Transition from.....to.....

Ozcloggie

Transition from.....to.....

From black to white,
Holland to Australia,
North to South,
land to sea,
cool to warm,
Dutch to English,
known to unknown,
gezelligheid to
open space,
rain to sunshine,
childhood to puberty,
shore to ship,
citizen to migrant,
Nederlander to Australian,
Cheese-head to Skippy,
soccer to wogball,
+1hour GMT to +10 hours GMT,
conversations to aerogrammes,
patat with mayonaise to fish ‘n chips,
guilders (florins) and cents to
pounds, shillings and pence,
kilometers and kilograms to pounds and ounces,
Joop to Joe to Jo,
Mul to Mulholland…..............

It was April, 1956. Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Transition from.....to..... belongs to the following groups:

Dutch Touch, History and Remember When Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints

Transition from.....to..... by Ozcloggie
Transition from.....to..... by Ozcloggie
  • mick8585

    mick8585

    I love this. The fact they are waving adds to it.
    THanks for Googling Zeehan.

  • Marilyn Brown

    Marilyn Browncommunity host

    Tears well!!

    I can’t handle this stuff! I’m just a big softy.

  • marieancolie

    marieancolie

    simply.. I love these words.. They look as a dance.

  • Tiffany Dryburgh

    Tiffany Dryburgh

    Beautiful! Image and poem… so moving.

  • barnsis

    barnsis

    Great work to combine these two so well.

  • Ozcloggie replied

    Thanks, Barn & Sis. It was for a challenge, on RedBubble, at the time. Having just visited the first (real) school that I attended as a 12-year-old new to Australia, again, two days ago, the picture surfaced again.

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