Monday Tuesday.

Yes I know I haven’t been around much but sometimes life gets in the way. And I have been really busy.First of all two of our grandchildren had their birthday party . As you can see on the photo’s Megan is sweet sixteen now and Mike did become eleven. Megan did bake her own birthday cake, not this one but one simular like this one on the photo. It was beautiful and delicious.That was eaten by about 30 of her friends and they loved it.

Megan also started her own blog . Here is the link http://thediaryofgirlss.blogspot.nl/

Today she is showing her own made birthday cake. Could you please commen and maybe follow her?

Then I also was very busy with my new found hobby. Making quilts. I did stop some years ago , started again last year and now I have been taking lessons once more. I did write about it in my other blog :   http://mylifequiltingandstitchingagain.blogspot.nl/

And today we went for a walk in our neighborhood. We have full spring here and in every garden everything is in full bloom.So beautiful. Good for some nice pictures.

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Monday, Tuesday.

Last week on a beautiful sunny day we went to visit  family in an other part of the country, North Holland.

Here a little impression of what we saw on our way. Dutch countryside.

The deer were in a little park near their home in Alkmaar. The farm( on the left) with the pointed roof is typical for that part of the country. The very old house on the right has what we call a step-roof

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Skywatch Friday.

 

Sorry I have not been around lately but sometimes that happens. No inspiration at all.

But spring is coming, the weather is getting nicer and nicer and I feel better already.

Let me show you what makes my days lately. These beautiful sunrises, almost every day, just before breakfast.

I hope there are not too many photo’s but I couldn’t choose and they didn’t look nice in a collage.

I am linking this post to Skywatch Friday :http://skyley.blogspot.nl/

 

 

 

 

 

 

This last one was sundown last night.

Olympics.

 

Today is the last day of the Olympic Wintergames. Didyou watch the games?

We have seen young people fighting for medals in all sorts of wintersports. Holland is a country with many iceskaters and this year we had several champions , going for gold, silver and bronze. All together they won 24 medals and that  many was a record, unbelievable for such a small country as ours. We are all so proud

We saw it all on TV and here I have a few photo’s to show you.

 

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Monday.

 

Most years in mid February it is real winter here. Not this time. We hardly had any frost at night and no snow at all. I can tell you, I don’t really mind.

Because of me having had a bit of a flu I had to get into my files again. These photo´s were made in January and February 2012.I love the colors  of the lovely crocuses and the beautiful blue hyacinths.

The geese in the park were fed  another time when we  were there for a walk.There was lots of ice and snow then.

 

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Istanbul.

On one of our cruises we visited the beautiful and incredible city of Istanbul. One of the cities I would love to visit again. I have a few photo’s from  our far too short visit.

There is this giant Grand Bazaar with its heart in the old town. It has 4000 (yes) shops under one roof and 65 alleys connecting all of them in a disorienting conglomeration where you easily can get lost. It is a small city into itself, a giant puzzle.

There  are almost 3000 mosks and the skyline of Istanbul is punctuated by their minarets, large and small.

I will tell more about our trip another time.

Sailing on the Bosphorus also known as the Istanbul Strait. Looking at Istanbul.

Hundreds of different spices in the Grand bazaar. That smell was unbelievable  and doesn’t the look of it make you want to buy  just anything.

Grand Bazar

Grand bazaar where you can buy just about anything.

Mosks.

Minarets everywhere.

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Kopenhagen.

Another memory lane post.

Year before last we went on a cruise in Europe. We also visited the beautiful city of Kopenhagen and as you can see here , the weather was perfect. Blue sky and lots of sun. what else can we want.

 

 

 

 

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Monday, Tuesday.

 

Going through my files I found these nice spring photo’s from a few years back. Just wishing we already had that nice weather.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Maandag, Dinsdag.

The weather here is dull and dreary. Lots of rain  and only a little bit of sunshine now and then.

I am slow in blogging as I don’t have any inspiration.

So I am going back to Memory lane again.

These photo’s are from our vacation in Spain a few years ago.They make me smile.

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Monday Tuesday.

 

 

This time of year it usually is rather cold over here. Not this time. We had hardly any frost and no snow at all. Different from other parts of the world where there inches of it as I read on several blogs.

This is also the time of year that I like to think about going on vacation , like where and when.

It is so nice to look at photo´s that bring back memories.

I did make a little collage of photo´s I made in England when we were there a few years ago. I would love to go and visit those beautiful gardens again.

A person can always dream….right?

 

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Skywatch Friday.

 

 

I made so many sky photo’s in the last weeks that I am going  to show more than one today.

Sun coming up.

 

Sundown.

 

CHristmas.

Now with this one you can use your fantasy. What do YOU see in it ? Crying baby maybe?

 

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Monday, Tuesday.

 

After New years day I have been rather busy so I didn’t take any photo’s . Today I have a few photo’s from my files to show.

The yellow phonebooth is in the big library in Rotterdam . You can listen to poems in it as it says on the top.

 

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New Year.

Today I have  some photo’s to show that  I made in December and in the night of January first.

For Skywatch 

This was in the morning of December 5.

 

Late afternoon December 8.

 

Late afternoon December 8 a few minutes after the I made the photo  above this one. Skies do change so quickly, when you see one you like you have to be quick to take a picture or it is gone.

 

Fireworks after twelve on New Years eve for Pink Saturday

 

And a beautiful farmhouse not far from our home for Friday Fences and Weekend reflections

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2013, almost over.

 

 

 

Where did 2013 go? Many good and sad things happened. I suppose everybody has those feelings.

I want to make this last post of the year one with a lot of photo’s which are memories for me from January till December. Some I did show and some are new here.Most from places we visited. The photo’s of our Royal family I took while watching TV.

I want to wish you all a happy and most of all healthy 2014.

Riet

 

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Christmas 2013.

 

 

For almost 5 whole days we had no internet. There was no connection. So no mailing, no blogging,  not visiting my blogging friends. Sorry about that.

Thank goodness it was fixed this morning.

So what do you do with all that spare time? LOL.

Getting ready for Christmas and

I made photo’s of my Christmas home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I want to wish you all a wonderful Christmas.

Riet