Lois Elsden

The management of the oven…

Food by LoisMay 31, 2015

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisMay 31, 2015September 18, 2024

I mentioned the song ‘This Boy’ in a post the other day when I was writing about Alan Johnson’s autobiography of the same name. The song was written by John Lennon, although it is always credited to Lennon and McCartney. I was a great Beatles fan and first heard it as the B-side when I […]

Spades, again

writing by LoisMay 31, 2015August 21, 2017

Bits and pieces by LoisMay 30, 2015

Winner!

I don’t know the artist responsible for this, but isn’t it wonderful? I was so entranced by it that I just took photos, and was thinking more about the sculpture than wondering about the sculptor. There is such movement in this piece, a moment captured.

Horse

Bits and pieces by LoisMay 30, 2015

Evaporated milk

Food by LoisMay 30, 2015

This boy…

Books by LoisMay 30, 2015

Bits and pieces by LoisMay 29, 2015

Sand sculpture festival, Oss

Our Dutch friends always find interesting places to take us and interesting things to show us when we visit them in Noord Brabant. However, this year they weren’t sure whether we would like to see the exhibition of sand sculptures at the nearby city of Oss. We said we’d very much like to see them […]

Lichen by LoisMay 29, 2015

Dutch lichen

Can you see the alien baby?

Bits and pieces by LoisMay 28, 2015

Waiting for guests

Barbecue time in the Netherlands,staying with our friends… The tents are up because it looks like rain, the tables and chairs are out, the beer is in the fridge, the wine is open, now all we need is family and friends! I took this picture from outside the tent looking in, there must be a […]