Sky Watch, Weekend Reflections,

 
 
 

On our way to the Palace of Justice to attend the case of the widow versus bookkeeper, we passed between these buildings, one reflecting the other.The sun was shining and the temperature was wonderful. When the session was over and the widow had won, we all went to have a cup of coffee and apple pie outside in front of a café. The session had taken three hours and ended at four o'clock. The widow was happy that the matter was over and done with.

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Our World Tuesday, ABC Wednesday, L for Het Loo

Palace of Het Loo at Apeldoorn.
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These photos were taken by me.

The word "Loo"means "wood"or "woodland", like the old English word "-lea".
Palace Het Loo is a palace, more than three hundred years old, right in the heart of the Netherlands, close to the town of Apeldoorn. The Palace of Het Loo was built in 1686 and until 1970 served as a hunting lodge and summer residence of members of the House of Oranje, the current Dutch royal family.It was also the home of the Stadtholder- King William III and his wife Queen Mary II of England.. William III was a Prince of Orange, his mother was a daughter of King Charles I of England, Mary II was the daughter of King James II. In the twentieth century, our Queen Wilhelmina lived in this palace. She was the last of our royalty who lived here.



 

Photos taken by Stichting Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn.
1. Bedroom William III
2. Office Queen Wilhelmina
3. Courtroom


Now it has been open to the public since in 1984 after undergoing substantial restoration work. The beautifull furnished interiors give an impression of how the Dutch royal family lived here for three centuries.


 

The reconstructed gardens breathe the atmosphere of their seventeenth century origin with their fountains and elegantly box-lined parterres. The palace’s setting in one of Holland’s most beautiful nature areas makes a visit a real delight at any time of year.

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Psalms Challenge, Psalm 28

 

1 To you, LORD, I call;
you are my Rock,
do not turn a deaf ear to me.
For if you remain silent,
I will be like those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear my cry for mercy
as I call to you for help,
as I lift up my hands
toward your Most Holy Place.

 

Praise be to the LORD,
for he has heard my cry for mercy.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,
and with my song I praise him.

8 The LORD is the strength of his people,
a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
9 Save your people and bless your inheritance;
be their shepherd and carry them forever.

The verses from Psalm 28 are contributed to Robert's Psalms Challenge meme at Daily Athens. To read more psalms click on Robert

Sky Watch, Weekend Reflections, The Netherlands

 
 
 

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On 24th September we went for an autumn walk in the polders. A polder is a piece of land surrounded by dikes and kept dry by an electric engine, which pumps the water into a canal, and then into the river. In former times, when we had no electricity, the windmills did this job. Don't forget that this country is for a large part lying below sea level.But it has a certain beauty especially when the weather is fine like it was then.

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ABC Wednesday, K for Kangaroo.

These photos are "borrowed" from Wikipedia.


The most remarkable animal existing in Australia, is the kangaroo, which is a marsupial. It belongs to the family of Macropodidae(macropods means "large foot").
Kangaroos are much bigger than wallabies, which are related to them. The Red Kangaroo is the largest member of the kangaroo family. I was not so fortunate to meet the Red Kangaroo, but I saw plenty of wallabies. Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia.Therefore the kangaroo has become a national symbol of Australia. Coming to Australia I flew in a Qantas plane, recognizable by the red kangaroo painted on its tail.The kangaroo is important to the Australian culture.

The big male Red Kangaroo is big indeed! It measures 1.8m while standing up, and it can weigh 85 kg.

Kangaroos and wallabies can be found in many parts of the country, such as hot, dry deserts, grassy plains but also forests, where there is enough to eat. They have sharp front teeth and eat mainly grass and leaves. A friend of my daughter's told us that she once saw some wallabies eating her bananas. The tallest of them
picked them and then divided them among the others of the "mob"!



 

Photos from the book "Kangaroos"by Christine Butterworth

When a baby is born, it is still nothing more than a fetus. It is blind, pink and hairless. It crawls into its mother's pouch and starts sucking one of its mother's nipples. The joey( baby) stays in the pouch until it has grown fur and can keep itself warm.Then it leaves the pouch for a short time. It returns in the pouch when it gets hungry or in case of danger. When the joey gets bigger it can only put its head inside the pouch to drink.

Photos taken from the book"Kangaroos"by Christine Butterworth.

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Monday Doorways, Our World Tuesday, Gouda, Entrances of St. Janskerk

 

The Sint Janskerk in Gouda, the Netherlands, is a large Gothic church, known especially for its stained glass windows, for which it has been placed on the UNESCO list of Dutch monuments.

See Post about the church


 

Inspired by a post by Eric Tenin of a Parisian doorway, «Louis» began posting on Mondays photos he had taken of doorways in Paris.To participate click on
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Sky Watch

 

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Remember my post about Greed and Gluttony of 30 August? Did you read about the widow and the greedy bookkeeper? Well today was the lawsuit and she won...

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Our World Today, ABC Wednesday, J for Justice

This building is called "Palace of Justice". It's situated in the Hague. It's also the place where the widow from three weeks ago will meet her opponent.

The judiciary is independent and the judges irremovable except for malfeasance or incapacity. Roman law still is basic, but the judicial system is largely patterned on that of France. There is no jury system, and the state, rather than the individual, acts as initiator of legal proceedings. Administrative justice is separate from civil and criminal justice and not uniform in dispensation.



In most western countries death penalty has been abolished. This has been a political issue for a long time in many other countries, which have been members of the United Nations. There is a possibility that the capital punishment will be abolished before long.The UN adopted a resolution to adjourn the carrying out of death sentences.
Amnesty International says this is a historical and important move in the right direction.

In the cartoon a person says:"It's a rather delicate question " and he carries a board, saying "Death to death penalty". There are also people sorry to say farewell to the electric chair and the gallows.

Personally, I have always opposed capital punishment. Lots of innocent people have been executed in the past. A criminal might have acted under the influence of drugs and so committed a crime which he repents long afterwards. There are sometimes mentally disturbed persons, who obey the "voices"in their head for instance and kill someone. Should these people be executed?

The problem is that schizophrenic people like two of my close relatives, hear voices or see things we cannot hear or see. If they take medication they are very sensitive and kind people, because they need this medication just as much as any other patient suffering from a metabolic disease, because that's what it is.So they don't need to be executed but put on medication.
Sometimes relatives warn the doctor that their son, daughter, husband or other relative is acting dangerously. If doctors are wise enough to listen they help immediately and force the patient to take medicines. Sometimes however they are too late. These patients are always frightened and very lonely. I have seen this in my family and my heart breaks when I think how awful life must be or had been for them.

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Here. This week we are looking for words beginning with J.