Sunny thoughts

The sun is shining, a good start to the Easter weekend. During the night the Fox has slow cooked a ham hock in cola, ready to be warmed up for this evening. After this I may even get out into the garden once more. Little by little I’m getting it tidied after the winter months. In the process it’s a pleasure to see what is in flower or bud, all those signs of spring on its way. Then, after Saturday the evenings will turn lighter as the clocks are put forward an hour. Once that is done the evenings seem to lengthen almost day by day.

I gather things are picking up a pace with our French holiday. The tour operator has already got around to sending the form they require filling concerning my disability. I remember last year filling in such a form with questions concerning dimensions of wheelchair, how far can I walk etc.

Meanwhile our thoughts are turning to our Dutch holiday. The tickets should arrive next week. If our garden is anything to go by, the bulb display at the Keukenhof Gardens should be in full bloom & magnificent. We just have to hope for dry weather for the visit. We’re also going on another canal cruise around Amsterdam. It should look different from when we went in December. The trees should be in leaf, some in blossom. It’s a lovely way to see the city.

Taken form the boat on our last canal cruise

Amsterdam taken from the cruise boat

 

We’re also looking forward to re-seeing The Hague & wondering whereabouts we will be dropped & picked up. It’s a large city so what we will see will depend on where the drop off point is. We are quite tempted to visit the Mauritshuis gallery again. 

The Hofvijver lake which the Mauritshaus overlooks

The Hofvijver lake, The Hague

The Hofvijver lake, Den Haag

The Hofvijver lake, Den Haag

It’s over 10 years since we last visited there. Time flies.

 

For novelty we will be visiting Alkmaar, a place we've never visited, & watching the cheese porters laying out the hundreds of Gouda & Edam cheeses in the market square for sale. It should be good.