Trial for Christmas

Since december 2006 I have to follow a glutenfree diet and therefore there were many things I couldn't eat anymore. One of them was a typical "Christmas bread" filled with almond paste. So the last years I passed Christmas without it, but this year I wanted one on my table for breakfast again. So I searched the internet, found a recipe and tried to make one today - and it worked! It looked good AND it tasted good.

Now I know, I will have "Christmas bread" this year!

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IF: Fast

No matter how long or how fast they run, my hamster(s) won't get far each night. They run all night long, a scientific experiment showed that they can run up to 8 km. per night!

I once had a hamster who would run fast for a short time, than climb out of its wheel and check if he had moved. Then get back in the wheel and run some more - check again - and so on... all night long... poor thing - never got anywhere.

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Together forever

Today I finished this drawing of a hamster and a mouse, which I was commissioned to do. In real life they didn't live together, just for the portrait I put them together.

pastel, 20 x 30 cm

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IF: Flying

According to the laws of physics (as far as we know them), the bumblebee is not able to fly. But they don't know, so they keep on flying.

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Masterclass

Last Saturday I participated a masterclass, given by Marjolein Kruijt - a very talented artist of drawing and painting animals, wildlife and nature. She has won a lot of prices all over the world. This masterclass was about drawing animal-portraits in pastel.

It was the first time for me not to draw from a photograph, but from a real "life" model (it was a stuffed (taxidermied) animal, so it was not moving...).

I really enjoyed the day and I learned a lot!

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IF: Germs

A bit late this week...

There are a lot of germs, but does anyone know the "bunny-germs"? Do you think they are dangerous?

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