the many sites with search engines on the net, but what are we all looking for? Some sites show a list of the searched words during the last week or months. Some sites show a 'live' list and it can be fun to follow the words continuously passing by on such a list. &lt;a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.vinden.nl/laatstgezocht/laatstgezocht?rq=%26where%3Dweb%26target%3D%26ifon" target="_new"&gt;'Vinden-NL'&lt;/a&gt; is one of those site. I tried it out and it really works; can you see me stading on number 8? On this site you can look at lists on 'Alle zoekopdrachten' &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;(All search orders), &lt;/span&gt;'Het Internet (web)' , 'Het Internet (nl)', 'Afbeeldingen' &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;(Images) &lt;/span&gt;and 'MP3 bestanden' &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;(MP3 files)&lt;/span&gt;. Besides you can click on any word that intrigues you as well. Funny, eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Elk moment tikken ontieglijk veel mensen tegelijkertijd een woord in op een van de vele sites met een zoekmachine op het internet. Maar waar zoeken we allemaal toch naar? Sommige sites tonen een lijst van de laatste zoekwoorden gedurende een aantal weken of de laatste maand. Sommige sites tonen een 'live' lijst en het is soms best wel heel leuk om allerlei zoekwoorden continu op zo'n lijst te zien opschuiven. &lt;a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.vinden.nl/laatstgezocht/laatstgezocht?rq=%26where%3Dweb%26target%3D%26ifon" target="_new"&gt;'Vinden-NL'&lt;/a&gt; bijvoorbeeld is zo'n site. Ik probeerde het uit en het werkte echt! Zie je me bij nummer 8 staan? Je kunt hier naar lijsten kijken op Alle zoekopdrachten, Het volledige internet, alleen op het 'Nederlandse internet', op 'Afbeeldingen' en 'MP3 bestanden'. Bovendien kun je op elk woord dat jou nieuwsgierig maakt, klikken. Grappig, he?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113595514794841615?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113595514794841615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113595514794841615&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113595514794841615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113595514794841615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/what-are-we-all-searching-for.html' title='What are we all searching for?'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113594868577117308</id><published>2005-12-30T14:04:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T17:31:41.720+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Animated Knot-Tying</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.animatedknots.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/knopen.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Have you always wanted to know how to make the Trilene Knot or The Eye Splice? Would&lt;br /&gt;you like to know which knot is used in certain situations? &lt;a href="http://www.animatedknots.com/" target="_new"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is a site with lots of information about knot-tying for, to mention a few, boating, climbing and fishing. They are shown in different ways: in a slow animation, a fast animation and a step-by-step drawn manual. At the moment there are 69 knots!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Heb je altijd al willen weten hoe je bepaalde knopen moet maken? Wil je weten welke knoop in welke situatie gebruikt wordt? &lt;a href="http://www.animatedknots.com/" target="_new"&gt;Hier&lt;/a&gt; staat een site met heel veel informatie over knopen voor onder andere zeilen, klimmen en vissen. Ze worden op verschillende manieren getoond: in een langzame animatie, een snelle animatie en een stap-voor-stap getekende uitleg. Op dit moment staan er 69 knopen!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113594868577117308?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113594868577117308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113594868577117308&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113594868577117308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113594868577117308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/animated-knot-tying.html' title='Animated Knot-Tying'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113572064553399210</id><published>2005-12-27T22:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T22:57:25.550+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally snow</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/sneeuwdec.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Yes, I know, it snowed in The Netherlands too, but for us Sheffielders  (:)) today it is the first time this winter that we got more snow than a few odd flakes. It feels so cold!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Ja, ik weet het, in Nederland sneeuwde het ook, maar voor ons Sheffielders (:)) was het vandaag voor het eerst in deze winter dat we meer sneeuw kregen dan een paar losse vlokjes. Het voelt zo koud!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113572064553399210?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113572064553399210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113572064553399210&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113572064553399210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113572064553399210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/finally-snow.html' title='Finally snow'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113555004656825682</id><published>2005-12-25T23:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T13:16:30.326+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Present Pie</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/presentpie.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; The &lt;strong&gt;'present pie'&lt;/strong&gt; is a christmas tradition for a few generations now in Michael's family and since my entrance into the family I've experienced it as well. The present pie is a paper house, 'secretly' made by Elaine (Michael's mother) and filled by her with a little present for everyone who shares the christmas meal. Each present is wrapped and tied with a piece of cotton which goes through the roof. At the end of the cord comes a name tag, one for each. After the meal we all stand around this 'pie', holding our name tag firmly in the hand to pull out our present through the roof, all at the same moment. That's quite a funny moment for some presents get tangled or shoot like missiles through the air. Today someone's hand also accidentally hit the the lamp so all of a sudden we were all stood in the dark. We're always looking forward pulling the cord and this year Michael got a handy memo box while I got a nice 'Special recipes book'.  Thanks Elaine!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; De &lt;strong&gt;'kadootjestaart'&lt;/strong&gt; is al een paar generaties lang kersttraditie in Michaels familie en sinds mijn komst in de familie kan ik er ook van genieten. De kadootjestaart is een door Elaine (Michaels moeder) in 'geheim' gemaakte papieren huis, die zij vult met een kadootje voor iedereen die bij de kerstmaaltijd aanwezig is. Elke presentje wordt verpakt en aan een koordje geknoopt wat dan weer door het dak naar buiten komt. Aan het eind van dat koordje komt een naamlabel. Na de maaltijd staan we allemaal rondom de 'taart', pakken onze naamlabel stevig in de hand om er met ons allen tegelijk hard aan te trekken. Dat is een leuk moment want meestal raken de touwtjes van sommige presentjes verward of schieten kadootjes als projectielen door de lucht. Vandaag raakte iemands hand ook per ongeluk de lamp en stonden we opeens in het donker. We kijken altijd uit naar het 'touwtjestrekken' en dit jaar kreeg Michael een doos met handige memoblaadjes en ik een leuk boekje voor speciale recepten. Bedankt Elaine!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113555004656825682?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113555004656825682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113555004656825682&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113555004656825682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113555004656825682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/present-pie.html' title='Present Pie'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113554958883719488</id><published>2005-12-25T23:20:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-25T23:42:43.783+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cats' Xmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/lucy-mand.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Lucy aka Norah, on the top with the Christmas hat, and Mandarijn are friends from the first moment they saw each other, three years ago. They're of the same age, live only five houses from each other and play a lot together. Regularly Lucy calls in for a visit. This Christmas both our cats received a real present from Lucy! On the photos you can see how Mandarijn appreciated the gift, especially the wrapping :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Lucy alias Norah, bovenaan met de kerstmuts, en Mandarijn zijn vriendjes vanaf het eerste moment dat ze elkaar zagen, drie jaar geleden. Ze zijn even oud, wonen slechts vijf huizen van elkaar af en spelen vaak met elkaar. Lucy komt regelmatig een bezoekje afleggen. Deze kerst kregen onze beide poezen een echt presentje van Lucy! Op de foto's kun je zien dat Mandarijn de gift waardeerde en dan met name de verpakking :))&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113554958883719488?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113554958883719488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113554958883719488&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113554958883719488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113554958883719488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/cats-xmas.html' title='Cats&apos; Xmas'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113551545505154616</id><published>2005-12-25T13:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-25T13:57:35.070+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Need a game?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.zefrank.com/dtoy_vs_byokal/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kaleidoscoop.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gameman.be/game.php?id=328" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mini-out.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zewall.com/index.htm" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/drawing.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; If you have had it with eating turkeys and christmas puddings or wearing silly paper crowns on your your head, you might be interested in a relaxing recovery on the computer :)) with one of the many funny interactive games. Here are three ideas : 1. &lt;a href="http://www.zefrank.com/dtoy_vs_byokal/" target="_new"&gt;Make your own Kaleidoscope &lt;/a&gt;- good effects guaranteed! 2. &lt;a href="http://www.gameman.be/game.php?id=328" target="_new"&gt;Play crazy golf &lt;/a&gt;- somtimes dead easy but somtimes nasty too :)) and 3. &lt;a href="http://www.zewall.com/index.htm" target="_new"&gt;Make your personal wall drawing&lt;/a&gt;. Have fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Als je eventjes genoeg hebt van kerstpuddingen en kalkoenen eten of van gekke papieren kroontjes dragen, heb je misschien behoefte om je even terug te trekken aan de computer :)) met een van de vele grappige interactieve spelletjes.  Hier zijn drie ideetjes: 1. &lt;a href="http://www.zefrank.com/dtoy_vs_byokal/" target="_new"&gt;Maak je eigen kaleidoscoop &lt;/a&gt;- leuke effecten zijn gegarandeerd! 2. &lt;a href="http://www.gameman.be/game.php?id=328" target="_new"&gt;Speel midgetgolf &lt;/a&gt;- soms erg makkelijk maar soms ook wel wat lastig :)) and 3. &lt;a href="http://www.zewall.com/index.htm" target="_new"&gt;Maak je persoonlijke muurtekening&lt;/a&gt;. Heel veel plezier!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113551545505154616?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113551545505154616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113551545505154616&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113551545505154616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113551545505154616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/need-game.html' title='Need a game?'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113551390619587747</id><published>2005-12-25T13:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-25T13:32:25.790+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Seasons greetings</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/wens.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113551390619587747?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113551390619587747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113551390619587747&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113551390619587747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113551390619587747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/seasons-greetings.html' title='Seasons greetings'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113524625239877831</id><published>2005-12-22T10:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-22T11:10:52.426+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Typical cats</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/xmascats2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; (top photo) Kibb stood there for a while, no movement but with a tail that showed that she was very wary. (bottom photo) Just after when she found out what was going on, she dared to sit down again. Typical cats :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; (bovenste foto) Kibb stond daar voor een tijdje, doodstil maar met een staart die duidelijk maakte dat ze erg op haar hoede was. (foto onder) Pas toen ze wist wat er gaande was, durfde ze weer te gaan zitten. Typisch katten :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113524625239877831?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113524625239877831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113524625239877831&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113524625239877831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113524625239877831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/typical-cats_22.html' title='Typical cats'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113524525167494496</id><published>2005-12-22T10:43:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-22T11:43:06.783+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The £125 cat...</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mandverdoofd.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;So tired and groggy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; &lt;em&gt;'Looking at her age I expect her to be a&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;dental cat'&lt;/em&gt;, said the vets nurse when we took Mand in for her yearly booster. This poor little 'dental cat' then had to come in for a full day on which the tartar in her mouth would be taken away under light anasthetic. Meanwhile the condition of her liver and kidneys would be tested via a little bloodtest. Well, it might be little, but Mandarijn defended herself furiously when those 'nasty' people shaved and pricked her legs to try to get some blood from her paws.... So they decided to give her a heavier sedative to make it possible to take some blood, this time from her neck area.&lt;br /&gt;Poor Mand, she now has three bald patches. Anyway, her teeth are clean and smooth again now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a hilarious moment though: when we came to take her home, she decided to give a 'thankyou' in her own little way, as groggy as she was. On her way into her carrier she managed to put down a little smelly pooh, just on the very clean vets table . Ha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mandgeschoren.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; &lt;em&gt;'Gezien haar leeftijd denk ik dat zij zo'n kat met chronische gebitsklachten zal zijn',&lt;/em&gt; zei de verpleegster bij de dierenarts toen Mandarijn haar jaarlijkse inenting kreeg. Deze arme kleine 'gebitsklachtenkat' moest toen voor een hele dag naar de dokter om tandsteen te laten verwijderen onder lichte verdoving. Tegelijkertijd zouden ook de situatie van haar lever en nieren nagekeken worden middels een eenvoudige bloedafname. Nou ja, eenvoudige? Mandarijn verdedige haarzelf tot het uiterste toen die 'akelige' mensen haar pootjes schoren en gemeen prikten om bloed uit haar pootjes te halen..... Er werd daarom besloten om haar een sterkere kalmeringsmiddel te geven zodat het toch mogelijk zou zijn dat gewenste bloed te prikken, maar dan nu vanuit het halsgebied.&lt;br /&gt;Arme Mand, nu heeft ze drie kale plekjes. Maar ja, haar tanden zijn wel weer schoon en glad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Er was ook een grappig moment: toen we haar kwamen halen besloot zij om op haar eigen wijze te bedanken, zo verdwaasd als ze was. Op weg naar haar draagmand kreeg ze het voor elkaar om nog net op de superschone behandeltafel een geurig klein drolletje te plaatsen. Ha!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113524525167494496?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113524525167494496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113524525167494496&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113524525167494496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113524525167494496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/125-cat.html' title='The £125 cat...'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113522005358577175</id><published>2005-12-22T03:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-22T03:54:13.606+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Xmas lights</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/dear.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt;  Resting on the bed I'm on the same height as these three illuminated moving dear, standing on our neighbours roof, overlooking Hunshelf Bank. Yes, I do enjoy them during Xmas time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Als ik op het bed lig, bevind ik me op dezelfde hoogte als deze drie 'lichtende' bewegende herten op het dak van de buren, gericht naar Hunshelf Bank. Ja, ik vind ze wel heel leuk gedurende deze kersttijd.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113522005358577175?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113522005358577175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113522005358577175&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113522005358577175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113522005358577175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/xmas-lights.html' title='Xmas lights'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113521907900475500</id><published>2005-12-22T03:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-22T03:37:59.033+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Full moon</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/vollemaan.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; A few days ago Michael took this photo of the full moon just rising up from behind the hills. For me, the silhouet of the house in front of the moon created a picture straight out of a fairy tale. Nice isn't it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Een paar dagen geleden maakte Michael deze foto van de volle maan die net opkwam achter de heuvels.  Het silhouet van het huis voor de maan maakte het voor mij tot een sprookjesachtige tafereel. Mooi he?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113521907900475500?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113521907900475500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113521907900475500&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113521907900475500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113521907900475500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/full-moon.html' title='Full moon'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113477738969897689</id><published>2005-12-17T00:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-17T00:56:29.700+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas Joy</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kibbkerst.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mandkerst.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; All in the Spirit of Christmas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;'k Ging er speciaal op uit om deze nieuwe outfit te kopen en toen ik thuiskwam, had Mandarijn precies hetzelfde gekocht.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat geloof je toch niet! Kibbeling kocht precies hetzelfde. Het staat haar niet eens, het maakt  haar achterwerk dik!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113477738969897689?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113477738969897689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113477738969897689&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113477738969897689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113477738969897689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/christmas-joy.html' title='Christmas Joy'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113477680070315172</id><published>2005-12-17T00:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-17T00:46:40.736+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Sheffield rocks ....</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/rolling-stones.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; ... with these Rolling Stones&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113477680070315172?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113477680070315172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113477680070315172&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113477680070315172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113477680070315172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/sheffield-rocks.html' title='Sheffield rocks ....'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113456900538368582</id><published>2005-12-14T14:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-14T17:12:53.636+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Pottery Vases</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/vaasje2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Remember my pinch pot with the sweets in it? &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(See on 25th November)&lt;/span&gt; At the moment it's a little vase for white paper roses.&lt;br /&gt;The cylinder slab pot with acorns and a tree &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(See 1 November)&lt;/span&gt; is ready now too. As you can see on the picture above, and as our tutor told us beforehand, the colours of the glazing on the left of the photo don't really show the colours as they turn out in reality during firing, as seen on the right of the photo.&lt;br /&gt;I want to use this pot for pens &amp;amp; pencils or for knitting needles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/vaasje1.jpg" align="left" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Herinner je je mijn duimpotje nog met de snoepjes erin? &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Zie 25 november)&lt;/span&gt; Momenteel is het een vaasje voor witte papieren roosjes.&lt;br /&gt;De 'cylinder plakken pot' met eikels en een boom &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(zie 1 november)&lt;/span&gt; is nu ook klaar. Zoals je op bovenstaande foto ziet, en zoals onze docente ons van te voren vertelde, geven de glazuren bij lange na niet de definitieve eindkleuren weer zoals die tijdens het tweede bakproces gevormd worden. (Links op de foto is het potje geglazuurd maar nog niet gebakken, rechts is de gebakken versie.) Ik wil dit potje voor pennen en potloden gebruiken of voor breinaalden.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113456900538368582?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113456900538368582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113456900538368582&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113456900538368582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113456900538368582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/pottery-vases.html' title='Pottery Vases'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113456854558574427</id><published>2005-12-14T14:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-14T17:10:48.060+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Pottery Pig</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/pigblog.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Yesterday I made a piggy bank with the 'bubble technique'. Two pinch pots were formed into one ball in which the air was trapped. This air meant that I could shape the clay without collapsing the ball.&lt;br /&gt;When the clay is almost dry, I can cut out a coin hole. The pig will come out white after being fired at about 1100 degrees celcius and then I can glaze it with colours and patterns. After being fired for the second time it will be ready. I will show the finished pig :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Gisteren maakte ik een spaarvarken met de 'boltechniek.' Twee duimpotjes werden aan elkaar gemaakt tot een bal waarin de lucht gevangen werd. Deze lucht zorgde ervoor dat ik de klei kon vormen zonder dat de bal in elkaar klapte.&lt;br /&gt;Wanneer de klein bijna droog is, kan ik de opening voor de muntjes uitsnijden. Na het bakken op ongeveer 110 graden c. zal het varken wit zijn en dan kan ik het glazuren met kleuren en patronen. Het is klaar na een tweede bakproces. Ik zal het dan wel tonen :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113456854558574427?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113456854558574427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113456854558574427&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113456854558574427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113456854558574427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/pottery-pig.html' title='Pottery Pig'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113434729093795683</id><published>2005-12-12T01:03:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-14T16:58:16.030+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Made in Sheffield</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/relish.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Henderson's Relish, &lt;a href="http://www.hendersonsrelish.com/" target="_new"&gt;on their site &lt;/a&gt;it's called "Yorkshire's Best Kept Secret" and most of the Sheffielders, where ever they are in the world, love it. I'm not born-and-bred in Sheffield however I took it several times as a souvenir too to The Netherlands. Anybody interested in the relish, can also read &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/greedycow/hendersons/index.shtml" target="_new"&gt;this little article&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Henderson's Relish, op &lt;a href="http://www.hendersonsrelish.com/" target="_new"&gt;hun eigen site&lt;/a&gt; wordt het "Yorkshire's Best Bewaard Geheim" genoemd en veel Sheffielders, waar over de wereld zij ook wonen, houden ervan. Ik ben geen geboren-en-getogen Sheffielder maar ook ik bracht ik het verschillende malen als souvenir naar Nederland. Degenen die geinteresseerd zijn in deze smaakmaker, kunnen eveneens &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/greedycow/hendersons/index.shtml" target="_new"&gt;dit artikeltje&lt;/a&gt; lezen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113434729093795683?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113434729093795683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113434729093795683&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113434729093795683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113434729093795683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/made-in-sheffield.html' title='Made in Sheffield'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113434521859571705</id><published>2005-12-12T00:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-12T00:53:38.613+01:00</updated><title type='text'>'Let it snow'</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/sleighing.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; &lt;em&gt;Let it snow tomorrow,&lt;br /&gt;I hope it’s very deep.&lt;br /&gt;Just let it snow and snow and snow,&lt;br /&gt;When I am fast asleep.&lt;br /&gt;Every place has a brand-new-face,&lt;br /&gt;that’s all dressed up in white.&lt;br /&gt;Then I’ll climb the mountainside,&lt;br /&gt;And with my sledge have a million rides!&lt;br /&gt;So let it snow on Monday, Tuesday,&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, Thursday,&lt;br /&gt;On Friday let it snow and don’t miss&lt;br /&gt;Saturday and Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;My secret wish is simply this,&lt;br /&gt;Just let it snow tomorrow,&lt;br /&gt;Let it snow tomorrow&lt;br /&gt;Let it snow tomorrow just for me!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These brilliant drawings were used in the shopwindow  at Mothercare on Sheffield's Barker's Pool and were as high as the windows themselves. They reminded me of this nursery rhyme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Deze schitterende tekeningen werden gebruikt in de etalages van Mothercare (Barker's Pool, Sheffield) en zij waren zo groot als de ramen zelf. Ze herinnerden me aan dit Engels kinderrijmpje.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113434521859571705?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113434521859571705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113434521859571705&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113434521859571705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113434521859571705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/let-it-snow.html' title='&apos;Let it snow&apos;'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113434290776330132</id><published>2005-12-12T00:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-12T10:25:35.270+01:00</updated><title type='text'>New magazine launched</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/annamag.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; I wished the launch of this magazine was real. Our cats would have subscribed themselves straight away :) 'Designing' my own cover was amusing and &lt;a href="http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/magazine.php" target="_new"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; you can try it yourself easily.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Was het maar waar dat dit tijdschrift uitkwam. Onze katten hadden zich er meteen op geabonneerd :)) M'n eigen voorpagina 'ontwerpen' was best grappig en vrij eenvoudig. Probeer het zelf maar eens &lt;a href="http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/magazine.php" target="_new"&gt;hier.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113434290776330132?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113434290776330132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113434290776330132&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113434290776330132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113434290776330132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/new-magazine-launched.html' title='New magazine launched'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113392064826792787</id><published>2005-12-07T02:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T02:57:28.283+01:00</updated><title type='text'>No text, just  Kibb &amp; little Mand</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/bankkat.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kibb (above) and little Mand (below)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/zakkat.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113392064826792787?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113392064826792787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113392064826792787&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113392064826792787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113392064826792787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/no-text-just-kibb-little-mand.html' title='No text, just  Kibb &amp; little Mand'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113391988002343673</id><published>2005-12-07T02:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T02:44:40.043+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Tree Of Lights</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/xmastree.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; This is Sheffield's Christmas tree, 50 feet/15.24 meter high, standing in front of the town hall. This year everyone can&lt;a href="http://www.justgiving.com/treeoflights" target="_new"&gt; buy bulbs &lt;/a&gt;and the raised money will go to Sargent Cancer Care for Children and Sheffield Children’s Hospital. I like the idea and hope this initiative will be a success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Dit is Sheffields kerstboom van ruim 15 meter hoog, die bij het stadhuis staat. Het is dit jaar mogelijk om &lt;a href="http://www.justgiving.com/treeoflights" target="_new"&gt;lampjes te kopen&lt;/a&gt; en de opbrengst ervan zal naar Sargent Kanker Kinderzorg en het Sheffield Kinderziekenhuis gaan. Het idee staat me aan en ik hoop dat dit initiatief een groot succes wordt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113391988002343673?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113391988002343673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113391988002343673&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113391988002343673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113391988002343673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/tree-of-lights.html' title='Tree Of Lights'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113380193474847233</id><published>2005-12-05T17:18:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T01:14:28.370+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Messiah by Candlelight</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/handel.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Yesterday we visited Buxton Opera House, in the middle of the Peak District in Derbyshire, to listen to London Festival Orchestra, conducted by Ross Pople, performing Handel's Messiah by candlelight. It was a perfect performance. Coupland Consort, an ensemble of 13 persons, sang powerfully and as clear as crystal and so did the four soloists. I really enjoyed the music and so did Mick (I think). When Hallelujah was sung, everybody including the visitors stood up, except the orchestra obviously. That was new to us. I guess it's a way of showing worship but I want to know why it's only by this part of the Messiah. If anyone knows the answer, I'd love to hear it.&lt;br /&gt;It was a great night and evoked many memories of the nice times when I was part of a choir myself, the Deventer Kamerkoor (Chamber Choir0.&lt;a href="http://www.deventerkamerkoor.nl/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see me below, 15 years ago (obviously the smallest person). When you click on the picture, you'll see the whole official photo (50kB).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kamerkoor800.jpg" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 164px; HEIGHT: 199px" height="215" hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kamerkoor2.jpg" width="195" align="left" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Gisteren bezochten we het Buxton Opera House, temidden van het Peak District in Derbyshire, om er te luisteren naar het London Festival Orkest, o.l.v. Ross Pople, die Handel's Messiah bij kaarslicht uitvoerde. Het was een perfecte uitvoering. Coupland Consort, een groep van 13 mensen, zong krachtig en zo zuiver als kristal, net als de vier solisten. Ik heb echt van de uitvoering genoten, en ook Mick (denk ik). Toen het Hallelujah werd gezongen, stond iedereen inclusief de zaal op, behalve het orkest uiteraard. Dat was nieuw voor ons. Ik vermoed dat het was om eerbied te tonen maar waarom alleen bij dit deel van de Messiah, zou ik wel willen weten. Als iemand het antwoord weet, laat het me dan weten.&lt;br /&gt;Het was een fijne avond die af en toe herinneringen opriep aan de mooie tijd toen ik zelf in een koor zong: het Deventer Kamerkoor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je ziet me hieroboven op een foto van 15 jaar geleden (ik was dus de kleinste). Als je op de foto klikt, zie je de gehele officiële foto (50kB).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113380193474847233?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113380193474847233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113380193474847233&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113380193474847233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113380193474847233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/messiah-by-candlelight.html' title='Messiah by Candlelight'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113379666571453003</id><published>2005-12-05T16:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-05T18:24:39.846+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Make your personal stamps.</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kaartmk.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Want to make your own stamp too, to be stuck next to the normal stamps? &lt;a href="http://www.stampitout.wildjelly.com/" target="_new"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; you can make them for free, with your own images. You can use them online but printing them to be used on real mail is even funnier. When you live in the UK you can also make your own wallpaper here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Wil je ook je eigen postzegels maken die je naast de normale postzegels plakt? &lt;a href="http://www.stampitout.wildjelly.com/" target="_new"&gt;Hier&lt;/a&gt; kun je ze gratis maken, met je eigen afbeeldingen. Je kunt ze online gebruiken, maar ze printen en op echte post gebruiken is nog leuker. Als je in de UK woont kun je er ook je mobiele behangpapiertje maken.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113379666571453003?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113379666571453003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113379666571453003&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113379666571453003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113379666571453003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/make-your-personal-stamps.html' title='Make your personal stamps.'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113378294654705792</id><published>2005-12-05T12:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-05T18:10:57.843+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Sinterklaas</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/choc2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; This is the time of Sinterklaas and a lot of people in The Netherlands will celebrate his birthday too today with family and friends, exchanging presents, fake surprises and verses. Sinterklaas is unknown over here, but from over the North Sea we were surprised with big delicious chocolate letters, an M for Mick and an A for me, so we will have our 'tasty evening' tonight as well. &lt;em&gt;Thank you Sinterklaas-je.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Also, as part of a group of webloggers, I had a funny Sinterklaas celebration yesterday. Thanks to &lt;a href="http://bettys.web-log.nl/" target="_new"&gt;Betty&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://hetbritsepoezenhoekje.web-log.nl/" target="_new"&gt;Lot&lt;/a&gt; we all made a surprise weblog for someone else. I got a nice surpriselog from &lt;a href="http://www.miekkul.web-log.nl/" target="_new"&gt;Miekkultje&lt;/a&gt;, even with a great English poem! &lt;em&gt;Thank you Cyberspace Sint! :))&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To all who'll have a Sinterklaas party these days: enjoy it!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/sintmiekkultje.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Dit is de tijd van Sinterklaas en velen in Nederland vieren zijn verjaardag vandaag met familie en vrienden met het uitwisselen van geschenkjes, fopkadootjes en gedichtjes.&lt;br /&gt;Sinterklaas wordt hier niet gevierd maar van over de Noordzee werden we verrast met heerlijke, grote chocoladeletters: een M voor Mick en een A voor mij. Wij hebben vanavond dus ook ons heerlijk avondje. &lt;em&gt;Dank u Sinterklaasje.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Als deel van en groepje webloggers had ik gisteren ook al een grappige Sinterklaasviering. Dankzij &lt;a href="http://bettys.web-log.nl/" target="_new"&gt;Betty&lt;/a&gt; en &lt;a href="http://hetbritsepoezenhoekje.web-log.nl/" target="_new"&gt;Lot&lt;/a&gt; maakten we een surpriselog voor elkaar. Ik kreeg een leuke surpriselog van &lt;a href="http://www.miekkul.web-log.nl/" target="_new"&gt;Miekkultje&lt;/a&gt;, zelfs met een prachtig Engels gedichtje! &lt;em&gt;Dank u Cyberspace Sint! :))&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aan iedereen die gedurende deze dagen Sinterklaas viert: Veel plezier!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113378294654705792?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113378294654705792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113378294654705792&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113378294654705792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113378294654705792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/sinterklaas.html' title='Sinterklaas'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113366486047215653</id><published>2005-12-04T03:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-04T04:49:57.833+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Surpriselog voor Thea</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kattenbeesten-groot.jpg" target="-new"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kattenbeesten-klein.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Sorry, only in Dutch. It's difficult to translate this little &lt;em&gt;Sinterklaas&lt;/em&gt; verse.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Beste Thea van &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://kattenbeesten.web-log.nl/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kattenbeesten,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Onlangs was ik aan het denken&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;wat ik jou als surpriseblog kon schenken.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ik vroeg jouw lieve katten om wijze raad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;en hierbij zie je het resultaat:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;'jouw vijf schatten met ons op een prent'.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ik hoop dat je blij met deze verrassing bent.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Om over een grotere 'foto' te beschikken.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;hoef je alleen maar op het plaatje te klikken. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;De groeten van Sinterklaas en zijn Piet&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113366486047215653?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113366486047215653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113366486047215653&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113366486047215653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113366486047215653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/surpriselog-voor-thea.html' title='Surpriselog voor Thea'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113362936463842170</id><published>2005-12-03T17:50:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-03T18:04:36.610+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Stolen bike</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/fietsen.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; The front tyre of Peer's bike has been stolen. That's life unfortunately and I'm verry sorry for him. This event reminded me of the next story:&lt;br /&gt;At the end of a service one of the church goers started to shout: "My God, today I'm going to walk home". A rumour quickly went through the rows about a miracle: "My God, he can walk. He can walk!" Everyone is shocked but then the whole church burst out in a loud "Allelujah! He can walk, allelujah!" The man turned around indignantly, shouting: "Allelujah what? I'm walking because someone's nicked my bike!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Het voorwiel van &lt;a href="http://www.wereldpeer.com/" target=_new&gt;Peers&lt;/a&gt; fiets is gestolen. Helaas gebeurt zoiets regelmatig en het spijt me echt voor hem. Deze gebeurtenis herinnerde me aan het volgende verhaal:&lt;br /&gt;Aan het eind van een kerkdienst begon een van de kerkgangers te schreeuwen: "Mijn God, ik kan lopen, ik kan lopen". Al snel ging er een geroezemoes door de kerk over een wonder: "Mijn God, hij kan lopen. Hij kan lopen!" Iedereen is verbijsterd en opeens barst de hele kerk uit in een luid "Hallelujah! Hij kan lopen. Hallelujah!" De man draaide zich verontwaardigd om en riep : "Wat hallelujah? Ik kan lopen omdat iemand m'n fiets gejat heeft!"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113362936463842170?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113362936463842170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113362936463842170&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113362936463842170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113362936463842170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/12/stolen-bike.html' title='Stolen bike'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113335268785141726</id><published>2005-11-30T13:10:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-30T18:22:32.390+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/licht.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/gebak.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; In The Netherlands  (and some other countries) before they celebrate Christmas,  &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/2-nederland/DeventerSint04/index.htm" target="_new"&gt;Sinterklaas &lt;/a&gt; still has to come, however over here it will be the next celebration so all around it's &lt;em&gt;Xmas time&lt;/em&gt;. I thought it would be nice to show a few of the cosy Xmas cakes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; In Nederland (en enkele andere landen) wordt voorafgaande aan Kerst eerst nog  &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/2-nederland/DeventerSint04/index.htm" target="_new"&gt;Sinterklaas&lt;/a&gt;  gevierd, maar hier is Kerstfeest het eerstvolgende feest. Alles draait dus om &lt;em&gt;de Kerst.&lt;/em&gt; Ik vond het wel leuk om een paar gezellige kerstgebakjes te tonen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113335268785141726?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113335268785141726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113335268785141726&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113335268785141726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113335268785141726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/christmas.html' title='Christmas'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113335260298167774</id><published>2005-11-30T13:02:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-30T18:24:30.420+01:00</updated><title type='text'>European countries</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/haar.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; I always thought England was a part of Europe :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; 'k Heb toch altijd gedacht dat Engeland deel van Europa was. :))&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113335260298167774?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113335260298167774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113335260298167774&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113335260298167774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113335260298167774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/european-countries.html' title='European countries'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113335215582664639</id><published>2005-11-30T12:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-01T00:26:33.393+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally snow</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/sneeuw2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Finally snow came down over here. It was last Monday afternoon that we first spotted some flakes and it left white tops on the hills as you can see on this photo taken through the kitchen windows. Afterwards it was 'clean' again. Lucky us! :). Today the sun's out, but it's cold, freezing cold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Eindelijk kregen wij dan ook sneeuw hier. Afgelopen maandagmiddag zagen we wat sneeuwvlokken en witte heuveltoppen, zoals je op deze foto ziet wat door de keukenramen is genomen. Daarna was het weer 'schoon'. We zijn echte geluksvogels :) Vandaag is de zon maar het is wel koud, berekoud.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113335215582664639?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113335215582664639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113335215582664639&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113335215582664639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113335215582664639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/finally-snow.html' title='Finally snow'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113305682539613325</id><published>2005-11-27T02:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-27T04:01:25.950+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Have a purrrfect birthday!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/annafeest.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; CONGRATULATIONS &lt;strong&gt;Gerrit&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Smit!&lt;/strong&gt; Today it's his birthday. Last Friday he left icy Holland for a stay in a still snow-less Yorkshire and that's very nice for Mick, me and our little cats. In Holland Gerrits own little cat Anna is also celebrating his birthday :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; GEFELICITEERD &lt;strong&gt;Gerrit Smit!&lt;/strong&gt; Vandaag is hij jarig. Afgelopen vrijdag verliet hij ijzig Nederland voor een verblijf in het nog steeds sneeuwloze Yorkshire en dat is natuurlijk erg leuk voor Mick en mij plus onze poezebeesten. In Nederland viert Gerrits eigen kat Anna ook al zijn verjaardag. :))&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113305682539613325?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113305682539613325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113305682539613325&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113305682539613325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113305682539613325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/have-purrrfect-birthday.html' title='Have a purrrfect birthday!'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113305659569453133</id><published>2005-11-27T02:46:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-27T02:56:35.716+01:00</updated><title type='text'>More space food</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/pessa.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Kitty&lt;/strong&gt; sent me a few other types of 'space food'. Thanks. Excellent food as you can see, however, when I would travel in space I would prefer the Indonesian food she has &lt;a href="http://www.indo-recipes.nl/" target="_new"&gt;a website&lt;/a&gt; about. Just as I do already now on earth :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Kitty&lt;/strong&gt; stuurde me nog een paar soorten 'ruimtevoedsel'. Bedankt! Uitstekend voedsel zoals je kunt zien. Zou ik in de ruimte reizen, dan zou ik echter wel de voorkeur geven aan het Indonessiche eten waar zij &lt;a href="http://www.indo-recipes.nl/" target="_new"&gt;een website&lt;/a&gt; over heeft. Net zoals ik nu op aarde al doe :))&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113305659569453133?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113305659569453133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113305659569453133&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113305659569453133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113305659569453133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/more-space-food.html' title='More space food'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113292406377129165</id><published>2005-11-25T14:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-25T14:07:43.773+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Snow still on its way.</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/hunshelf.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; It's unbelievable but at the moment the sun's still shining over here. I even had my washing blowing in the wind this morning! Snow and storm were predicted for yesterday already and I've seen a totally white Scotland on television. From Holland I heard it was snowing &amp; raining over there as well. However, it is very cold here and the snow might come soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Het is ongelooflijk maar op dit moment schijnt de zon hier nog. Vanmorgen had ik zelfs mijn was buiten hangen! Sneeuw en storm waren al voor gisteren voorspeld en ik heb al wel beelden van een totaal wit Schotland op TV gezien. Vanuit Nederland hoorde ik dat het daar ook al sneeuwde en regende.  Maar ja, het is wel erg koud hier en het zal hoogstwaarschijnlijk spoedig sneeuwen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113292406377129165?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113292406377129165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113292406377129165&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113292406377129165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113292406377129165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/snow-still-on-its-way.html' title='Snow still on its way.'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113292367137523906</id><published>2005-11-25T13:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-25T14:01:11.403+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Little thumb pot</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/duimpotje.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; This is the very first 'creation' I ever made in clay and it's made in my Pottery &amp; Ceramics class. Of course it's not a master piece but it's okay for me. It's a so called thumb pot. &lt;em&gt;Take a ball of clay, push your thumb in de middle and turn the clay slowly around whilst carefully pressing with your fingers. Glaze it and fire it.&lt;/em&gt; That's in short the method.  After this little pot we learned other technics such as making a cylinder slab, moulding and coiling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Dit is de eerste 'creatie' die ik ooit met klei maakte en deze heb ik op de Pottenbakken en Ceramiekcursus gemaakt. Het is uiteraard geen kunst met een hoofdletter, maar voor mij is het prima. Het is een zgn. duimpotje. &lt;em&gt;Neem een bal klei, druk je duim in het midden en draai de klei langzaam rond terwijl je voorzichtig met je vingers drukt. Glazuur het en bak het.&lt;/em&gt; Dat is in het kort de werkwijze. Na dit potje leerden we andere technieken, zoals het werken met kleiplakken rond een cylinder, het werken met een vorm en het opbouwen van iets met 'slangetjes klei'.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113292367137523906?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113292367137523906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113292367137523906&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113292367137523906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113292367137523906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/little-thumb-pot.html' title='Little thumb pot'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113292283332237260</id><published>2005-11-25T13:43:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-25T13:47:13.323+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh oh</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.davesdaily.com/videoclips/151-unfaithful.htm" target=_new&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/film.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; People from The Netherlands might know this &lt;a href="http://www.davesdaily.com/videoclips/151-unfaithful.htm" target=_new&gt;funny commercial&lt;/a&gt;. It's about a man who judges too quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Mensen uit Nederland zullen deze &lt;a href="http://www.davesdaily.com/videoclips/151-unfaithful.htm" target=_new&gt;grappige tv-reclame&lt;/a&gt; al wel kennen. Het gaat over een man die te snel een oordeel velt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113292283332237260?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113292283332237260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113292283332237260&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113292283332237260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113292283332237260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/oh-oh.html' title='Oh oh'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113292260775672806</id><published>2005-11-25T13:34:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-25T13:49:21.593+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Impressive Crooked Spire</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/crookedspire.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Entering &lt;a href="http://www.chesterfieldbc.gov.uk/site/default.asp?CATID=52" target=_new&gt;Chesterfield&lt;/a&gt;'s centre last Sunday, I took this photo of the church. Nice eh? Would there be more churches with such a spire?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Toen we afgelopen zondag het centrum van &lt;a href="http://www.chesterfieldbc.gov.uk/site/default.asp?CATID=52" target=_new&gt;Chesterfield&lt;/a&gt; inreden, nam ik deze foto van de kerk. Mooi he? Zouden er nog meer kerken zijn met zo'n gedraaide spits?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113292260775672806?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113292260775672806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113292260775672806&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113292260775672806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113292260775672806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/impressive-crooked-spire.html' title='Impressive Crooked Spire'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113270577615177067</id><published>2005-11-23T01:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-23T01:39:04.526+01:00</updated><title type='text'>'Fleabag', a new weblog</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/fleabag.jpg" align="left" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; You could wait for it, also Mandarijn has her own &lt;a href="http://www.orangeblackwhitecat.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;weblog&lt;/a&gt;. As you can imagine she has a lot to tell 'cause every day is a new adventure to her (we often have to laugh about it). Just like a normal cat, she has her own employees and Mick has been chosen to write down her stories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Je kon er op wachten, ook Mandarijn heeft een eigen &lt;a href="http://www.orangeblackwhitecat.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;weblog.&lt;/a&gt; Zoals je je kunt voorstellen heeft ze een boel te vertellen want elke dag is een nieuw avontuur voor haar (die wij vaak heel grappig vinden). Zoals het een normale kat betaamt, heeft zij haar eigen werknemers en Mick is aangewezen om haar verhalen op te schrijven.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113270577615177067?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113270577615177067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113270577615177067&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113270577615177067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113270577615177067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/fleabag-new-weblog.html' title='&apos;Fleabag&apos;, a new weblog'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113270375612887327</id><published>2005-11-23T00:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-23T01:14:18.330+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Space food</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/ruimtevoedsel.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt;After my last blog &lt;a href="http://www.wereldpeer.com/" target="_new"&gt;Peer&lt;/a&gt; reacted with 'Mars Mellows' which was really amusing, thanks Peer! From one thing came another. We had a little pleasant brainstorm and and this is what we came up with. Mick also mentioned &lt;em&gt;Nasa Goreng&lt;/em&gt;. :)) If you know more 'space food', I'd love to hear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Na m'n laatste blog reageerde &lt;a href="http://www.wereldpeer.com/" target="_new"&gt;Peer&lt;/a&gt; met 'Mars Mellows' wat heel erg grappig was, bedankt Peer! Van het een kwam het andere. We hadden een geinige gedachtenuitwisseling en dit was het resultaat. Mick noemde ook &lt;em&gt;Nasa Goreng.&lt;/em&gt; :)) Mocht jij nog meer 'ruimtevoedsel' weet, dan hoor ik het graag.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113270375612887327?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113270375612887327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113270375612887327&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113270375612887327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113270375612887327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/space-food.html' title='Space food'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113253783990354923</id><published>2005-11-21T02:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-21T02:50:39.903+01:00</updated><title type='text'>UFO food?</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/food.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; &lt;img height="14" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" width="28" /&gt; 'Out of this world food' ...  Space Cake?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113253783990354923?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113253783990354923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113253783990354923&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113253783990354923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113253783990354923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/ufo-food.html' title='UFO food?'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113253717514218211</id><published>2005-11-21T02:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-21T02:39:35.160+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Two cats and a little battle</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/strijd.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Last Friday I bought a childrens beanbag from the second hand shop. I must be losing my marbles because I bought it for the cats! When I came home, I tried to coerce Mandarijn into the beanbag but she was not in the mood so she ran away. Then I put Kibbeling on it and after a lot of sniffing and snooping about she decided that it was safe. She made herself comfortable and fell asleep and all you could see were 2 little "batman" ears sticking up from the middle of the bag.&lt;br /&gt;The bag was new in the house, so Kibb was centre of attention for a while. Apparently this made Mandarijn feel a little bit left out. She lashed out at Kibb, as if in a fit of jealousy. Kibb was not amused and literally stared Mandarijn out. If looks could kill!&lt;br /&gt;After a few minutes, peace had returned, Kibb was deep asleep again and Mand was sulking on the piano stool.&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday Mandarijn, sneaked into the beanbag while Kibb was busy somewhere else, and for two days she claimes it as her own &amp; regularly jumped in and out the bag. She's bored with it now though! Pets, and especially cats, I wonder what goes on in their little brains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/strijd2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Afgelopen zaterdag kocht ik in een tweedehands winkeltje een kinderzitzak. Jawel, ik moet een steekje hebben verloren want ik kocht het voor de katten! Toen ik thuiskwam, probeerde ik Mandarijn in de zitzak te praten maar ze was niet in de stemming en rende weg. Toen zette ik Kibbeling erop en na de zitzak uitgebreid besnuffeld en bekeken te hebben, besloot ze dat het okay was.  Ze maakte het zichzelf comfortabel en viel in slaap en het enige wat je zag waren twee kleine 'vleermuis'oortjes die boven de felgekleurde zitzak uitstaken.&lt;br /&gt;De zitzak was nieuw en Kibb stond daarom in het centrum van de belangstelling. We denken dat dit Mandarijn het gevoel gaf dat zij er niet meer bijhoorde want zij sprong opeens naar de zitzak en sloeg Kibb met haar voorpoot om de oren, als in een vlaag van jaloezie. Kibb was er niet van gediend en staarde Mandarijn letterlijk weg. Als blikken konden doden! Na een paar minuten was de vrede weer hersteld, Kibb was weer in diepe slaap en Mandarijn lag lag te pruilen op de pianokruk.&lt;br /&gt;Gisteren, toen Kibb ergens anders bezig was,  klom Mandarijn snel op de zitzak en gedurende twee dagen deed ze er heel bezitterig over - ze sprong er geregeld in en uit. Nu verveelt het haar alweer. Huisdieren en met name katten, 'k zou graag willen weten wat er in hun kleine brein omgaat.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113253717514218211?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113253717514218211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113253717514218211&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113253717514218211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113253717514218211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/two-cats-and-little-battle.html' title='Two cats and a little battle'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113231617403261811</id><published>2005-11-18T12:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-18T13:16:14.050+01:00</updated><title type='text'>1. Thank you, visitors. 2. Guy Fawkes</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I love visitors to my weblog and websites, coming from places all over the world. Thank you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img height="42" hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/bloem.jpg" width="39" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/18011parliament.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/18-11parliamen2.jpg" align="left" vspace="10" /&gt;Yesterday I also got a visitor from The Houses of Parliament in London which reminded me of the story about the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 when Guy Fawkes with many others tried to blow up these buildings. They failed but this day is still known as Bonfire Night on November the 5th with lots of fireworks and big fires. If you would like to know about this plot, then have a read &lt;a href="http://www.gunpowderplot.parliament.uk/" target="_new"&gt;here. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Het is fijn om bezoekers van 'over de hele wereld' op mijn weblog en websites te krijgen. Hartelijk dank!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img height="30" hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/bloem.jpg" width="35" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gisteren was er ook een bezoeker van het Parlementshuis in Londen. Dit herinnerde me aan het verhaal over het complot in 1605 toen Guy Fawkes samen met anderen dit parlementsgebouw probeerde op te blazen. Dat mislukte maar deze daad leeft nog steeds voort in de herinnering, met name op Bonfire's Night op 5 november. Er wordt dan veel vuurwerk afgestoken en grote vuren gemaakt. Als je meer wilt weten over dit complot, lees dan &lt;a href="http://www.gunpowderplot.parliament.uk/" target="_new"&gt;hier &lt;/a&gt;(Engelstalig). &lt;a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes" target="_new"&gt;Hier&lt;/a&gt; vind je informatie over Guy Fawkes in het Nederlands.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113231617403261811?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113231617403261811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113231617403261811&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113231617403261811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113231617403261811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/1-thank-you-visitors-2-guy-fawkes.html' title='1. Thank you, visitors. 2. Guy Fawkes'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113231371365207517</id><published>2005-11-18T12:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-18T19:08:07.056+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr Fastfinger playing Guitar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.guitarshredshow.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/18-11fastfinger.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; If you like guitar solos, then this is &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; site for you. Turn the speakers on, &lt;strong&gt;click on the picture&lt;/strong&gt; and listen to the best solos ever you can even play yourself!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Als je van gitaarsolo's houdt, dan is dit DE site voor jou. Zet de speaker aan, &lt;strong&gt;klik op het plaatje&lt;/strong&gt; en luister naar de prachtigste solo's die je ook nog eens zelf kunt spelen!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113231371365207517?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113231371365207517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113231371365207517&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113231371365207517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113231371365207517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/mr-fastfinger-playing-guitar.html' title='Mr Fastfinger playing Guitar'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113231322006754672</id><published>2005-11-18T12:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-18T12:27:00.083+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Frost</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/18-11tuin.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/18-11weer.jpg" align="left" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Our garden this morning with frozen grass, as seen through the kitchen window. The sun shone and the temperature wasn't that low, but it felt so cold. Even the cats preferred to stay inside.  A cup of hot chocolate will surely do now :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Zo zag onze tuin met bevroren gras er vanmorgen uit, gezien door het keukenraam. De zon scheen en de temperatuur was niet eens zo laag, maar het voelde wel heel koud aan.  Zelfs de katten bleven liever binnen.  Een beker warme chocolademelk zal  nu zeker goed bevallen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113231322006754672?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113231322006754672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113231322006754672&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113231322006754672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113231322006754672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/frost.html' title='Frost'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113224164756957519</id><published>2005-11-17T16:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T20:41:01.293+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Bathroom</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/toilet.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; For in case you wondered about our bathroom after the leak (see November 1) : on the photo you can see the current situation. Later today we're going to look around for something on the floor, vinyl or tiles, the choice depends on our budget. We will soon have a totally different bathroom than before. :))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Mocht je je afvragen hoe het met onze badkamer ervoor staat na de lekkage (zie 1 november) : op de foto zie je de huidige situatie. Later vandaag gaan we kijken naar iets voor op de vloer: vinyl of tegels, dat hangt af van wat we kunnen kopen met ons huidige budget. We krijgen wel een totaal andere badkamer dan voorheen. :))&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113224164756957519?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113224164756957519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113224164756957519&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113224164756957519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113224164756957519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/bathroom.html' title='Bathroom'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113223652263243759</id><published>2005-11-17T15:04:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T20:42:35.016+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Deepcar Medical Centre</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/med1.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/med2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; This is the part of Manchester Road where Deepcar Medical Centre is situated now (see arrow). It's a very narrow road, as you can see, sometimes even without a pavement. A dangerous situation for people who can't cross the road fast. Finally, long after getting the green light, the start of the new building has taken place (officially this would be on the 21st!). It's about 100 metres back up the same road (closer to where we live) and the new multifunctional building is planned to be finished October 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Dit is het deel van Manchester Road waar het Deepcar Medisch Centrum momenteel is gevestigd (zie pijl). Zoals je ziet is het een vrij nauwe weg, soms zelf zonder trottoir. Een gevaarlijke situatie voor mensen die niet snel de straat kunnen oversteken. Eindelijk, lang nadat het groene licht ervoor was gegeven, is de bouw voor het nieuwe centrum van start gegaan (officieel zou dit op de 21e zijn!). Het is 100 meter terug op de weg (dichter bij waar we wonen) en de afronding van dit nieuwe multifunctionele gebouw is gepland in October 2006.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113223652263243759?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113223652263243759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113223652263243759&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223652263243759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223652263243759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/deepcar-medical-centre.html' title='Deepcar Medical Centre'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113223624018106569</id><published>2005-11-17T15:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T20:43:09.086+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/COLD.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Winter's cold is coming, causing nice patterns on top of frozen water (see left bottom on the photo). I guess it will take a while before we can use our patio again. By the way, can you spot our two cats?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; De winterkoude nadert, wat mooie patronen kan opleveren op bevroren water (zie linksonder op de foto). Ik ben bang dat het een tijdje duurt voordat we weer van de patio kunnen genieten. Kun je trouwens de twee poezen op de foto zien?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113223624018106569?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113223624018106569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113223624018106569&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223624018106569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223624018106569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/cold.html' title='Cold'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113223603960236419</id><published>2005-11-17T14:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T20:44:04.416+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Little mistake or Getting old?</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/bin.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; A few months ago I lost my mobile phone. I think I threw the plastic bag I put the phone in, out accidentally. A little mistake I still am reminded about from time to time as being a typical woman thing.&lt;br /&gt;This morning I noticed there was no bucket in the kitchen waste bin. I looked around and around and then remembered Mick emptying this bin whilst leaving the house this morning on his way to his work. Guess what I found in the big bin outside? Men... Hehe...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Een paar maanden geleden raakte ik mijn mobieltje kwijt. Ik denk dat ik de plastic tas waarin ik het gedaan had, per ongeluk had weggegooid. Een vergissinkje waar ik nog steeds van tijd tot tijd aan herinnerd wordt als zijnde typisch iets voor vrouwen.&lt;br /&gt;Vanmorgen kon ik het binnen-emmertje van de keukenprullebak niet vinden. Ik zocht en zocht en opeens herinnerde ik me Mick die de prullebak leegde op weg naar zijn werk, vanmorgen vroeg. Raad eens wat ik in de buitenafvalbak vond? Mannen ... Haha&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113223603960236419?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113223603960236419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113223603960236419&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223603960236419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223603960236419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/little-mistake-or-getting-old.html' title='Little mistake or Getting old?'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113223576260464631</id><published>2005-11-17T14:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T20:44:31.790+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Just a car</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/carnov.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; This photo is taken in Castleton and I don't know what car it is, but I thought it was quite impressive. Mick thinks it's a Pontiac.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Deze foto is in Castleton gemaakt en alhoewel ik niet weet wat voor auto dit is, vond ik het wel indrukwekkend. Mick dacht dat het een Pontiac was.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113223576260464631?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113223576260464631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113223576260464631&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223576260464631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223576260464631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/just-car.html' title='Just a car'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113223564205185119</id><published>2005-11-17T14:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T20:45:33.250+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Joke with a beard</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/sign.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Seen on a window of a second hand stuff shop. Once I heard the owner say: Would you like a bag, sir, or do you have your own?” I thought it was a funny wordgame, however not friendly for the accompanying wife of the customer whose wife was being referred to as a bag! A year later I entered the shop again and the owner said exactly the same words to other customers. His wit seemed to be not as original as I thought.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Gezien op het raam van een winkeltje met tweedehandse spullen. Ooit hoorde ik de eigenaar een klant vragen: 'Wilt u een tas, meneer, of heeft u er zelf eentje?' Nu moet je weten dat het woord 'bag' hier zowel 'tas' als 'lelijke vrouw' kan betekenen. Ik vond het een grappige woordspeling alhoewel het uiterst onaardig was voor de vrouw die bij de man stond. Een jaar later stond ik weer in de winkel en de eigenaar gebruikte precies dezelfde woorden bij andere klanten. Zijn grap was dus lang niet zo origineel als ik dacht.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113223564205185119?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113223564205185119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113223564205185119&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223564205185119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223564205185119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/joke-with-beard.html' title='Joke with a beard'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113223530816593111</id><published>2005-11-17T14:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T20:46:24.356+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Bouncing dream</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mandnov.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; I heard a big bump and when I looked up, I saw Mandarijn quite puzzled looking around, four legs firmly on the ground. Apparently she dropped from the cabinet she was sleeping on. No wonder, looking at the narrow surface she used for her nap. Cats can be so funny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Ik hoorde een harde bons en toen ik opkeek, zag ik Mandarijn verdwaasd om zich heen kijken, haar vier pootjes stevig op de grond geplant. Ze was kennelijk van het kastje gevallem waarop ze sliep. Dat was geen wonder, gezien de smalle oppervlakte die ze boor haar dutjes gebruikt. Katten zijn soms zo grappig!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113223530816593111?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113223530816593111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113223530816593111&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223530816593111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223530816593111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/bouncing-dream.html' title='Bouncing dream'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113223475130372201</id><published>2005-11-17T14:36:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T20:46:59.076+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Toilet lady</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/doll1.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/dolls2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; For our hopefully soon-to-be-ready bathroom Elaine brought us a handknitted cute toiletlady who can keep a roll of toiletpaper safely hidden under her skirt. Isn't it amusing?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Voor onze badkamer die hopelijk spoedig klaar is, maakte Elaine een handgebreide schattige toiletjuffrouw die een rol toiletpapier onder haar jurk bewaart. Leuk he?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113223475130372201?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113223475130372201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113223475130372201&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223475130372201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223475130372201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/toilet-lady.html' title='Toilet lady'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113223455920055245</id><published>2005-11-17T14:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T14:35:59.200+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Shoes display</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/shoes1.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Someone's shoes, unreachable high. Isn't this is a classic?&lt;br /&gt;Talking about shoes, how come we regularly spot one shoe of the motorway? Just one. Was it on the roof of a car or what?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Iemands schoenen, onbereikbaar hoog. Is dat geen klassieker?&lt;br /&gt;Over schoenen gesproken, hoe kan het toch dat je geregeld een schoen op de snelweg ziet? Een enkele schoen. Stond die toevallig bovenop de auto?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113223455920055245?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113223455920055245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113223455920055245&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223455920055245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223455920055245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/shoes-display.html' title='Shoes display'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113223433055886810</id><published>2005-11-17T14:20:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T14:32:10.586+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Lucky</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/sharks.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/imaxnov.jpg" align="left" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; 'Would you like to see a preview Sharks 3D on the giant wide screen of our Imax cinema for free?', I was asked in an email. The only thing I'd have to do is to tell afterwards what I thought of the film. Tickets were on a first come first served basis, so I applied for a few tickets and yes, we were lucky so soon Mick and I will enjoy a great relaxing evening in Bradford!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; 'Wilt u gratis een voorvertoning zien van Sharks 3D op het reusachtige breedbeeldscherm van onze Imax bioscoop?', werd mij per email gevraagd. Het enige wat ik zou moeten doen is na vertoning vertellen wat ik van de film vond. Het was een wie-het-eerst-komt-het-eerst-maalt situatie en ik vroeg om een paar kaartjes, en jawel! we hadden geluk. Binnenkort hebben MIck &amp;amp; ondergetekende dan ook een heerlijk ontspannend avondje in Bradford.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113223433055886810?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113223433055886810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113223433055886810&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223433055886810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113223433055886810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/lucky.html' title='Lucky'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113131826195935070</id><published>2005-11-06T23:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-07T00:25:54.880+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Clever Cat</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/catsettee.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; When I arrived home I saw that cushion on the floor. A few steps further I understood how come. Isn't she clever?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Toen ik thuis kwam zag ik dat kussen op de grond liggen. Een paar stappen verder zag ik hoe dat kwam. Is ze niet slim?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113131826195935070?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113131826195935070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113131826195935070&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113131826195935070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113131826195935070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/clever-cat.html' title='Clever Cat'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113131764326071559</id><published>2005-11-06T23:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-07T00:11:28.913+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy cleaning, ahum</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/dust.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; How silly can anyone be, looking forward to vacuum cleaning? We bought a better hoover, better than the one we had, an upright one this time and the truth has to be said: it WAS fun to hoover and to see all the dust captured in it's transparent container.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; 't Is eigenlijk wel raar om er naar uit te zien te kunnen stofzuigen. We kochten een betere stofzuiger, beter dan die we hadden, een staande ditmaal, en als ik heel eerlijk ben: het WAS leuk om te stofzuigen en alle stof in de doorzichtige koker te zien worden verzameld.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113131764326071559?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113131764326071559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113131764326071559&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113131764326071559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113131764326071559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/happy-cleaning-ahum.html' title='Happy cleaning, ahum'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113088812347627906</id><published>2005-11-02T00:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-02T00:46:08.586+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The vet</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kibbdr.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Below a few new blogs to catch up again. This blog is about Kibbeling who had to go to the vet for her yearly booster. She gets it in two phases and we will have to return for the second part on the 11th. No, she won't be happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Hieronder een paar blogs om bij te praten. Deze blog is over Kibbeling die naar de dierenarts moest voor haar jaarlijkse injecties. Ze krijgt het in twee delen en we zullen op 11 november dan ook terugkeren voor het tweede deel. Nee, zij zal zeker niet blij zijn.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113088812347627906?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113088812347627906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113088812347627906&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088812347627906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088812347627906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/vet.html' title='The vet'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113088786880241238</id><published>2005-11-02T00:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-02T00:31:08.803+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cat in box and on't roof</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mandbox.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kibbdak.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; About cats in boxes, this is another photo of Mandarijn in her favourite shoebox. The photo of Kibbeling on the roof is from this afternoon when we finally had some good weather. (I wished we had the nice warm weather from The Netherlands!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Wat betreft katten in dozen, hier nog een foto van Mandarijn in haar favoriete schoenendoos/ De foto van Kibbeling is van afgelopen middag toen we eindelijk mooi weer hadden. (Ik wenste wel dat we het lekkere warme weer van Nederland hadden!).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113088786880241238?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113088786880241238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113088786880241238&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088786880241238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088786880241238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/cat-in-box-and-ont-roof.html' title='Cat in box and on&apos;t roof'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113088740266190555</id><published>2005-11-02T00:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-02T00:23:22.676+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Pooh</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kibbpooh.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; 'I wonder where Kibbeling always is going to for her little pooh', said Mick only last night. Well, 7 o'clock this morning, whilst waving Mick goodbye,  I found out .... in our own little front garden! Hehe, it gave the day a funny start.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; 'Ik vraag me af waar Kibbeling altijd naar toe gaat voor haar kleine boodschap', zei Mick gisterenavond nog. Nou, vanmorgen om 7 uur bij het uitzwaaien van Mick kwam ik daarachter ... in ons eigen voortuintje! Haha, het gaf de dag wel een vrolijke start.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113088740266190555?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113088740266190555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113088740266190555&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088740266190555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088740266190555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/pooh.html' title='Pooh'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113088655367362070</id><published>2005-11-01T23:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-02T00:09:13.700+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Leak &amp; Proud of Mick</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/lek.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Recently a strange smell in the bathroom lead us to a leak which, as Ian the very handy man said, must have been there for years. To make it able to repair the pipe, Mick had to dismantle the bathroom cabinet completely. He has been very busy with the floor and making a new wood cladding facia in front of all the pipes. When it's done I'll paint it, then we have to get new cabinets and hopefully all will be done before Tom and Gerrit come at the end of this month. All looks as if it's going well in the bathroom and I think Mick did a 'rait' good job until now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Onlangs leidde een vreemde geur in de badkamer ons naar een lek die, volgens Ian - de zeer handige klusjeman - er al jaren heeft moeten zitten. Om reparatie mogelijk te mogelijk moest Mick het badkamerkastje volledig afbreken. Hij was heel druk met de vloer en met het maken van een nieuwe houten wand die voor de koperen pijpen moest komen. Als dit gedaan is, zal ik het verven. Daarna kijken we naar nieuwe kastjes en hopelijk is alles voor mekaar voordat Tom en Gerrit eind deze maand komen. Het lijkt erop dat e.e.a. voorspoedig verloopt en ik vind echt dat Mick tot nu toe goed werk heeft verricht!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113088655367362070?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113088655367362070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113088655367362070&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088655367362070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088655367362070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/leak-proud-of-mick.html' title='Leak &amp; Proud of Mick'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113088468542685560</id><published>2005-11-01T23:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T23:38:05.443+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween &amp; Guy Fawkes</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/hallo.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Yesterday was Halloween and 8 times there was a Trick or Treat knock on the door. Personally I'm not a great fan of Halloween (I like the carol singers more) but we always have some sweets in the house for the groups of dressed up children and teenagers.&lt;br /&gt;There are also a lot of fireworks going off these days (5th November  Guy Fawkes). Funnily enough it's the big and daring cat who doesn't like the 'booms' at all. The other cat however, mostly jumping and nervous, doesn't get warm or cold by hearing all the noises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Gisteren was het Halloween en er werd 8x op de deur geklopt. Persoonlijk ben ik geen grote fan van Halloween (ik vind de 'kerstzangers' die aan de deur komen leuker) maar we hebben wel altijd wat snoepgoed in huis voor de verklede kinderen en tieners.&lt;br /&gt;Dit is ook de tijd van veel vuurwerk (5 november is het Guy Fawkes-dag). Grappig genoeg is het de grote stoere kat die niet van alle knallen houdt. De andere kat die meestal heel schrikkerig en nerveus is, wordt daarentegen niet warm of koud van al het lawaai.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113088468542685560?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113088468542685560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113088468542685560&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088468542685560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088468542685560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/halloween-guy-fawkes.html' title='Halloween &amp; Guy Fawkes'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113088350083114592</id><published>2005-11-01T23:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T23:18:20.833+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Pottery &amp; Ceramics</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/pot.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; This college year I started a course in Pottery and Ceramics as well. This course gives the possibility to get certificates with which, after a few years, you can teach others this skill as well, if you want. It's really from the beginning and until now I've only learned how to knead and wedge clay in a proper way and I pinched a thumbpot, made a cylinder pot and started coiling and glazing. The picture shows my cylinder pot from back and (inset) front, still unfired and unglazed. One day, when I am satisfied about a creation, I will place a better photo of a it on my weblog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Dit schooljaar ben ik begonnen met een cursus Pottenbakken en Keramiek . De cursus geeft gelegenheid om certificaten te behalen waarmee je, na een paar jaar, anderen kunt onderwijzen in deze vaardigheid. Het gaat echt vanaf het begin en tot nu toe heb ik alleen nog maar geleerd hoe klei goed te kneden en bewerkbaar te maken. Verder heb ik een zgn. duimpotje gemaakt, een cylinderpot en ben ik begonnen met ringen verwerken en glazuren. Op de foto zie je m'n cylinderpot van achteren en (ingezet) van voren, nog ongebakken en ongeglazuurd. Eens, als ik echt tevreden ben over een werkstuk, zal ik een betere foto plaatsen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113088350083114592?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113088350083114592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113088350083114592&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088350083114592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088350083114592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/pottery-ceramics.html' title='Pottery &amp; Ceramics'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113088246239791495</id><published>2005-11-01T22:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T23:01:02.416+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Champissage</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5225/579/1600/massage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5225/579/320/massage.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Last week I took part in a mini workshop of Indian Head &amp; Shoulder Massage (Champissage) which involved shoulders, neck and arms. The face was not involved, that will come later. It's really a nice massage to undergo, very relaxing. The teacher is a psychic and we agreed that one day I will give her a head massage while she will give me a reading. Nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Vorige week nam ik deel aan een mini workshop Indiaase Hoofd en Schouder Massage (Champissage) wat schouders, hals/nek en armen omvatte. Het gezicht was er niet bij betrokken, dat komt later. Het is echt een heerlijke massage om te krijgen, heel ontspannend. De docente is een medium en we spraken af dat ik haar eens een hoofdmassage zal geven in ruil voor een lezing. Leuk.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113088246239791495?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113088246239791495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113088246239791495&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088246239791495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113088246239791495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/11/champissage.html' title='Champissage'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-113001768332179271</id><published>2005-10-22T23:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-22T23:57:20.950+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Kibbeling, paparazzi &amp; flashes</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kibbleg.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; That's the drawback of being a popular little cat. I can't even have a peaceful nap on my missus' legs because she thought it would make a cute picture....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Dat is het nadeel van een populair katje. Ik kan niet eens even lekker indutten op de benen van m'n vrouwtje of zij denkt weer dat dit wel een leuk plaatje zou kunnen opleveren...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-113001768332179271?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/113001768332179271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=113001768332179271&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113001768332179271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/113001768332179271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/kibbeling-paparazzi-flashes.html' title='Kibbeling, paparazzi &amp; flashes'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112992996997931441</id><published>2005-10-21T23:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T23:26:09.986+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sheffield and Stockcars</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.mickmarsh.co.uk/sheffstox/index.htm" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/sheffstox.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Combine Sheffield with Stockcars and you get &lt;a href="http://www.mickmarsh.co.uk/sheffstox/index.htm" target="_new"&gt;Sheffstox,&lt;/a&gt; my fellah Mick's well visited site. He has given his website a fresh coat of paint and it's worth a visit, also for the non-stockcar fan. A Dutch translation of the Sheffstox-Holland page will soon be published as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Combineer Sheffield en Stockcars en je krijgt &lt;a href="http://www.mickmarsh.co.uk/sheffstox/index.htm" target="_new"&gt;Sheffstox,&lt;/a&gt; de goedbezochte site van vriendlief Mick. Hij heeft zijn website een nieuw jasje gegeven en het is zeker een bezoekje waard, ook voor de niet-stockcarliefhebber. De Sheffstox Holland-pagina wordt binnenkort ook in het Nederlands geplaatst.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112992996997931441?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112992996997931441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112992996997931441&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112992996997931441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112992996997931441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/sheffield-and-stockcars.html' title='Sheffield and Stockcars'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112992833701339450</id><published>2005-10-21T22:23:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T22:58:57.023+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Deventer online</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/2-nederland/dev_oct05/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/deventergroot.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/2-nederland/dev_oct05/" target="_new"&gt;63 Photos taken during our stay in Holland &lt;/a&gt;are finally online, thanks to Tom and Mick! The photos show mainly some streets in the centre of Deventer and facades of a few old houses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/2-nederland/dev_oct05/" target="_new"&gt;63 Foto's, geschoten tijdens ons verblijf in Nederland,&lt;/a&gt; staan eindelijk online, dankzij Tom en Mick! De foto's tonen voornamelijk wat straten van het Deventer centrum en gevels van een paar oude huizen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112992833701339450?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112992833701339450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112992833701339450&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112992833701339450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112992833701339450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/deventer-online.html' title='Deventer online'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112945860919586195</id><published>2005-10-16T11:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T13:09:58.610+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Marije Nie Webdance (Interactive)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://download.omroep.nl/nps/webdans/grotefiles_2003/webtap/index.html" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/tap.gif" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; It was with much pleasure that I looked and listened to the Dutch music program Vrije Geluiden (Free Sounds). I was fascinated by Marije Nie who tapdanced to impressive orchestral music, a terrific combination of classic and modern! On the site made by &lt;a href="http://www.omroep.nl/nps/dans/wd/2003/webtap/webdanswelkom.html" target="_new"&gt;Marije, Fabian en Ad&lt;/a&gt; is a link leading to &lt;a href="http://download.omroep.nl/nps/webdans/grotefiles_2003/webtap/index.html" target="_new"&gt;WebTap. &lt;/a&gt;With mouse movements you can get graphical drawings of Marije to dance to rhythmic sounds. Very special. Take care to turn on the sound on your computer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Met veel plezier keek en luisterde ik naar het Nederlandse muziekprogramma Vrije Geluiden. Gefascineerd werd ik door Marije Nie die op prachtige orkestmuziek tapdanste, een schitterende combinatie van klassiek en modern! Op de site van &lt;a href="http://www.omroep.nl/nps/dans/wd/2003/webtap/webdanswelkom.html" target="_new"&gt;Marije, Fabian en Ad&lt;/a&gt; staat een link naar &lt;a href="http://download.omroep.nl/nps/webdans/grotefiles_2003/webtap/index.html" target="_new"&gt;WebTap. &lt;/a&gt;Daar komen grafische weergaven van Marije met uw muisbewegingen tot (dans)leven op ritmische geluiden. Heel bijzonder. Zet u wel het geluid aan op uw computer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112945860919586195?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112945860919586195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112945860919586195&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112945860919586195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112945860919586195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/marije-nie-webdance-interactive.html' title='Marije Nie Webdance (Interactive)'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112942900227377665</id><published>2005-10-16T04:03:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T04:59:19.406+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Catch up | Bijpraten</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; It's been very quiet on 2Queens for about 10 days, due to a tiring cold which still has not gone after about four weeks. It's something that runs around, I've noticed, so I just have to be patient until all energy is available again :))&lt;br /&gt;However I've visited my Pottery &amp; Ceramics Class and did voluntary work at the Neuro Rehabilitation Centre, and of course there were other things to do. One of the activities I did at home was trimming Mick's hair. Every time I cut his hair I hope the result is how he wants it. Fortunately this time again he was happy with the result.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mickshaar.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Het was erg stil op 2Queens gedurende zo'n 10 dagen. Dit vanwege een vermoeiende kou die na ongeveer vier weken nog steeds niet is verdwenen. Het heerst algemeen, heb ik begrepen, en ik zal dus geduld moeten opbrengen totdat al m'n energie weer beschikbaar is. :))&lt;br /&gt;Ik ben wel naar de Pottenbakkers/Ceramiekcursus gegaan en deed m'n vrijwilligerswerk bij het centrum voor mensen met hersenletsel. Een van de dingen die ik thuis deed was Micks haar knippen. Iedere keer als ik dit doe hoop ik dat het resultaat naar wens is. Gelukkig was hij ook dit keer weer blij met het resultaat.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112942900227377665?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112942900227377665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112942900227377665&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942900227377665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942900227377665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/catch-up-bijpraten.html' title='Catch up | Bijpraten'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112942822344313317</id><published>2005-10-16T03:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T05:04:13.446+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Robin Hood Airport</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/robin-hood-airport.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Last Sunday we drove to Finningley to visit Airport Doncaster-Sheffield aka Robin Hood Airport, UKs newest airport (opened 28 April 2005). From November it will be possible to fly from here to Amsterdam as well and we were just curious how the public traffic would be to Sheffield. If you would like to see how this airport looks like: I've put a few impression photos from our visit &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/3-brittannie/rh/" target="_new"&gt;online.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Afgelopen zondag reden we naar Finningley om Luchthaven Doncaster-Sheffield (ook wel bekend als Robin Hood Luchthaven) te bezoeken, UK's jongste vliegveld (op 25 april '05 geopend). Vanaf november is het ook mogelijk om vanaf hier naar Amsterdam te vliegen en we waren nieuwsgierig hoe het openbaar vervoer naar Sheffield was. Als je wilt zien hoe dit vliegveld eruitziet: &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/3-brittannie/rh/" target="_new"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt; heb ik een paar 'indrukfoto's' van dit bezoek online geplaatst.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112942822344313317?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112942822344313317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112942822344313317&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942822344313317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942822344313317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/robin-hood-airport.html' title='Robin Hood Airport'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112942752365778923</id><published>2005-10-16T03:45:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T05:18:31.560+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sun behind crane</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/bouwkraan.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; It looks as if almost all Sheffield centre is covered with building sites, due to the building of a new ringroad. This picture of the sun 'on top of a crane' was taken last Wednesday morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Het lijkt wel of het centrum van Sheffield uitsluitend uit bouwplaatsen bestaat. Dit vanwege de aanleg van een rondweg. Deze foto van de zon 'bovenop een kraan' is afgelopen woensdagmorgen genomen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112942752365778923?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112942752365778923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112942752365778923&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942752365778923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942752365778923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/sun-behind-crane.html' title='Sun behind crane'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112942712981068875</id><published>2005-10-16T03:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T04:52:18.270+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Vulcan</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/hermes.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Vulcan, God of Fire and Iron, on top of an old building in Sheffield centre. An excellent god for this steel city and therefore Vulcan can be found on more places in the city. More photos plus links to 'other pieces on Vulcan in the city' can be found &lt;a href="http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/rag89.html" target="_new"&gt;here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Vulcanos, God van het Vuur en IJzer, op de top van een oud gebouw in Sheffield centrum. Een uitstekende god voor deze staalstad en Vulcanos kan dan ook op meer plekken in de stad worden gevonden. Meer foto's plus links naar 'andere stukken van Vulcanos in de stad' staan &lt;a href="http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/rag89.html" target="_new"&gt;hier.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112942712981068875?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112942712981068875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112942712981068875&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942712981068875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942712981068875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/vulcan.html' title='Vulcan'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112942648985172198</id><published>2005-10-16T03:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T05:07:28.266+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Wisdom of cats</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mand.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; When we've been shopping, as so many other people, we unpack the bags and put the shopping in appropriate storage places. We're not very keen on this job but it has to be done, hasn't it? However, Mandarijns seems to work quicker: 'Leave all where it is, pop the lid off and start eating'...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Als we boodschappen hebben gedaan, pakken we de tassen uit en leggen we alles op de daarvoor bestemde plaatsen, zoals vele anderen doen. We zijn niet happig op dit werk maar ja, het moet wel gedaan worden, toch? Alhoewel, Mandarijn lijkt een betere manier gevonden te hebben. 'Laat alles gewoon staan waar het staat, duw het dekseltje eraf en ga maar gewoon aanvallen maar'...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112942648985172198?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112942648985172198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112942648985172198&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942648985172198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942648985172198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/wisdom-of-cats.html' title='Wisdom of cats'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112942609314261582</id><published>2005-10-16T03:14:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T05:15:20.176+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Full worktop | Vol aanrecht</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kibbe.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; When I was reading the papers, the washing machine had finished its program, so I put all clean washing on the worktop. This top was rather full and it made me laugh when I all of a sudden, only after a while, discovered a cat in a box in the middle of all stuff. Oh, little Kibbeling is so sociable :)) That shoe box is favourite to both the cats. If you can't guess what or who it is on the photo below, you might can see it on the 2nd photo below ... yes, Mandarijn!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/manddoos.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Terwijl ik de krant las was wasprogramma be-eindigd en ik legde alle schone wasgoed op het aanrecht.  Dit aanrecht was vrij vol en ik moest wel lachen toen ik opeens, pas na een poosje, een kat in een doos zag temidden van alle troep. Oh die Kibbeling is toch zo sociaal :))&lt;br /&gt;De schoenendoos is wel populair bij beide katten. Als je niet kunt gissen wat of wie in die doos zit op de 2e foto hierboven, kun je dat zeker zien op de laatste foto... jawel.. Mandarijn!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/mand2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112942609314261582?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112942609314261582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112942609314261582&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942609314261582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112942609314261582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/full-worktop-vol-aanrecht.html' title='Full worktop | Vol aanrecht'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112863106717913332</id><published>2005-10-06T22:16:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-06T22:37:47.186+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Back home again | Weer thuis</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/vliegtuig.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/gevel.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; After a lovely week in The Netherlands we're back in England now. It was great to have seen and spoken to a lot of family and a few friends again and perhaps we might welcome a few of them over here soon as well. Easyjet had a short delay due to strikes in France and we arrived home on Wednesday morning (01:20 Dutch time). The first photo shows the sunset seen from the plane on the departure day. The second photo shows the front of one of Deventers old houses. It's a kind of a taster, because as soon as possible I'd like to put more photos on my &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/" target="_new"&gt;website.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Na een heerlijke week in Nederland zijn we weer terug in Engeland. Het was fijn om weer veel familie en een paar vrienden terug te zien en wellicht kunnen we een paar van hun spoedig hier welkom heten. Easyjet had een kleine vertraging vanwege een stakingen in Frankrijk en woensdagochtend (01.20 Ned. tijd) kwamen we thuis aan. De eerste foto toont zonsondergang gezien vanuit het vliegtuig op de vertrekdag. De tweede foto toont een gevel van een van Deventer oude huizen. Het is een soort voorproefje want ik hoop spoedig meer foto's op m'n &lt;a href="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/" target="_new"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; te hebben kunnen plaatsen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112863106717913332?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112863106717913332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112863106717913332&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112863106717913332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112863106717913332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/back-home-again-weer-thuis.html' title='Back home again | Weer thuis'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112862963929284011</id><published>2005-10-06T22:10:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-06T22:13:59.303+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Banner</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/banner2.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Always wanted to have your say? Make your own banner &lt;a href="http://www.lintukoto.net/banner/index.php" target=_new&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Heb je altijd al iets willen uitdragen? Maak &lt;a href="http://www.lintukoto.net/banner/index.php" target=_new&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt; je eigen banner!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112862963929284011?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112862963929284011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112862963929284011&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112862963929284011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112862963929284011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/banner.html' title='Banner'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112833470295046918</id><published>2005-10-03T12:10:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-03T12:20:11.406+02:00</updated><title type='text'>I love Deventer! And Sheffield too.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5225/579/1600/IJssel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5225/579/320/IJssel.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; This text is written while we're in The Netherlands for a week. The photo shows the river Ijssel, which crosses Deventer. We'll have two more days in this lovely little town before we fly back to Liverpool to return to good old Sheff. It was good to have seen family and friends again and even seeing little Anna, the tabby cat, was a big pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Deze tekst is geschreven terwijl we in Nederland zijn voor een weekje. Op de foto zie je de Ijssel die door Deventer stroomt. Nog twee dagen in deze prachtige stad en dan vliegen we naar Liverpool om terug te gaan naar die goede, oude Sheff. Het was goed om familie en vrienden weer even te hebben gezien en het was zelf een groot plezier om de kleine Anna, de tabby kat, te zien.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112833470295046918?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112833470295046918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112833470295046918&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112833470295046918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112833470295046918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/10/i-love-deventer-and-sheffield-too.html' title='I love Deventer! And Sheffield too.'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112786176846873581</id><published>2005-09-28T00:33:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-28T09:01:11.986+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Birthdays | Verjaardagen</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/google.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/davebd.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Today 'our' Dave celebrates his birthday. A good reason to go to The Netherlands for a week :)) Google appears to celebrate its birthday too today (7 years) and Google's little cakes took me straight into a party mood so I 'borrowed' them for Dave.&lt;br /&gt;If you want to make your own name logo too on a search page, then go to &lt;a href="http://www.logogle.com/" target="_new"&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;. See you later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Vandaag is 'onze' Dave jarig. Een goede reden om voor een weekje naar Nederland te gaan :)). Google blijkt ook vandaag jarig te zijn (7 jaar); Google's gebakjes brachten me meteen in een feestelijke stemming en daarom 'leende' ik ze even voor Dave.&lt;br /&gt;Als jij ook je naamlogo voor op een zoekpagina wilt maken, kijk dan op &lt;a href="http://www.logogle.com/" target="_new"&gt;deze pagina.&lt;/a&gt; Tot ziens.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112786176846873581?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112786176846873581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112786176846873581&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112786176846873581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112786176846873581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/09/birthdays-verjaardagen.html' title='Birthdays | Verjaardagen'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112777543956515378</id><published>2005-09-27T00:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-27T01:11:09.776+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas or Xmas | Kerst</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/kerstboom.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Christmas time seems to start earlier and earlier. Over three weeks ago I noticed the first Xmas stuff in shops but they could have been put there for a while already. September had just started then!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Het lijkt wel of de Kersttijd steeds vroeger inzet. Meer dan drie weken geleden zag ik de eerste kerstspullen al in de winkels maar dat zou ook wel langer geleden al neergelegd kunnen zijn. September was toen net begonnen!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112777543956515378?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112777543956515378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112777543956515378&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112777543956515378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112777543956515378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/09/christmas-or-xmas-kerst.html' title='Christmas or Xmas | Kerst'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112748258606148129</id><published>2005-09-23T14:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-23T15:36:26.070+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents | Handboek voor bloggers en  'cyber-dissidenten'</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/handbookgroot.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; Not everyone can write freely about what they want to. Think of countries as China and Iran. Because 'bloggers' (people who maintain a weblog) are not censored or under pressure, it is thought that they're the only group who can provide &lt;em&gt;independent news.&lt;/em&gt; This handbook comes, as it is said &lt;a href="http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542" target=_new&gt;here,&lt;/a&gt; "with handy tips and technical advice on how to to remain anonymous and to get round censorship, by choosing the most suitable method for each situation". The book (46 pages) is written in five languages and costs 10 Euro, however &lt;a href="http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542" target=_new&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; you can download a pdf-file free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; Niet iedereen heeft de vrijheid om te schrijven wat hij of zij wenst. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan China of Iran. Omdat 'bloggers' (degenen die een weblogs bijhouden) niet gecensureerd worden of onder druk staan, wordt aangenomen dat zij de enige groep vormen die &lt;em&gt;onafhankelijk nieuws&lt;/em&gt; kunnen leveren. Dit handboek komt, zoals &lt;a href="http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542" target=_new&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt; gesteld wordt, 'met handige tips en technisch advies hoe anoniem te blijven en censuur te ontlopen, door bij elke situatie de meest geschikte methode te kiezen'. Het boek (46 pagina's) kost 10 Euro, maar kan &lt;a href="http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542" target=_new&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;  als pdf-bestand gratis gedownload worden. Voor wie informatie hierover graag in het Nederlands leest: Elsevier schreef ook een artikelt over &lt;a href="http://www.elsevier.nl/nieuws/internet_en_gadgets/nieuwsbericht/asp/artnr/65366/index.html" target="_new"&gt;dit handboek.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112748258606148129?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112748258606148129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112748258606148129&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112748258606148129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112748258606148129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/09/handbook-for-bloggers-and-cyber.html' title='Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents | Handboek voor bloggers en  &apos;cyber-dissidenten&apos;'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10493212.post-112744005013456102</id><published>2005-09-23T03:35:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-23T14:44:33.366+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Too much alcohol | Teveel alcohol</title><content type='html'>&lt;img hspace="10" src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/img/alarm.jpg" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/gb.jpg" /&gt; It's 2.24 am and the night was at her darkest. We heard a car alarm and saw an unknown man hanging against a car. Suddenly another car pulled up with a lot of noise. The man and driver exchanged a few words loudly, the man got in the car and the driver sped away without lights, screeching his tyres. Too much alcohol? Fortunately all ended just well, no animals or pets were hit and no other cars were damaged, well, at least not in this street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.yorkshiremixture.co.uk/blogger_images/nl.jpg" /&gt; 't Was 2.24 in het holst van de nacht toen we een auto-alarm hoorden en een onbekende man tegen een auto zagen hangen. Opeens verscheen er een auto met veel kabaal. De man en chauffeur wisselden luid een paar woorden, de man stapte in en de chauffeur reed gehaast weg, zonder licht en met gierende banden. Te veel alcohol? Het liep allemaal gelukkig net goed af - er werd geen dier of huisdier aangereden en geen andere auto beschadigd, tenminste, niet in deze straat.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10493212-112744005013456102?l=2queens.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/feeds/112744005013456102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10493212&amp;postID=112744005013456102&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112744005013456102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10493212/posts/default/112744005013456102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2queens.blogspot.com/2005/09/too-much-alcohol-teveel-alcohol.html' title='Too much alcohol | Teveel alcohol'/><author><name>asa©2005</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15913371655827714904</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
