Monday, July 30, 2012

Same visitors, new season

For the first time, we are visiting Leiden during the summer. And how different it is! It's actually warm, even for visitors from the motherlode of perspiration. The contrast with our November visit is particularly stark.

Our hosts said: No flowers, not many, in this season. But what I am seeing is a profusion. Flowers here, there and everywhere, growing where cultivated and growing where you'd least expect.

And the clouds. Really, are they light brushstrokes in the sky? Or are they cotton blossoms? The clouds are so beautiful, hanging low like fruit, floating around like petals!

With this visit, we've had a sampling of the Dutch seasons, having come here in the spring, late fall/winter and summer. 

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