Autom is here in Netherlands it started a month ago 21st of September. The cold days will start again. Bert strolled me around the woods yesterday. I've seen different kinds of leaves that fell into the ground. A lot of colors everywhere like a picture painting. 'Twas so beautiful the trees has to survive and could not get leaves anymore. Rainy days and long nights again it was only 4:30 in the afternoon, but it was dark when we took this pic. The winter is so near I'm looking forward to see the snow for the first time.
Roxanna the eldest daughter of Bert celebrated sinterklaas ( Santa ) every 5th of December. It's an honor of the life of saint Nicholas and stands for generosity. The American version of Santa Claus derived from the dutch legend of sinterklaas. The legend of Sinter Klaas was brought by settlers to New York therefore, it was originated here in europe. Bert, Michele and I were there it was my first time to celebrate this feast day here in Netherland. They believed that saint Nicholas is not just a saint he is a kindly old man spending his life giving away his money to the poor people and doing well deeds especially to all children. It's so funny that I felt like a child and got excited also although I knew that this men were hired and just wearing costumes. The children Melissa and Wesley got a lot of gifts and they were very happy. Pic together with sinterklaas with his assistant Zwarte piet. 
