Skating Fun in Boekel

Tuesday, 18-May-2010 - Boekel - After a good spaghetti meal, I rode my bike to Jan's place. I watched his cats while I waited for him to get ready. We once again had a good turnout. Annie came over to say hello. It was three weeks since I'd been in Boekel--and I felt it. Gerard turned up the pace. I had to drop back out of the second group a couple of times. It was a great evening for skating. 23 skaters--good for 20 km.

http://picasaweb.google.com/dale.weiss.planet/20100518_boekel#

Osske Zuid Skating

Sunday, 16-May-2010 - Oss - The weather forecast was good. When I got to the carpool meeting point, the sun was doing its best to break through the cloud cover. Today Fun-on-Wheels had 22 skaters and Toon, our faithful last man on the moped. The route took us over and along the beautiful Maas River (photo), as well as right next to scottish highland cattle in the Maashorst Nature Park. We had a great day of skating--good for 40 km. When I got home, I cut the grass, and helped with dinner--peeling potatoes and white asperages. Yummy!
http://picasaweb.google.com/dale.weiss.planet/20100516_osske_zuid#

Saturday Sligro Skating

Saturday, 15-May-2010 - Veghel - It started out sunny today. it had been two weeks since I last skated. I wanted to thoroughly clean my skate bearings, but they had pressed on shields I couldn't get off. I settled for removing them from the wheels and brushing off the dirt. There were eight skaters today--four men and four women. We took time to practice some downhill braking (photo) for the upcoming skate weekend in Paris. We had fun--I guess we put in about 15km.

http://picasaweb.google.com/dale.weiss.planet/20100515_sligro#

Notarized

Wednesday, 12-May-2010 - Veghel - Marij and I went to notarize bank papers today. Just like the historical building (Airborne Headquarters), the seal was a work of art.

http://picasaweb.google.com/dale.weiss.planet/Notaris#

Liberation Day

Wednesday, 5-May-2010 - Veghel - Flying the flag at full mast, the Netherlands celebrates the liberation of of the Netherlands from Nazi German occupation during World War II.

Remembrance Day

Tuesday, 4-May-2010 - Veghel - Today, people of the Netherlands remember those who gave their life since the onset of World War II during combat and peace-keeping missions. At 2000, there's two minutes of silence all over the country. I watched the ceremony in Amsterdam on TV. A disturbance caused a panic situation, injuring 63 people. The Queen was quickly ushered to safety; showing great courage and leadership, she came back within minutes to resume the ceremony. Chris came over later with his dog Fester.
http://picasaweb.google.com/dale.weiss.planet/Remembrance_day02#

Skating Rained Out

Sunday, 2-May-2010 - Veghel - Fun-on-Wheels got rained out today.
http://picasaweb.google.com/dale.weiss.planet/20100502_rained_out#

Skating Cut Short

Saturday, 1-May-2010 - Veghel - The day started out nice, but the sky became threatening in the afternoon. It didn't look hopeful for skating, looking at the weather radar; then the sun came out, so I quickly got ready. On the way to the Sligro meeting point, I rode by the site of the old vocational school (Chris learned bricklaying there). Fun-on-Wheel sponsor Van Mensvoort was handling the demolition. Seven people showed up to see if it would stay dry enough to go skating. We decided to give it a go, but we broke it off after about 20 min when it started to rain.

http://picasaweb.google.com/dale.weiss.planet/20100501_sligro#

Queen's Day Holiday

Friday, 30-April-2010 - Veghel - After raising the flag and reading the paper (see related post), watched the Koninginnedag (Queen's Day) celebration on TV. It was rainy in the morning, but turned out to be a nice day. Did some work in the back yard. Watched a koolmees (Parus major), relative of the chickaddee, go in and out of its bird house.

http://picasaweb.google.com/dale.weiss.planet/Koninginnedag#

Royal Recognition to Bep Roovers

Friday, 30-April-2010 - Veghel - Opened the Brabants Dagblad daily newspaper today to read that Fun-on-Wheels Bep Roovers received the Dutch royal medal of recognition: Member of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Her long-standing volunteer service and leadership in the community was sited, including 32 years volunteer at the Sint Lambertus parish, 23 years treasurer of the Sint Birgitta Guild, 12 years church lay person hospital visitation team member, and six years Bernhoven hospital volunteer. Well done, Bep!
http://veghel.kliknieuws.nl/nieuws/101375/burgemeester-speldt-acht-lintjes-op
http://picasaweb.google.com/dale.weiss.planet/Royal_recognition#

http://www.lintjes.nl/civiele_orden/orde_oranje_nassau/versierselen/lid.html