Painting winter fun

 This painting from Hendrick Avercamp is from around 1615. You can see it and more of his work in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. He was a specialist in winter scenes. From the 17th century to the 21th century with other means but the same idea the header today. Winter fun.

Winter sky

 We'd better head back home, we're getting some more on our roof. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Winter joy

 The dike forms a nice slope for young sledders.

Winter

 

After five years without snow, we finally had some snowfall this weekend. Well, the whole country has come to a standstill. Only the mailman still came by. No trains, no buses, and no planes. Maybe things will get going again this afternoon. Header: We are another year older, and you can see that on the streets.

Bikes in Amsterdam (3)

 What you call an individual adjustment.

Bikes in Amsterdam (2)

 Children transporter. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Bikes in Amsterdam

 In any case, this one is entering the new year in high spirits.

What will the New Year bring ?

 

Optimizing into the future.

Hope

 May the park next door look just as it did this year.

Last summer

 There is always a new mural to be found in the vicinity of the street museum. Here is one for Sami's Colorful World. (Yesterday morning the dark days for Christmas).

Amsterdam sunset

 The title says it all. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Holiday in Ireland

 It's clear what kind of livestock is mainly kept. One for Signs2 here.

A new one

 At the end of the New Foelie street a mural from Nils Westergard, an artist from a small town in Virginia.It depicts a skipper with his pipe who often roamed around here in the past. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Fantastic winter light

We should take advantage of that. Header the bridge  over the Prinsengracht with al the tourists on it and the Wester church in the back shows how crowded Amsterdam is these days.

 

A walk through the city.

 

Today, I noticed how many dogs are actually transported in bags.

This beautiful white dog named Yuki was standing next to it, but what I hadn't noticed at all was the second dog. 

Who also belonged to it. One for Saturday critters here. 

Sign

 New sign in a garden near us but I doubt if cats can read. One for Signs2 here.

Eurolille

 Somewhere in the Eurolille station France you can find a gigantic mural but very difficult to get a complete view. Photo from archive around 2010. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Bicycles and bicycles

That's enough now. (Header Thorbecke square in the evening)

 

Skywatch

On the Dam in Amsterdam. For Skywatch Friday here .

Evening drive

 There's something about that explosion of color when it rains.

Office booking com

 The nice thing about this time of year is that it's already dark when everyone is still working. That makes for nice building photos.

Its a colourful world

 Specially if people are losing this type of gloves. One for Sami’s Colourful World here.

First house in Almere

This house was the first inhabited house in Almere 50 years ago.

Efforts were made to establish a museum house as a memorial to this event, and here we see the initiator, Ans van Berkum, and the mayor, Hein van der Loo, in the house during yesterday's official opening.

A great deal of attention has been paid to the interior design from 1975/1976.

I was also invited to the opening because at the time I was working for architect Joop van Stigt, who had designed these homes and I had drawn up all the plans.

It was a nice reunion.

And on this wall in the living room, there are some old drawings I made and some photos of Joop v Stigt and, to my surprise, one of myself, but that one was only four weeks old... of work 50 years ago.

(Header yes, the holidays are coming up again.)

 

Still nice

 This photo was taken three weeks ago with a 2006 Epson R-D1 with 6.1 megapixels. Well, you really don't need a newer camera for this result. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Fabel frites

A real TikTok craze in the city but very nice by cold weather.

 

Bridge garden

 

There, it's ready for winter again. ((Header: The weather was so nice yesterday that, despite the cold, it brought a lot of people out onto the streets.)

The favorite living place

 Of our city pigeons.

They also get far too much attention and food from the many passers-by. One for Saturday Critters here.

Waiting for the green light

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

Another purchase from the photo fair

 A Samsung EX2F for 50 euro

Unfortunately, the focus isn't working properly. Let's just say it's for the collection.

Cheese with a smile.

My favorite visit on the market to fill up our cheese stock every Friday. (Header not so long 

 ago, the municipality planted bee ribbons everywhere along the edges of green spaces. Unfortunately, I haven't seen them this year.)

The river Y

 Always good for a nice sky. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Farewell to a friend and colleague

 

Last Tuesday, I attended the funeral of a friend and colleague from the early days of my architectural career. It took place in the Great Church of Edam (founded in 1518). A building like this, with its wooden barrel vault, is always impressive, and as we walked in a long procession to the adjacent cemetery to the sound of bells ringing, I did feel a little sad. He had lived to the age of 88, so he hadn't exactly died in his cradle. The last photo is the polder view directly next to the church.

Photography fair

and it was very busy again

with many bargains for enthusiasts.

For a moment, I was tempted by a Hasselblad F with a 12 cassette and standard lens for €300, but in the end I kept the money in my pocket, thinking of all those beautiful 6x6 cameras that have been sitting unused in the closet at home for years. (Not in the picture  forgotten on the moment)

The local camera repairer also had some time for something else. Hopefully next year better.