Swoop!
An evening break from exam prep turns into a rare close encounter – a Eurasian sparrowhawk lands metres away to eat its kill in my Amsterdam garden. A hawk, a dove, and goosebumps.
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Van Gogh Museum Visit
Like a true Dutchie, B wants to ensure full "paisa-vasool" (loosely translated as best value for money) of his museum year card. So we plan a few museum visits …
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Fall 2023
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Helikonia??
A weekend away, a timeout within a timeout. Magical and golden despite the grey skies and rain.
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The Notre Dame is gone. 16 Apr 2019
Shocked and saddened that the Notre Dame has burned down...
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2018 Nov: Winter
On this cold snowy day I am sitting comfortably on my couch, consolidating my different older blogs. Love the quiet after it has just finished snowing, …
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Light Festival, Amsterdam
The theme this year was Disrupt - here you can see the official exhibition info online: https://amsterdamlightfestival.com/en/edition-8
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Phantom in the raft
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left">For weeks, or maybe even months, I haven't dreamt of the ocean. I was missing my ocean dreams, and just like that, …
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Secret race
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Green Schipol Story
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Dragon Breath
The dragon breathes… his breath comes out in a white mist that spreads low across Kasterleepark… and makes a criss-cross pattern of icy rime on the glass …
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november rain
<div style="font-family:georgia;font-size:95%"> november rain, a little delayed, falls gently, not in searing drops of ice shrouded in my red poncho i bike …
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The here and now
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A Spanish siesta
 A relaxed lunch in an old Spanish restaurant with lovely ambience. A glass of red …
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Sheep with Guns
Found showcased in Weesperplein (a Metro station) in Amsterdam: A sheepish answer to Tom Lehrer's "Cows with guns" (animated you-tube video)
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Sswish, sswash
a cat in controlled fury: cold green eyes, unblinking tail in precise motion, she bides her time waiting, watching - swish swash.
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Completing the Suit
Was listening to "Shape of my heart" - Sting, and looked up its lyrics, part of which goes thus: "I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier I know …
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The Pink and Purple Parade
 The gay parade in Amsterdam is, like football, a public …
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The Oranje Crowd
 Oranje is de kleur van gekte -- Van Gogh <p>fifa finals …
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The oranje graffiti cupboard
Can't get away from corny love quotes where ever I go. They are follofink meeee! Eet's a conspiraceee... The cupboard in my furnished room, which I had no hand …
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Gracias a la Viva!
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Mind Game or Footwork?
<div style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#669933"> SB is very good at badminton - for the amateur level we play at, he is one of the best in our group, …
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Murphy's Day
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Copper Sulphate Blue
<p>And another...</p><p> </p><p>Of the ocean. This time a beautiful muted copper sulphate blue. A quick dream, where I just walk towards the …
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Dreams of Rock
It is one more recurring theme in my dreams - where I climb down rock faces, dangerous rock formations natural or man-made, gripping the rock with my finger …
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Bittersweet
I had written this a looong time ago.. seems like a different lifetime now. Finally got around to posting it here. --------- You touched my life in a unique …
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The mark of indelible ink
This election year somehow it has become a personal milestone for me to vote. Several weeks before the election date, R finds our names registered to vote in …
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The glassy greens and angry whites
I dream of the waves again. I had almost forgotten that place in my dream, it had stopped for a long time. But yesterday I went to the same place in my dream. …
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Do I know you?
Do I know you? I seem to know how your thoughts flow, how your eyes look for mine among a bunch of others. Making that connection with you seems so natural. It …
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