Sunday and Stitch

Yesterday I went to Rotterdam.

(of course by boat)

Right in the center they are still building :

high rise buildings

because the the building plots are limited

and extremely expensive

These buildings are just on a strip

where there are some small harbor basins,

which are not really in use anymore.

(though the big cruise ships moor there in the river)

Old warehouses are converted into apartments

I thought there was a fun market :

vintage and craft.

The clutter some people throw out

is a find for others.

There wasn't much I liked

(I have enough clutter of my own at home !)

And no craft whatsoever. 

So I had more time to visit a friend

who wasn't able to visit our party

The trip on the boat was just right

for some more stitching :

just a plastic zip lock bag with some thread,

my piece and scissors kept me busy all the way

I continued today

And I think I'm nearly done ...

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You might remember what happened to my dear
New Dawn rose in July ?

Look at her NOW :

green and in bloom again !

if you only could smell
.........

:-)

day 13 (and a trip to town)

Drawing my mandala,

and then a quick tour to Rotterdam

for some shopping.

First of all 

the most important thing this month :

Pink Ribbon mandala number thirteen

"the quick brown ..."

Karisma colour pencils on fine watercolour paper  (A5)

The mandala is  12 cm  (5")  in diameter

I you like this fox, or have it as a present for someone dear

(Christmas or "Sinterklaas" isn't that far away)

you can send an email to fiberrainbow@gmail.com
It costs  € 13, -  (+ postage)
And all the money goes to Pink Ribbon

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So ... I made my trip to Rotterdam by boat,
as usual, and bike.

Holland has a lot of water
so a lot of bridges too !

On my way to the city, with all the bikes ...

and at the end of my trip in the center of the city

where the former office building (now a hotel) of the old
Holland - America - Line
is dwarfed by the new Port of Rotterdam building
and the Montevideo appartment building

I also visited the new Market Hal
a spectacular design
(and far from finished)
It is an arch-like building
with appartments on the outside
and a huge hall with little shops inside.

People in Rotterdam have already come up with a nickname for it :
the "Rotterdam Sistine Chapel"

The outside

Just looking through

you can see the "Pencil" (another nickname) an appartment building.

To the left, including a portret of the "Sint-Laurenskerk"  

whereof only the tower and the outside walls
were about the only bits that were still standing downtown,
after the big bombing of Rotterdam in May 1940

and to the right, more fruits and flowers.
Perhaps you can understand the nickname now ?

Little shops and stalls : just like a market

(though not as cheap as on the real market ...)

(see you tomorrow,

a special day for Man)