Saturday, December 26, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Holiday Season
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Castle in the morning with snow
Monday, December 7, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
A bike
Monday, November 30, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
The old tree at Välsta
I love to follow the Photos From Haninge blog of Steffe. He takes pictures of one particular tree in various seasons. For a few days now it has been on my desktop at work...
Look at the Välsta tree pictures
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Flowers
I made a short round to see what is interesting to shoot for Daily. I guessed that a lot of the scenes and things people are doing are similar all over the world.
In the supermarket I thought this must look the same everywhere, except maybe for this shot. Each supermarket, big or small sells flowers. Two ladies are looking for a nice bunch of flowers to put on the table, give to a friend or something(when you bring a small visit it is a custom to bring some tulips are whatever). Do you see this kind of flower stalls also at your supermarket?
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Apples
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Taksim Trio
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Old house
I need to go into town and make some new shots. The autumn/winter is really starting, all the pictures I have are still of sunny warm days. But this one I still like to post. This old house is so interesting. It stands in the middle of town and it feels like it's an old old man who has seen a lot, but still going strong.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Nieuwkoop Tower
The tower of Nieuwkoop, build in 1672, used to be part of a 'High house' of a Lord. In 1816 the house itself was demolished. (this was a time when most of the medieval housed, castle, city walls and structures were demolished). The tower remained and is pretty high. Nieuwkoop is quite close to Woerden but I never new it existed..
Grotere kaart weergeven
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Great Building
Friday, November 6, 2009
Russian buns
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Advert
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Cows
I have been on a holiday to Russia, for that reason I have not been posting images for a while. But I am back :), I have made 800 pictures so I decided not to post any of them but continue with Holland pictures. This picture is of several weeks ago. We are going into autumn so the landscape doesn't look like this anymore..
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
river and land
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
A Cheese soo formidable!
Yesterday I have been to the Cheese and Delicacy fair, there I met a cheese so tasty and so good! It rarely happens that your taste buds explode and that saliva comes in an instant, but with this cheese it really happened. It's an Italian cheese made of a combination of cow, goat and sheep milk which fermented in chestnut leaves.
My goodness it was soo good, I recommend it to everybody (who likes old cheese).
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Country
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Love is in the air
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Just nature
Just nature, not really just nature, it's human activity now only for the accommodation of nature. The water you see used to be a canal, part of a defence system of a fortified building, part of the so called water line. This was a defence system which would flood part of the country so alien armies could not progress to the states of Holland. The wood in the water used to be of the (walking) bridge to access the fortress. It is now a hangout spot for birds.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Old farm
Thursday, October 1, 2009
House
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Rent a Swan
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Yes Yes!
It's a bit of track but I post it anyway. Today I have run the 10 km 'canal run' of Utrecht. I have been training for two months. And to he honest, I had to concur something in me this morning, I was actually nervous but I did it! In one hour, I ran it with my sister and a mate from school (I am the tallest of the two)
Thursday, September 24, 2009
We are walking on the 'trekpad' literally 'pull path' or towing path, it used to be used by horses to pull canal boats. In Holland they used mainly horses. In Russia it were usaully people Illa Repin made the most famous painting of Russia on this, 'The Wolga thugs'.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Landscape
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Inside the Windmill
Until 1910 millers used to live inside the mill. A tiny little living space not much larger than the average children room. By 1910 a social law against poor living conditions was passed and the white house you’ve seen on the previous post was build.
The same window from the outside.
I think it must have been very cozy, when having no children but with a bunch of kids it must have been quite unpleasant.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Windmill
I live (like many other Dutch people) in a polder, from Wikipedia:
A polder is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by embankments known as dikes, that forms an artificial hydrological entity, meaning it has no connection with outside water other than through manually-operated devices. There are three types of polder:
Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the sea bed.
Flood plains separated from the sea or river by a dike.
Marshes separated from the surrounding water by a dike and consequently drained.
The type of polder I live used to be marsh land. Around 1300-1400 this area was colonized. This means dikes had to be build and canals dug. First they relied on draining methods of the Romans but somebody invented the windmill! The wind mill you see is from 1400, the basement. It got destroyed in a war in 1600 and was rebuild directly afterwards.
Now a days the draining is done automatically, but at times the ‘Ministry of Water State’ asks to the mill to join in. There is more heavy rain then there used to be. In fact the mill would be sufficient for this polder because it is strong and capable of transmitting large quantities of water.
Mills are now usually run by volunteers. The mills themselves are kept by the state, they cost a fortune but are considered valuable landmarks. Holland is so stuffed with old stuff, if you like history it is worth a study. It would take a life time to learn about it.
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