Tammy

A Canadian living in France with her Dutch hubby after 17 years in the Netherlands. A total TV and movie junkie who is never not knitting. She also enjoys other crafts, nail art, cuddling her dogs and general geekery. Otherwise just working on getting by and making a life for herself in her 'new' country.

You May Live in the Maritimes IF…

People often ask me what it’s like to live in Canada, and that’s a very difficult answer.  There are things you can say that generally apply to all of Canada, like the people speak English or love hockey, but when it comes down to day to day life and the people you interact with, that largely depends on where exactly …

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Pea Soup Sunday

Last Sunday I posted about the foggy weather and sure enough, it’s the same this week, another Pea Soup Sunday!  I guess it could be worse, it could be pouring down rain, or freezing but still… I could use a little sunshine again! I get the feeling we are in for a rather long and dreary winter in the Netherlands …

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Lac d’Estaing

The second day that we were in the Pyrenees we went to the end of the Estaing valley to check out the lake. Apparently it’s a pretty popular area for hikers and it was not far from our campground so we thought we’d start the day off there.  It was breathtaking! I so wanted to go on a trail ride …

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Foggy Sunday

This morning I woke up and couldn’t tell if the windows of our flat were foggy or if it was REALLY that foggy outside. Turns out, it REALLY was that foggy outside.  I grabbed my point and shoot and quickly snapped some photos from our front balcony.  It’s a bit wonky but you can get the idea.  There is some …

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Fat Ad Shaming Women?

I just read this article on my beloved ONTD (I LOVE this site, so great for celeb gossip) and I’m all sorts of torn about what I think about it. The gist is, the overweight lady on the bottom of the ad has a website that caters to chubby chasers, people who like big women.  She has photos for sale …

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KreaDoe 2011

This weekend I went to a giant craft fair with my two friends Penny and Genevieve. It’s a yearly fair that takes place in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht and you can find supplies and workshops for pretty much any craft you can think of.  Of course, I had my trusty little point and shoot along with me! If you were …

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You SNEAKY Mom!!!

[youtube id=”_YQpbzQ6gzs” width=”600″ height=”350″] Oh god I love this video!  The crying kids are so funny but the two at the end just crack me up beyond words. “Are you serious?!” “You were SO close!” That kid in the red is one cool cat!

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Finley & Lally

I’m still working on my photos from the south of France, the sheer number of them intimidates me and makes me put it off.  My own fault, of course, but I will get there eventually. It’s no secret that I love taking photos of animals, and also that one of my favorite parts of visiting my in-laws is their dogs.  …

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Zombie Walk Amsterdam

As I mentioned in an earlier post on Saturday I went into Amsterdam to check out the Zombie Walk.  I think I may have had my expectations too high after photos I’d seen from walks in other cities.  Most of them took place in the day and it was just people walking like zombies for fun.  This was ok but …

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Bucket List – Join a Book Club

Number 16 on my 101 List was to join a book club.  It’s something I’ve wanted to do for quite a while but never really bothered to look into.  So when some friends of started one, I was all over it! I’m not actually in the above photo, as I had forgotten my tripod and was busy taking the photo …

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DIY Pop-Up Flash Diffuser

Tonight I am off to Amsterdam with my husband and a friend to take photos of a Zombie Walk.  It’s a celebration that is being put on by the FOXLife network to celebrate The Walking Dead starting soon on TV here in the Netherlands. It’s great timing that it is so close to Halloween. I’ve always seen photos from Zombie …

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