Week 8 Things go Green

 

Week 8

I cheated by doing this on Saturday afternoon. We have to take Ben's passport to him in Amsterdam on Sunday. He is "off to London" where a friend has an empty apartment waiting for him...it's only 200kms further than Wijnjewoude (in a straight line).

So, a day out in Amsterdam today...always an adventure as Ben takes us to his favourite places...

\EuObserver Tuesday

In a sign of a new era, the US joined Russia, North Korea, Eritrea, Israel, and Hungary in voting against a UN resolution on Ukraine.


In Kyiv, meanwhile, EU leaders pledged support on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, while EU foreign affairs ministers in Brussels adopted a 16th round of sanctions.

Then, on Saturday...

So it has come to this.

After yesterday’s horrific performance in the White House – a display of the type of cruelty that US president Donald Trump mistakes for power – it’s clear that the EU needs to be decisive in collective action. The US is no longer a reliable partner, if it is a partner at all.


As the EU’s foreign chief Kaja Kallas said, it has "become clear that the free world needs a new leader. It is up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge."



Meanwhile, in Europe...(as things went downhill after Tuesday...)







Interesting video on Dutch nu.nl - a report on the growing influence of China - and how Trump's antics are actually helping them....the late night news on Friday night left us both shaking our heads - as were the reporters..

China's "influence" since 2000 - and Australia right there...



Things go green...

...over the winter, everything goes green

We had a couple of days cleaning the eaves/fascias





...and we also started a job that will take a couple of weeks - depending on the weather - tidying the rear courtyard ...aha, there's also green on the thatched roof - we need to get that looked at...







and we put some green plastic over the security lighting (Janny says we were blinding the neighbours)





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