Weekend Walk

With two dogs in the house we do a lot of walking..
During the week we usually stick to local parks and walks around the neighbourhood.
But on vacations and weekends we try to go somewhere fun.

At the moment our favorite place to take the dogs is the "Purmerender Bos".
It's a huge forrest in Purmerend. Which is about 20 minues by car from here.
** I have to be honest; it's not actually a "real" forrest but a man-made park. But it's as close to a forrest as you will get in this area.

After having a leisurely breakast we packed up the dogs (must not forget the dog-treats!!) and headed over to Purmerend.
Our first stop is my mother-in-law's house. She lives near  the forrest and usually comes with us.
We stop for a cup of coffee and spend some time in her HUGE garden. After that it's off to explore the woods.

We have a pretty set route based on the least busy paths so the dogs can run around off-leash.
It was pretty busy yesterday.
Lots of family's and people with huge camera's. It took a while for me to understand why. I even saw a man lying flat on his stomach in the dirt. Turned out he was taking pictures of mushrooms!!

Sadly I didn't bring my "big camera" so I had to make do with my phone.
** thankfully the camera on my phone is pretty decent..

We'll be going back next week so I'll  pack the "big camera". I hope the mushrooms will still be there.

How did you spend your weekend?

Week in the life: Sunday

This week I am doing my first ever week in the life project.

The creator of this project, Ali Edwards, wirtes: "A seven-day documentary project, Week In The Life is an annual opportunity to capture the simple everyday details of your life with photos and words. The albums I’ve created using the basics outlined below are some of my most treasured in that they are wonderfully true representations of my family’s life at a particular point in time. From the mundane to the profound, it’s those simple little everyday moments that I treasure most."

Sunday

I found this little moth when I opened the curtains..

We spend the whole morning doing some essential cleaning. 

But in the afternoon we always try to go to the park with the dogs. 

Mostly we go to the "Purmerender Bos"

Wich is a forest type park.

Abby loves to ly at my feet when we're going somewhere..

Keyser is in the back..

ready..set..go go go!!

Normally we go with my mother-in-law who lives near the park. She was on a birthday visit somewhere and couldn't come. 

But a friend of Nico went with us.. 

The rest of the afternoon consisted of watching a movie (Pitch Black) and just hanging on the couch.

for dinner we had chicken pies and some salad.

After dinner we took the dogs for another small walk and watched tv ( "hawaii five-o" and "person of interest") until bed time.