Zeeland 2010In May we spend a week in Wissenkerke, on the island Noord-Beveland in Zeeland.
A boat, somewhere along the road to Wissenkerke. Click on the photos for enlargement.
Laura behind the wheel.
Spacious fields and lots of sky.
And dikes of course.
Fishing boat with gulls.
The road to the Oosterschelde, just outside our house.
Two alpacas, one shorn and one unshorn.
Sometimes when a dike broke, the people used to build another dike around the gap further from the coast to protect the weak spot. The land in between these dikes nowadays is a scenic area with lots of birds.
Shelducks with their young.
A goose hiding behind a dike.
View of two sails of the mill of Wissenkerke.
Our car in the Europoort.
Pipeline in the Europoort.
The windmill in Wissenkerke. Its vanes turn almost daily.
The cemetery.
View of the steeple of Wissenkerke.
The other mill of Wissenkerke, outside the village.
A line of trees.
There's a lot more sky in Zeeland than there is in the Randstad. View from our terrace.
Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier.
Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier.
Seal, in a pool at Neeltje Jans.
Seal, in a pool at Neeltje Jans.
Meadow with sheep on a dike.
Two foals of draught horses, playing.
View of Veere.
Inside the church.
City hall of Veere.
A nest of blackbirds in between plastic plants.
The blackbirds are in a pot right above my head.
Sky. At the horizon lies Veere.
Hare.
New windmills and an older one.
A pink and a yellow bike.
Flower in the verge of a field.
Two horses with foals.
Pattern in a field.
Two pheasants.
Cow, pheasant and calf.
Geese with their young.
Lonesome beachcomber.
