Sun .. Flower ..

The Sun and the Flower .. perfect combination .. for a nice sunny day and some good flowers in your garden .. look for them on a rainy day and maybe the sun will come out ..

A Touch of Frost …

Spring … Summer … Autumn … Winter … Cold … Wind … Frost … we just have had a couple of days of frost here … great to see … the little things around me in nature all turned white … the delicate branches of reed and rush bowing their heads of the weight of icing … the little apples on the tree covered with frost … the sun … warming the air and making the frost dissapear again …

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Spider …

 A web woven … waiting patiently for some food to come along … always alert … then … in a sudden moment … caught … the prey of the day … framed in a webby bag … hanging there for diner … for that Itsy Bitsy Teeny Spider …

The Silent Knights …

They resqued the Princess once again from the evil lord Whatshisname … who held the princess captured in his tower … now she’s free again … the Knights and their horses had to fight with swords and spears and axes … they survived again … but you’ll never know … what is going to happen in their next show … 

Whatsthis …

… found it on a ship … an old minesweeper from the 50’s and 60’s … on one of the decks … it’s a lid … thats what it is … curiousity satisfied … but now the question … whats under it …

Maternita …

… According to Fernando Botero … Last summer … an exhibition of sculptures from Fernando Botero in The Hague … Kid … Mother … Love … Botero … perfect display of Maternita … Excellent work …

It’s in the Eyes …

The Eagle … Model for Power … Strength … Beauty … Eyes … He must have noticed me … but doesn’t show interest … he ain’t going nowhere … I got all the time to take my pictures … he ‘s waiting for his next show … still no interest … finally … I got the shot i want … His or Mine … It’s in the Eyes …

Time will Tell …

Time will Tell … the story of life … your life … my life … well, that will take a lifetime … life or time is to short for that … so, what to do with time, let it pass or live it … the choice is yours … but hurry, don’t think to long … before you know it, time passed away  without living it … allright, out of here … going out to let the time pass while living it … see you later in time or life … btw … what have you done with your time and life today …

Wooden Shoes …

Wearable … Walk … Worn …Weathered … Wander … Warm … well if you stack some hay in it then … Worn out wooden shoes from the miller … they seem to have last a lifetime …just like the stones around the mill …

Green Light …

The green lights on the facade of a building … the repeating lines …  light … color … creating patterns … pleasing for the eye … that is … if you like … The green lights on the facade of a building … the repeating lines …  light … color … creating patterns … pleasing for the eye … that is … if you like … The green lights on the facade of a building … the repeating lines …  light … color … creating patterns … pleasing for the eye … that is … if you like …

A Spiritual Moment …

The Church … the Lady … the Priest … A Spiritual Moment in time … in Life …  

2 … 3 … 4 …

Up and Down you go … Going with the tide … Laying in that cold water … Duck-weed at your feet … Grey … Black … Green … White numbers on your side …  

Lost by Adam …

A leaf … Autumn .. Leafs start to fall from the trees … Turned into colors … Yellow .. Red .. Brown .. Some  stay green … Adam lost his leaf once … He never found his one again … Could this be his … Perhaps … Who knows … Adam knows … 

MIND THE GAP …

Travel with the underground and this is what you will hear a thousand times a day … “MIND THE GAP” …  same tone all day, spoken with a voice that never seems to be tired … He seems to travel quite a bit himself … Followed me all day from station to station, through the whole centre and the rest of the city, warning me about “THE GAP” every time i would get in or out … Thanks for that … You’ve been a great help … I just wonder … Do you remember what you said all day when you go home … Or … What are you gonna tell your wife when you get home and she asks you about your day … Do people ever say Thank You to you …

Patterns and Curved Lines …

Underneath a bridge … The London Bridge … Curves … Lines … Stone … Carved … Steal … Beams … Rivets … Grey … Blue .. Black … Patterns and Curved Lines … 

Patterns and Diagonals …

Stairs … Lines … Straight … Up or Down … Left to Right … Down or Up … Right to left … Rotate Left … Diagonals …  Rotate Right … Perspective … Pattern … Light … Grey …  Black … Smaller Steps … Bigger steps …

Patterns and Light …

Street … Pavement … Stones … Patterns … Light … Red … And there are your ingredients for a nice picture … If you like patterns …

Bread …

Baguette … Baguettes … Bake … Baked … Baked Goods … Bread … Breads … Brown … Brown Bread … Bun … Buns …  Culinary … Food … French Baguette … Fresh … Kaiser Roll … Loaf … Loaves … Rye … Rye Bread … Slice … Sliced … Slices … Variation … Variety … Various … Wheat Bread … White Bread … The Smell Of Fresh Baked Bread … Hmm … 

 

Eat This …

Toast … Letters … Words … laying around on the street, didn’t get hungry from it so my friends  decided to play with it …  maybe you can make some more words … 

Smelly Fish …

Smelly Fish … Smelly Cat … this reminds me of one of the songs that Phebe played on her guitar in the serie ‘Friends’ … has nothing to do with each other except that cats like fish … dead fish … staring at you …

 

London … The Red Bus

London .. a weekend with friends … take your camera and search for a place to take photo’s … Piccadilly Circus … so busy in the evening .. people … colour … red bus ..

 

London … The Bar without Beer

London … Bar … Beer .. what beer … no beer, at least no Canadian beer …

The Maple Leaf .. the Canadian Bar in London .. we were there on a busy saturday evening …  Football was fine … watched the games on big screen … beer was fine … even the Canadian beers … but on sunday … oh boy .. all Canadian beer sold out … what a bummer …

 

London … The Regent Palace Hotel

London … Piccadilly Circus … Regent Palace Hotel …

Probably not the very best hotel in London, but very convenient in the middle of the centre, just a few steps from Picadilly Circus. Great display of neon at the facade, but for how long … closing at the end of 2006  to be turned into offices and shops … oh .. where to stay next year …