As I’ve mentioned, the blog in general and – more specifically – these numbered “series” that I’ve done the past few years tend to get me out the door, with an eye and mind open to something interesting or lovely (or both) in the physical world around me. Having launched this “Islands” series from my trip to Madeira last December, and being now in this numbers thing (a few of you may have noticed that I’ve gone sequential and numerically rhyming in the entries, to the extent manageable) …well, I needed to get more Islands to photograph! And it turns out I’ve already, unbeknownst to me, shown you any number of photos a few little islands in the ponds that adorn my beloved next-door park, good ol’ Vondelpark. That’s an island, behind the duck: who knew?!
It’s fun to create rules for oneself which give one the opportunity experience the world afresh, in a brief moment of pre-thunderstorm sun.
(so much world, so little time....) 
Schöne Insel!
May 13, 2023 at 18:47
Yes! As you know, and probably have a photo, we even have an island
May 13, 2023 at 19:20
Reminds me of Stravinsky “The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one’s self of the chains that shackle the spirit.”
May 13, 2023 at 22:41