We continued our annual tradition of heading to Amsterdam for New Year’s Eve. Ollie Bollen, fireworks, food and fun – we had a lovely little time. Here are some photographs I took.
I visited the Portuguese Synagogue, which is a beautiful building.
The buttresses are modelled on those of a reconstruction of the Temple of Jerusalem.
This is at the entrance of the mourning room.
And here is the mourning room.
Elsewhere in the city, I was thrilled as always to see my Amy Winehouse biography translated and on sale.
Finally, I don’t think the barista at Starbucks believed this was actually my name.
Happy New Year! I now feel relaxed and recharged – how was your holiday period?
A nice selection of photographs Chas
Thanks
Chas… Spend a lot of time in De Wallen? LOL
Haha, none at all – not my scene!
However, a stranger did ask me for directions to it. I tried to not be insulted that he thought I’d know!
Mitzi I can answer this becusae my family lives down there! You are outside of my color planting schedule by about a month. The trick is, Las Vegas gets so hot in the summer, but you can grow almost all winter long. My book is really for a spring-summer-fall planting schedule. The dates I offer might work for you and others who live in warmer climates, but really have a spring-summer and a fall-winter season. I am very aware of your needs, and it’s on my list of things to research and write about. But honestly, I can’t speak from experience, only from my research. I encourage you to contact your local extension service (www.extension.org) for a recommended planting schedule.