war fields

when you live in war fields it’s rare to see anyone with all four limbs intact. most of your friends are ghosts and even then: ghosts don’t make good friends. you hover around lamps to collect dinner moths and roll them up in old newspaper. late at night when your mouth is full of moth wings and cotton you hear the war bugles. underneath the floor boards are your fallout bedrooms and your battle cry bedtime stories. the next morning you go to the surgeons tent to look for a new shoe or if you are lucky a glove. you meet the new ghost of an old acquaintance and together you walk the war fields.

queens day.

the past few days have been busy and fun. sunday was queens night and monday was queens day. queens day is a super fun holiday here in amsterdam. it is an all day all night hang outside drinking dancing eating singing laughing and having fun holiday. the whole city participates. it’s basically a massive party.
but today i am tired, sick and sunburned.

(i’ve noticed now that i live in a country that is pretty north and the sun doesn’t come out so often; that when the sun does make an appearance my skin doesn’t know how to handle it. i had spf 50 on and i’m still sunburnt.)

anyways, i’ll be back to regular scheduling tomorrow.

louvre.

here are some of the fun details i found in the louvre. sadly we were only there about 2 hours. you really need 2 days there, maybe more. nevertheless. it was a very inspiring two hours. here are my favorite little bits.

this weird baby.

this old man.

these pretty shells.

these fashions!

this famous lady.

these bottoms.

this dragon attack.

this good fight.

this wine lover.

this wonderful ceiling.