Saturday, April 29, 2017

Out to Pasture


Wednesday was the day


The door opened and the milk cows could go out


running and jumping, looking at me


real close


they love being outside

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Mill Race trail



Marg, Joanne Irene and I went for a little hike


saw a Musk Rat


this area is quite wet 


pretty flowers


Red Wing Black Bird


Chipmunks


Ducks

Chickadees close to the bridge


The old bridge is still used




in the summer the train to Elmira goes here




Wednesday, April 26, 2017

congratulations from the Mayor and the King


Monday was the day of the 60th anniversary
flowers from town-hall


cake made by Denise


an engraved vase from Gemeente Westland


given by the mayor (Sjaak van der Tak)
 who came for an official visit


and we had a few family members there too


it was a fun morning


the photographer Jaques Zorgman took a picture for the paper
Huib is doing a great job holding the flowers


the photographer sent me the original


and a letter came in the mail from 
het koningklijk huis (the administrative office of the king)



Monday, April 24, 2017

60 years



there is a party


friends lining up with presents



my parents are 60 years married


some people drove a distance to come


family came


they enjoy each other's company


it was a nice get together


we took a family picture
the result in another post (it needs some editing)



Saturday, April 22, 2017

Gnomes or Kabouters


My cousin collects gnomes 



she has hundreds 



large and small


this one has the most details in it's face
it looks like the drawings of Rien Poortvliet



here the difference between a "real" and a Chinese replica
The "real" one has different eyes 



a few really big gnomes 



my cousin doesn't like to have her picture taken
so I took a picture of the dog

Friday, April 21, 2017

Delft



on the bike to Delft


Coffee at the Waag


to cold to sit outside


Bikes at the visbanken


Delft has so many pretty places, 
saw lots of people with cameras

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Arjo ar SV.CO


I like to see where my family works


Arjo works here at SV.CO
main product is kalanchoe and Chrysanthemum 


started the tour with these ladies


planing the chrysanthemums 


the pots all got showers to 
stabilize the young plants in the potting soil


on to the greenhouse


there are different transport lines going, here another line
and someone taking the plants off the line and spreading on the floor


all space gets used, people walk on the transport system
when the space is all filled


little cards tell when the plant was planted and moved
these are ready for harvest


another transport line brings the plants in the packing area


long lines ready to be packed and shipped


filling orders


matching packaging with the colour of the plants