This book is currently in the making. It coincides with the centenary of Stadspark Groningen. I make drawings of fungi that I see in the park. I draw with the seasons, with great love and dedication, show how magically beautiful and biodiverse urban nature can be.

I do feel connected to the women in history who studied fungi and made drawings and watercolors of them. Male scientists saw the world of fungi as unimportant, which is why there were relatively many female mycologists.

The book will be educational, artistic, playful, and above all, beautiful! @uitgeverijblinuet (Palmslag) will publish the book in 2026.

As I searched for words to express an undermining apocalyptic feeling that regularly creeps up on me, I was interrupted, what timing, by Jehovah’s at the door asking me, “How can you be sure that all the misery in the world is not God’s punishment?”

And yet, very close by, in the woods, in the park, and even in my small town garden, mushrooms grow. They are as real and tangible as it gets. Thus I focus on that which exists within my field of vision, a biodiversity in all its glory and with the most fantastic manifestations that exist. I perceive the wonder and there is love.