Picture "Catch-up"

We've been doing things and going places recently and I've been behind. If you go to the blog and click on the links to albums, you will find three new ones once you get there. One is of our visit to Alkmaar where the cheese market is held every Friday morning from march to September. We attended the 2nd to last one of the season together, and I went back for the very last one the following Friday. Also, there are 2 albums from our holiday to Barcelona. One of sights and another of us and the sights.

Leaves are starting to fall from the trees, and the daytime highs are only in the mid to lower 60's. There hasn't been a lot of rain, and we haven't been under a deep, dull, blanket of gray cloud cover, so that's good. In fact the sun has been more active here than usual!

Some excitement at the apartment. The valves were recently changed on the four radiators upstairs, but there was a seal issue with one of them and water leaked between floors - right above our bedroom! As a matter-of-fact, Radhika noticed a different odor one night before bed (do NOT go there!), but I didn't sense it. However, in the morning I felt the air was really moist. I got a ladder and felt the ceiling - cold and damp! Texted the landlord, who had done the job himself, and told him there was a serious problem. Drained the system when he got here, but that still didn't keep water from spilling all over him after he opened a hole in our bedroom ceiling and undid the joint in the pipe! Problem was fixed, and for the next week we have this (un)cool contraption in the room sucking out all of the moisture. The hole will remain for another week or so, and then finally in October the hole will be patched and the entire ceiling repainted (covering the "memorials" on the ceiling where I squished several mosquitoes at 2 in the morning last summer).

Had another good Basic Workshop yesterday with an energetic group of photography enthusiasts. This one even has assignments that some are choosing to do and then I'll critique their results. I find it so enjoyable teaching people! Looking into taking my workshops to The Hague, as I have had several people come to Amsterdam for mine and say there's nothing like it there.

Nailing down next months trip to Munich (post-Oktoberfest) and then scheduling US for December 2 1/2 months from now.