friday

in the spirit of Nancy's walks-in-images I thought I'ld do something similar this afternoon on my walk from the nearby village (where I'd parked my car because of bad time-management!) to the town of Leerdam where I had an appointment at the hairdresser's & I had some shopping to take care of for both our boys; they will be on their way to Italy tomorrow on a school trip, the eldest will visit Rome and the youngest San Miniato and they needed toothpaste, shampoo etc; here we go.......
pic above: the dike from village to the so-called village castle, in the distance you can see the river the Linge in the pic below:

very old fruit trees, apples I think:

 the 'glasfabriek' situated along the river; Leerdam is famous for it's glass and boasts several famous designer/artists such as Copier and Wim and Bernard Heesen (father and son) 

 having crossed the river you walk into the harbour area, from thereon into the town itself, where I didn't take any photo's because I was too busy shopping and I forgot

 on my way back I noticed other sights, like this shed

 a moss covered tree......

 another tree with very strange looking bark 

it's almost spring so there's a lot of cutting, chopping and sawing going on, thankfully many trees still remain standing

 back in the studio, I finished another birthday booklet for J, will be wandering off to her place in a sec, yea yet another walk to a different town: Gorinchem; I'll meet my husband there and drive back home with him

 that's all folks, here's me signing off with my new hair;-)