Author Archives: The Chronicler

Learned this decades ago, when first in Holland; all thanks to reader E who illustrated it for me. I have never ever seen it repeated in any magazine on “best tricks; how to ‘iron’ anything linen, cotton etc.”. I can’t be the only one that now and then uses a vintage piece of linen. If …

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It’s a small country so the scale is not that of the Rose Parade. The floats have to maneuver their way through narrow village streets. The flowers used are of course, seasonal, this is the spring flower parade vs. the fall parade. I especially the complete decoration of the company cars.

Here it lay, in the middle of the street. A fish. Likely dropped by a seagull – at least that seems the most logical response.

or what. The houses in the background, the flat land and bulbs as far as the eye can see!

Took a ferry boat to a steam train to travel amongst the bulb fields.

Had time to stop and sit at an outdoor cafe in the center of the City. To my utter surprise, neither of the two waitstaff that served my table, spoke Dutch. Then it was I realized they didn’t have to. Amsterdam is so populated with tourists, they need English speakers, not Dutch. One more loss …

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Yes this was at Christmas time, but I couldn’t publish it then. How festive is this!

For a country that is typically rainy and wet and seldom has a summer of sunshine, Climate Change has made a huge impact.  Every day has sun and the spring already has high temps.  Northern parts of the country are suffer drought. Fortunately, the populous is sufficiently educated to address the issues that need to …

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