A Caminostone for your marriage!

Part of an inspiring artproject with travelling miniatures and art on the walking trails.

These unique painted stones travel around the world. Every travelling stone carries its own story or message, of a participant or about the trail. Here you find info about this project.
Below the story of this stone, location yourney and meetings with hikers.

The miniature, location and message.





The marriage of Lily and Larkspur.

Once upon a time and now there will be
Once upon a time – in a land far far away, called Limburg – there was a princess who listened to the name Simone.
She was born in the beautiful month of June. That’s why, and also because of her fair skin, she was called Lily by everyone.
Princess Lily grew up in Sittard with her parents the King and Queen.
She behaved like a princess but sometimes like a prince.
“Get rid of those dolls! Soldiers are much more fun”!
Her hair was long and sometimes very short.
But alas – the fairy tale didn’t want it that way, because princesses are princesses and princes are princes.
And so Princess Lily became more and more princess-like.
When she had the appropriate age she was educated about the marital affairs of princesses, and she learned that she had to wait for a knight on a white horse. That’s just how fairytales want
it to be.
And lo and behold – after some years of waiting – there was a Knight and – yes – he rode a horse.
It wasn’t a white horse, but “what the heck” – Lily said to herself – “fairy tales are quite old-
fashioned and we’re just going for a more modern version”.
So – there was a fairytale wedding; they had children and they lived for many years in their palace.
But … something was off for princess Lily.
The fairy tale always says “and they lived happily ever after”… and the ‘ever after’ part almost took
care of itself, but ‘happily’?
Something wasn’t right.
Princess Lily discovered that there were not only knights riding around but also lady-knights and – they were also quite nice and attractive and pretty and ….. yes, you could definitely feel quite warm when you looked at them and especially if they looked back.
So yes – her palace really didn’t feel like a castle, but rather like a closet – Harry Potter’s broom closet.
At one point Princess Lily knew for sure – she had to come out of it.
The fairy tale tells that Princess Lily took the plunge and made it clear that she no longer wanted to live in that closet but had to come out. It was vital.
Coming out – only two words, but it was not so simple – it never is.
It was a difficult and even painful process.
Makes sense, since new life was born and every birth hurts and at the same time, every birth brings something new, something beautiful and exciting.
And so it happened. The lady-knights became more and more interesting and Princess Lily had her
eyes peeled.
A whole new world of opportunities opened up for Lily.She occasionally visited lady-knight-tournaments abroad. Pretty interesting, but not quite what she was looking for.
And then – Lily found her lady-knight.
Since…
… once upon a time – in a land not so far away – called Brabant – there was a lady-knight called
Titia.
She had known for quite some time that living in a broom-cabinet was not a good life and she had
come out at a relatively young age.
And lady-knight Titia – because of her month of birth also known as Lady-knight Larkspur – was a
very nice and sweet lady-knight.
Larkspur was full of zest for life; she had beautiful battle cries such as “Hou doe” , “Ayeto” and “Alaaf”!
Larkspur captured Princess Lily’s heart.
They grew closer and closer together in peace and patience.
And so – ladies and gentlemen – the “once upon a time” fairytale came to an end and today we have arrived at the “now becomes” fairytale.
A new fairy tale is born, the fairy tale of princess Lily and lady-knight Larkspur.
This fairy tale will be different, since the old fairy tale promised to be “happily ever after”, but
failed at the word happy.
This new fairy tale is going to be “shorter
but promises to be very happy”.
Princess Lily and lady-knight Titia said yes to each other today and start the new fairy tale that they write themselves, their own contemporary version.
Long live princess Lily and lady-knight Larkspur.

This stone started travelling on 2022-09-06.








Location or journey
of this stone.

Caminostones exists since 2015, in different shapes and forms on many (inter)national walking trails.
Click here for more info on the routes.

Did you take the travelling stone? And do you want to leave it on a new location, so it can continue it’s journey? Click here.

This artproject wants to pleasantly surprise hikers through stories and miniature art. A second goal is to initiate a new form of connection and awareness,through art and social media. The participant and I are looking forward to your response on this stone story!

This is an art project by visual artist Andrea Haandrikman-Schraets.
Info on the project: contact.





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Location
travelling stone
  • These unique painted stones travel around the world. Every travelling stone carries its own story or message, of a participant or about the trail. Right, the story of this stone.

    Caminostones exists since 2015, in different shapes and forms on many (inter)national walking trails.
    Click here for more info on the routes.

    Did you take the travelling stone? And do you want to leave it on a new location, so it can continue it’s journey? Click here.

    This artproject wants to pleasantly surprise hikers through stories and miniature art. A second goal is to initiate a new form of connection and awareness,through art and social media.
    The participant and I are looking forward to your response on this stone story! (possibly with photo)

    This is an art project by visual artist Andrea Haandrikman-Schraets.
    Info on the project: contact.

  • The miniature, message and location.

    The marriage of Lily and Larkspur.

    Once upon a time and now there will be
    Once upon a time – in a land far far away, called Limburg – there was a princess who listened to the name Simone.
    She was born in the beautiful month of June. That’s why, and also because of her fair skin, she was called Lily by everyone.
    Princess Lily grew up in Sittard with her parents the King and Queen.
    She behaved like a princess but sometimes like a prince.
    “Get rid of those dolls! Soldiers are much more fun”!
    Her hair was long and sometimes very short.
    But alas – the fairy tale didn’t want it that way, because princesses are princesses and princes are princes.
    And so Princess Lily became more and more princess-like.
    When she had the appropriate age she was educated about the marital affairs of princesses, and she learned that she had to wait for a knight on a white horse. That’s just how fairytales want
    it to be.
    And lo and behold – after some years of waiting – there was a Knight and – yes – he rode a horse.
    It wasn’t a white horse, but “what the heck” – Lily said to herself – “fairy tales are quite old-
    fashioned and we’re just going for a more modern version”.
    So – there was a fairytale wedding; they had children and they lived for many years in their palace.
    But … something was off for princess Lily.
    The fairy tale always says “and they lived happily ever after”… and the ‘ever after’ part almost took
    care of itself, but ‘happily’?
    Something wasn’t right.
    Princess Lily discovered that there were not only knights riding around but also lady-knights and – they were also quite nice and attractive and pretty and ….. yes, you could definitely feel quite warm when you looked at them and especially if they looked back.
    So yes – her palace really didn’t feel like a castle, but rather like a closet – Harry Potter’s broom closet.
    At one point Princess Lily knew for sure – she had to come out of it.
    The fairy tale tells that Princess Lily took the plunge and made it clear that she no longer wanted to live in that closet but had to come out. It was vital.
    Coming out – only two words, but it was not so simple – it never is.
    It was a difficult and even painful process.
    Makes sense, since new life was born and every birth hurts and at the same time, every birth brings something new, something beautiful and exciting.
    And so it happened. The lady-knights became more and more interesting and Princess Lily had her
    eyes peeled.
    A whole new world of opportunities opened up for Lily.She occasionally visited lady-knight-tournaments abroad. Pretty interesting, but not quite what she was looking for.
    And then – Lily found her lady-knight.
    Since…
    … once upon a time – in a land not so far away – called Brabant – there was a lady-knight called
    Titia.
    She had known for quite some time that living in a broom-cabinet was not a good life and she had
    come out at a relatively young age.
    And lady-knight Titia – because of her month of birth also known as Lady-knight Larkspur – was a
    very nice and sweet lady-knight.
    Larkspur was full of zest for life; she had beautiful battle cries such as “Hou doe” , “Ayeto” and “Alaaf”!
    Larkspur captured Princess Lily’s heart.
    They grew closer and closer together in peace and patience.
    And so – ladies and gentlemen – the “once upon a time” fairytale came to an end and today we have arrived at the “now becomes” fairytale.
    A new fairy tale is born, the fairy tale of princess Lily and lady-knight Larkspur.
    This fairy tale will be different, since the old fairy tale promised to be “happily ever after”, but
    failed at the word happy.
    This new fairy tale is going to be “shorter
    but promises to be very happy”.
    Princess Lily and lady-knight Titia said yes to each other today and start the new fairy tale that they write themselves, their own contemporary version.
    Long live princess Lily and lady-knight Larkspur.

    This stone started it’s journey on 2022-09-06.



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    Location or journey
    of this stone