A Wee Little Walk in Gorinchem, NL

Did I mention that we drove to Münsterland this past weekend in celebration of our 4-year wedding anniversary?  Guess what I'll be working on for the next several days/weeks to come.  HA!

In the meantime, here's a wee-little citadel walk I took a couple Sundays ago when the weather was just spectacular.  I wanted to play around with my camera, for one thing, and just look again at what's at our doorstep.

I pass our little Paardenwater (water horse) pond every time I walk to one of our grocery stores.

The ducks and geese love it--their own little paradise.

You can look back to our Grote Kerk from there, just two blocks from our apartment.

Nearby, after rounding the pond, you can see our fire station on the Linge river.

Do you recognize some of these landmarks by now?

Our water tower from 1886 is now an apartment building.

And that's our Nooit Volmaakt windmill from 1718, a block from our apartment.

The little church is a reformed church across the street from the Paardenwater pond.

Astrid calls it the "black-stocking" church.  :)

But what I really wanted to catch that day was these Eurasian Magpie birds!  Ekster in Dutch.

I see them all the time but they only sit still in the trees for capturing...600-1200 mm away.

If ever I catch one even 100-200 mm away, I'll be in heaven.

They're so beautiful, especially in flight.

The ubiquitous pigeons, of course, you usually can capture up close.

But these, too, are 600-1200 mm away.

As I said, I just want to see what my little camera can do. 

Of course, there are always the views that catch my eye.
"What can I make of that," I'm always thinking.

I love that there's a skate-boarding park nearby...with soccer goals.

 And always the bridges that give us these sweet views along our canal.
Yup, that's the same fire station in the background.

All in a sunny day's wee-little walk in our lovely Gorinchem where we live!

Happy February to everyone.  We're still waiting for winter....