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flower show at Keukenhof, Holland, 2016. Always wanted to see the bulb fields so managed it this year
The wee ferry working the Thames between Gravesend and Tilbury -- David crossed on her. She operates only during week-days, but has a nice business chugging to and fro.
Marco Polo had risen with the tide, and was also sitting deeper in the water (as can be seen by the level of the two "wings" as she had finished bunkering.
And now, everyone knew exactly which lifeboat was theirs if ever the need arose. There was far more lifeboat space available than the combined number of passengers and crew.
Dutch bulbfields -
Tulips (Tulipa) form a genus of spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes (having bulbs as storage organs). The flowers are usually large, showy and brightly coloured, generally red, yellow, or white. They often have a different coloured blotch at the base of the tepals (petals and sepals, collectively), internally. Because of a degree of variability within the populations, and a long history of cultivation, classification has been complex and controversial. The tulip is a member of the Liliaceae (lily) family, along with 14 other genera, where it is most closely related to Amana, Erythronium and Gagea in the tribe Lilieae. There are about 75 species, and these are divided between four subgenera. The name "tulip" is thought to be derived from a Persian word for turban, which it may have been thought to resemble. Tulips originally were found in a band stretching from Southern Europe to Central Asia, but since the seventeenth century have become widely naturalised and cultivated (see map). In their natural state they are adapted to steppes and mountainous areas with temperate climates. Flowering in the spring, they become dormant in the summer once the flowers and leaves die back, emerging above ground as a shoot from the underground bulb in early spring.
Nederland, Flevoland, Noordoostpolder, 16-04-2012; Ankertocht met bloembollenvelden en akkers die op het punt van bloeien staan. Boerderijen en kavels op regelmatige onderlinge afstand, voorbeeld van moderne grootschalige polder met rationele verkaveling. De aanleg van de polder maakte deel uit van de Zuiderzeewerken (plan Lely) en viel in 1942 droog. De meeste boerderijen (en dorpen) zijn van na de tweede wereldoorlog. The northeast polder (NOP), is an example of modern large-scale polder with rational allotment. The construction of the polder was part of the Zuiderzee Works (Lely plan), in 1942 the polder was dry. Most of the building, farmhouses and villages, is post-war.
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luchtfoto (toeslag), aerial photo (additional fee required)
foto/photo Siebe Swart
T 189 Photo-A-Week 2011, Week 17 Theme: Diptych
When driving to Schiphol on Easter Monday we drove past a field of tulips, tied in well with the bunch of tulips I bought for the Easter weekend. The end result does look like a cliché Dutch postcard !
Next, we were brought out on deck to meet our lifeboat (which had its place right in front of my two windows) and be told what would happen should we need to leave ship in this manner. We were introduced to the crew member responsible for our safety, who would be ensuring that we embarked properly, should an emergency occur. It was all very friendly, very well organised and reassuring.