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Dutch treat

Rained-on me:

Rained today. The land needed it. Mt. Jumbo and Mt. Sentinel are noticeably greening up but the the soil in the valley is parched. Real rain. Plinks in puddles popping bubbles!

The river is raising as well. Two beavers by the bridge were gnawing away last evening at dusk. Caught a picture.

I'm reading, planning and now have a DVD on Holland. Finding a place on Queen's Day (April 30th) becomes stickier every day I wait. If I cannot find something suitable in Amsterdam there's always Den Haag or Haarlem or even Utrecht. Any place within 30 minutes may do. The center of Amsterdam would be best though. I have my orange shirts.

Stayokay has hostels from 19-33 euros:

http://www.stayokay.com/en/hostel?gclid=CKCN39KRt7YCFaODQgodHj4APQ

Today the Orange of Syracuse play basketball. My brother-in-law will either be ecstatic or not... he's a big fan. Win and they are in the championship game.

First Friday was great last night. Belly dancers, colored powder throwers, musicians...

Mostly saw paintings but the bead work in my own building was nice. The highlights of the evening for me included speaking Spanish to someone who lived in Costa Rica and worked at Tico Times. That and the 3D printing demonstration. They use plastic here but fancier machines can use metal and chocolate has been used as well. I saw an expandable bracelet (orange) being made. Can you imagine 3D mini-busts of your friends around the dinner table? Shrunken heads? Heads made into soup bowls for "monkey brains? I bet they will be able to use porcelain, paper and dough ...if they don't already.

3D printing is coming to your town...

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