by Antoinette Andriese | Feb 18, 2018 | Birds of Amsterdam
Browsing for the meaning of birds through the ages on the net, look what I came across: “As creatures of light and levity, whose wings take them beyond the borders of terra firma that demarcate the domain of man, brids can be seen as residing in a state of proximity...
by Antoinette Andriese | Feb 18, 2018 | Birds of Amsterdam
Me and my knitting of birds, I am only one little insignificant soul in the chain of bird-fascinated persons. Numerous artisans depicted our flying fellow creatures through the ages. As witnesses this old mosaic of a heron, some Roman male – let’s name him...
by Antoinette Andriese | Feb 18, 2018 | Birds of Amsterdam
It’s no surprise the Amsterdam herons flew right into my knitting patterns. You can see them everywhere around here. On the Albert Cuyp Market after the fish market stalls have left or when I dogwalk my four-paws Sindy around the jagged edges of the city. Usually we...
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