These wooden shoes - clogs, "klompen" in Dutch - were worn by my father to work in his garden. I've put them as a decorative element and as a memory of my father in mine. And I've added an old rake-and-hoe ("hark en schoffel").

These clogs are painted in black, yellow and red, the colours of the Belgian flag if you paint them vertically. The same colours painted horizontally form the German flag.

The clog in the foreground, with the tulips and the windmill, was the pin of the Dutch Special Olympics team 2019 in Abu Dhabi. The Dutch athletes brought these clogs with them to exchange with participants from other countries for their pins. The exchange encourages the athletes to make contact with each other and to talk to each other.

The clog in the background was handed out by a Dutch participant in the Dakar rally. I don't remember what year.

Both clogs therefore have a link with countries in the Middle East.

Het is duidelijk dat dit nationale symbool bij Nederland hoort. Er zit hier wel een buitenlandse twist aan.

Het klompje op de voorgrond, met de tulpen en de molen, was de pin van het Nederlandse Special Olympics team 2019 in Abu Dhabi. Deze klompjes hadden de Nederlandse atleten mee om te ruilen met deelnemers van andere landen voor hun pinnen. Het ruilen stimuleert de atleten om contact te maken met elkaar, in gesprek te raken met elkaar.

Het klompje op de achtergrond werd uitgedeeld door een Nederlandse deelnemer aan de Dakar rally. Welk jaartal weet ik niet meer.

Beide klompen hebben dus een link met landen in het Midden Oosten.

Bought these clogs in Zaanse Schans - I think they're for decorating myself, but I like them just the way they are.

He is the funniest boy... he follows me into the bathroom and then proceeds to make himself comfy in the sink!!

Macro Mondays - Souvenir

A fridge magnet and a Delft Blue tile. Souvenirs from my time in Holland.

takumar 105 mm/2,4

Macro Mondays, Footwear

Seen in Amsterdam

Coubon

La boutique du sabotier

Super, moi qui ne savait pas où faire remonter mes galoches !!

in my garden...

A keychain souvenir from Nederlands

For MACRO MONDAYS, this week’s theme: “FOOTWEAR"

HMM!!!

♥ Thank you very much for your visits, faves, and kind comments ♥

14 augustus 2021

Clog paths are local marked hiking trails. A clog path route goes as much as possible over mass paths, towpaths, tithing roads or peat quays that have often been present in the landscape for centuries. They have often lost their original function and are in danger of disappearing. A number of these paths have been set up for recreational use by landscape managers in collaboration with municipalities and landowners.

taken in Melaka, Malaysia

old washroom

Lewes, DE

Once again many thanks for visits, comments and faves, much appreciated!

4 minutes of sunrise. And the rock locks a bit like a clog, doesn't it?

...wearing Danish clogs from "Træskolet".

Bastad clogs I got on the net a few years ago. I love their look, unfortunately they got a funny shape when I wear them on my feet.

Purple clogs by Sanita

My coolest pair

Purple clogs by Sanita

her new clogs

I couldn't part with our old toilet... so now it's a planter in my garden!

A good way to recycle!

Exclusive designer clogs by "Lulu" ( www.lulu-vibes.com )

Posted with permission of Christine Holm (photographer).

Model: Ingela Perhans

Make Up Artist: Maria Gfrörer

Copyright: Christine Holm, 2008 ( www.holmchristine.se )

My patent light blue clogs (and my feet in them). I was wearing autumn striped socks (brown/grey/green/dark bkue) but unfortunately they don't show on this pic.

Japanese girl wearing black wooden clogs from Sweden

Posted with permission of Robert Milovan (photographer).

Model: Ingela P. (Ingela M. / Ingela Mans)

Copyright: Robert Milovan, 2008 (milovan.se)