It’s incredibly beautiful in Amsterdam at the moment. Everything is getting a fresh green colour, the sun is shing brightly and warm, what a beautiful day to get your mother and spend it in the city with her while your husband stays at home and watches the small one. Oh well. ;)
To be honest, I am sitting here, reading the newspaper and science fiction, I don’t mind at all. After the last weeks I appreciate some silent moments where I can just idle and “unstress” myself.
This weekend will be > 20 degree, lots of sun, monday is “Koninginnendag” – the queen’s birthday, tuesday is labour day, it looks like we are going to spend a long weekend and a lot of time with the small guy :)
Other people perceive spring in a different way:
The peasants in the villages round Amsterdam are putting cow shit on the fields to nourish their fresh crop.
The neighbours thought it’s cool to barbecue on the balcony on the 11th floor, smoking us on the 13th.
The sewage pipe system of our building did not survive the sudden activity of its users and decided to burst.
As I write this, it smells of cow shit, human piss and barbecue. Lovely!
Vincent only produces small amounts of production (on both ends) but they add to the sensation.
Plus: 6th May i’m going to turn 30 and my parents are coming over, too.
It can only get worse, eh? ;)