{Fragrant Heirloom Daffodils & My Chocolate Addiction...}

Just being frank and honest; YES I am addicted to DARK Chocolate... On February 23, I did enjoy my LAST (!) piece of dark chocolate letter 'M' with my hot tea. They are all gone and I'm about to make me something chocolaty to enjoy. Do you like chocolate as well? Yes, I know I'm diabetes type 2 but I will NOT give up my dark chocolate. Hell no!

That's a dream, even with the sunshine lacking... 

Fragrant Heirloom Daffodils and a CHUNCK of Dark Chocolate!

If any of you out there love those chocolate letters, try to get some on sale at The Dutch Store Vander Veen's in Michigan, USA. 

Because of those dark days I had to go out on our balcony for having some light...

And there is the sun!

Perfectly teamed up with the  Mason's Mandalay Chartreuse vase and teacup.

Those Heirloom Daffodils are oh so fragrant!

Lovely for having some different fragrant varieties outside as well...

Lovely view from our bay window during breakfast...
We just made a long walk at 4:30 PM till 5:30 PM and look how warm it still was:

Yep: 28°C or 82°F at 16:23...

{Crocus near our Vinyl Picket Fence}

Since the huge pine tree has been cut down and the big oak tree trimmed up there was lots of space now for planting more bulbs near the Vinyl Picket Fence. So husband Pieter put out some Crocus...

We had so much rain that it was difficult for capturing these yellow crocus on camera...

This is February 23 and it made us happy to finally see some color!

This is the view from our bay window in the kitchen and the yellow daffodils are also starting to bloom.

That crocus patch could even have been bigger!

Our grass looks all winter like that, so dreary and dead...

At least these crocus are happy flower bulbs and blooming for weeks on end.

Let's hope spring will pull through finally!

Happy new week to all of you.

{25-Year Anniversary of our Church Wedding in Chile quietly passed by}

With my Mom's death on January 27, a lot of things got pushed into the shadow and that's why the 25 Year Anniversary of our Church Wedding in Chile, on my birthday February 6, quietly passed by...

This is the little Church from Cristo Resucitado de Cuinco, Osorno - Chile with our friend Padre Juan Janssen, a Capuchin Priest, who married us.
Padre Juan is Dutch by birth and Pieter helped his Mission, through several projects.

To the left is the rectory and the house where Padre Juan Janssen lived and where we stayed in February of 1990.

Not everyone does have a Church wedding booklet in Spanish...

Our Madrina Erna Araneda Gomez, and Padrino Jose Canquil Chaipul

The blessing of our wedding rings in the little Church of the south of Chile.

Right after our Church wedding...

Mom being in heaven only 10 days, we did however get a very sweet gift from dear friends Heinz & Maria from Ristorante da Maria  so we enjoyed the above delicious 5-course dinner together!

Both of us feel very blessed for having been united in matrimony together for almost 32 years and having it blessed before God with the Sacrament of the Holy Matrimony as well!

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