More Signs of Spring

Tuesday in Elmira

They were taking out the ice

Rien is dumping wood

There is lots of room again
we're nearing the end of the wood pile

Feasts of Israel "Hanukkah"

We learned about the feast of Hanukkah

Joelle brought lots of stuff
and we all got chocolate money and a dreidel

and Latkes with applesauce or sour cream

Spring?

On the way to Kitchener, signs of spring

but the snow disappears very slow

Robin

She's probably wondering if she arrived to early

Different Perspective

Marc looks tall beside Rowdy (younger)and Brian (same age)

When he's between Wim & Bart, Marc doesn't look tall

We'll have to try this again in a few years

Orchids 2

This is where my middle brother works

very pretty orchids

Checking the roots

This is a more familiar one

This one is new and coming

Still snow in Ontario

Yesterday Marc had a snow-day

Today I went for a hike in the neighbour's bush

Orchids 1

Ineke working with orchids
at their Green House operation

Dark red

Yellow for Easter

Lots of beauty

Westland and surrounding areas

Oranjesluis

Vlaardingen

Typical Westland picture - Green Houses-

Knot willows

Domkerk De Lier

nice mailbox

A lot of trampolines were low, dug in.
It would probably cut down on injuries

Market

Going to the market with my mom

Flowers for very reasonable prices

and good quality too

Sheep & Lambs

Look at the rectangle eyes

It's the season for lambs
this one is so small it has to reach for milk

M&M Margreet & Marian
went with us to look at the newborns

They are cutely speckled

The older ones are allowed outside

Rounding them up for the night

The next day when the weather was nice the lambs went on pasture

When you bike around there are sheep and lambs everywhere

spring is beautiful

Home Again

I will put some more picture up from the Netherlands later
but for now we are home again
As usual our car was the dirtiest in the parking lot
I washed it before we left last week

I forgot to make a picture of the Dutch gas stations
1.63 Euro a liter (about $2.12)
Canada $1.18

Chinese / Cantonese Food

Oma & Marc

Marc & Esmee are the same age

The food was delicious
and we were with family so great company