staircase and chandelier

at the Museum of Bags and Purses, Amsterdam
WWDD

play until the cows come home

cows beside a school soccer pitch

and because this was in the Netherlands, I'm assuming they are Friesians

Saturday's  Critters

a glimpse

a glimpse of a mural on Amsterdam's Prinsengracht (taken from the tour boat)
I forgot to go back later and find it for a better picture. the date on the building says 1741














MondayMural
WWDD

3 Schuyten

Amstel 65, Amsterdam

Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors

signs,signs

doorway

many of the doorways in central Amsterdam had tiles. 

not all featured scenes of nature as this doorway, however.

MondayMural

WhimsicalWindows/DeliriousDoors

a dark cloud

All changes, even the most longed for

have their melancholy

~Anatole France

SkyWatchFriday

gates

Amsterdam

signs,signs

Indonesian

simple advertising on two shutters on a rounded corner building

I didn't get to try them out as they were closed for renovations

MondayMural

deer in a park

Lazy Sunday afternoon, I've got no mind to worry,
close my eyes and drift away, close my eyes and drift away,
~The Small Faces

Saturday Critters

Forth Road Bridge

walking the first span. very windy!

through the windscreen
while driving
across the Firth of Forth











The Forth Road Bridge turned 50 this year.
SkyWatchFriday

fun is just ahead

on the Bruce Peninsula,
two of the many signs advertising this family campground and B&B

signs, signs

shutters

I am pretty certain of the kind of cheap souvenirs one would find behind these shutters, but the shutter designs are a nice touch. Seen after hours in one of the many alleys off Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam













MondayMural

billy goats gruff

Once upon a time there were three billy goats, who were to go up to the hillside to make themselves fat, and the name of all three was "Gruff."

Saturday Critters

a critic

on Rembrandt's head

SkyWatchFriday

kelpies, again

inside one of the Kelpies.

no visitor centre or cafe yet, to escape the rain

see this post for a view of the immense structures

signs, signs

thinking of Scotland as they prepare for the final referendum results.....