Earth Hour!

Today we celebrate Earth Hour.How? To shut down all the lights in your home or building and light some candles. This way we show we love Momma Earth and that we can live without electricity every once in a while. In the Nehterlands the hour has passed. Me celebrated with some friends. O and Berry wrote a story during Earth Hour. It in Dutch, but if you can read it or does not mind to translate it you can find it here: Coegieskeevie.Blogspot.com.She wrote a special poem or songlyrics for the story too. They are in English though. Have fun during your Earth Hour!

Cookies Kitchen: Patat (fries)

Hello everybody and welcome again to another episodes of Cookies Kitchen. This time me is going to tell you all about Patat, or as we call them Fries! Me love fries. It is baked potatoes, but different. And yes, maybe it is not typical Dutch, but they are yummy. Me love to eat them with apple sauce or with a little mayonnaise. They are yummy as a meal, but also as a side dish to replace your normal potatoes. But how are fries made? Ofcourse me is going to tell you!

Sunbathing kings & queens

If there is one animal in the Animal Kingdom that knows how to sunbathe, it must the ring-tailed lemur. Whenever the sun shines they know how to find the best spots to sit in the sun, spread their arms and soak it all in. Me have seen it at the Apenheul and me have seen it at DierenPark Amersfoort. Last week me went there on a beautiful spring Thursday. The birds were singing, the animals frolicking and the ring-tailed lemurs? Ofcourse sunbathing. Me took a moment to sit down and relax with this sweet ring-tailed lemur for a while. Me must say, they really know how to relax and enjoy the sun!

Throwback Thursday

Me know there has been a lot of controversy about this gorgeous killer whale called Morgan. And me is not here on the Internet to discuss that - besides this is me own blog right. But me is sure glad me met this wonderful creature. Morgan was rescued from dehydration and malnutrition. She was lost, starved, hurt and sick when the people of SOS Dolfijn (a rescue organisation) helped her out of the North Sea and took her with them to the park to nourish her back to a healthy little killer whale. Sadly Morgan is deaf and that makes it hard to hunt. So because the park in the Netherlands was too small she was brought to a park on Tenerife where she lives amongst other killer whales. But me will always cherish this picture.

Dutch Sesame Street: Meet Tommie

Hey there! You know Sesame Street is a real long street with streets in multiple countries. In The Netherlands it is called Sesamstraat and it has its own colourful neighbours. Me will tell you about me Dutch friends. Today me will tell you about Tommie. Tommie is a doglike teddybear and he is 6 years old. He has a huge imagination, love Cookies and candy and pancakes just as much as me do and is real creative! (picture by The Muppet Workshop)

Magical lights at the zoo

On February 20 me went with Berry to Burgers Zoo a gorgeous zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands. We went there to visit the Sumatran tigertwins – they were so cute – and of course to observe all the other gorgeous animals living there. Berry was there to make a report about China Light. And although the rain was pouring it was so beautiful! Me even posed with some gorgeous lanterns. And Berry bought me a Fortune Cookie at the Chinese market. It was yummy.