tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69555384297882474512024-03-13T12:31:54.312+01:00flowers and homeflowersandhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262453899981838266noreply@blogger.comBlogger702125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955538429788247451.post-77769163743187475062016-06-16T17:19:00.002+02:002016-06-16T17:19:51.870+02:00Just poppies<div style="text-align: center;">
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Sometimes it's in the most unthinkable corners of the garden you can find a wonderful photo opportunity.</div>
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To me, poppies, wherever they turn up in the garden, are reason enough to grab my camera.</div>
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Wind or rain can't keep me from trying to capture these fragile beauties.</div>
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Look at this special one with a touch of white on the edges.</div>
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It's really never happened before that there were so many poppies turning up</div>
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in our garden and not in the spot we'd expect them to either.</div>
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Somehow some poppy seeds must have ended up in and around the compost heap</div>
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because that's the spot where poppies are thriving in the garden this year.</div>
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Due to all the rain and wind we had over the last few weeks,</div>
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the poppies are hanging over the edge of the bin as if they were a waterfall</div>
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and the ones next to the compost heap have all fallen onto the grass </div>
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and then getting themselves up again to bloom afterall.</div>
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Fragile but so resilient.<br />
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I remember my previous post from a few days ago where I started by saying there was a gentle rain outside. That rain didn't stay that gentle though and since then it almost hasn't stopped raining, on the contrary, yesterday was the worst with a lot of heavy rainfall. The rain was accompanied by a lot of wind as well and that collaboration between the two led to a terrace full of rose petals and some flowers that broke off and were scattered all over the place.</div>
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I couldn't just let those roses lay there or throw them away, so I picked them up and when the rain stopped for a while, I gathered some of the rose petals lying around and decided to make a little arrangement on the garden table and photograph it. I normally post the pictures I take with my phone only on IG but this is an exception. My camera was unavailable since my daughter needed it this week for a school assignment. I enjoyed taking these pictures and hope you also enjoy this little bit of brightness I gathered on this otherwise gloomy day. </div>
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Minerva, Marie Curie, Ascot, Wife of Bath, Rhapsody in Blue, Leersum 700 and Munstead Wood.</div>
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While finishing this post, I see the rain gently falling down outside and I don't mind, not after the beautiful sunshiny day we got yesterday. Sun, a gentle wind, ideal for drying the laundry outside and for taking some pictures in the garden which I both did and this time, instead of letting the pictures sit on the memorycard for too long and forgetting all about them until it was too late to use them in a blogpost, I decided to share them immediately. So here we go.</div>
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Some of you who follow me on instagram may already know we had to take the large willow trees in our garden down last winter as they had become too large for our little garden and also dangerous with several larger branches breaking during some of last summer's storms. Those large trees were such a determining feature of our garden, it took some getting used to them gone. Even taking photographs needed some adaptation to the new situation. My nice green and sometimes dark background has disappeared, instead there's the neighbours high hedge now on one side and the old wall and lots of roofs on the other side. But I try to adapt and whatever the situation is I love to take photographs and make the most of it with what there is. Different angles, different settings, love to play with it. My photos may be a bit lighter and brighter due to the new situation, yes, lots more light in the garden now which is great actually, but I hope you love this stroll in our garden nevertheless. It also seems as if the garden itself had to get used to the new situation. While some plants have completely disappeared, others appear just like that out of nowhere it seems. And then of course there is the container garden with also some new additions and changes. There are some perennials I'm trying out in containers like the Campanula beneath that just started flowering.</div>
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More little happy flowers in the border with these Geranium Endressii</div>
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It's that time of year again when parts of the woods get covered in a layer of white or blue or a mix of both. No matter how many times you've seen it it's impossible not to be impressed by it year after year. So, after this long time of no blogging from my side, I'd love to share that little bit of magic in the woods with you here, more specifically from the woods on Mont noir and in the parc Marguerite Yourcenar in Saint-Jans-Cappel.</div>
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Layers of blue wild hyacinths at the parc Marguerite Yourcenar.</div>
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The blue carpet of bluebells may be magical but you know by now I always love a close-up picture and these bluebells are so delicate, beautiful and elegant.</div>
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It's wonderful to be able to walk among these beautiful wild flowers. That's why I think it's such a pity people had been stepping on the Hyacinths on many places. There are pathways to walk on so I don't see why you would want to step on those marvelous flowers and ruin the blue carpet under the trees. I don't even get why one would do so. Really makes me angry and sad.</div>
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At the parc Marguerite Yourcenar I always love that one spot where the redbrown leaves of a huge red beech (I think that's what it is) are twirling above the blue hue of the wild hyacinths. To me it's like a magical combo of Spring and Autumn happening. There's a wooden bench right at that spot which invites you to inhale the magic of it all.</div>
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When we left Louvre-Lens (see my <a href="http://flowersandhome.blogspot.be/2015/08/louvre-lens.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>), although the sky was looking very threatening still, the rain had stopped and we decided to drive on to Arras (our original plan) and walk its streets afterall.</div>
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<i>Toen we Louvre-Lens verlieten (zie <a href="http://flowersandhome.blogspot.be/2015/08/louvre-lens.html" target="_blank">vorige post</a>) zag de lucht er nog wel dreigend uit maar de regen was over en daarom beslisten we toch door te rijden naar Arras (ons oorspronkelijk plan) om er een korte wandeling te maken</i><i>.</i></div>
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It was the first time I was in Arras and I have to say I was truly amazed by the many, many typical Flemish houses on the two major squares of Arras, which are Grand'Place and Place des Héros, also called petite place. I knew Arras is famous for those houses but honestly, I really didn't expect to see so many of these typical houses lined up next to eachother, leaning against eachother, all around both squares. Even in Flanders, you can't find that many of these typical houses together. Arras is not a part of French Flanders by the way. Arras is part of Artois, once a county and historic province of the kingdom of France. Arras was once called Atrecht, which is the Dutch name for Arras. Arras is one of the main cities in Artois. O, and you have to pronounce the final 's' in Arras, unlike most French words ending on 's' ;) </div>
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<i>Het was voor het eerst dat we in Arras waren en ik moet zeggen dat ik best onder de indruk was van de vele huizen met typisch Vlaamse gevels op de twee belangrijkste pleinen van Arras, Grand'Place en Place des Héros, ook petite place genoemd. Ik wist wel dat Arras bekend stond om de typische huizen maar zoveel had ik er echt niet verwacht, netjes naast elkaar, leunend tegen elkaar, rondom de pleinen. In Vlaanderen zelf staan nergens zoveel huizen met de typische Vlaamse gevels samen. Arras ligt trouwens niet in Frans Vlaanderen maar in Artois, vroeger Artesië, ooit een hertogdom en een historische provincie van het koninkrijk Frankrijk. Arras heette vroeger Atrecht. Het is één van de belangrijkste steden in Artois. O en in tegenstelling tot de meeste Franse woorden die op 's' eindigen moet je in Arras de eind 's' wel uitspreken ;)</i></div>
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<i>Ondanks de dreigende hemel, waren palmbomen en een strand te zien op het Grand'Place dat voor de zomer omgetoverd was in een plaatselijk strand. Heel leuk voor de kinderen die er op allerhande kleine en grotere speeltuigen hun energie kwijt konden. Het maakte het natuurlijk niet eenvoudig om de rijen huizen op foto te zetten maar het gaf het plein wel een zomerse vakantiesfeer, zelfs op een grijze dag.</i></div>
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Arras has PhilipII(of Spain) to thank for its town squares with the typical look and the many typical houses with stone pilarred arcades. In the sixteenth century PhilipII forbid building wooden houses in the town of Arras and also there could not be any overhang over the streets. These were safety measures but he also wanted to embellish the town and also have as many houses as possible right around the market places to be able to have as many traders as possible right on the market place who, with the arcades, had a perfect place to display their goods as well. The result of these strict regulations was an architectural ensemble of 155 houses in Flemish Baroque style which is unique in Europe. </div>
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<i>Arras heeft zijn typische uitzicht van huizen en arcades met stenen zuilen te danken aan FilipsII(van Spanje). In de zestiende eeuw verbood FilipsII het bouwen van houten huizen in Arras en mochten de huizen ook niet meer boven de straat uitsteken. Dit waren veiligheidsmaatregelen maar terzelfdertijd wou hij de stad verfraaiien en zoveel mogelijk huizen direct rond de marktpleinen hebben zodat de handelaars er zich konden vestigen en ze dankzij de voorziene arcades ook een perfect beschutte plek hadden om hun goederen tentoon te preiden. Het resultaat van deze stricte regels is een architecturaal ensemble van 155 huizen in Vlaamse barokstijl dat uniek is in Europa. </i></div>
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Visiting Arras and learning more about its history, I was amazed at how similar that history is to the history of Ypres. Both Ypres and Arras were a center of wool and cloth industry and trading in the middle ages. Arras became particularly well known for its production of fine tapestries. So much so even that in English and Italian the word Arras (Arrazi in Italian) was used to refer to tapestries in general.</div>
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Another thing Arras and Ypres have in common is that they were both almost completely destroyed during the first world war. There has even been the same discussion about rebuilding the city or leaving it in ruins as a constant reminder. Eventually, same as in Ypres, the decision was made to rebuild the historic buildings as they were before the war, using photographs and archive documents to do so. In Arras, Pierre Paquet, the chief architect responsible for France's national monuments, was given that huge task, in Ypres, Jules Coomans, the city architect who had also been responsible for the restoration of historic buildings in Ypres before the war, was given the task. In both cities the rebuilding was finished in the 1930's. If you want to, you can see and read more about Ypres in <a href="http://flowersandhome.blogspot.be/2012/08/ieper-august-2012.html" target="_blank">this post</a> I made a few years ago.</div>
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<i>Wat Arras en Ieper ook gemeen hebben is dat ze beide verwoest achterbleven na de eerste wereldoorlog. Er was zelfs dezelfde discussie of de stad heropgebouwd moest worden of in puin moest blijven als een constante herinnering. Uiteindelijk werd ook in Arras, net als in Ieper, ervoor gekozen om de historische gebouwen her op te bouwen zoals ze er voor de oorlog uitzagen, gebruik makend van foto's en archieven. In Arras kreeg Pierre Paquet, de hoofdarchitect verantwoordelijk voor de nationale monumenten in Frankrijk, deze immense opdracht; in Ieper was dat Jules Coomans, de stadsarchitect die voor de oorlog al verantwoordelijk was voor het restaureren van de historische gebouwen in Ieper. Wie dat wil kan hier meer van zien en lezen in <a href="http://flowersandhome.blogspot.be/2012/08/ieper-august-2012.html" target="_blank">deze post</a> over Ieper die ik enkele jaren geleden maakte.</i></div>
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But even though we didn't have time to see all of Arras, I still have more to show you.</div>
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<i>Hopelijk genoten jullie mee van ons kort bezoek aan Arras.</i></div>
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<i>Maar ook al hadden we niet de tijd om alles wat Arras te bieden heeft te zien,</i></div>
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Our rainprogram was visiting the museum Louvre-Lens. </div>
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Have you ever been there?<br />
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<i>Mijn laatste posts gingen allemaal over bloemen en tuinen</i><br />
<i>dus vond ik dat het tijd was voor eens wat anders.</i><br />
<i>Hopelijk vind je dat niet erg en kan je ervan kan genieten.</i><br />
<i>Op één van onze vakantie-thuis-dagen in juli besloten we Arras in het noorden van Frankrijk te bezoeken.</i><br />
<i>Toen we vertrokken was de lucht wel grijs en een warme dag was het niet maar het regende tenminste niet.</i><br />
<i>Maar dan, eens over de grens, begon het eerst te druppelen en hoe meer we Rijsel naderden, hoe harder het begon te regenen.</i><br />
<i>Gelukkig hadden we een regenprogramma ingecalculeerd dat nu handig van pas kwam.</i><br />
<i>Ons regenprogramma was: een museumbezoek aan Louvre-Lens.</i><br />
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Lens is a town in the north of France.</div>
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The museum is a very new, spacious and modern building in the middle of a park that was once a mining site in Lens. </div>
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The park still shows the traces of the mining history of the site. </div>
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Because of the weather we didn't walk in the park though.<br />
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<i>Lens is een stad in het noorden van Frankrijk.</i><br />
<i>Het museum is een heel nieuw, ruim en modern complex omringd door een park dat ooit deel was van een mijnsite in Lens.</i><br />
<i>Het mijnverleden van de plaats is helemaal bewaard gebleven in het park.</i><br />
<i>Door het weer hebben we echter niet in het park gewandeld.</i></div>
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The museum consists of different areas with different expositions you can visit. You choose what you want to see. The first thing we really wanted to see was the exhibition of masterpieces from the Louvre in the grand gallery. We also wanted to see the exhibition of art that has the 'Metamorphoses' of Ovid as a theme. That took place in the Pavillion de verre (glass pavillion). A very interesting exhibition but I didn't take any pictures there because it was too dark in the different separate compartments the art was presented in. If you'd like to visit this exhibition it's still there until march 21st 2016.<br />
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<i>Het museum bestaat uit verschillende delen met elk verschillende tentoonstellingen. Je kiest zelf wat je wilt bezoeken. Wat we zeker wilden bezoeken was de tentoonstelling van meesterwerken uit het Louvre in de grote galerij. Daarnaast was er ook de tentoonstelling van kunst die geïnspireerd is op 'De Metamorfosen' van Ovidius die we niet wilden missen. Deze vond plaats in het glazen paviljoen. De kunstwerken daar waren echter gegroepeerd in afzonderlijke ruimtes en daar was het te donker om foto's te nemen. Wel echt de moeite waard! Wil je deze tentoonstelling nog zien dan heb je daar nog tot 21 maart 2016 de tijd voor.</i></div>
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In the grand gallery however, which is spacious and full of light, I did take some photos to share here. The idea behind this exhibition is to present the art in a different way than is the case at the Louvre in Paris and most other museums. The art is presented in pure chronological order, with all different civilizations and different art techniques (pottery, paintings, woodwork,...) represented. Hence the name 'La Galerie du Temps' (the Gallery of Time). The art is not divided into different rooms but is gathered in one large gallery. There are three major periods that are represented, which are antiquity, the middle ages and the modern period until the middle of the nineteenth century. Unlike other museums, the Louvre-Lens museum doesn't have its own collection of art. All exhibitions are temporary, even the art in the grand gallery is only semi-permanent. Most of the art stays there for five years and every year approximately one fifth of the pieces of art are interchanged with other masterpieces of the Louvre in Paris. That makes it a museum worth to visit every year since there will always be new pieces to discover. <br />
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<i>De grote galerij is heel ruim en licht en daar nam ik enkele foto's die ik hier graag deel.</i><br />
<i>Het idee achter deze tentoonstelling is de kunst op een andere manier voorstellen dan in het Louvre en in de meeste andere musea het geval is. De kunst hier is in puur chronologische volgorde voorgesteld, met alle beschavingen en verschillende kunsttechnieken (schilderen, beeldhouwen, pottenbakken, weven...) samen. Vandaar ook de naam 'La Galerie du Temps' (De Galerij van de Tijd). Er is ook geen opdeling in verschillende kamers, de kunst is in één grote ruimte verzameld. Er zijn drie grote periodes vertegenwoordigd namelijk de oudheid, de middeleeuwen en de moderne tijd tot het midden van de negentiende eeuw.</i><br />
<i>In tegenstelling tot andere musea heeft het museum Louvre-Lens geen eigen collectie. Alle tentoonstellingen zijn tijdelijk en veranderen in de loop van de tijd, zo ook de kunstwerken in de grote galerij. De tentoonstelling daar is semi-permanent. De meeste kunstwerken blijven er vijf jaar maar elk jaar wordt ongeveer een vijfde van de kunstwerken vervangen door andere meesterwerken uit het Louvre. Dat maakt het museum interessant om elk jaar opnieuw te bezoeken want er is altijd wel wat nieuws te ontdekken. Ook interessant om op te merken is dat alle uitleg heel duidelijk in zowel het Frans, het Engels als in het Nederlands is uitgeschreven bij de werken. Dat is toch altijd net wat handiger lezen en makkelijker te begrijpen.</i><br />
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Here are just a few of the many masterpieces from the Louvre that are exhibited in the Galerie du Temps at the moment.<br />
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A whole army of servants from an Ancient Egyptian tomb.<br />
Tiny figures but each so exquisite.<br />
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<i>Een heel leger aan dienaars van een Egyptisch graf uit de Oudheid.</i><br />
<i>Deze figuurtjes zijn k</i><i>lein maar stuk voor stuk zo verfijnd en mooi. </i><br />
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Etruskan pottery.<br />
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<i>Etruskische vaas.</i><br />
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Loved the many pottery from different times and civilizations that was presented in the galerie.</div>
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<i>Ik vond de vele schalen en potten uit verschillende tijdperken en beschavingen heel mooi om zien.</i></div>
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It's called a 'jali'. So ingenious and pretty.</div>
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<i>Zo ingenieus en mooi.</i></div>
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Sculpture of a young still underaged Louis XIV (by Gilles Guérin).<br />
You could see it already on the right edge in the first picture of this post.<br />
You can see there that it's not a huge statue but very refined.<br />
It symbolises how 'La Fronde' was crushed by the king.<br />
La fronde is how the revolts of the parlements and the nobility against<br />
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<i>Beeld van een jonge nog minderjarige Lodewijk XIV (door Gilles Guérin).</i><br />
<i>Helemaal rechts op de eerste foto van deze post kon je het beeld ook al zien.</i><br />
<i>Daar zie je dat het geen enorm groot beeld is maar wel heel verfijnd.</i><br />
<i>Het symboliseert hoe 'La Fronde' door de koning verpletterd werd.</i><br />
<i>La fronde is hoe de opstanden van het parlement en de adel tegen</i><br />
<i>het koninklijk gezag spottend genoemd werden.</i><br />
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Clearly a Rubens. It's a huge painting.<br />
"Ixion, King of the Lapiths, Deceived by Juno."<br />
Jupiter tricks Ixion by creating an image of his wife Juno out of smoke.<br />
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<i>Duidelijk een Rubens. Het is een enorm schilderij.</i><br />
<i>"Ixion, koning van de Lapithen, bedrogen door Juno, die hij wilde verleiden."</i><br />
<i>Jupiter misleidt Ixion door een wolk te maken met de gedaante van zijn vrouw Juno.</i><br />
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<i>Kunst van dezelfde periode maar van andere beschavingen worden naast elkaar getoond.</i></div>
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<i>In de foto's hierboven heb je links Ferdinand Filips, hertog van Orléans (schilderij van Ingres), </i></div>
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<i>Verschillende soorten kunst naast elkaar.</i></div>
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The museum Louvre-Lens makes you look at art in a different way</div>
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Somehow it makes art more accessible presenting it this way.</div>
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flowersandhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262453899981838266noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955538429788247451.post-36151355211884593232015-08-03T21:05:00.001+02:002015-08-03T21:05:25.539+02:00Flowers in the sun on sunday<div style="text-align: center;">
In the last post I showed you flowers in the rain in july, now it's only fair that I show you flowers in the sun because that's how<br />
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<i>In de laatste post toonde ik jullie bloemen in de regen in juli. Nu is het tijd voor bloemen in de zon</i><br />
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Stealing the show on our terrace are the white Echinacea, looking so much more vibrant in the sun.<br />
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<i>De witte Echinacea bloemen stelen momenteel de show op het terras.</i></div>
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Tried to photograph them from a different angle so I got the blue sky into the picture as well.</div>
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I love a blue sky!<br />
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<i>Hier gefotografeerd vanuit een andere hoek zodat ik ook de mooie blauwe lucht</i><br />
<i>van gisteren mee op de foto kreeg. Wat hou ik toch van een blauwe lucht!</i></div>
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Love these smaller pomponlike Dahlia flowers, ideal for containers.<br />
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<i>Hetzelfde deed ik met deze Dahlia bloem, de tweede van deze zomer.</i><br />
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More pink from the rose 'Bailando'.<br />
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But as I said you can't go past these at the moment.</div>
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Remember this first Dahlia flower in the rain?</div>
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<i>Herinner je je deze eerste Dahlia bloem in de regen van vorige post?</i><br />
<i>Dit is dezelfde bloem maar in de zon dit keer</i><br />
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This past month of july, although it started off with some heatwave days, has been mostly about rain, wind and weather that had more to do with Autumn than Summer.</div>
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<i>Hoewel juli veelbelovend begon, met een paar hittegolf dagen, is het uiteindelijk toch een maand geworden die eerder aan herfst dan zomer deed denken met veel regen, wind en onweer.</i></div>
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<i>Dat is wellicht ook waarom het zo lang wachten was op die eerste dahlia bloem. De dahlia's worden een verrassing dit jaar, behalve die die ik van vorig jaar overgehouden heb, want ik kocht weer eens een mix van knollen. Gisteren opende de eerste bloem haar bloemblaadjes, traag maar zeker. Uiteindelijk kwam een donkere enkele bloem tevoorschijn met wat wit in het midden. Ik vind ze heel mooi, wat denken jullie? Houden jullie van dahlia's? Durven jullie het aan gewoon een mix van knollen te kopen? Vind je deze enkele bloemen mooi of toch liever van die grote gevulde dahlia bloemen? Ik ben benieuwd. </i></div>
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If there's one flower that adores this colder and wet weather then it's the Hydrangea. While they weren't looking all that great in their containers at the beginning of july, this weather certainly revived them.</div>
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<i>Als er één bloem is die zich in dit kouder en nat weer helemaal in haar element voelt is het wel de Hortensia. Terwijl ze er in het begin van juli maar armzalig bij stonden in hun potten, heeft de koelte en het vele water ze helemaal doen heropleven. </i></div>
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Roses aren't that fond of rain, they like their leaves and petals dry. The constant rain had its consequences for the roses. A lot of rosebuds just fell off. First time that happened and when I looked for answers I learned that wet conditions lead to this. But still the roses didn't give up and neither did I. I tried to capture the healthy looking blooms all covered in raindrops.</div>
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<i>Rozen hebben het niet zo op regen begrepen. Die houden hun bladeren en bloemen liever droog. De constante regen had dan ook zijn gevolgen. Veel knoppen vielen gewoon af. De eerste keer dat zoiets gebeurde. Iedere dag een boel knoppen op de grond rond de potten. Toen ik ging opzoeken waar dit aan lag, kwam ik er al gauw achter dat de natte weersomstandigheden er de oorzaak van zijn. </i></div>
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<i>Maar de rozen gaven niet op en ik evenmin. Ik trotseerde de regen en probeerde de goed uitziende en in regendruppels gehulde bloemen vast te leggen. </i></div>
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This is the first Acropolis rose flower trying to bloom but it still hasn't opened up completely by now.</div>
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Love that colour!</div>
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<i>Hier is Rhapsody in blue in de regen.</i></div>
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<i>Prachtige kleur vind ik dit!</i></div>
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From all the roses I have, this rose endures the rain the best. It's Leersum 700.</div>
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<i>Van alle rozen in mijn pottentuin verdraagt deze roos Leersum 700 het beste de regen.</i></div>
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Also 'Leersum 700'</div>
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This rose lost most of its rosebuds and is probably</div>
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the least rain enduring rose in my collection of roses.</div>
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It is such a beauty though. The roses aren't that big</div>
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It's called 'Rotkäppchen', </div>
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'Little red riding hood' if you'd translate that in English.</div>
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<i>Deze roos verloor de meeste van haar knoppen</i></div>
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<i>en kan blijkbaar van alle rozen die er staan het minst goed tegen regen .</i></div>
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<i>Maar zo'n mooi roosje. De bloemen zijn niet zo heel groot</i></div>
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<i>maar die intens rode kleur is echt ongelooflijk.</i></div>
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<i>Haar naam is 'Rotkäppchen', of 'Roodkapje' dus.</i></div>
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'Marie Curie' </div>
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Another small rose, called 'Bailando'.</div>
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<i>Nog een kleinere soort rozen, 'Bailando' genoemd.</i></div>
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'Nostalgie'</div>
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as well as other roses I have. Not the best rose for a container maybe.</div>
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<i>'Nostalgie'</i></div>
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<i>Ik dacht dat het een sterke roos was maar het is zeker niet de makkelijkste roos in mijn collectie.</i></div>
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<i>Misschien is ze wel minder geschikt om in pot te staan.</i></div>
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Whether in rain or sunshine, the colour of this rose stays amazing.</div>
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This is 'Munstead wood'.</div>
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<i>Regen of zon, de kleur van deze roos blijft ongelooflijk.</i></div>
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<i>Dit is 'Munstead wood'.</i></div>
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this is 'Lavender ice'. First time it's blooming.</div>
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<i>Dit is een nieuwkomer in mijn rozenpottentuin.</i></div>
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<i> 'Lavender ice', bloeit voor het eerst.</i></div>
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It lost a lot of rosebuds as well so I'm really glad it is blooming afterall.</div>
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<i>Ook 'Lavender ice'.</i></div>
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<i>Deze roos verloor ook veel knoppen en ik b</i><i>en dan ook heel blij met deze bloemen.</i></div>
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Other flowers don't mind the rain as much as they do the wind.</div>
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I had to provide support for my white Echinacea in a container.</div>
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I've had it for years and it's been</div>
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Somehow pink Echinacea are never a success.</div>
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<i>Andere bloemen hebben dan weer meer last van de wind dan van de regen</i></div>
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<i>zoals deze witte echinacea die ik van steun moest voorzien </i></div>
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<i> in de pot waar hij in staat. Ik heb de plant al jaren en</i></div>
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<i>het zijn al meer dan een jaar de bloemen van mijn header.</i><br />
<i>Op de een of andere manier is de roze variant nooit een succes.</i></div>
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And look at these little crabapples, starting to show some colour.</div>
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First sign Autumn is on its way? Or is it here already?</div>
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This weekend should be beautiful weatherwise. </div>
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Let's hope august brings us back summer.</div>
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I wish you all a lovely weekend!</div>
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<i>En zie deze sierappeltjes eens. Ze beginnen al een kleurtje te krijgen.</i></div>
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<i>Eerste teken dat de herfst in aantocht is? Of is die er al?</i></div>
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<i>In elk geval belooft het mooi weer te worden dit weekend.</i></div>
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<i>Hopelijk brengt augustus ons de zomer terug.</i></div>
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<i>Fijn weekend iedereen! </i></div>
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Marian</div>
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flowersandhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262453899981838266noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955538429788247451.post-63456633123976463032015-07-27T23:26:00.001+02:002015-07-27T23:34:17.951+02:00More of Monet's garden<div style="text-align: center;">
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This time I'd like to show you some more or less close-ups I took of some flowers. </div>
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<i>Meer van de tuin van Monet. </i></div>
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<i>Dit keer wil ik jullie graag e</i><i>nkele</i><i> min of meer close-ups </i><i>van bloemen tonen die we er zagen.</i></div>
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Let's start with this gorgeous SUNFLOWER.</div>
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<i>Beginnen doen we met deze prachtige ZONNEBLOEM.</i></div>
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A beautiful YELLOW Dahlia hugging a Zinnia.</div>
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<i>Een mooie GELE Dahlia knuffelt hier een Zinnia.</i></div>
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In a MIX of colours.</div>
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A mix of COLOURS all through the garden.</div>
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Most poppies had faded.</div>
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<i>Een mix van KLEUREN door de hele tuin.</i></div>
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'CALIFORNIA POPPIES!!!' So that's their name in English I thought ;)</div>
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If you translate their common name in Dutch into English, </div>
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you'd have 'Elf night caps'. That's how we call them.</div>
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<i>Lieve SLAAPMUTSJES, 'California Poppies' in het Engels.</i></div>
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<i>Het is ook de staatsbloem van de staat Californië weet ik intussen.</i></div>
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PINK Dahlia.</div>
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<i>ROZE Dahlia.</i></div>
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I absolutely LOVED this Dahlia!!!</div>
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<i>Wat vond ik dit een PRACHTIGE Dahlia!!!</i></div>
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<i>Jammer dat ik niet weet welke soort dit is.</i></div>
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<i>En dan te bedenken dat het in eigen tuin(pottentuin weliswaar)</i></div>
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<i>nog steeds wachten is op de eerste Dahlia in bloei.</i></div>
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Beautifully COMBINED with other pinks.</div>
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PHLOX and faded Alliums.</div>
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<i>Dit vond ik een heel mooi klein bloemetje. KNAUTIA denk ik?</i></div>
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A beautiful VIEW.</div>
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Wonder what those Blue flowers are?</div>
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<i>Mooi ZICHT.</i></div>
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<i>Ik vraag me af wat die blauwe bloemen precies zijn?</i></div>
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Dahlia's in different SHAPES and colours were scattered all over the garden.</div>
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Really hope you enjoyed it.<br />
If you have missed my first post about Monet's garden,<br />
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<i>Hoop dat jullie ervan konden genieten.</i><br />
<i>Mocht je mijn eerste post over de tuin van Monet gemist hebben,</i><br />
<i>die kan je <a href="http://flowersandhome.blogspot.be/2015/07/a-garden-like-impressionist-painting.html" target="_blank">hier</a> vinden.</i></div>
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<i>Onlangs merkte ik een speciaal ingezaaide klaprozenstrook op langs een klein bosje</i></div>
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<i>overal verspreide, </i><i>Britse militaire begraafplaatsen. </i><br />
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Everybody knows this red poppy as a symbol of remembrance of all warvictims.</div>
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<i>Iedereen kent deze rode poppies als de symbool voor herdenking van oorlogsslachtoffers.</i></div>
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<i>Hoe deze poppy dit symbool werd kan je <a href="http://www.inflandersfields.be/nl/herdenkingsbloemen" target="_blank">hier</a> lezen </i></div>
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All over Flanders this year fields of poppies were sowed to remember WWI and especially </div>
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<i>Dit jaar werden overal in Vlaanderen klaproosvelden ingezaaid ter herdenking van WOI </i><br />
<i>en vooral om het verband oorlog-natuur, dat misschien niet zo vanzelfsprekend lijkt,</i><br />
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<i>zeker hier in de Westhoek. </i><br />
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Due to the war a lot of forest was destroyed and lost forever. There's not much forest left here.<br />
But looking at things from a positive point of view, a lot of the leftover bunkers are now<br />
shelters for bats and a lot of bomb craters are now pools where rare amfibians thrive. <br />
You may remember <a href="http://flowersandhome.blogspot.be/2014/06/mines-and-craters.html" target="_blank">this post</a> I wrote last year in which I told you about<br />
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<i>Door de oorlog was veel bos voor altijd verloren. Grote stukken bos vind je hier niet meer.</i><br />
<i>Maar van de positieve kant bekeken zijn de vele overgebleven bunkers nu </i><br />
<i>ideale overnachtingsplaatsen </i><i>voor vleermuizen en bomkraters zijn nu poelen geworden </i><br />
<i>waar zeldzame amfibieën zich thuis voelen. Je herinnert je misschien <a href="http://flowersandhome.blogspot.be/2014/06/mines-and-craters.html" target="_blank">deze post</a> van vorig jaar nog </i><br />
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Thank you so much for the comments on my previous post! I now also know the name of the cloudy like plant which is Cotinus. A lot of you knew this. Thank you for telling me! Before I show you more of Monet's garden, I'd like to share some pictures of what's blooming in our garden now. It's not a lot. No idea what the weather in your parts is but here it's not really summer as it should be. It's cold, grey, a lot of wind and every now and then a good shower. Probably also why none of the annuals I sowed are growing as they should and none are blooming. It's also still waiting for the Dahlia's to start blooming and the roses haven't started their second bloom after their wonderful blooming period in june.</div>
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<i>Dankjewel voor de reacties op mijn vorige post! Nu weet ik ook de naam van de wolkenachtige plant. Het gaat om Cotinus. Velen van jullie wisten dit. Dankjewel om het me te zeggen! Voor ik jullie nog meer over de tuin van Monet toon, wil ik graag eerst wat foto's delen van wat er in eigen tuin bloeit op het ogenblik en dat is niet bijster veel. </i><i>Geen idee hoe het weer er momenteel bij jullie uitziet maar hier is dat nu niet echt zomers te noemen. Koud, altijd bewolkt, veel wind en regelmatig een sappig buitje. Vandaar wellicht dat van wat ik zaaide in potten niet veel groeit en nog helemaal niet aan bloeien toe is. Ook op de Dahlia's is het nog wachten en de rozen zijn na hun formidabele bloei in juni nog niet aan een tweede bloei toe. </i></div>
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That was what I was thinking constantly walking around in Monet's garden at Giverny. </div>
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Walking in this garden really feels like stepping into one of Monet's paintings.</div>
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Please join me through my pictures on a walk into the garden at Giverny, </div>
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a wonderful little place itself along the Seine in Haute-Normandie, France. </div>
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It was the first time I visited the garden but I'm already looking forward to visit it again sometime.</div>
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<i>Dat was wat ik aldoor moest denken toen ik rondwandelde in de tuin van Monet in Giverny.</i></div>
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<i>Het is echt alsof je in één van Monet's schilderijen stapt.</i></div>
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<i>Ik heb geen idee van wat voor plant dit is. Iemand van jullie?</i></div>
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<i>te lezen als jullie de plant herkennen. Dankjewel daarvoor!</i></div>
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I always loved colours but after having visited this wonderful garden, I'm even more a fan of colour now. </div>
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<i>De mix van verschillende bloemen en de combinatie van kleuren in beide tuinen is ongelooflijk.</i></div>
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<i>Ik hield altijd al van kleur maar na het bezoek aan deze tuin is dat alleen maar toegenomen.</i></div>
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<i>Zelfs de meest onwaarschijnlijke kleurencombinaties en kleuren die je misschien liever niet gebruikt</i></div>
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<i> of waar je niet zo van houdt, zelfs die ga je hier mooi gaan vinden. Alle kleuren zijn prachtig!</i></div>
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<i>Je kan je ongetwijfeld voorstellen dat dit maar een eerste glimp in de tuin van Monet was.</i></div>
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how you experienced it. Did it leave such a huge impression on you as it did on me? </div>
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<i>Ik kijk ernaar uit om te lezen wat jullie over deze tuin vinden of over de foto's die je hier voorgeschoteld kreeg. Ik ben benieuwd of jullie deze tuin al bezochten of dat misschien van plan zijn. En als jullie de tuin al bezochten, hoe die voor jullie aanvoelde en wat jullie ervaring was. Ik zal jullie commentaren met veel plezier en interesse lezen en ik waardeer het heel erg</i></div>
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As you can see I made this post in both English and Dutch again. It takes more time to finish the post that way and there's also more text in between pictures but I hope both my English speaking blogfriends as my Dutch blogfriends can appreciate this.</div>
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<i>Zoals jullie zien maakte ik deze post opnieuw in zowel Engels als Nederlands waardoor het wel meer tijd in beslag nam om de post af te krijgen en waardoor er ook weer meer tekst tussen de foto's is. Maar ik hoop dat zowel mijn Engelssprekende als mijn Nederlandssprekende volgers en blogvrienden dit kunnen appreciëren.</i></div>
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Deze grote paarse bollen zouden tussen de geranium in de tuin wel mooi staan, maar staan zoals zoveel planten hier bij ons in een pot. Ook wel sterrenlook genoemd, is het een heel opvallende alliumsoort, deze Allium Christophii. Omdat de gewone met kleinere paarse bollen alliumsoorten het zowel in de tuin als in een pot helemaal niet goed deden, had ik vorige herfst drie van deze sterrenlook bollen geplant in een pot, niet in de tuin want naar ik las kan deze sierui niet tegen wintervocht en dat is er in onze tuin volop. In elk geval hebben de Allium Christophii de winter in hun pot goed overleefd en loof was er al vlug te zien. Tegen dat de stelen gegroeid waren en de bloem eindelijk begon te bloeien, sterretje na sterretje, was het loof zelfs al helemaal verfomfaaid en besloot ik wat Zinnia te zaaien tussen de stengels door. Intussen zijn dat nog maar kleine groene sprietels. Het is dus afwachten of dit zal lukken. Wat warmere temperaturen zouden denk ik welkom zijn. In elk geval laat ik de sterrenlook gewoon verder in de pot zitten en hopelijk overleeft die nog een winter en volgend jaar weer bloemen, dat zou mooi zijn. Bovendien zijn de bloemen eens uitgebloeid en gedroogd ook mooi naar het schijnt. </div>
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Happy first day of Summer everyone. It feels more like an Autumn day here with rain and wind and temperatures that haven't really been high enough over the last month. The rain is welcome though because even though it hasn't been warm enough for this time of year, we didn't get any rain for a loooong time, never happened as far as I can remember. The grass was turning from green into yellow and looked more like straw and I had to water the border, as well as the many potted plants I have, even if there's not much going on in the garden right now, but still, I wouldn't want to jeopardize what is going on there. Also I have sowed some things I think might not mind the shade and the not so terrific conditions in our garden but that's still a wait and see. Anyway, there's a big cloud of pink going on now in the garden, called Geranium Endressii and I took some photos to share with you. Nothing much maybe but well, it's something and I'm glad with it. </div>
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With the Columbines done blooming in the garden and the Dahlia's and Anemones not<br />
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As promised, with summer on the doorstep, one last look back at springtime in Holland last April. </div>
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After we visited Keukenhof, we decided to drive around in the immediate surroundings and see if we could find any flower fields blooming.</div>
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And we could! As in Keukenhof, the flowers that were blooming abundantly on the fields were the Hyacinths. </div>
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The scent those fields were spreading was amazing.</div>
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Most of the fields with tulips we found were only just beginning to show some colour. </div>
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These fields with double tulips in different colours must have looked amazing in full bloom.</div>
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But here's a bright red field of tulips we did see in full bloom.</div>
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Imagine how many tulip bulbs must have been planted here.</div>
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Hope you enjoyed this Holland series of pictures.</div>
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Next time I hope to show you some pictures </div>
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of the roses in my container garden.</div>
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I have a question about that for all you rose lovers and connoisseurs.</div>
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There are two of my roses that look completely healthy,</div>
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with beautiful green leaves, normal size and everything,</div>
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but they just don't bloom and haven't formed any flower buds sofar.</div>
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I have been thinking of cutting them back but is that a good idea?</div>
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Or should I just keep feeding them and wait?</div>
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Thanks in advance for your advice!</div>
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Have a lovely weekend all!</div>
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Keukenhof as we saw it last April.</div>
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Despite the vibrant colours, this garden has a sense of harmony and peacefulness, </div>
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Anemones with a magic touch, the first picture I took after entering Keukenhof gardens,<br />
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Such pretty and extraordinary daffodils</div>
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More magic in the woodland gardens, and familiar looking flowers as well.</div>
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Poet's daffodil, always been one of my favourites.</div>
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Such elegance.</div>
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Magic in the trees.</div>
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This is just a small part of the enormous variety of Spring flowers you could find at Keukenhof this year. Keukenhof looks different every year and always works around a theme, this year's theme was Vincent Van Gogh, as this year it's 125 years ago Vincent Van Gogh died.<br />
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Really loved this blue flower field.<br />
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The hyacinths were really stealing the show<br />
at the time we visited Keukenhof,<br />
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here in different shades of purple,<br />
one of my favourite colours.<br />
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In next post, I'll show you the flower fields we saw in<br />
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Have a lovely day!<br />
It's supposed to be a really warm day here<br />
and then a thunderstorm to end it with.<br />
One of those typical Belgian 'end of Spring' weeks,<br />
starting off with Autumnlike weather, ending with<br />
hot Summer weather and then a thunderstorm<br />
to level it all out again. Not the best thing<br />
for the roses though. Think I might cut some<br />
to protect them from being battered just as they<br />
start to bloom.<br />
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The Autumn weather we've been having makes me long for Spring while it's in fact still Spring. So why not go back in time, about one and a half month, and enjoy the beauty of Spring as we enjoyed it then in Keukenhof, a place that had been on my wishlist to visit for a long time and this year we did. I also finally got around to going through all the pictures I took there and make a selection of them to share here. Are your ready to be immersed in tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and other springbulbs? If only I could also give the overwhelming scent from the Hyacinths with the pictures. </div>
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Loved this view of the blossoming trees, grapehyacinths and white daffodils in a loose arrangement. </div>
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The majority of flowers blooming when we visited were daffodils and hyacinths.</div>
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Most of the tulips still had to start blooming but </div>
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As you see, it wasn't a blue sky day while we were there but that was actually not a bad thing.</div>
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Do you see how whole patches of tulips were connected by already blooming colourful hyacinths in the above picture? It must have looked wonderful with the tulips flowering later but maybe not as peaceful as it does in this picture. I kind of like the different greens with just some colour. Visiting Keukenhof at different times in one season would be a great idea to see how it changes throughout the season when different springbulbs flower.</div>
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On the other hand, to say we didn't see a lot of tulips blooming would be an exaggeration.</div>
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I didn't see that many tulips together ever before, blooming or not yet blooming ones.</div>
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Loved that stray tulip here in the midst of the daffodils, a remainder from the year before maybe?</div>
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Some of the tulips were even starting to fade already.</div>
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And still looking beautiful even so.</div>
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One red tulip in a field of creme ones.</div>
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The combination of different colours and of different springbulbs you find there</div>
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It felt like coming home after a long time and it felt so good to see that </div>
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It's dominating the garden at the moment</div>
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Whatever background you choose to use, whether it's the Weigela bush, </div>
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Remember the Lunaria? The flowers have gone by now</div>
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and these green seedpods appeared. Hope they survive the summer</div>
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It's been a long time since I showed you what's going on in our garden/container garden<br />
but then again it was winter and there really isn't that much going on there then,<br />
except maybe when there's snow but we didn't have any snow here last winter.<br />
The month of May on the other hand is always a beautiful month in the garden<br />
with different flowers of which I took some pictures I'd like to share here now.<br />
I hope you enjoy this look into our May garden.<br />
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The first flowers that bloomed in May were the Forget-me-nots.</div>
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Like a cloud of blue in the green border. I love these pretty little flowers</div>
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and love how many there were this year.</div>
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May wouldn't be complete here without some tulips blooming in containers.</div>
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This year I made a mix of different tulips. It's a change from</div>
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The red tulip in the above picture is Doll's Minuet. Not the classic tulip shape, </div>
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it has something frivolous about it which I love.</div>
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These brownish tulips are called 'Ronaldo'. </div>
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I think the bright red and the white and purple of the other tulips I combined them with </div>
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makes the dark colour of these tulips come out even better.</div>
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More of the bright red Doll's Minuet.<br />
These would also look good by themselves in a container.<br />
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The white and purple ones are called Flaming Flag.</div>
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These tulips weren't as tall as the other two kinds of tulips they were combined with </div>
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All in all, I love how my mixing-up-the-tulips experiment turned out. </div>
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For next year I hope to find some different pastel colored tulips to combine. </div>
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It's very much appreciated. Thank you!</div>
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One of my very favourite tulips must be the 'Queen of night' of which I had only a few bulbs in a separate container</div>
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I'm glad I caught them on photo in time because as they started to bloom, a storm hit us and</div>
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it wasn't kind to the tulips, especially these 'Queen of night' tulips only had a short life </div>
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due to the stormy weather.</div>
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The Lilac bloomed beautifully this year</div>
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and I got to cut a lot of flowers from it<br />
to put in large and small vases in the house.<br />
The smell was amazing.<br />
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This little egg shaped vase was still hanging around since Easter<br />
and perfect to hold some smaller branches.<br />
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A simple glass jar always makes a great vase.<br />
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Even this old terracotta vase got filled with Lilac blooms.<br />
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Behind the Lilac bush I discovered this surprise Lunaria.<br />
A lovely surprise!<br />
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Also blooming again in the border is this Geum Rivale I especially love<br />
since it came from my grandmother's garden.<br />
I'm normally not that fond of orange in the garden but these<br />
little flowers are like little lights brightening up a dark and shady border. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivReTmCoii7ai5VxlXWReWfEJm0doj5v6zp3yFhDkgn6fnKDoO6kU7pbl4yC6VfvwjTpdwQkZR0cTF8L9T6dbwj9pAbdaRKVx2PHVRBEihNJX79BnaHIWUNGvqwcPbI_37ZcVeGFO3AQo/s1600/may9b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivReTmCoii7ai5VxlXWReWfEJm0doj5v6zp3yFhDkgn6fnKDoO6kU7pbl4yC6VfvwjTpdwQkZR0cTF8L9T6dbwj9pAbdaRKVx2PHVRBEihNJX79BnaHIWUNGvqwcPbI_37ZcVeGFO3AQo/s1600/may9b.JPG" /></a><br />
I also love the thin long purple stems.<br />
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More small flowers and more purple in the border from this<br />
Geranium Phaeum Samobor.<br />
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The flowers are such dark purple they almost seem black.<br />
I love this Geranium and I'm so glad I still have some left in the border.<br />
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Really love the Bluebells as well.<br />
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You had to do a bit of an effort if you wanted to see the Bluebells in our garden this year<br />
as they were completely hidden under the huge Weigela bush that desperately needs a cut.<br />
But I gladly dove/dived under it to put these lovely flowers on photo.<br />
Luckily they don't mind being in the shade.<br />
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Catching some light that passes through the leaves of the Weigela bush.<br />
That bush wasn't blooming when I took these pictures but it is now.<br />
It looks amazing, the size it's become, it's like a waterfall of flowers.<br />
I definitely have to take some pictures of it before it's too late<br />
and even more now that the weather isn't that nice to it either.<br />
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These bluebells are so different from the wild ones in the nearby forest</div>
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on the French-Belgian border I saw a while ago. </div>
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If you follow me on Instagram, you will have seen those pictures. </div>
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Just go <a href="https://instagram.com/flowers_and_home/" target="_blank">here</a> if you'd like to have a look at my Instagram.</div>
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All pictures I show there are taken with my smartphone though,</div>
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not with my camera.</div>
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I did manage to take quite a few pictures of these hidden beauties</div>
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while crouching down under the Weigela.</div>
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The elegant white Anemones on the above picture are Anemone Sylvestris.<br />
I have them since last year and they are in a container and sofar doing<br />
great in there. Wind and rain haven't been gentle to them but they<br />
really endured it well. <br />
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I took these pictures on one of those cloudy, windy, rainy days<br />
which gave me this terrific white background.<br />
Imagine me sitting/just not lying down<br />
next to a pot of flowers taking pictures.<br />
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Really love how the pictures turned out though.<br />
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Here's one taken standing up, looking down at the flowers.<br />
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Like smiling faces right?<br />
I just love Anemones.<br />
So delicate and fragile looking but so resilient.<br />
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The first half of May was a delight in the garden.<br />
So glad I could share it with you through these pictures.<br />
Maybe they even brightened up your day?<br />
The weather has turned to stormy again over here,<br />
so they certainly brightened up my day.<br />
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flowersandhomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262453899981838266noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955538429788247451.post-565362734684423212015-05-06T18:26:00.001+02:002015-05-06T18:26:43.694+02:00A beautiful Spring day in Amsterdam<br />
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While the wind is and has been blowing hard here for the last couple of days and rain and hail have been falling vertically and horizontally from all directions it seemed, while branches of trees and Spring blossoms are being scattered all over the streets and Spring flowers are having a very hard time holding on to their petals let alone not having their stems broken, I'd like to take you all with me back in time to a lovely day of gentle and beautiful weather we spent in Holland in April. There could not be a bigger difference between the weather here now and there then.</div>
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It really was a beautiful Spring day when we visited Amsterdam. Getting off the metro at central station and finding our way into the city, walking along Damrak for a while, Amsterdam immediately felt good, colourful, friendly and welcoming. Our short trip to Holland was a bit of a spur of the moment thing and therefore not really planned, so once in Amsterdam, we first just went with the flow until we took a right turn where the streets weren't as busy anymore and it felt like being in a village instead of a city. Amsterdam really doesn't feel like a big city. It is busy, especially with bikes everywhere, but with the city canals it has something un-city-like I think. Nature is never far off it seems. In between the grachten (city canals), you have small connecting streets. You'd think you'd get lost in them but I think it's almost impossible to get lost in Amsterdam, and if you do, enjoy getting lost and take a lot of pictures while you're at it ;) I certainly took quite a few pictures, so without any further ado, here they are, Amsterdam as we experienced it, just walking around and enjoying whatever we happened to stumble upon.</div>
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After we took that right turn, we eventually ended up at a church, and saw a long row of people waiting in line to enter somewhere. We learned all those people were waiting to visit the Anne Frank house and the church is the Westerkerk, the church she talked about a lot in her diary. </div>
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Can you imagine living on a boat along one of the many canals in Amsterdam?</div>
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The houses are leaning forward so it would be easier to bring goods and furniture to the windows above without damaging the house or the goods. That would be much harder and often impossible to do by the steps inside the narrow and tall houses. The houses have a hook sticking out on top to be able to bring things up to the higher floors of the house. Coincidentally, we saw that hook being used to bring things up a canal house while walking along one of the canals. I tried to capture it on photo. </div>
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.....admiring the houses and soaking up the athmosphere of a beautiful early Spring day in Amsterdam....</div>
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Walking in and out of the small streets we somehow ended up following a sign that said 'Begijnhof'. I didn't even know there was a begijnhof in Amsterdam, right in the middle of the city. When I think of the Begijnhoven I already saw in Belgium, the one in Amsterdam is totally different. The begijnhof may not be that large, the houses are very elegant, large and high, often with beautiful decorations, not something I'd expect to find in a Begijnhof.</div>
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I thought I'd find stalls full of fresh cut flowers but was I wrong about that. There were some cut flowers but we mainly saw flower bulbs, especially tulip bulbs. I had no idea those were for sale year round. Seems strange buying tulip bulbs in Spring. One thing is for sure, everyone wants to vist the flower market. It's a crowded place. </div>
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Colourful display of wooden tulips but I prefer the real ones....</div>
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like the lockkeeper's house you see in the picture above. It's totally crooked as many houses in Amsterdam are because Amsterdam was built on long wooden poles of 13 to 20 metres long. Those wooden poles had to be under water to keep them from rotting.When the water level dropped, part of the beams wasn't under water anymore which caused them to rot and so the house or part of the house would start to sink into the soil . That's also what happened to this cute little crooked house. It was built in 1695 as a lockkeeper's house but is now a cosy Amsterdam café overlooking the canal. I quite love the combination of the old and crooked next to the modern and straight here.</div>
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The Dutch West India Company warehouse. </div>
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I hope, looking back, you could enjoy it a little bit with us now.</div>
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Lovely Spring flowers in baskets in front of some canal houses.</div>
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Love the flowers, love the houses, love Amsterdam.</div>
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It's been quite some time since I last posted something here on my blog. I didn't exactly plan to take a break from blogging, it just happened. Maybe the fact that I discovered Instagram last summer has something to do with it. It is so easy to take a picture and post it on Instagram. If you'd like to see what I've been up to, you can always take a look at my Instagram <a href="https://instagram.com/flowers_and_home/" target="_blank">here</a>. It goes without saying that over the last six months I didn't take all that many pictures with my camera but recently I did.</div>
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About three weeks ago, we went to Holland for three days and that of course was more than reason enough to grab the camera and take a whole lot of pictures I'd love to share with you all. Enjoy!</div>
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On our way to Amsterdam we decided to make a stop in Gouda, known for its Gouda cheese of course but I was looking forward to see the beautiful old cityhall standing in the middle of Gouda's marketsquare. That view I didn't exactly get though. Can you believe it, right on the day we passed through Gouda, there was the annual fabric spectacle going on on the marketsquare. The place was really filled with fabric stalls. I never saw so many fabrics together. If I had been on my own, I certainly would have taken the time to have a closer look and maybe even buy some fabric but that wasn't the case.</div>
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it is in fact a cold, grey and dreary day instead.</div>
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<em>Terwijl een mooie dag voorspeld werd voor vandaag,</em></div>
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The Anemones really bloomed beautifully all summer.</div>
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But let's enjoy the Anemones from last Summer first ;)</div>
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<em>Maar eerst nog even nagenieten van de Anemonen van vorige zomer ;)</em></div>
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somewhere in August, </div>
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on a grey Summer day(as we got many last Summer).</div>
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But even that can be a good thing for photographing.</div>
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I took all the pictures so the background was</div>
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only the sky and nothing else.</div>
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Kinda like these 'different' pics.</div>
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What do you think?</div>
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It doesn't always have to be a blue sky ;)</div>
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<em>Alle bovenstaande foto's nam ik op dezelfde dag,</em></div>
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<em>op een grijze zomerdag(zoals we er zoveel hadden deze zomer).</em></div>
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<em>Maar ook dat kan interessant zijn bij het fotograferen.</em></div>
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<em>Ik nam alle foto's vanuit kikvorsperspectief</em></div>
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<em>zodat alleen de lucht als achtergrond te zien was,</em></div>
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<em>niets anders. Wat vinden jullie ervan?</em></div>
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<em>Het moet niet altijd een blauwe lucht zijn ;)</em></div>
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While the wind is blowing around the house and stormy weather is our part,</div>
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I was going through some pictures of the first part of October and I have to admit that although </div>
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lots went wrong in the garden this year, there are always little things to enjoy, which I did. </div>
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So here's a little flashback to the first half of this month.</div>
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<em>Terwijl de wind buiten ongenadig huis houdt en het stormachtig weer is,</em></div>
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<em>bekeek ik eens wat foto's van het begin van deze maand en ik moet toegeven dat,</em></div>
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<em>ondanks alles wat fout ging in de tuin dit jaar, er toch altijd kleine dingen zijn om van</em></div>
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<em>te genieten, wat ik dan ook deed. Even een flashback naar begin deze maand.</em></div>
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In Spring I sowed some Chinese Asters, same as I did last year, but somehow</div>
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the Asters didn't do well and by the end of August I had given up hope that</div>
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they would ever grow and eventually bloom. But then came September and</div>
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along with it the sun we had been missing all Summer and that revived the Asters.</div>
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They didn't grow as large as they normally would and the blooms were of</div>
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a smaller size as well but the colour was there. A variety of pinks and purples</div>
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nodding gently in the October wind and rain and sunshine. </div>
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A joyful welcome to Fall.</div>
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<em>In de lente zaaide ik net als vorig jaar Chinese Asters maar die gingen</em></div>
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<em>niet zo goed vooruit als verwacht en tegen het einde van augustus had ik eigenlijk</em></div>
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<em>de hoop al een beetje laten varen dat er nog iets van zou worden.</em></div>
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<em>Maar toen kwam september en de zon die we tijdens de zomer moesten missen</em></div>
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<em>en dat deed de planten herleven. Ze werden niet zo groot als normaal en de</em></div>
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<em>bloemen waren ook kleiner maar de kleur was er. Bloemen in</em></div>
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White petals with just a touch of pink for these Dahlia's.</div>
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I was sooooo very happy with these because</div>
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the Dahlia's have suffered a lot from hungry bugs</div>
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that really fancied the blooms in our garden.</div>
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All they left was the heart of the flower after they savoured all of the petals.</div>
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The leaves were left unharmed.</div>
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<em>Witte bloemblaadjes met een toets van roze voor deze Dahlia's.</em></div>
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<em>Héééél blij was ik ermee want de Dahlia's hadden echt</em></div>
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<em>wel te lijden van hapgrage beestjes die de bloemblaadjes</em></div>
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<em>een ware delicatesse vonden en die tot het hart van elke bloem verorberden.</em></div>
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<em>De groene bladen lieten ze met rust.</em></div>
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Loved these Dahlia blooms so much,</div>
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I kept photographing them ;) Rain or shine.</div>
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<em>Vond deze Dahlia's zo'n meevaller,</em></div>
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<em>ik kon er blijven foto's van nemen, zon of regen ;)</em></div>
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Even some roses surprised us by blooming in October.</div>
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<em>Zelfs enkele rozen verrasten ons met bloemen in oktober.</em></div>
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Not pink, but red to finish this post with.</div>
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Another surprise in the garden, one Zinnia!</div>
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Must have been a lost seed that sprouted</div>
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<em>Geen roze maar rood om deze post mee te eindigen.</em></div>
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<em>Nog een verrassing in de tuin, één enkele Zinnia!</em></div>
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<em>Het moet een verloren zaadje geweest zijn</em></div>
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<em>dat kiemde en tot deze leuke verrassing leidde</em></div>
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As you may know, I love Hydrangeas but growing Hydrangeas in our garden has been a struggle.</div>
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<em>Zoals jullie misschien weten hou ik van Hortensia's maar doen de ze het in onze tuin niet bijster goed.</em></div>
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No wonder really, while last winter they were constantly standing in a swamp,</div>
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in spring, summer, and even now still, I have to water them thoroughly,</div>
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<em>Geen wonder eigenlijk. Terwijl ze vorige winter een hele tijd in een moeras stonden,</em></div>
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<em>moest ik ze in de lente, zomer en ook nu nog steeds heel vaak en heel veel water geven,</em></div>
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<em>of er nu zon is of regen, want dat maakt vreemd genoeg helemaal geen verschil.</em></div>
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With the cooler temperatures and the rain we got over the last week,</div>
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but today I noticed they're already letting their leaves hang</div>
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<em>Met de koelere temperaturen en de regen die we deze week al kregen,</em></div>
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<em>dacht ik dat het niet meer nodig zou zijn om de Hortensia's water te geven</em></div>
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<em>maar vandaag merkte ik dat die toch weer hun bladeren laten hangen</em></div>
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<em>wat hen een triestige aanblik geeft, zeker nu er dit jaar ook maar een paar</em></div>
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<em>veel te kleine en intussen uitgebloeide bloemen aan de struiken zitten.</em></div>
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<em>En vandaar, in plaats van mooie bloemen te willen vastleggen,</em></div>
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<em>probeerde ik dat triestige gevoel dat de Hydrangea's uitstralen</em></div>
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Saying goodbye to summer and also goodbye Hydrangeas.</div>
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<em>Afscheid van de zomer maar ook afscheid van de Hydrangeas.</em></div>
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I do wish we had a sunny garden full of light with good soil.</div>
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As long as the kids were still small and the garden was in</div>
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the first place their play area, I didn't mind so much</div>
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and seeing them play and have fun made my day.</div>
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Now I'd love to create a pretty garden though</div>
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bringing some brightness and life back into the place </div>
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that looks too green and monotonous to me now.</div>
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But we'll just have to do with what there is</div>
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and try to make the best of it</div>
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even if it's a hellish and unthankful task.</div>
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<em>Ik wou wel dat ik een zonnige, lichte tuin had met goede grond.</em></div>
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<em>Zolang de kinderen nog klein waren en de tuin voornamelijk</em></div>
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<em>hun speelterrein was, maakte ik er me niet zo druk over.</em></div>
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<em>Hen zien spelen en ravotten vond ik geweldig.</em></div>
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<em>Nu had ik toch graag een mooie tuin kunnen creëren</em></div>
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<em>met verschillende kleuren die de plek zouden opfleuren</em></div>
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<em>en het nu overwegend en monotone groen zouden doorbreken.</em></div>
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<em>Maar we roeien met de riemen die we hebben</em></div>
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<em>en proberen er het beste van te maken,</em></div>
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<em>al is dat een helse en ondankbare taak.</em></div>
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<em>De herfst doet echter wel zijn best, zelfs bij de hangende bladeren</em></div>
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<em>die ik zo mooi vind. </em> </div>
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Love that little touch of blue you can still see on one petal.</div>
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<em>Ik vind 't mooi hoe je nog een vleugje blauw kan zien</em></div>
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<em>maar hoe de rest van de bloem naar een diep roze is vervaagd</em></div>
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<em>en er zelfs al wat van een goudkleur te zien.</em></div>
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<em>Geniet van de kleine dingen,</em></div>
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<em>maar het is iets wat we allemaal zouden moeten proberen.</em></div>
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<em>Fijn weekend!</em></div>
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