Sea glass

Als ik het hier over Hoek van Holland heb, is het meestal om jullie mijn rommelmarkt vondsten te laten zien:

When I tell you that I visited Hoek van Holland it is usually to tell you that I went to the car boot sale over there and to show you something like this:

De laatste keer kocht ik deze babyschoentjes en weer twee Tiny boekjes: totale kosten 2 euro! Maar er is meer in Hoek van Holland, behalve de kofferbakverkoop en de bakjes kibbeling:
I bought these and some other stuff the last time I was there, the lovely baby shoes are one of the best finds of the season and the Tiny books on the back ground too. But the car boot sale isn't the only thing that attracts me to Hoek van Holland:


Over de Hollandse stranden hoef ik jullie denk ik niet veel meer uit te leggen.
As the name Hoek = the hook, meaning the sharp angle of Holland, implies there is sea and hence a beach up there. The coast line of the Netherlands and of two of the coast provinces also known as Holland, is a dune landscape. All beaches are sand beaches.


Hier kun je goed zien dat er ieder jaar nogal wat zand bijgespoten wordt; de duinen zijn nog niet begroeid.
As the dune landscape is very vulnerable, a lot of the the beaches and dunes are artificially maintained, to keep our feet dry, as this part of the Netherlands lies below sea level, strange isn't it? So we really need the dunes.


Maar ik keek vooral naar beneden...
But I wasn't looking at the dunes, I was looking down all the time, seeing this^.


Af en toe maakte mijn hart een sprongetje, was dit dan...? Maar nee, hoor ik kon geen splinter 'sea glass' vinden dat ik zocht. Ik had het al op zoveel blogs gezien, maar hier noppes. Is de Noordzee te klein? Wordt het strand te goed schoon gehouden? Geen idee!
Sometimes I kept my breath, did I finally....?
I was looking for sea glass. I had seen it in so many blogs, but never searched for it over here, neither could I remember ever seeing it here. When I found glass, every time it was the same: it was just a piece of broken glass, not the real worn sea glass I was looking for. I don't know why I couldn't find it. Are the shores here kept so clean that there is a minimum of glass? Is the North Sea too small to provide for sea glass?


Na 15 kilometer wandelen zei hubby: nou hier heb je dan je zee glas, XD!
Mijn reactie :-(
At the end of our 15 kilometer walk hubby said: There you have your sea glass: XD: pointing at the 'glasbak' on the beach! (glasbak= the container where you put your glass apart from the other garbage in order to have it recycled, I don't know the English word)
Funny guy huh? :-(


Je kunt je dus wel voorstellen dat ik in de wolken was met de prijs die ik bij Alison Gibbs won. Helemaal uit Australië stuurde ze zeepjes en badzout van Cath Kidston en....SEA GLASS, eindelijk!
Now you can imagine that I was thrilled when I discovered that I won Alison Gibbs' birthday give away. Yes you're right: not only two Cath Kidston soaps and bath melts, but you are looking at a baggy filled with SEA GLASS!!


In dat mooie pakje zat dit prachtige hart! Alison maakte het zelf en ik geloof dat zoiets ook in haar winkel te koop is.
Inside the lovely parcel was this gorgeous heart, that the Alison made herself, I believe similar ones are for sale in her shop. This heart is in my studio now, but it was too dark to take photos today.


Ja, Alison heeft me behoorlijk verwend!
See how Alison spoiled me!


Ondanks het slechte weer heb ik toch geprobeerd het sea glass mooi op de foto te krijgen, maar het komt het best tot zijn recht in zonlicht. Bedankt voor alles Alison!
Despite the bad weather I couldn't resist taking a photo of the sea glass!
Thanks a million Alison, you have fulfilled one of my wishes, I love everything you sent me!

Thanks for visiting me, you are always welcome here. If you have any questions, please make sure that there is a blog url or an email address in your comment, otherwise it is impossible for me to respond. I had somebody from Russia asking a question, but I cannot find it anymore, sorry, I think I agree :-}! xoxo LiLi M.

Bedankt voor je bezoek, groetjes en tot ziens xoxo LiLi M.