Onderbroeken Challenge - fluwelnl

Underwear challenge

An eye-opener, the phone call with our car dealer Ed. By the way, Ed is a good one. Car dealers have a bit of an image of 'has he ever been in jail' for many people. Not Ed, honestly, that whole E...
Een nieuw jaar - fluwelnl

A new year

Great, this year the sun is rising again and this year I have to write a good 50 newsletters and I already don't know what I'm going to talk about this time. Look, we all know that my newsletters ...
Mijn droom komt uit - fluwelnl

My Dream Comes True

We all have to deal with it at some point. You know: those things of unprecedented importance, things that are unparalleled. People who participate in them are looked up to with great awe, addressi...
Ik ben een hele blije man - fluwelnl

I’m a very happy man

Sounds good, right? That's how I opened the closing speech of the meeting and cozy lunch that we have every year with the entire Fluwel team at the end of the season last Thursday. It will probabl...
De Amaryllis: het perfecte kerstcadeau - fluwelnl

Amaryllis, The Perfect Christmas Gift

Ongeveer een maand geleden heb ik jullie uitgebreid verteld waarom ik erelid ben van de Amaryllissenfanclub. Er zijn namelijk zoveel redenen om fan te zijn van deze plant: ze is mooi, sterk, en kan...
Poeperen - fluwelnl

The Dutch Tradition of Complaining

If the Dutch are good at something, it's pooping. Often it's about nothing at all, but it seems like they just enjoy pooping. But still, the pooping of farmers in particular, and therefore also th...
De Druiven van Ben - fluwelnl

Ben’s New Grapes

'Are you coming around today or tomorrow, appie from Ben, I have something for you'. Yes indeed, that's a coincidence, tomorrow morning I arrive by boat from Harwich in Hoek van Holland. Together ...
Bloembollen planten met Trijntje Oosterhuis - fluwelnl

Trijntje Oosterhuis

Fluwel visited Trijntje Oosterhuis at home! Together with her we planted bulbs for spring 2024. More than 2000 bulbs. Crocuses, snowdrops, hyacinths, alliums, tulips, daffodils, you name it. We are...
De laatste damesmode - fluwelnl

The Latest Ladies’ Fashion

Yes, it could happen that you bump into me in the women's department of a large department store or another leading fashion store. Now you certainly won't see me coming out of the fitting rooms in ...