Weekend Reflections, Windmills, Our World Tuesday, The Netherlands
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Kinderdijk
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Kinderdijk
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These photos were taken in Kinderdijk, near the windmills.The
name Kinderdijk is Dutch for "Child's Dike". In 1421 during the Saint
Elizabeth flood of 1421, the Grote Hollandse Waard flooded, but the
Alblasserwaard polder remained dry. It is said that when the terrible
storm had subsided, someone went on to the dike between these two areas,
to see what could be saved. He saw in the distance a wooden cradle
floating. There was no hope that anything would be alive in it, but when
the cradle came nearer, someone saw that a cat was in the cradle
trying to keep it in balance by jumping back and forth so that no water
could come into it. When the cradle eventually came near the dike,
someone took it out and saw that a baby was sleeping in it undisturbed
and dry. In some of the stories the cat kept it balanced and afloat.
This folktale and legend has been published as "The Cat and the Cradle"
in English.
11 comments:
Wonderful reflections for the day, Wil!!The windmills were one of my favorite sights when I visited the Netherlands years ago!! Beautiful!!!
Magnifique endroit et reflexion,bravo !
Des images vraiment typiques des Pays-Bas:
magnifique!
Like the windmills of my mind...
I never knew the origins of the story "The cat and the cradle," Wil! That was fascinating. Windmills are such a beautiful symbol for the Netherlands.
The windmills are so beautiful to me. Lovely shots and reflections.
Beautiful windmills, beautiful reflection, beautiful story.
Oh gorgeous photography of the beautiful windmills and very informative post for OWT ~ xoxo
artmusedog and carol
Beautiful reflections of the windmill. I have not heard the story of the cat and the cradle before. Thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful folk tale. Thank you for sharing it. I feel smart because I know now what a polder is (because you took time to let me know the last time you wrote about it). Thank you for the beautiful pictures.
Guess that's how Kinderdijk looks in the wintertime? Must say, am glad that the sun was shining when you took us there:)
This year we have our work cut out for us - we are going to move to the area where my kids live and Jacob is going to build/or remodel a big space for me, so I can do big paintings.
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