I have had a pretty boring month but even a boring month can place a few Hummm… things into the digital file. Plus, May brought a close to an era, but more on that later in the blog.
Amsterdam is always full of Hummm… and this month as I walked through the center of the city towards my destination, through several clouds of sweet smelling plant smoke, I saw the following, Yes! I got a picture at this point as I wasn’t actually sure it wasn’t my brain reacting to the inhaled smoke.
Once I reached my destination I walked through the door and asked in Dutch if the place was open and got the “deer in the headlight” look. With a delayed response “I don’t speak Dutch!” in broken English. 🙄 Hummm… all those Dutch language lessons and years of experience living here and Amsterdam is now only speaking English (well… forms of English or American language) but Dutch? Then again, there was that smoke cloud I walked through.
Most of you who read this blog on a regular basis (that includes the one regular from China) knows that I am a huge tree hugger! Yup, I have hugged hundreds of trees and feel it is my duty to try to save as many of them as I can (unless they are seedlings coming up in my garden😬), so maybe this next Hummm won’t be shocking.
But then on the same day in another part of the country the Hubby sent me this Hummm…
Hummm… Thanks Erik!
The last of the Hummm… for the month is how we started the blog. With a picture of our beloved Cedar.
It is the end of the Cedar era at our house. She has now been passed on to a new family in Friesland who will restore her to her former glory.
It was bitter sweet to see her go but knew it was the “right” time for her. To us she seemed to have gained weight over the winter and that alone would not be a good reason but my old shoulder injury/back issues couldn’t lift her without causing me to feel crappy for days afterwards.
Canoeing is fun and hurting is not!
So we are now in search of a Minnesota made light weight canoe in the Netherlands.
Hummmm…
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Sad to see your cedar go CJ, guess you’ll have to re-name your blog now 🤔
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Not thinking I will change it but who knows.🤔
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I’m sure it was difficult to let go of the Cedar, but… I enjoyed your photo jaunt of Hmmmmm.
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Have you considered something folding? Or two? But if you change the name of your blog, make sure your fans can keep up!
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Thanks for the suggestion but we are pretty set on a Kevlar canoe and Minnesota made. Don’t think my blog name will change but some of the look might… content will stay the same minus Cedar, of course.😊
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Ah, sorry to see The Cedar go. I am not really a canoe guy, but I’ve read so much of your adventures it became part of me. I am sure it will be loved in its new home and can’t wait to see what the new one looks like. Love the car with the skeleton – but then again, you probably knew that already. Smart looking dove you got there, hamming it up for the camera ha! Trying to figure out a way to unsee the dudes in red – very disturbing. So question, do you have to mow that car?
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“B”- thanks as always for your insight and active participation with The Cedar Journal. It touched me to hear that Cedar became part of your blog extended family. Kinda like I have several dogs on my extended blog family.😊
Ok, this is The Netherlands and guys dressing up is a common thing in some circles and seeing strange things in public is pretty normal too here. Those guys are called The Red Rebels (some are women too) and they are an off shot group of Extinction Rebellion environmental protest group. I am still unsure of their actual point and the Hummmm… was fully activated as I watched them. But, as an old school environmentalist (tree hugger and camping in old growth trees to protect the spotted owls) I haven’t picked a “group” to join. My small sign was “Protect our plants. Reduce Schiphol CO2” which is not the all or nothing approach of some environmental /climate protests. I still think we need smart leadership in government and leadership willing to talk and provide solutions from environmental people like myself. We all can shout but that is not a solution.
We are currently listening to lions and looking to capture a squirrel…next months Hummmm… should be a hummm dinger!😂🤣
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The fur-boys always like having new aunts! – intrigued, lions, squirrels…what could it be?
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😊👍
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Change can be hard, but it sounds as if it’s the right time to switch to a lighter weight canoe. Loved the pics, by the way!
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Thanks Ann. I like to think that I have gained some wisdom in all these years. I think the next stage will be exciting.
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Oh no sorry to hear Cedar has moved on. I also sold my kayaks two and half years ago.
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Yeah, it was time for us to move on to something different.
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