Cold and sunny but without snow or frost, I should add.
By now many of you will recognize most of what I show-n-tell from these citadel walks, here where we live. Forgive me if you tire of them but for me it's still like I'm "meeting them again" for the first time.
Where I start just meters from our backdoor, I'm always struck by the trees.
In wintertime I fall in LOVE with their naked bodies.
They 're free. Alive. Without a care in the world!
[Not like the ghosts from Christmas past!]
Look at how they, the trees, guard that which perpetually guards us.
Maybe this time I better see how important they are to our landscapes.
One of the reasons why we enjoy traveling in winter and early spring,
by the way, is because you can see more through the trees. But you knew that.
This is our outer harbor from the Merwede river, on which Gorinchem sits.
Our inner harbor, a few meters, later is closed off by an operated lock.
Dutch towns and cities take pride in their year-'round communal flowers.
Of the 4 original citadel ports, only the Dalem Port remains,
with the water tower in the background (now apartments) and our salmon fisherman.
Behind that salmon fisherman in the before collage is De Hoop windmill,
one of our two citadel mills, always giving hope.
The "munchins" by artist Erik Buijs, hidden along the walk, delight me.
To be honest, I'm intrigued by all the city's art, in whatever form.
But I'm especially delighted when I can actually see the wall ahead,
reminding me that I really am on a citadel walk/wall.
See what I mean about the trees?
Far or near, nothing would be the same without them.
Behind her in this viewpoint is our backdoor, from where we started.
A winter's day in Gorinchem with nothing better to do than to enjoy what we have!
