The other day I was minding my own business here at the desk in our Amsterdam apartment when suddenly I heard some strange noises right outside our front windows, just a few feet away.
"I tore open the shutters and threw up the sash" and this is what I saw. They were so close, I think we surprised each other. But they gladly allowed me these pics:
This awning is just under the 3 front windows of our 1st floor (Europeans call the first floor the ground floor and the second floor the 1st floor!). So I was literally standing a couple feet away at the open window while taking these pics.
This pic is from several months ago when we first moved in. There's the white awning they were cleaning. The shop underneath it is a greeting card and magazine store, tobacco shop, and where we buy our tram tickets.
It doesn't take much to make my day, as I so often say! :)
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As an FYI, Donica flew back to Atlanta yesterday for some holiday and birthday celebrations with her family, most of which is happening later today. She'll turn around and fly back on Monday. Once we got over here earlier this trip, she found out she'd have to stay an extra 2 weeks longer than we had planned. So instead of my going back with her and having to "pay" another 55K frequent-flier miles to come back, it made more sense for me to just stay.
Happy holiday weekend to all of you back home. I'll be celebrating y'all from afar. And I'll just carry on with my walks, finding more gable stones (I'm at almost 600 of 850 by now!). The time will fly.
Happy holiday weekend to all of you back home. I'll be celebrating y'all from afar. And I'll just carry on with my walks, finding more gable stones (I'm at almost 600 of 850 by now!). The time will fly.
