tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post7605162650958833830..comments2024-03-25T17:28:41.270+01:00Comments on In Soul: Doing CELEBRATION the Dutch WayGinnie Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-34392711127569275642015-04-27T14:59:11.106+02:002015-04-27T14:59:11.106+02:00Exhausted but happy, Donna!?! It's hard to be...Exhausted but happy, Donna!?! It's hard to beat what I just found out is considered the 7th happiest country on earth. :)Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-44479456186503820242015-04-27T02:49:15.956+02:002015-04-27T02:49:15.956+02:00I am exhausted....just the coffee, tulips and beac...I am exhausted....just the coffee, tulips and beach and I'm pooped...but yippeeee you are now official!Donna@LivingFromHappinesshttp://www.livingfromhappiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-44487696166357210602015-04-25T09:13:03.694+02:002015-04-25T09:13:03.694+02:00I couldn't have said it better myself! THANK ...I couldn't have said it better myself! THANK YOU, MLMA. IHVJ.Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-15347662993147913902015-04-25T08:05:07.699+02:002015-04-25T08:05:07.699+02:00It was a real celebration day. The staying-permit,...It was a real celebration day. The staying-permit, the weather, the sea, the tulips, good company and to end the day with a dinner....no I am NOT ready yet to die and go to heaven (grin). <br />I hope to experience many more times days like these. We often pinch our self and ask, is this real?<br />A fabulous post and I love the picture of the walking the citadel, what a great visual that is.<br />I think I will borrow the picture of me next to the lady in bronze, for the day I retire........<br />Astridhttp://www.picturit.shutterchance.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-69346421600249011242015-04-25T07:47:34.728+02:002015-04-25T07:47:34.728+02:00Thanks for the congrats, Maria. I am tickled pink...Thanks for the congrats, Maria. I am tickled pink and am so glad I can associate that day with the tulip fields!<br /><br />These tulips here are too far gone to be sold for commercial use. Astrid assumes they are grown for test purposes and/or for the bulbs. The tulips just starting to bud are the ones usually sold commercially.Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-70777259146812327822015-04-25T07:42:52.249+02:002015-04-25T07:42:52.249+02:00Actually, Amy, it wasn't until this year that ...Actually, Amy, it wasn't until this year that I realized that tulips don't smell. Then it dawned on me how good that is at this time of the year! The Netherlands would be asphyxiated every Spring by the scent everywhere!<br /><br />You have no idea how much we are waiting for Nicholas to come. I really hope it'll be something he remembers the rest of his life!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-2547893831525353082015-04-25T07:38:28.380+02:002015-04-25T07:38:28.380+02:00Be still my heart, indeed, Susie. I think I often...Be still my heart, indeed, Susie. I think I often feel that way even more so now after 5+ years. It just gets better and better. And there's never a sense that I'll possibly see it all and then go "ho-hum!" Astrid will get a kick out of your liking her in the bronze chair. Any time we see such a sculpture, we try to remember to get her in it. So fun! :) Thank you.Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-68353411969932687072015-04-25T07:34:26.495+02:002015-04-25T07:34:26.495+02:00Thank you, dear sister. With so much to see and d...Thank you, dear sister. With so much to see and do, it would be a sin not to celebrate as much of it as possible! Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-57455853073139325512015-04-25T07:33:32.779+02:002015-04-25T07:33:32.779+02:00I just realized that what's in this post, Robi...I just realized that what's in this post, Robin, is about this past Sunday and Monday...two days in my life here in the Netherlands. You're so right about all the "levels." So much to see and do. I still pinch myself. Thanks for following along!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-59750684571364843552015-04-24T21:01:05.532+02:002015-04-24T21:01:05.532+02:00First off, congratulations!!!!! The celebratory co...First off, congratulations!!!!! The celebratory coffee break with that fabulous looking pie smothered in whipped cream looks devilish. <br /><br />Next, OMG, how wonderful to see the fields of tulips. Do they cut them and sell the flowers?Photo Cachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17734663922538063553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-28449084334198235562015-04-24T19:20:22.152+02:002015-04-24T19:20:22.152+02:00Beautiful photos, Mom! I didn't know that tuli...Beautiful photos, Mom! I didn't know that tulips have no scent. I also didn't realize how close you are to the sea (please forgive my absolute lack of geographical awareness). I can hardly wait for Nicholas to experience all of this!Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-9380913070276328552015-04-24T17:05:49.599+02:002015-04-24T17:05:49.599+02:00Oh Be Still my Heart! Those tulips....how I'd ...Oh Be Still my Heart! Those tulips....how I'd love to see them. I've been to the big garden, Kukenhof is it?, but I'd prefer the many fields. And you two look so happy with faces to the sun. As Gotham Girl writes, this post is so great. Happiness, health (look at you bending over to take photos!), the gift of the Heron and my favorite: Astrid in the chair beside the bronze lady. Beautiful! Thank you for inviting us into your life.susantroccoloauthor.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232991943865499133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-54669968913090304372015-04-24T16:53:35.648+02:002015-04-24T16:53:35.648+02:00Super exciting! The card, the knee, the tulips and...Super exciting! The card, the knee, the tulips and everything else around you. I love how you live and celebrate life always.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10327858.post-84870767929559876262015-04-24T15:37:40.673+02:002015-04-24T15:37:40.673+02:00This post is so great on so many levels! Of cours...This post is so great on so many levels! Of course...congrats continues to be in order!! And oh my...those tulip fields. Words can't describe and even as beautiful as your images are...I'm sure photos have a hard time matching the beauty as you soaked it all in! And yes, there is SOMETHING about the SEA. LOVE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com