{"id":2001,"date":"2017-03-14T22:35:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T02:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2017-03-14T22:38:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T02:38:28","slug":"holland-aka-philadelphia-flower-show-17-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/?p=2001","title":{"rendered":"Holland! aka Philadelphia Flower Show &#8217;17 (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2475-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2475-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2475-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2475-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The best Flower Show ever! Which could be because it featured tulips, windmills, bicycles, wooden shoes, canals, tiles, and art. Could also be because there were NO crowds&#8212;snow, sleet, and ice kept them away.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the\u00a0entranceway:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2002 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2444-e1489542337903-525x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2444-e1489542337903-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2444-e1489542337903-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2444-e1489542337903-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2007 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2694-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2694-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2694-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2694-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bikes were EVERYWHERE, as they are in the Netherlands. We learned on a recent trip\u00a0that in Amsterdam, if not all of Holland, there are 1.8 bikes to every\u00a0human. They are so eco-smart. And the air is \u00a0oh-<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2018 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/8-e1489544593515-525x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/8-e1489544593515-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/8-e1489544593515-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/8-e1489544593515-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/>so clean.\u00a0And the use of bike parts was oh-so clever.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/7-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/6-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1-e1489544839724-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1-e1489544839724-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1-e1489544839724-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1-e1489544839724-525x700.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/4-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2010 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2704-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2704-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2704-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_2704-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best Flower Show ever! Which could be because it featured tulips, windmills, bicycles, wooden shoes, canals, tiles, and art. Could also be because there were NO crowds&#8212;snow, sleet, and ice kept them away. Here&#8217;s the\u00a0entranceway: Bikes were EVERYWHERE, as they are in the Netherlands. We learned on a recent trip\u00a0that in Amsterdam, if not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,22,20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-color","category-exhibitions","category-flowers","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Ej5z-wh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2026,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions\/2026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eleanorlevie.com\/quilting-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}