This is my contribution for ABC Wednesday. Early, I know, but when you read this I am on my way to Australia, and therefore I do all the memes together. This is a Z word for (New) Zealand.All these photos were taken on the South Island.
A Maori welcome,Milford Sound( looks like a Norwegian Fjord), Puzzling World at Wanaka, trip to Franz Josef Glacier.

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Click to enlarge these photos.

The letter IJ used to be the one but last letter in our Dutch alphabet when I was young . It still is the letter before Z in telephone directories. In modern dictionaries, however, it is a combination of the letters “I” and “J “, which means that they are found under “ I “ and are followed by “K “ . In modern dictionaries the letter”Y” precedes the “Z “. In my entries for Wednesday ABC I shall use either of them.

I ‘ll show you a slide of my yard and some photos of the IJsselland hospital, which is situated not far from Rotterdam. It was opened in 1991. If you enter it you come into a large hall with some places where you can buy some snacks or have a cup of coffee. You can also buy flowers or other gifts for a patient you are going to visit.. Downstairs are the waiting rooms of the various doctors and specialists.

 

The Dutch Crown Prince Willem- Alexander, Princess Maxima,his wife, and the two elder princesses on their bikes. The youngest princess is in her baby-seat on the carrier of her mum's bike.
 
 

This is the kind of carrier cycle the prince is riding on

 
 
 
 

These drawings are from the Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, Edith Holden.

 
Happiness keeps you sweet
Happiness keeps You Sweet, Trials keep You Strong, Sorrows keep You Human, Failures keep You Humble, Success keeps You Glowing, But Only God keeps You Going!