Some of you did not expect this from me, but every Summer I’m under
the spell of the ‘Tour de France’.
For you who don’t know what this is: The Tour de France is a bicycle race
that is made up of 21 stages and covers a total distance of 3,430.5 kilometres.
For three long weeks, I spend half of the the afternoon in front of the TV.
The first days the route leads over flat terrain which isn’t very spectacular
to watch… normally.
However, this years’ tour is thrilling and spectacular right from the beginning!
The riders seem to be nervous, and there were a lot of accidents and battles
going on in the riders platoon…
[Are you getting tired of me talking about bicycles yet?
Hang in there crafters… there’s something creative in this post too!
It’s even a video, to make up for my ‘sports-talk’]
..
‘The tour’ get’s really interesting (and scary!) though when the tour caravan
reaches the high mountains! It takes a lot of courage and sweat to climb the
‘Col du Tourmalet’ (2115 m) in the Pyrenees and the ‘Col du Galibier (2645 m)
a mountain in the French Alpes.
Heck, it even takes courage to sit on the couch in front of the TV screen…
(picture men throwing themselves from a mountain with 50 miles an hour!)
I found inspiration in the race and wrote a haiku for today’s Haiku my Heart
| Tour de France Een man op een fiets kans op ritzege eindigt in het prikkeldraad |
Tour de France A man on a bike the chance to win this stage ends abrupt in barbed wire |
In my last post, I promised to spoil you today with a video that shows you
the awesome ‘thing’ I made! I keep my promises, so here it is!
This book combines two new (to me) binding techniques that are described
in the book Cover to Cover by Shereen LaPlantz.
(I know, I know – I never can seem to take the easy way!)
The little sign on the front are Japanese characters and says ‘haiku’.
I use this little book to collect all the haiku’s I make for Haiku my Heart.
There’s this special haiku in the ‘hidden section’ (behind the spine)
| Ik gaf gehoor aan
recuerda mi corazon een haiku per week |
I responded to
recuerda mi corazon one haiku a week |
(‘recuerda mi corazon’ is the name of Rebecca’s ‘haiku my heart’ blog.
It is Spanish and means something like ‘remember my heart’)
It’s mid afternoon my friends… I’m off… it’s time…
Guess what I will be doing the rest of the day 😉
Enjoy your weekend!
Ouch! I am feeling his pain, through your haiku and photo!
from the rugged mountains, to a hidden heart…
marit, you do surprise and delight me so!
how fortunate we all are that you not only embraced “haiku my heart” with a passion, you have inspired us with your beautiful, clever handmade book and placed a part of each of us inside your heart!
i am deeply touched!
Oh my, what a lovely video! I love your Haiku book and you have inspired me to make one of my own. what a tereasure!
Oh Marit… My mermaid friend. You are watching Men on Bicycles, I am watching Women play Futbol. I did watch the Tour with much enthusiasm when Lance Armstrong made his bid for five, and six titles in a row! That was quite exciting.
I love your book. I am adding a link to a blog of a friend of mine, (and probably someone you know from sharing at Rebecca’s blog). Her name is Paula and she has the “Molokai Girl” blog. Here is a link to a story about little books that she makes. They are quite artistic, like the one you made. Molokai Girl and her little books
Another connection then for us. I love coming here on Fridays. I have been busy, but i will try to come on a day other than Friday and see what you’re up to.
Peace to you my friend
AWESOME! Love the haikus and that is such an adorable book! I may have to go check out that Cover to Cover book… It’s not like I won’t have time now!! ‘o)
Thanks for caring and I shall try to rest! =)
We are bicycle fans too!! and are enjoying the coverage of the tour. Are those your photos? Your little haiku book is wonderful!!!
happy tour watching!
My copy of Cover to Cover arrived today. I bought it because of your recommendation
I can see why you are enamored with the bike race – it’s very exciting!!! Wonderful haikus today…and great creativity!
I LOVE your haiku book. How wonderful (and such a good idea). I love the Tour de France. Mr. Dragon and I watched it on the telly each year. The beautiful landscapes and a bike race. Hard to beat! Wonderful words to go with the images. Thanks!
the tour is an amazing feat … your fascination is justified! that barbed wire photo makes me cringe!
Watching the Tour ? 😉
I watched a bit last week with my friend Suzanne who is a huge fan. In the 1/2 hour we wathed, I think there were 6 accidents ! Crazy sport !
I am so glad to have you with me each Friday as we haiku our hearts up !
Have a wonderful weekend, Sporty/Arty One !
Oh! OUCH! Pain!
WAANZINNIG!!!!! Wat is je haiku boekje geweldig!! Had nog nooit zoiets gezien, zo met het “geheime” plaatsje voor de extra haiku!!
En wat heb je het weer mooi gemaakt, echt, ben erg onder de indruk!!
All set to comment on Tour de France accident when I watched the book video and that did HAIKU my heart.WOW!
Prachtig boekje! Heel bijzonder en volgens mij mega geschikt voor je Haiku’s! (Ik had allemaal vogel-gekwetter op de achtergrondgeluiden…kan dat? Hoorde dat erbij of heb je gewoon van die herriemakers…) En soms ben ik blij dat we niet meer op vakantie gaan naar Frankrijk..ik heb nl. een vent die zich graag afbeult zo’n helling op en dan keihard naar beneden raast….zonder de hele entourage van een Tour…Veel veiliger thuis op de bank, kijken naar andermans pijn!
Hihi Sandra… die geluiden zijn ‘japanse vogeltjes’ en staan er voor het effect op. Nee, gelukkig heb ik niet van die kwetteraars in huis. Ik zie een vogel liever buiten vliegen dan in een kooitje!
Amazing!! I have a short attention span so I can focus on the Tour but I always like to see the final day.
I love your little Haiku My Heart book, Marit — it’s a work of art for certain.
Amazing post. I’m not a Tour de France person, but I know a lot of the world is. I hope everyone who fell is OK. I love your demo and the bird chirps. My dog Mollie went nuts while it was playing.
I love the tour de france :):):):):):):):):) And love love love love that book! Very cool! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
Uren, héle middagen zit ik voor de tv naar deze helden te kijken! Met zweet in de handen, soms met de handen voor de ogen, als het weer eens té snel of té gevaarlijk is… Wat een sport, fantastisch!!
Fijn dat je de foto van Johnny ‘gecensureerd’ hebt 😉
En dat album…..wow Marit, wat een schatje!!
Fijn weekend en geniet van de Tour, vooral vandaag! Snel boodschappen doen en dan….
XXXJenneke
Ik geef zelf niets om de mannen op de fiets :-), maar dat boekje is wel heel erg mooi. Ik vind de verborgen ‘boodschap’ zo mooi verwerkt.
gaaf boekje!
Your book is absolutely amazing dear Marit!!!
What a treasure and a hidden heart haiku too WOWEE!!! I must admit I got excited I might hear your voice (just me being greedy) … the birdies spoke beautifully for your video…BRAVO!!!
You are something else!
Enjoy the race…what a photo of the poor barbed wire guy oh my!
hope it’s ok to post a link here…I had a good time with the Tour de France a couple of years ago and did a little post:
http://bitze.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/the-marmelade-gypsy-goes-to-france/
Wishing you and yours a lovely weekend and I hope your team wins!
oxo
I have not been following the Tour de France, but your bike haiku is great, especially when combined with the photo. You can almost feel the pain.
Men on bikes…interesting!
The book looks really awesome!
wat een prachtig boekje marit!en vooral de verborgen haiku…super!
af en toe kijk ik ook naar een etappe van de tour de france, maar dan vooral om de mooie beelden van de omgeving waar ze rijden…krijg ik zo’n vakantie gevoel van:)
Ha..my husband rides a bike but no where near as good as those guys. We saw them when they started the Tour here in London the other year…amazing sight to see all those bikes and men!
Your video of your book is just outstanding..very jealous xxmust pratice my book making some more. ! Pratice makes perfect they say! x lynda
Ooo, wat een mooi boekje….. en die verborgen Haiku: super! Wat een mooie haiku ook over Johnny, wat was ik boos toen ik dat op tv zag! Jammer genoeg een rustdag vandaag, maar des te meer tijd om te genieten van je werk, nogmaals super!!!
Marit, how lucky I am feeling to be able to reach your page.. your comment on my post shone like Sun today..and your promise to watch sun rise.. hope you kept it.. I enjoyed to see your art and craft.. lovely.. let us continue to visit each other in this space.. Thanks..
Oh Marit wat heb je dit boekje gaaf gemaakt!!!!
Ben er helemaal weg van 🙂
Leuk dat je ons dit op video laat zien dan krijg je er toch een beter beeld van dan op foto`s!
Fijne week, groetjes Viv
Oh yes Marit! I have known you long enough to know that you LOVE the tour de France!!!
AND, you love book biding. Your new book is getting your juices flowing for sure!!
And your new haiku is lovely!! Both of them!!
Enjoy my friend!!
xxD
Dag Marit,
Dank voor je reactie op mijn blog en zo leuk dat Thinkie ons naar elkaar verwees. Het ziet er allemaal prachtig uit hier en ik ga je zeker opnemen in mijn blogroll en je blog/site in de gaten houden, want je maakt erg mooie dingen.
Caatje
Loved the hand made book for your haikus-especially the hidden one in the spine.
Loved this post, Marit! The haiku was a good reminder that we can be flying high but get caught short, land in barbed wire, and then pick ourselves up and get back in the race!
I once spent a summer on a students abroad program and saw the Tour go by (with Eddy Merckx in the lead!); I remembmer so vividly how powerful their legs were…
Your book is exquisite, and how special to put original haiku in your handmade artbook.. all yours. And how pretty the surprise when you turned the book over… You’re an unbelievably creative and curious mermaid, Marit!
Wat heb je toch weer bijzondere, prachtige kunstwerkjes gemaakt de laatste tijd! Zullen we volgend jaar samen de Tour gaan volgen, ik zit dan ook 3 weken in m’n ééntje voor de TV 😉