dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Oliebollen are always on my mind around Christmas and New Year. Typical Dutch treat with stalls where you can buy them all over the Netherlands. So this morning I decided I needed some. They are so good!!! 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I took my 4 year old granddaughter to Brush Strokes so she could paint something. She chose the Christmas tree. I picked it up today and it is a beauty-:) 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Walking in my small community with views like this. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 30/11/2025This came off my hook today. Doing something helps me in these insane times and it calms me. The color was requested. This is my fourth blanket for this young family. 🧡 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Decided to bring a little of Amsterdam to my door in Colorado. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Amazing to see the red sky above Colorado Springs. Aurora Borealis. 011
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 27/09/2025What Trump is doing now is similar to a Tornado touching the ground and destroying everything with it, our Democracy, the Rule of Law and then SCOTUS is giving him free hand to rule as he sees fit. Will we be able to turn it around. My family is experienced Hitler, this is much faster, so I worry. 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 22/09/2025The colors are changing in Colorado. Country Roads on a Sunday with my hubby. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Living in a little oasis in these crazy times is helpful for my mind. Breathe. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Dutch tradition in America: Oma’s apple pie for my granddaughters birthday celebration. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 31/08/2025The triplets taking a stroll in our neighborhood. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 21/08/2025800 ships from 24 countries, sail Amsterdam 2025 is on it’s way and it sure is impressive. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 17/08/2025European leaders are coming to Washington with Zelensky on Monday. Smart move so Trump cannot just embarrass and bully Zelensky and will have to show more reference and all of them can tell Trump in no uncertain terms that giving up all that territory is dead on arrival. 021
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Dutch artist Judith Van Leeuw did this mural in France of the Statue of Liberty silent protest against immigration policies in this country. The shame associated with them is real. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Top: Trumps Alligator Alcatraz camp Middle: Japanese interment camps Bottom: Camps Ravensbruck 1939 in Germany The sobering reality when history repeats itself. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Driving home with this sky above Garden of the Gods. 020
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025The view from our porch never gets old. 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 07/06/2025My love of ceramic mushrooms in my garden. It is the simple things. 030
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Sending a little peace and quiet from the South Fork River in Colorado. 030
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 26/05/2025My grand-dog welcoming me back to the car. 020
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 26/05/2025youtu.be/bCTjz6nd1aE We are forever grateful for the soldiers that liberated us in the Netherlands and paid the ultimate sacrifice. They fought fascism so we can be free. All the graves are adopted by a Dutch family who then cares for that grave. We will never forget!youtu.beNetherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten.YouTube video by Panzer Picture 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Lost count but this one just came of my hook. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 08/05/2025After moving to Colorado 3 weeks ago, this was the view from our home yesterday. I think I like it here. 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 20/04/2025What is the chance when you go out to breakfast with grandkids in Colorado and your waitress takes your order and you get your coffee in a mug from your town. Fun coincidence. 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 20/04/2025We still got snow yesterday in Colorado, sunrise was spectacular. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The first concentration camps in Germany were established after Adolf Hitler's became chancellor in 1933. The Storm Troopers and police established camps beginning in February 1933. These camps were set up to handle the masses of people arrested as alleged political opponents. 44000 camps. 011
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Good morning from our new home in Colorado where the community looks out on the Garden of the Gods. Not bad for two old folks downsizing to be closer to children and grandchildren. Away from the madness near DC a little bit, although I will miss the good people there and the cherry blossoms. 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Trump is buckling down and doesn’t give a rat’s ass about those of us seniors with some retirement saving or anybody with savings for that matter. And these Republicans in Congress will not stop him. It is beyond atrocious that this man can take us all down with his sick idea of power. 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 04/04/2025We are 75, worked hard to do good for our family and to have a decent retirement. This hurts us and so many others. Trump is bat shit crazy. Republicans in congress should act. The Constitution states Congress can stop this. Shame on you, we elderly will suffer. @speakerjohnson.bsky.social 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Courageous, informative, powerful, inspirational and good trouble all around. We owe you a debt of gratitude. @booker.senate.gov Indeed enough is enough. 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 31/03/2025We are elderly and downsizing and leaving this home after 35 years but I will miss waking up to the cherry tree in full bloom. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Our garden is awake, just in time before we move to Colorado next week. New owners will love the abundance. 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I was reading the newspaper in the Netherlands and there they call Elon Musk “Adolf Twittler” now. Got a good chuckle. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025To think you can be grabbed from the street for an op-ed and disappear is tremendously triggering because in 1942 my uncle was taken in Amsterdam, then to Westerbork and then on to Sobibor where he was perished in the gas chamber It this where we are America , you take people and you do what then? 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Wishing my Bluesky friends a very Happy St Patty’s Day. ☘️ Painted by my mother in law. 110
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 14/03/2025@peters.senate.gov You are retiring and this is what you do, throw us voters under the bus by voting Yes. You are giving Trump uncontrolled power and help push Democracy over the cliff. Despicable!! 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 14/03/2025@schumer.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov You waved a white flag, which shows total weakness. We the voters cannot trust your leadership. You are failing us. You are giving Trump carte Blanche. What you are doing is no different than what the SCOTUS did, giving him more unchecked power. 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 14/03/2025To speak like this at the Justice department should send chills up the spine of everyone. When we loose the law, we loose everything. It is the most despicable scenario and similar how Hitler transformed Justice in Germany, also going after presumed enemies. 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 14/03/2025@schumer.senate.gov Your decision to vote YES on the CR is despicable. You especially as a Jew should know what this administration is all about. I as a Jew am astonished that at this time you are not looking at history. These are unusual times and you need to meet the moment and you are not. 120
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 07/03/2025He controls the FAA and made sure investigations against him stopped but tonight your rocket blows up again, the second one in a few weeks, but nothings to see here Elon Musk, just putting the American people at risk. When will this man gets stopped by Congress and his contracts be canceled. 001
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 05/03/2025@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social You should resign!! You instructed your Democrats not to protest during the speech and you sit there while his vile gets spread all over Dems. After he called Elisabeth Warren Pocahontas, you should ALL have left the chamber. By being silent you become accomplices. Ugh! 020
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Siegfried Woldhek, NRC Handelsblad (Amsterdam) Cartonist. His cartoon in the Dutch newspaper representing his view of Putin and Trump. 031
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 04/03/2025@markwarner.bsky.social Is this your position, that the border has improved. What about that we are loosing our Democracy and the guy who is leading us there you are celebrating? I am your constituent and am appalled at your decision and the reason you give. Which site are you on for pete’s sake! 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Where is Deep Throat when you need him ( or her). 000
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Chilling call from my sister just now. “Just do not move back, ( to the Netherlands) because the bombs will fall here first “ 87 years old and survived WWII in hiding as a child. My stomach sank. 010
dutchriekie.bsky.social @dutchriekie.bsky.social · 04/03/2025@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov With debt negotiations around the corner: Do not bend, shut it down, you will not be blamed. The America people are furious at Trump and that will get worse when the government shuts down. Do not do the political correct thing and surrender. Go Dems! 010
