Seeing as my old digital Fujifilm cam was giving me more and more problems, I recently bought a new one. It’s a cute little Canon Ixus, black, and makes lovely photos.

So to try it out, I took it along to a butterfly garden (at the Orchid Farm in Luttelgeest) and was very pleased with the result.

Texel is one of the five Dutch islands in the North of the Netherlands. On this island, they had organized a sand sculpture event. My sister-in-law and I had seen some images of it and wanted to go there, so when we both happened to have a free day, we went to Texel. It took about two hours in total, by car and ferry.

The sand sculptures were nothing short of amazing, and afterwards we went to walk in the dunes and somewhat understood why people go on holiday on these tiny islands :p