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Yet Again.
Too Clever
This is painted on the side of a storage container at the large Flea Market Waterlooplein. It is the local vendors replicated in the Style of Rembrandt. When I saw it, made my day.
Blockchain
Figured this is something about which I should know and understand. Attended a two- plus hour lecture; am now as confused, only with much more information. A funny aspect to me- it is supposedly non-hackable. At present is considered to be the most democratic of forums, – as a public transaction ledger. However, someone developed …
Stunned
This photo on my! iphone?!
Followed me home, Mom
One day, this sweet cat, that actually lives two houses down, but hangs around outside to be ooh and aah’d over, petted and patted, came to inspect my shoppings as I unloaded them from the baggage carrier. He found the shrimp, and followed me into the house. How could I not. Now, he waits daily …
The Cow Who Fell in the Canal
This wonderful children’s book, illustrated by Peter Spier has been read and loved by English speaking child in Holland, my own included. It was first published in 1950. However, the basis of the story was always a mystery to me, what was the cow doing so close to the canal in the first place. Today! …
More On the “Hack”
So you use your grandma’s hanky or a vintage linen doily on a tray; someone spills red wine on it; you wash it. In the dripping wet stage, which follows the last rinse in the sink, you slap it against the tiles in the bathroom. Or the tiles anywhere else in the house and because …
The Best Hack
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 …
The Flower Parade
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.