Blooms

15 January 2013
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It is the middle of winter, but there are flowers blooming in our living room. I received a lovely basket full of daffodil and hyacinth bulbs. As they bloom, their scent fills the house with an amazing aroma in every corner.  The Dutch are very good at building more than…

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Cruquius

6 January 2013
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Today we took a nice trip around the region again, and visited the Museum De Cruquius. The museum is on the place of a former steam pumping station built in the 1800s for draining a lake. I visited here awhile back on my second trip to the Netherlands in May 2010, but…

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Ijmuiden

29 December 2012
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Along with moving to the Netherlands, I have been introduced to a new form of transportation, via motorcycle. I rode G’s motorcycle on the back for the first time this month. The sun finally decided to come out this week, so we took a drive today. As usual, I made…

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Book Market

22 December 2012
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We attended a book market event for the Christmas season in Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland. My in-laws organized this very nice event through their own company. G and I took turns shooting pictures of the book market at their company. We sat down to a warm fire and hot chocolate milk while…

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Worldly Legacy

28 November 2012
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Once upon a time, a young woman became a princess…in front of 750 million people. My mother was among the many gathered in Britain to celebrate Princess Diana’s marriage. Fifteen years later, her memories of travel could still inspire similar aspirations in me. I constantly stole sessions with her albums full of…

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Return

11 September 2011
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The alarm went off too soon this morning. G and I took our time getting to the airport, and I checked in fairly early.  We spent extra time on the observation deck at Schiphol together. It helped a little to watch the planes. I saw the gate and runway I…

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Birthday

10 September 2011
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This special day arrived at midnight, and I sang “Happy Birthday” to G. We stayed up late watching television together and had ice cream to celebrate.  At noon we woke up and rode the bicycles to the seaside of Noordwijk. We decided to make a local day and visit area…

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Walibi

9 September 2011
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The happiness and laughter from last night’s gift took a very long time to settle down. In between the driving and day’s excitement, we didn’t get much sleep during the night. We woke up at 8 am or so, and the three of us dragged ourselves to the car. The…

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Wolphaartsdijk

8 September 2011
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We stayed up too again, and woke up at noon this morning. I passed out for most of the drive, waking up when we reached Goes. We stopped inside of an auction house/reseller, which had lots of antiques and second hand items. There were a number of old cameras (at least 50…

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