View into Súd

View into a street in the centre of Workum named Súd. In the background is the 15th century Reformed St. Gertrudis Church.

I noticed the estate agency ('makelaardij' in Dutch) on the corner had a nice sign. And yes that must be Christmas lights still hanging there..;)   (photo taken last Saturday)

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Pottery

This charming building at the Begine in Workum is a shop selling Frisian pottery.

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Looking up

My husband took this photo from one of the many chandeliers inside Het Loo Palace.

Delft lanterns

As you may know, the city of Delft is famous for its Delftware or Delft pottery, also known as Delft Blue. This blue and white pottery was made in and around Delft from the 16th century.
At the St Agatha Square, in front of the Prinsenhof Museum, are 3 porcelain covered streetlights. They were placed here as part of the cultural exchange program between the cities of Delft and Jingdezhen, that started in 2008. The porcelain was painted by the artists Wendy Steenks from Delft and Ling Yun from China.

Génestet church

The nice thing about a historical town is that there are small alleys to find and hidden inner yards to discover if you look well. In Delft we found this gate with a medallion portrait picturing the clergyman and poet P.A. de Génestet, who worked in the Remonstrant church that was named after him and that we found behind the gate.

The Génestet church is a neo-renaissance building from 1896, designed by L. Couvée and built on the site of a so-called 'secret church' from 1639. A secret -or clandestine- church ("schuilkerk" in Dutch) was a house of worship used by religious minorities, and was tolerated on condition that it was discreet and not conducted in public spaces. Clandestine churches were commonly built inside houses or other buildings, and do not show a public facade to the street.

The light bulb in a tree

This light bulb has a tiny solar cell on top, and lights up like this in the evening hanging in our magnolia tree. With yesterday´s high temperatures I sat in the garden until 10:30 pm, very relaxing! :)
As you may have noticed there is moisture inside the bulb, and after a rain shower last week the lower half of the bulb was filled with water so I'm not sure it will make through the Summer, but we'll see :))

Fijne Kerstdagen!

Merry Christmas!

Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be as one

(From:  'Imagine' - John Lennon)

Lighthouse light bulb

Each floor inside the 150 years old Texel lighthouse had information panels with photos and/or a small showcase telling about its history. Interesting was this exhibition of huge light bulbs -having a size of about 60 cm- that were once used.

round reflection

The reflection in one of the chandeliers inside the Nieuwe Kerk at the Dam square in Amsterdam.

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looking down..

.. from the top floor in the Chocolate Museum in Bruges.

on the road

A picture from last week while driving home again from Belgium (don't worry, I was on the passenger seat!), here on the Merwede bridge near Gorinchem. It's a very busy spot for rush hour traffic, but when we passed it in the afternoon it was very OK as you can see.
A nice detail are the street lights that seem to be hanging upside down..or aren't they? What do you think?

runway

Lights leading to the runway of Groningen Airport Eelde.

going round and round

Looking up inside the Der-Aa Church in Groningen, during my visit earlier this week to the World Press Photo exhibition (see yesterday's post)

mirrored ceiling

I have showed you pictures of this room before, but every time I visit the Groninger museum I can't stop myself taking photo's of the Info Center..

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I heb eerder foto's laten zien van deze ruimte, maar elke keer dat ik in het Groninger museum ben kan ik het niet laten om weer foto's te maken in het Info Center..

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