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30 Days of Amsterdam Gable Stones: Bird
It could be a penguin, but I’m not sure.
30 Days of Amsterdam Gable Stones: City Scene
This translates to ” In the city of Bordee” although it is on a wall in Amsterdam. Apparently, it is referring to Bordeaux in France. See https://www.flickr.com/photos/vvag/2983938142
30 Days of Amsterdam Gable Stones: Wolves and Hunting
These are on the same building and translate to “the old wild wolf” and “the lost labor”, or at least I think it does.
30 Days of Amsterdam Gable Stones: Saving Bridges
This is a new one and translates to “tirelessly saving bridges”.
30 Days of Amsterdam Gable Stones: The Hope
I wonder if “The Hope” was the name of a boat, since the black thing looks like an anchor.
30 Days of Amsterdam Gable Stones: Fred Thomas
Fredericus Franciscus Xaverius Marie Dieudonné Thomas was born in Amsterdam in 1906 and lived there at Prinsengracht 505, where a special plaque commemorates him. Fred Thomas was a journalist and writer and had been working as a journalist at the De Tijd newspaper since 1929. He was particularly interested in the fate of the residents around the closed Zuiderzee and for many years he was secretary of the National Committee for the Conservation of the Zuiderzee and chairman of the Red Volendam foundation.
See http://www.schoklanddoordeeeuwenheen.nl/fred-thomas-1906-1959.htm
30 Days of Amsterdam Gable Stones: The Boat
My guess is that the owner of this house was either in the shipping business or was a boat captain.
30 Days of Amsterdam Gable Stones: The Green Wout?
I have not figured out what the word “Wout” means. It looks like the guy is gathering firewood though.
UPDATE: Wout means cop. It’s like a nickname for a police officer. 👮 But, Het Groene Wout is old Dutch for The Green Forest. Now spelled as Het Groene Woud. With a D.
The Adventures of Lorie and Brian Groth 