I wasn't sure if I would ever dare to put on ice skates and take off onto a frozen lake. Not only am I Belgian (trained to stay away from natural ice because it was never safe where I lived), but the slippery memories of hanging...
Happy Birthday, Mogwai & siblings <3 12 years of the best gremlin in the world, the sweetest Momootje, always by my side. Endless energy, endless love. Special birthdays require special efforts, so when we visited Belgium, we drove to the beach for early birthday walks. The dogs were...
The unexpectedly loud sound of shattering glass...
As I write this, I'm surrounded by snoring dogs. Oona even requested an early dinner so she could go to bed. In this household, this means that the weekend was a success and the dogs are happy, tired, and satisfied. And so are we, because the...
The weather report promises rain and barely 17*C, but summer is a feeling, right? Despite hot days and bright light, that summer feeling didn't land here for the last few weeks. Instead, we went through all the worries and stress that come with an unexpected rollercoaster...
Spring arrives late here up north. For a while, the changing seasons are just winter with more light, but slowly, as the snow disappears, the earth comes back to life. We’ll spot the first snowdrops and colorful crocuses, but in the next few weeks, there is...
We're longing for warmer days, for feeling the sunlight and eating ice cream. But at the same time, this is such an incredible time for long hikes and exploring. The cold days between winter and the start of a real spring, we love them! The snow on...
We've been using life jackets for our dogs for years, but since I'm getting more and more questions, this blog post is fully dedicated to the summer flotation gear that my dogs are using. We, two-legged creatures, are also using life vests, but since we can't...
When I first shared our goal of 50 geocaches a year, and our followers challenged us to do 100, I thought it would be a hard challenge. At the time we were still knee-deep in the snow, often taking slippery country roads and crawling through...
Look at those happy faces! Only a few weeks ago, in early May, the world around us was still blah. Everything was still dead. Brown. Beige. Cold. But as always, when you start to get restless about the never-ending cold, everything suddenly explodes into bright greens. Since...