One month of summer has passed

It's the end of July, which means we are halfway the summer vacation.

The month started off really crappy - it was cold, it was raining. It scared our CA friends from ever moving back to Belgium I think.

But the last two weeks have made up for those bad ones.
The sun has come out with a vengeance. It's been really warm, and the nice thing about Belgium-summer-warmth is that it stays warm till 11pm.

Ok, the nights are hot too, but I'll gladly handle that little discomfort.

Almost every night we are either having a BBQ with friends, going to local festivals/events or just plainly sitting outside and drinking a glass of wine (overlooking our dirty backyard :-)

Which is another point I want to mention: we have seen the first draft of our backyard plan and we love it. We'll get the final plan on August 4, but Wim has to wait for a bit before digging the first hole (we leave on vacation on the 5th...).
--- I'll scan the plan and post it here as well ---

Mendel is riding on her bike again. We had a few weeks where she refused to bike because her old bike died on her and she was convinced that her new bike (a nice pink one with a basket) was bigger and hence not fall-proof. But after gentle persuasion, followed by bribes and not so gentle threats, she is now again riding her bike and loves it.