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Typical Dutch

April 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Architecture, Life, Nature, Typical Dutch, Walking the Dogs

Today I like to show you some typical Duch images … This is the recently opened Maritiem & Jutters Museum (Beachcombers and Sailors Museum) on the island of Texel, The Netherlands. It’s a great building I think. The architects Mecanoo from Delft have provided the building with four interlinked, playful roofs. The thought behind this [...]

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Ice skating in The Netherlands

February 7th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Life, Nature, Typical Dutch, Walking the Dogs

This morning very early I went for my daily walk with the dogs, no sun out yet and it was still -13 degrees! COLD! It has been freezing for over a week now and all over The Netherlands people are skating. In Friesland, all the way up north where I live, it looks like this… [...]

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Recipe for a brooch

August 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Life, My Work, Walking the Dogs, Work in progress...

These ingredients lay waiting … until I return from walking the dogs under typical Dutch skies …

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Animals in wintertime

December 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Animals, Life, Nature, Walking the Dogs

Here in the northern parts of the Netherlands there is  still not that much snow. What we do have is frozen lakes and a fairytale landscape because of the frozen fog on the trees. On my daily walk I saw these pictures … Jigger and Lucky Fons on their daily walk These are my pigeons.  [...]

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Lucky Fons the 4e

February 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Life, Walking the Dogs

The first signs of spring are here! The other day I heard buzzards screaming which means that they are defending their territory, wood pigeons are cooing and the snowdrops are almost in bloom. Yesterday morning on the daily walk with the dogs I had the opportunity to take this picture. Probably we had disrupted the [...]

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Snow and hungry birds of pray…

January 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Animals, Life, Nature, Walking the Dogs

In the northern part of Holland it still looks like this, like a fairy tail… Jigger and me on our daily walk. Birds in nature have a difficult time finding their food. Not only this cute robin but also birds of pray have a shortage of forage. Like for instance this Goshawk. Because of him [...]

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Frost…

December 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life, Walking the Dogs

Yesterday I was up pretty early to walk the dogs in the woods. Difficult to imagine because today it is overcast again but yesterday it looked like this… Jigger in the woods

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Walking the dogs…

July 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Animals, Life, Nature, Walking the Dogs

This picture is taken a few weeks back on my daily walk with the dogs. I am amazed every year by this blooming reed with its white plush…

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Storks

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Animals, Life, Nature, Walking the Dogs

On my daily walk with the dogs I came across this stork family.

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Camera…

June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Life, Nature, Photography, Walking the Dogs

Since today I have a new camera. One of these tiny models I can put in my pocket on my daily hike with the dogs.

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