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September 11th 2023
Published: October 8th 2023
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Another long interval has passed since my last blog. Some of you might have thought I had stopped blogging, or, god forbid, stopped travelling. Neither is the case. It's more that I have yet to return to my old travel schedule. The pre-Covid one. I was travelling more then. It's taking some time to get back to that. But I haven't been idle. Since Saudi Arabia there was a Christmas and New Year spe... Read Full Entry



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Bonfire is a tradition in our part of the country during Easter
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A new grass cutter
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Field of rapeseeds around our house
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Slightly inebriated during King's Night, which precedes King's Day
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Utrecht

King's Day in Utrecht
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Utrecht

Jenni and I in appropriate orange attire
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Around Emmeloord

Amongst the tulips in the Noordoostpolder
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Around Emmeloord

Sure is pretty
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Around Emmeloord

Cows and tulips, how Dutch do you want it?
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Gaanderen

Steak at the pool
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Sunset over a yellow field
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Our friend the pheasant... He often saunters through our garden. Sometimes with spouse and kids, sometimes alone
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Groningen

They take us on walks at the clinic in Groningen, and sometimes you see things like this
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View of our pool
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There are deer around, but they normally don't come into our garden. This year they did though.
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We also have squirrels who visit us
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Hagen

Having self made pizza on Jenni's balcony
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Doetinchem

Went to Barbie with the family
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Bredevoort

Pointing
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Bredevoort

We had a small excursion to Bredevoort which is not far from us, a cute little town full of bookshops



10th October 2023

Hello from Switzerland
Nice to see some photos of your walks around Groningen! I hadn't seen them before, nor had I seen some of the ones around Hagen. Looking forward to seeing the photos of your next trip! Love Linn
10th October 2023

Hello back
Yes, there are some nice walks around Groningen and Hagen too. I'm sure we will talk before I leave on my trip.
10th October 2023
Gaanderen

Spectacular Dutch Sunsets
Being a perpetual Sunset Phile this is truly spectacular, Ralf...the colour enveloping the clouds like a warm red skin. I have posted it in "My mother-in-Law Sunsets" thread in the Photography Forum with one of your others. Check 'em out.
10th October 2023
Gaanderen

My mother-in-law sunsets...
That's a very specific thread I must say... But glad I made the cut with my pictures.
10th October 2023
Zutphen

Another spectacular
A study in Dutch pastels...love it.
10th October 2023
Zutphen

Autums sunsets are often the best
It was taken from a train window. A dirty train window, so it was a bit of a surprise to me, that it came out so well.
10th October 2023
Schiermonnikoog

The many forms of Family Time
The highlight of this blog to me, Ralf is your embrace of Family Time and that Jenni is part of your life. Your pics are full of the joy of your family's time together. How else can one explain the joy of wad walking...priceless!!!
11th October 2023
Schiermonnikoog

I'm lucky
To have a fantastic family and a wonderful partner.

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