Hello Holland - Part 1

Holland holds excitement for me...

...come and take a snowy walk with me through a Dutch town...

This is the newest part of the museum. The glass has old aerial photographs of the farms and surrounding areas...it is stunning.

The water giving an icy reflection.


A Vintage car looking like a cake with its sweet candy colours.

Lots of snow...these doors are too sweet and I love the fact they have covered the space in between the building with this cute woodwork.

Fruit trees forced into shape are a normal thing around here....

...here are some more, maybe an apple. The shapes of the houses are all different, and this one had heart shutters!

A little feel of Amsterdam with the stepped roof.

I missed photographing the mass of cyclists passing us by as I slipped on the icy street...hanging on to the Wonderful Dutchman with a bundle of Spring smelling Tulips in my arms... The faces of friends as they waved and stopped by with excited voices, and calls of 'What are you doing here?'. Big man hugs and smiles all around...

...the delights of a simple walk.

Country Girl at Heart

I have just spent a few days with my my Mum who lives in the glorious Berkshire countryside. Glorious sums it up perfectly.....May is my favorite summer month, everything looking so green, new and fresh... a taste of hot summer days, and BBQ's in the garden.


I Love the wonderful colours of the landscape, the vivid yellow of the oilseed rape fields.


The Bob enjoyed himself.......

.....even when covered in seed heads!!


Even my mums faithful English Bull Terrier, was interested in the familiar looking dogs, or is it sheep???




And what brought back such fantastic memories of my childhood, was seeing the newly sheared sheep and the shearing field covered in wool, and the lambs playing.




Pure Bliss......Thanks Mum!!!