The Bully (and how to deal with him)
The Bully (and how to deal with him)
Archive for ‘January, 2017’
The Kiss
The Kiss
The Arches
Underneath the Arches…..(you probably have to be British to understand that one).
The Arches
The Coffee Cup
Every picture tells a story. This could be the story of a coffee cup….
The Coffee Cup
The Yang Ming
The Yang Ming
The Portrait
The Portrait
The Singer
The Singer
The Very Saddest of Stories…
This video was sent to me. It’s chilling, frightening, highly disturbing and sobering – all in equal measure.
I do believe that immigrants don’t arrive carrying firearms.
“Each year, more than 30,000 Americans are killed by gun violence” (ceasefireusa.org).
It would appear that Mr Trump has more pressing problems other than unworkable and counterproductive immigration controls and expensive and ineffective walls. I wonder when work will start on the wall between Canada and the US!!!
The Pipe End
Where it all ends………..or starts…
The Pipe End
The Pipe Join
The Pipe Join
The Missing Bolt
The Missing Bolt
The Post Box
The Post Box
The Red Alert!
The Red Alert
The Fire Hydrant
The Fire Hydrant
The Telephone Box
They just don’t make them like they used to….
The Telephone Box
The Gears (even more cogs!)
Just can’t get enough gears these days…
The Cogs
The Harbour Extension
The quayside in Monnickendam town harbour is being extended. This means that more people will be able to sit and enjoy food, drink and ice cream during the summer.
The Harbour Extension
The Best Bread
The Netherlands is the very best place to buy bread. Here’s the young lady at Monnickendam market (Saturdays) when many different types of bread and cakes (yum!) are available. Some of the bread and cakes are cooked on the stall. It doesn’t get fresher than that!
The Best Bread
The Shark Attack in Monnickendam!
You never know when you are going to come across a shark in the back streets of Monnickendam.
Or…. (Photoshop tip coming up):
If your image just won’t work not matter what Photoshop tricks you play, stick a shark in the image. Never fails!
The Shark Attack
The Delicious Drop
Regarding my earlier post, here’s some delicious Dutch drop (liquorice).
The most delicious drop
The Winter Mooring
Here’s our home at our winter berth. We’re tucked away in a warm corner of the marina and nicely out of the wind.
The Winter Mooring
The Drop Man…
If you like drop (liquorice (or licorice in the US) then the very best place to get it is on a Saturday at the street market in Monnickendam in the Netherlands. The gentleman you see in the image has a bewildering array of drop for sale and lots of other delicious sweets too.
The Drop Man
The Gears (from the “Oh no, not more gears series!”)
Oh no not more gears!
The Rusty Gears
The Rusty Gears
The Walk Ready Dog
Katy clearly trying to tell us she is ready to go for a walk. If only dogs could talk. Woof!
The Walk Ready Dog
The Neighbour
The Heron that lives next to our berth……..
The Neighbour
The Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stone
The Moody Sky
The Night Settles Over Hemmeland
The Winter Sunset
The winter sunset over the Netherlands today. For some reason the image came out a bit like a J M W Turner painting. A hint of The Fighting Temaraire (minus a boat or two!).
The Winter Sunset
The Fungi (even more of it!)
My fascination with these strange mushrooms (?) continues. They seem to be surviving the winter against all the odds. The strange life of fungi!
The Fungi
The Ice Bird
A lonely heron sits and waits for the ice to melt……
The Ice Bird
The Frosty Leaf
The Frosty Leaf
The Gear
The Gear
The Sunset Over the Ice
The Sunset Over the Ice
The Hemmeland Walk (Remix + new images)
The Woods (again)
The Woods at Hemmeland
The Happy Duck
Not sure why this duck appears to be so happy………after all, his lake has frozen over!
The Happy Duck
The Lighthouse (again)
Another image of the lighthouse at Jachthaven Hemmeland.
The Lighthouse
The Duck Patrol
Katy, our dog, on the lookout for ducks. She will chase any duck she sees but never ever catches one. Ducks, quite clearly, are smarter than dogs!
Katy
The Ex-Island
This is Marken which used to be an island but it is now connected to the Dutch mainland by a causeway. A beautiful place to visit.
Marken
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse
The Seat
The Seat
The Dog
Our dog Katy
Katy
The Reeds
The Reeds
The Big Sky Over The Netherlands
The winter sky over Holland and the Markermeer today….
The Big Sky Over The Markermeer
The Dark Day
On this darkest of dark days……..political systems…….rotten to the core…
Rotten to the Core
The Frosty Dog Walk
The Frost Dog Walk
Amsterdam Sail
Here’s a flashback to 2015 – Amsterdam Sail. The next Amsterdam Sail will be in 2020.
WARNING. Some brief (very brief) nudity!
Sail Amsterdam 2015 – by Richard Broom from Richard Broom on Vimeo.
The Free Fungi
The Tree Fungus
The Tree Fungus
The Lighthouse
The lighthouse at Jachthaven Hemmeland
The Lighthouse
The Ice Jewels
Small bits of ice cling to the reeds and turn into sparkling ice jewels.
The Ice Jewels
The Winter Weather in Hemmeland
A little bit of the Netherlands – all frozen up today:
Hemmeland in the Winter from Richard Broom on Vimeo.
Hemmeland Frozen