Picasa Web Albums - Niki Barker

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Album for profile photos

Sep 22, 2011

Photos: 1

Wedding in England

Marco and I were married in England in a register office.

Jun 16, 2010

Photos: 36

Pic-A-Day .... October 2008

Random photos ....one every day throughout October 2008.

Oct 1, 2008

Photos: 31

A Day in the Life of Twinkle Cat.

Twinkle is an old Steiff kitten. He is very cute & has a nice leisurely life here in The Netherlands. Here are photos from one day in his life.This album was made on 24th May, 2007, but I have changed the date on the album to bring it forward on my gallery page.

Sep 21, 2008

Photos: 63

Pic-a-Day .... September 2008 .... random pics.

One photo every day throughout September.

Sep 1, 2008

Photos: 30

September 2008

Odd photos taken throughout September 2008.

Sep 1, 2008

Photos: 78

Birthday BBQ ... for Albertine

We went to Albertine's home to celebrate her birthday. She had a BBQ in her back garden. We couldn't stay long because we had also been invited to Eva's house for an evening meal.

Aug 31, 2008

Photos: 43

Meal with Eva

Marco, Kimberley and I went to Eva's home in Enschede for an evening with Eva, Elias, Dominique, Ron, Rose, Tonni and Selly.

Aug 31, 2008

Photos: 28

Bombay Spice Again!

We were looking at photos from our last meal in the Bombay Spice Restaurant in Hengelo, and we decided that it was time to go there again!

Aug 29, 2008

Photos: 27

Photos of Kimie in UK

Kimberley went for a week's holiday in England and stayed with K and R. This album contains just a small selection of her holiday pics.I have only put photos here that have Kimi in them!

Aug 16, 2008

Photos: 50

Rose and Ron's BBQ

Our friends, Rose and Ron, invited us to a BBQ at their home.

Aug 9, 2008

Photos: 67

Pic-a-Day... August 2008 ....Random pics.

One photo every day throughout August.

Aug 1, 2008

Photos: 31

August 2008 ....Odd photos taken throughout August.

Odd photos taken throughout August ....no theme.

Aug 1, 2008

Photos: 201

Visit to Enter ... Clog Museum

Anna, Meitty and I went on a day trip to the town of Enter with a group of local people. In Enter we visited a very small clog workshop and a room filled with very old clogs....a type of museum. There was also a room with half an old boat, and they called that a museum, too! I cannot tell much about the photos, because I cannot remember everything. A lot of it I didn't understand anyway! However, you can look it all up on the website. The address is here: http://www.enter-info.nl/Musea/Klompenmuseum/klompenmuseum.html

Jul 30, 2008

Photos: 80

Bombay Spice...(humorous).

One evening we fancied an Indian meal, and so we went to The Bombay Spice restaurant in Hengelo. We ordered the chef's surprise meal. So we were not sure which dishes we were getting!

Jul 30, 2008

Photos: 63

In Hospital

I spent a few days in hospital for an operation.Here are just a few photos of my ward & the food.

Jul 5, 2008

Photos: 45

Kimie in Spain

Kimie went to Spain with Claire and her family.

Jul 4, 2008

Photos: 119

July 2008 Pic-a-Day ...A random photo every day

Random photos taken throughout July 2008.

Jul 1, 2008

Photos: 31

July 2008 Odd photos taken throughout July

Odd photos taken throughout July.

Jul 1, 2008

Photos: 72

Spare Ribs at Holten

We went to a sort of motel restaurant at Holten for spare ribs. The service was good, and the meal was lovely.

Jun 14, 2008

Photos: 37

Visit to old weaver's house ..(het wevershuisje).

A visit to het Wevershuisje in Almelo with my wijktaal group. http://www.wevershuisje.nl/

Jun 11, 2008

Photos: 55

Picnic in Rijssen

We set out with lots of food to meet up with Abby, Yvonne and others for a big picnic in a place called "Borkeld Dagcamping". The trouble was that we found two places called Borkeld, and neither of them was the right place! So we gave up searching and drove to the park in nearby Rijssen, where we had our own picnic.

Jun 7, 2008

Photos: 74

June 2008 .... Odd photos taken throughout June.

These are photos that do not fit in any specific album, but were taken throughout June 2008. It's a sort of photo diary. I will keep adding to this album until June is over.

Jun 3, 2008

Photos: 78

Pic-a-Day .... Random photos....June 2008

A photo every day throughout June.

Jun 1, 2008

Photos: 30

BBQ with Sheri & Tim....Expat Meet-up.

Some members of our expat group met at Sheri and Tim's parents' house for a BBQ. It started to rain so we moved indoors, but the BBQ went ahead, with Tim and his dad doing the cooking. We all had a nice time.They live in the area where all the houses were flattened after being burnt out in 2000 after the terrible fireworks disaster in Enschede. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S52p2AMISFk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster

May 25, 2008

Photos: 37

A Humorous Look at Lianne's Birthday BBQ

Lianne had a birthday BBQ in her garden, but soon after the BBQ was lit, it started to pour down with rain. We had to move everything indoors, except for the BBQ which remained outside, under a parasol.

May 14, 2008

Photos: 101

Gerda's Birthday BBQ

We went to Gerda's birthday BBQ. The weather was great. There was plenty of meat. We had a nice time there.

May 10, 2008

Photos: 116

A visit to Rijssen

The weather was great, so Marco and I drove to Rijssen and walked around the park. After that we went to eat in a café.

May 4, 2008

Photos: 42

Apenheul ...... A monkey park in Apeldoorn

Marco & I went to Apenheul today. We had a lovely day there. The grounds were really large, but we didn't see that many monkeys around!

May 3, 2008

Photos: 146

Grand Café De Rechter

Marco and I went to the newly opened grand café in Almelo. Cafés here in Holland are a bit like pubs in the UK.

May 3, 2008

Photos: 18

May 2008 ....Odd photos taken throughout May. Unthemed!

Odd pics taken in May.

May 2, 2008

Photos: 111

De Nacht Van Nijverdal .... Nijverdal's Night Market

Marco and I went to Nijverdal's Night Market. We also ate in what used to be Marco's favourite snack bar when he lived in Nijverdal. (If you ask me, all snack bars are the same here)!

May 2, 2008

Photos: 23

Ascension Day Picnic, (with our church congregation)

On Ascension day we went to church for a service, and then we held a big picnic in the carpenter's yard, near to the church with our own St. Mary's congregation & the congregation of our sister church in Arnhem. It was a rainy day, but we were under cover & the weather didn't stop the fun, with good food & pleasant company.

May 1, 2008

Photos: 116

Pic-a-Day .... Random photos .... May 2008

One photo every day in May.

May 1, 2008

Photos: 31

Linda's Birthday Celebration After Church.

After the church service today, we celebrated Linda's birthday in the church hut. Linda and Gerrit brought some snacks and wine for everyone.

Apr 27, 2008

Photos: 13

Lunch at Annie's

Annie invited me & Anna back to her home for lunch.

Apr 23, 2008

Photos: 13

A humorous look at Linda's Birthday Get-Together.

It was Linda's birthday today & she had an open house all day for birthday visitors! Marco picked me up after school & we went to her house where we stayed until 9.30 in the evening!

Apr 21, 2008

Photos: 35

A visit to the local cat & dog sanctuary.

Marco & I went to visit the local cat, (& dog), sanctuary & to take them a donation of a box of canned cat food. This is the cat's home where Suki was staying, (see my album called "The tale of Suki, an abandoned cat" and also see my "December 2007"album for an update on Suki.). We were delighted to hear that Suki has been adopted by someone & now has a new home. We had a peek through the glass windows of all the cat rooms. The cats were all so cute. We didn't go to look at the dogs this time, although we did pass a nice one on the way out! http://www.dierenopvangnoordbroek.nl/index.htm

Apr 19, 2008

Photos: 19

Hengelo Hospital & KFC

We had a busy morning. First to the fitness centre,&then to the Previtas Clinic,(that's a private clinic within Hengelo hospital), then to see a specialist in Hengelo hospital, & then lunch in KFC, and home again, & then poor Marco had to go off to work!!

Apr 18, 2008

Photos: 43

Views of Almelo from the new school building.

I was invited to a workshop for language & communication which was organised by ROC van Twente, (the school where I do volunteer work), and Scoop, (a volunteer organisation). The meeting was held in Almelo's new school building. I took some photos of Almelo from the windows of the room we were in.

Apr 15, 2008

Photos: 15

A Day in Hengelo

We went to Hengelo for the day. I left 6 bookcrossing books around the town,(www.bookcrossing.com ) & then we bought some lovely cheese from the market, went for lunch in De Twee Wezen, did some more shopping & then went for dinner in the Bombay Spice Indian Restaurant before coming home.

Apr 12, 2008

Photos: 68

Breakfast in Intratuin with Expat Group

Our expat group met up with each other again for breakfast at Intratuin in Enschede.There were 21 of us including the children. We moved lots of tables together to make one big one. I think it was the longest table that Intratuin had ever seen in their restaurant! (It's a garden centre!).

Apr 6, 2008

Photos: 29

April 2008 .... Odd photos taken throughout the month.

Odd photos taken throughout April 2008 ..... no theme.

Apr 2, 2008

Photos: 99

"Talendorp".... English exams at the New Erasmus School..... April 2008

Every year I go to help with the English exams at the New Erasmus School here in Almelo. They set tables up in a sort of village. Each table represents something different, like a job centre, rail station, police etc. The students must do a project at each table, which involves speaking in English.

Apr 1, 2008

Photos: 14

Pic-a-Day .... Random photos....April 2008

A random picture every day throughout April 2008.

Apr 1, 2008

Photos: 30

Celebration for Louw...Easter Sunday...March 2008

We had food & wine in the church hut today. It was a surprise especially for Louw,our organist, because he, & Pauline are about to go to Australia for a few weeks, & because he has been playing the organ for 50 years!

Mar 23, 2008

Photos: 31

Good Friday....Spare Ribs in "Cookers" Restaurant ... March 2008

Marco, Kimberley & I went to Cookers Restaurant in De Woonboulevard, Almelo for a spare ribs meal. I don't really like spare ribs very much.One time a year is enough for me!

Mar 21, 2008

Photos: 25

Lunch at Abby's House....IWON Meeting..... March 2008

Our two monthly meeting of the IWON group took place today at Abby's house in Goor. We each brought some food to share, and we had a lovely lunch.

Mar 16, 2008

Photos: 22

Lunch with Annie

Today Meitty and I went to lunch with Annie in her home near to Almelo town centre.

Mar 14, 2008

Photos: 37

A Morning With Meitty

Meitty invited Annie, Anna & myself to a church ladies coffee morning at Baptisten "De Bron" church. Afterwards, Annie & I went back to Meitty's home & she cooked a meal for us.

Mar 13, 2008

Photos: 36

Visit to the Fire Brigade in Almelo .... March 2008

The ladies of the ILC went to the local fire brigade for a talk & a tour.

Mar 6, 2008

Photos: 50

A Humorous Look at Kimberley's Shopping Trip to England...March 2008

Kimberley went to England to do some shopping.She took an almost empty suitcase & came home with a full case & lots of bags!! (and no money, of course!).

Mar 4, 2008

Photos: 53

March 2008

Various photos taken throughout March 2008.

Mar 1, 2008

Photos: 44

Pic - A - Day ... Album 11 ... March 2008

Random photos, one a day, taken throughout March 2008.

Mar 1, 2008

Photos: 31

Expat Meet-Up....Ribhouse Texas, Boekelo.... March 2008

We met at the Ribhouse Texas in Boekelo for a meal.

Mar 1, 2008

Photos: 33

A Humorous Look At Hennie's Birthday Get-Together!

We went to Marco's parents' house for his mother's birthday get-together.

Feb 24, 2008

Photos: 58

Tea with Annie

Annie invited Kathleen Ieke & myself to tea in her home.

Feb 19, 2008

Photos: 11

Coffee with Janna

Myself, Annie, Meitty & Anna, were invited to have coffee with Janna in her home.

Feb 14, 2008

Photos: 16

Valentine's Day 2008

Marco and I went to our favourite restaurant, "De Molen" for a delicious meal to celebrate Valentine's Day.

Feb 14, 2008

Photos: 26

The Chip Butty Challenge!

I searched in Picasa for "chip butty", and only one photo appeared! So I decided to make some photos of chip butties myself, and provide anybody reading this with the chip butty challenge! Can you put a pic of a chip butty on Picasa?Don't forget to TAG your photo with "chip butty".

Feb 12, 2008

Photos: 5

International Ladies Club Meeting ...... February 2008

Two ladies from the Almelo branch of Groei & Bloei gardening magazine came to give us a talk.

Feb 7, 2008

Photos: 15

Raalte Carnival 3rd February 2008

We went to see the carnival in Raalte & since we got there late, we had to park almost a mile away! Then we weaved our way through the crowds to walk almost the whole carnival route, overtaking the floats, so that we could find a space to stand where I could take some photos.I felt sorry for all the people taking part inb the carnival & for all the children watching from the side, as it was a freezing cold & windy day!

Feb 3, 2008

Photos: 124

Pic - a - Day ......Album 10 ....February 2008.

Random pics, one every day throughout February. No theme.

Feb 1, 2008

Photos: 29

FEBRUARY 2008

Odd photos taken throughout February.

Feb 1, 2008

Photos: 71

JANUARY 2008

Odd photos taken throughout January 2008.

Jan 31, 2008

Photos: 28

Hennie's house for Sunday dinner.

We went to visit Marco's parents & we had Sunday dinner with them. Marco's aunt Jannie & uncle Sietze were there when we first arrived, but left at dinner time, & Johan turned up for dinner.

Jan 27, 2008

Photos: 15

"Wok in Vuur en Vlam" restaurant.

The International Ladies Club is 12½ years old & they organised a celebration meal for members & their spouses. The club paid for all the women & the men paid for themselves!

Jan 26, 2008

Photos: 80

An afternoon with Beverly

Abby organised another meet-up of the IWON ladies, and Beverly offered her home as the venue.

Jan 19, 2008

Photos: 35

Marco's haircut

Marco went to get his hair cut, although you cannot see much difference between the before and after pics here.

Jan 14, 2008

Photos: 10

A women's meeting at "Het Museum de Fundatie" in Heino.

Myself, Meitty, Annie & Anna were met by Ada, Janny, Janna & Dini, (our new Dutch friends),& we travelled together to "Kasteel het Nijenhuis" in Heino, where we met up with other women from town & country for a talk & lunch in "Het Museum de Fundatie".

Jan 10, 2008

Photos: 42

An afternoon with Gillian, for a New Year's drink.

The International Ladies Club met up at Gillian's house for a New Year drink. Gillian had prepared a lovely buffet, too.

Jan 3, 2008

Photos: 23

Just a small (HUMOROUS) extract from Kimberley's Christmas in England.

Kimberley went to England for Christmas which she spent with her father, stepmother & stepsister. Then she went to spend Boxing Day and to see in the New Year with a friend, Stuart and his friends.This album contains only a small extract from Kim's photos. I mainly concentrated on the house pets, as there were so many pics of them.

Jan 2, 2008

Photos: 92

New Year's Day

We went to Marco's parents' house on New Year's Day, to say Happy New Year, & for coffee, ollieballen & appelflaps.Johan was there, and Marco's other brother Gerard turned up with Albertine & their 3 girls.

Jan 1, 2008

Photos: 20

Pic - a - Day ....Random pics ... Album 9 .... January 2008

A different photo every day throughout January.

Jan 1, 2008

Photos: 31

New Year's Eve with Eva

We went to Eva's house to spend New Year's Eve with Eva, Elias, Doinique, Chico, Cathy and Frans.

Dec 31, 2007

Photos: 42

Rose's birthday dinner.

We went to Ron & Rose for dinner & then found out that it was Rose's birthday on Boxing Day!

Dec 27, 2007

Photos: 20

Hennie's Christmas Dinner 2007

We went to Henny's house on Christmas Day.Marco wore a Christmas hat, but his dad took it to use as a headwarmer! Marco never did get it back! Marco persuaded Nicole to take some small yorkshire puddings for his family to try. His dad & sis refused them, his brother took one bite & threw his one off the plate, (very diplomatic), & his mum waited until she had finished her dinner & then picked her pud up in her fingers & ate it with suspicion!

Dec 25, 2007

Photos: 37

ILC Dutch Sinterklaas Celebration

We ladies from ILC got together for a small Dutch Sinterklaas celebration with food and gifts.Ok, it was a whole week AFTER the actual Sinterklaas day, but never mind!

Dec 13, 2007

Photos: 40

Visit to Ada on her dairy farm.

Along with 5 of my classmates from school I went to visit Ada on her dairy farm here in Almelo. Three other Dutch ladies came along also. Jannie gave Susan, Meitty and I a lift in her car.

Dec 12, 2007

Photos: 92

Pic a day....album 8 ....random pics....December 2007.

Random photos....one every day.

Dec 1, 2007

Photos: 31

December 2007

Various pics taken throughout December.

Dec 1, 2007

Photos: 75

Car wash

Marco used his car wash voucher!

Nov 25, 2007

Photos: 29

Abby's Thanksgiving Dinner

Abby held a Thanksgiving Dinner, in Diepenheim Cultural Centre, for all her friends. Everyone brought food and drinks to share. We all had a lovely time.

Nov 24, 2007

Photos: 97

Meal with expat group.

Another meet-up for the Overijssel Expats group. We went to De Molen restaurant in Almelo.

Nov 17, 2007

Photos: 26

Kimberley's new hair colour.

Kimberley put a semi - permanent colour on her hair.... here is the result.

Nov 17, 2007

Photos: 10

Marco's work's day trip to Emsflower in Germany.

Marco's boss paid for all his workers to go on a day trip to Emsflower, plant centre, in Germany. We had lunch there, and later, back in Holland, we went to a restaurant for the evening meal.

Nov 10, 2007

Photos: 126

November 2007

Photos taken throughout November 2007

Nov 4, 2007

Photos: 33

Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant

We decided to go to an Indian restaurant in Hengelo to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night, (Nov 5th), which we would have celebrated in England by going to a firework display, & then a restaurant afterwards! They don't celebrate it here in Holland, of course! (So no firework displays).

Nov 4, 2007

Photos: 25

Pic-a-day ..album 7.... random pics ....November 2007

Random pics....one every day .... throughout November 2007.

Nov 3, 2007

Photos: 30

Halloween - making a "jack-o-lantern" - 2007

This is the 3rd year that I have carved a pumpkin. I'm not very good at it, but the result always looks ok in the dark, no matter how unprofessional the carving is!

Oct 30, 2007

Photos: 11

Ron's Birthday Party

Our friend Ron had a birthday get-together with lots of drinks & delicious food. I don't have many photos because we couldn't stay long due to Kimberley feeling unwell.

Oct 27, 2007

Photos: 22

A visit to Stuart in Delft

Kimberley travelled to Delft by train to visit our English friend, Stuart.

Oct 19, 2007

Photos: 36

Anine's 9th Birthday

Anine is now 9 years old & there was a family get-together to celebrate her birthday.

Oct 7, 2007

Photos: 27

October 2007 .....various pics taken throughout October

Just a collection of photos taken throughout the month of October.

Oct 6, 2007

Photos: 65

ILC Social Meeting

We met for drinks, nibbles & chat.

Oct 4, 2007

Photos: 25

Pic-a-day...album 6 ...October 2007 ....random photos

A new random photo every day throughout October 2007

Oct 1, 2007

Photos: 31

IWON social meeting.

The ladies of IWON got together at Katelyn's house in Schelfhorst where we had a lovely day together with plenty of food and lots of laughs.

Sep 29, 2007

Photos: 48

Meal at "The Bombay Spice" restaurant.

Both Kimberley & Marco fancied an Indian meal, so we went to The Bombay Spice restaurant in Hengelo. I managed to keep to my diet, although my meal wasn't so enjoyable without the naan bread, poppadoms, rice, Bombay potatoes etc!

Sep 23, 2007

Photos: 27

September 2007

Various photos taken throughout September 2007

Sep 22, 2007

Photos: 105

Pic-a-day.......Album 5....Random photos.....September 2007

Random photos.....one every day in September.

Sep 1, 2007

Photos: 30

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