The lone sailor.

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

He exists after all

 In Amsterdam harbor.

That way

 One for signs2 here.

Just a street scene.

 The Haarlemmerdijk on a weekday after first sniffing the camera below.

but my pockets aren't that deep.

Still some murals from the Straat Museum Amsterdam

 Made by Nina Valkhoff

Tagged by Sr.Papa Chango. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Mother's day

 Been there for a week since Mother's Day and still doing well. (Header the Rokin seen from an unusual vantage point.)

Downtown Almere

 One for James Weekend/Street Reflections here.

Taken from the bench again.

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

Just keep your hands to it.

 Amsterdam bicycle decoration.

On the way home

 For this train passenger, Boy Scouting is certainly not over. One for signs2 here.

Human behavior

 While waiting for the ferry. If the weather is so nice let's see what you have.

Colourful

 Of course the unsurpassed street museum where I had not been for a year and a half and in the meantime a lot of work has been renewed.

There was also a lot of work going on around the building.

Well and then the murals

Some colors knock you over in style

Others are stil in the making

But you really do need a human figure to somewhat grasp the scale of the works.

Continue next week. One for Sami's Colorful World here

Ferry trip

 

The day before yesterday, the weather was so nice that I thought a free trip on the ferry across the Y would be nice to revisit the new changes in the harbor area. The last photo was the final destination about which more tomorrow. ( Header the "Leidse Straat" and I never cease to marvel at where all these people come from anyway).

Everywhere the same

 One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.

Unknown pennant

 

Our steeple does have a very curious pennant. The scaffolding cloth has been blown loose and is waving nicely. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Dressed for the occasion.

 For example, once on vacation above the Arctic Circle, we visited a hotel constructed entirely of ice. Was still glad we didn't stay there. Also didn't know we had something like that in Amsterdam also.

On the sloping plane

 Don't usually like sloping horizons but in this photo I thought it was a nice composition. Whats your idea.

Liberation

 

Yesterday we celebrated the liberation of WWII again in the Netherlands including the wreath laying at Dam Square and 2 minutes of silence throughout the country. That the liberation is not quite for everyone shows this picture I took last year 4 days after the wreath laying.

Again

 Another of those fantastical courtyard behind a grocery store in downtown Amsterdam where the greengrocer has collected murals. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Better times

 When we still had municipal lawnmowers. (Header part of town near the flea market and city hall)/

In the shopping street

 Amsterdam did become very international. Don't know if I think that's such an improvement. Actually the opposite. One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.

From the couch

 

One for Skywatch Friday here.

In the middle of a little field

 Stood what earlier was called a black tulip. How it got there is a complete mystery to me since there was no other tulip anywhere in the area (no garden), but someone must have put the bulb in the ground. You don't see these that often.

Seen in a bicycle store

 Also a funny idea.

The situation on the moment

 One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Museum square

The Rijksmuseum seen from the Stedelijk museum. (Header our local cheese shop)

 

Kings day

Today the whole of the Netherlands became one big car sale. Starting at 5 o'clock last night, people were allowed to take their stuff out on the streets, and many children also held dress rehearsals for today. (Hence this photo from last night). I'm about to get back into the swing of things but all the big cities have already urged people not to come because it's going to be suffocatingly busy. We will see. 

Little update from this afternoon. You had to struggle through this.

Nice sky

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

Bike city of the world

By the way, I do believe that the girl on the right is dressed too thinly for the weather here.

 

You just have to get it.

 One for signs2 here.

City composition

 After leaving school, children gather in front of the entrance to the neighborhood ice cream store.

Children's playground

Came across a fenced-in children's playground that had animal pictures all around, and not all of the sweet kind. Unfortunately, the lighting conditions were such that it was difficult to take good pictures of them. See e.g. the wall with only bats. In any case, still nice for Sami's Colourful World here.

Today

 

Surely it is getting very crowded and full in the city, here on the Groenburgwal.(Header our bakery in Almere)

Street photography troubles

 Sometimes your picture fails completely because someone interferes or offends you. Well I posted it anyway as a random composition of chance. It happened yesterday and it was so crowded on the street that it looked like the inside of a big warehouse. All those tourist for Easter I guess.

Sunset

On the dike. The sign says look out birds. One for Skywatch Friday here. 

Annual event

 The willows along the bridleway have been cut back.

What's that for sign

 Well can't be out of place with a store full of men's socks. Linking for Tom's Signs2 here .