Then I got home to Amsterdam two weekends ago and found more snow and ice than usual here, yet still those early daffodils poking up through the remaining snow and ice…QED on the whole ‘source o’ life’ idea, eh? And do, please, note the shopping cart stuck in the ice by my nearest train station, literally on my first walk home after landing early on the 11th…we all know lots of trash and bikes and even cars end up in the canals each year, but rarely do we get to see them suspended in the ice like this!
Two last 2025 A’dam sunrises, in November (left) and June (right). And once the sun moves farther north again, you’ll be able to start seeing how far along that construction across the street has come.
These’ll be the last “city lights” shots from A’dam for 2025, since I’m currently on another continent, photos of which will soon begin appearing in this space 🙂
This year’s edition of the light festival opened a few days ago, and I took these photos of one beautiful entry during my bike ride to the office the prior week, as the various light sculptures were being installed. Eager to see the rest as soon as I can get out for a cruise :-).
I have an embarrassment of riches in terms of Amsterdam canal photos waiting to be shared, including above and several below from a lovely canal cruise Sam & I decided to do between the matinee and evening concerts on the last day of the Mahler Festival back in May, and a few taken during Barbara’s visit just before Sam arrived…then a few more from just my usual wanders by foot or bike around this lovely city where the days are becoming painfully, noticeably, shorter as we’re now within three weeks of the next equinox 😦
(so much world, so little time....) 