Yesterday, Seregil escaped the apartment for about an hour while we were away getting pre-flight Covid tests. We came back to find him gone and we just about had breakdowns on the spot once we realized. But thanks to neighbors (Danae knocked door to door) we were able to locate him again. In all honesty, I don't know how I would have managed the ( Read more... )

I'm sorting out stuff that will come with us and stuff that won't. Seregil is not on the correct pile, but we'll make sure to straighten that out before we leave!

I've taken longer than I'd like doing all the sorting, but it's coming along. I'm also having a lot of allergy problems as I move stuff around. It's mostly clothes left now, and figuring ( Read more... )

I went out for a ride this morning and saw this nifty Opel truck.


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I put this on Facebook a few hours ago. Since I did, 7 people have "wow" reacted which is a lot more interest than I usually get on posts! I hope that means people found it surprising and interesting ( Read more... )

It's a cold, foggy morning in Amsterdam.


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There was a fire (now extinguished) and a gas leak (ongoing) in the building next to ours, Walmolen. Police and fire have taped off the entire courtyard between the buildings and evactuated all ten floors of Walmolen.

https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/206842/grote-brand-in-noord-politie-ontruimt-flat

This is the development we live in. It's called Molenwijk, Mill District, and the buildings are laid out to call to mind classic four-sailed windmills. The buildings are individually named things like tower mill (torenmolen) and bergmolen (mountain mill). We live in Petmolen, which I'm not sure I'm getting the correct translatin for. (Pet mill?) ( Read more... )

I took a 26 mile / 42 kilometer round trip by bike to a spot on the North Sea Canal about 12 kilometers from the center of Amsterdam. I'd scouted around on Google maps and it seemed like a good place to watch commercial shipping. Far enough west that basically all the ships going to or coming from the north sea should go by before stopping ( Read more... )

People shopping at Natuur Winkel across the street often tie their dogs to the pole outside the store. While running out to pet them is a bad idea right now, maybe people would like to share in my dog-watching? This good doggo just left with their people. Any breed guesses? I'm not sure about this one. A Facebook friend thinks it might be a Saluki ( Read more... )

When I got home yesterday, Miriam had a red velvet cupcake waiting for me. I am so lucky to have her in my life!

She is flying 3000 miles away on Sunday. Yes, *this Sunday*. This is so weird! I wish I could help her settle in and take care of things for her so she could concentrate on work, but I need to stay here to take care of stuff with the