Tag: holland

• Oh, Stop It Holland!

  

  Oh, Stop It Holland! Just stop being so very gorgeous all the time. We drove to Keukenhof on a rainy morning. The pitter patter of drops and a chilly wind gathering speed. Having been to the famous garden ten years ago, and then repeatedly with various visitors, I wondered if it would hold its irrepressible appeal…

  Diligent Candy

  1 May 2018

  Apoorva, Audience, Customer Review, Photography, Story, Travel

  amsterdam, beauty, blooms, bulb flowers, bulbs, colors, daffodils, drive from amsterdam, exhale, fields, flowers, gardens, going away, green, holland, keukenhof, lisse, mindful, mindfulness, nature, nature’s bounty, rainy day, South Holland, spring, tourism, tulips, zen

• Birds of Amstel

  

  The river has a large heart, she just gives and gives. Her path determined, she runs her course, yet yields. Alongside her banks: bounties – trees, grass, shrubs, dragonflies. I watch rowboats, cycles, runners, skaters, an unruly kid way ahead of her guardian on a space scooter, her mischievous gurgling laughter infecting the air. I…

  Diligent Candy

  15 Jan 2018

  microblogging, Photography, Story, Travel

  amstel, amstel park, beautiful, beauty, bird watching, birds, blackbird, by the river, coot, ducks, dutch, dutch birds, emu, fauna, flora, geese, heart, heart matters, holland, meditation, mindful, muscovy duck, Netherlands, notice, peace, pigeon, river amstel, robin, self care, thrush, walking, walks, water

• Saturday Market in Den Bosch

  

  ‘s-Hertogenbosch or Den Bosch is a quaint city in the south of Holland. We were there to meet friends and chanced upon the Saturday market in Market Square. It was colorful and delightful. I wish I lived close by to buy everything from there. Sigh!

  Diligent Candy

  6 Jul 2017

  Food, Photography, Story, Travel

  bras, bread, buy local, celebrate, cheese, clothes, den bosch, drive, farmers market, fish, florist, flowers, food, fruit, fun, hertogenbosch, holland, lets go, market, market day, market square, Netherlands, organic, pineapples, produce, sale, saturday, shops, simple joys, South Holland, strawberries, summer, summer holidays, vegetables, walks, weekend, winkels