King's Day celebrations

King's Day, next Tuesday April 27, marks the birth of our King Willem-Alexander. It is

a national holiday with festivities in the whole country. However due to covid-19, events,
even if they are outside, are not allowed. Well, let’s hope things will be
better next year...    (photo 23Apr21)

Bakery sign

The sign from Hovius bakery-pastry shop (photo 18Apr21)

Mill and water pump station

Water pump station 'Oostermoer' was built in 1955 and is in fact a polder pumping 

station for the Zuidlaren polder. On the left next to it is the Boezemvriend smock mill.

 (photo 18Apr21)

Apple Maps car

I had noticed the Apple Maps car during my hike when it was circling through the Zuidlaren 

streets, and then I saw it parked along the Wilhelminalaan. Note that the car has a 

German license plate. (photo 20Apr21)

Blossom

The Prunus tree in our front garden. (photo 30Mar21)

Wilhelminalaan

(photo 14Apr21)

Snowdrops

..along our drive way. (photo 24Feb21)

Noordma

My hike passed this backroad called Noordma that day. (photo 17Mar21)

A florist's bike

..along the Stationsweg. The florist’s name is ‘De Anjer’, which is Dutch for ‘The Dhiantus’.

(photo 21Jan21)

War monument

Passing the war monument from behind, on the corner of the Kerkbrink and
Groningerstraat. To see it from another angle click HERE. (photo 9Apr21)

Skywatch

The Leemkuilenweg is a road with farmland on both sides. I've already posted a number of

photos while walking here, with big skies like this. (photo 14Apr21)

Kerkbrink

Houses at the Kerkbrink. (photo 9Apr21)

Morning sun

8:15 a.m. (photo 1Apr21)

Please do not pet

Please do not pet the horses because of

Corona virus and Rhino virus*

*(Rhinovirus is a horse virus, very dangerous and because

of the in-foal mare please do not pet)

This sign was on a fence along the Oude Coevorderweg. (photo 9Apr21)

Busy times

A farmer is preparing land for planting. (photo 7Apr21)

50

..informing the world that somebody's 50th birthday is celebrated here. 

It's an old tradition to put a giant inflatable grandpa or grandma in front of the

house on this occasion. The birthday boy here is a firefighter obviously.

 (photo 7Apr21)

Pond

View on the pond in our backgarden at breakfast time last Wednesday.

(photo 7Apr21)

April snow

♫ ♪  sometimes it snows in April   ♪ ♫  - Prince

We are looking back on a few cold days. Snow in April is not very common here
but well, what is normal these days? (photo 7Apr21)

Tusschenwater

View from a dike in the nature reserve Tusschenwater. (photo 24Jan21)

Paasbrood

Due to Covid the local musical society Erica could not come door to door to sell

current breads for Easter ('paasbrood' in Dutch) to earn some cash, this year 

we could order one online. It certainly tasted as delicious as it looked! (photo 5Apr21)

Barn

..along the Oude Coevorderweg. (photo 25Mar21)

Brink O.Z.

View into the road along eastside of the major village green (photo 24Mar21)

No voice for racism

..which, thinking back of the general Dutch elections of last month,

can also be read as ‘no vote for racism’. I spotted these flyers on an electricity box 

along the Hogeweg. (photo 27Mar21)

 

Village green

The village green or 'brink' along the Telefoonstraat, with a glimpse of the pond or 

'dobbe' there on the left. (photo 17Mar21)

Signs

Bicycle- and hiking signs along the Noordma. (photo 17Mar21)