Nederland has a hell of a lot of rivers, canals and drains. Right now the rivers, canals and drains are mostly frozen over, and the snow lies on the ice like icing sugar. In the larger rivers and canals, there are still pools of water here and there – under the bridges, and where the [...]
I know we are besotted by the birds here in the Netherlands and my all time favourite is the Swan, but then it could be the Jay or even the Tits or the Robin or ???. Yes we are besotted. Today I am having a Jay experience I could never have imagined. We had considered [...]
It’s snowed again last night, in spite of the forecast of rain! And the forecast temperature for right now (11:45am) was six degrees. The actual is zero. This morning at 6:50 AM, two hours before sunrise, JJ was smoking his pipe and looking at the snow on our alley, and he was surprised to see [...]
On the weekend we went for a great bike ride, and saw many birds including several sets of nesting Mute Swans. We did manage to take a short video of swans nesting out on the polders east of Haarlem.
well they do call it a house here – it is a 3 floors, a bedroom floor (one bedroom in the attic), 1 lounge floor (the middle floor) and the ground floor – which contains kitchen, bathroom and laundry, and a little entry hall. It is lovely and it is even lovelier still because the [...]
This is the News from the Netherlands We are fascinated with all the different varieties of birds that we have seen in the Netherlands. But the best two bird experiences have been the Swans on the Spaarne. I have already told the story of the swan that I met one freezing cold day by the [...]
This is the News from the Netherlands Around Christmas time when Granddad and I were looking for a house to live in I walked to look at a place on a road near the Spaarne River. On the day I walked there it was very foggy and damp and I could see something white [...]
Not a big story but it has begun our love afair with the Swans in Europe. We were waiting to begin a canal tour in Amsterdam soon after we arrived and were a bit settled. Only a bit settled mind – this has been a large adventure already. We were waiting for the boat tour to [...]
