When I was in high school I spent a summer as an exchange student to the Netherlands. It took every penny I earned for months and months working at the local drugstore to get there. I brought back only memories and literally a handful of souvenirs – an old delft plate, a print we have framed, and a pair of unpainted wooden shoes that actually fit me.
We had talked about this at the big bazaar last month but we didn't buy anything. It just so happens that my husband's last trip back to the States involved a quick layover in Amsterdam. Just enough time to gather these goodies for me…
to go with the Gouda so abundantly available locally:
and of course more shoes. I hope to collect a pair for each of our children before we leave. I am using them as the color scheme for our school room and have visions of them all lined up for St Nicholas. : )
which all live happily together with another old delft plate of ours…
Couldn't pass it up at the flea market. It is a rendering of Millet's, Angelus in delft, had for next to nothing. Some things should not be left to wallow in bargain basement bins.
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Oh, I miss gouda cheese! And you got the exact same pair (down to lettering and everything) of red shoes I got. Great minds! 🙂
Beautiful! I love blue and white. A lot of Japanese ceramics and china have that same kind of color – different design, of course – and somehow my hutch seems to have filled with that color scheme without my even planning it.
I can just imagine a whole line of those shoes with goodies from St. Nicholas! Maybe we’ll get to see a photo one day. :o)
LOVE the blue and white, especially the plate w/ the Angelus on it. And the shoes are adorable. :o)