FOTD: Thistles

Captured at Kinderdijk, Holland on June 26, 2019 Posted for Cee’s FOTD 12/10/19.

CB&WPC: Two By Two

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is Two of Anything.

CFFC: White Is…

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge continues with her color series and this week is WHITE. Snow white Flowery white Bridal white (two weddings) Swan white Architectural white (two styles in Amsterdam) Somber white (American Cemetery, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France) Leisure white Lawn ornament white Prickly white Styrofoam white

CFFC: Blue

The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this month is colors; this week is Blue. Three fire hydrants painted blue, Arlington Heights, IL

CFFC: Textures

Cee’s fun Foto Challenge this week is the topic textures. Decrepit houseboat – Amsterdam, Holland Rusting barge bodies – trucks and barges were used by British troops to create a harbor, named “Port Winston,” under cover of night before D-Day, June 5-6, 1944. Arromanches, France Tide going out on beach at Arromanches, France Medieval walls […]

Monday Windows: Cruising Amsterdam

For Ludwig’s Monday Window challenge, these are some photos taken on a private boat cruise through the canals and rivers of Amsterdam.

October Square: Lines and Squares

Today’s selection of photos feature both lines AND squares, for Becky’s October Square challenge.

Lens-Artist #64: Countryside and/or Small Town

Lens-Artists #64 has the theme Countryside and/or Small Towns. We saw many beautiful places on our European vacation in June/July. Yes, it was exciting to visit large cities like Paris and Amsterdam, but the most beautiful places were the rural areas and small towns. I also include beautiful country scenes from other trips.

CB&WPC: Wheels for Work & Play

Things with one, two or three wheels is the theme of Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week. Wheelbarrows, Poulsbo, Washington Wire bicycle & scooter, Miltenberg, Germany Bikes, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Ferris wheel, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

Pull Up a Seat in Holland

For XingfuMama’s weekly Pull Up a Seat challenge, here are some seats in Amsterdam and Kinderdijk, Holland. AMSTERDAM: My husband checks his email on his phone on the balcony of “our” apartment in the dePijp neighborhood. AMSTERDAM: Luza’s, where we had breakfast one day in the de Pijp neighborhood KINDERDIJK: On the 2nd day of […]