Created by the Nemo Science Museum

 Just a few planets on the ground. (I'll try to hold out a little longer.)

Good bye

Unfortunately, I can no longer devote as much time to my blog as I used to, so I have to reduce the frequency of my posts. Let's just blame it on old age and the discomforts that come with it. I wish everyone all the best, and maybe we'll see each other again on the computer from time to time.

 

Signs

 Clear. On for signs2 here.

Delfts Blue

 

The things you can find at a flea market. Always good for a photo when you're lacking inspiration.

No text today

Heavy transport

 Photo's from my archive but to nice to let them go. (Header protect your sister on the Dam Square)

Mirror room

 Seen in the mirror room on a Banksy exhibition. One for James Weekend Street Reflections here.

There is currently an abundance of photo exhibitions in Amsterdam.

 

These photos are from the collected works of Blommers and Schumm, a pair of photographers who are working in the fashion at Foam. The same museum is also hosting a retrospective exhibition of Co Rentmeester's work. The Stedelijk Museum has a major retrospective of the work of the recently deceased Erwin Olaf, and the JHM has street photography from New York between 1936 and 1951. Except for the first one, I still have to visit them all.

Color composition

 On the Almere Market

Changing light bulbs

 The new ones are much whiter than the old ones and don't have that golden glow. One thing I do know is that they are much more energy efficient.

Wildly painted

 One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Still the best way to look at the city

 A little boat with some friends still possible these days. (Header still nice to walk around.)

Town in the making

 Left town right stil pasture (Almere Poort for Skywatch Friday here)

Autumn colors

 It's that time again.

That one works.

 One for Signs2 here.

In the Polder

 Well, what else can you say?

Climate change

 The fence of our neighbor 2 gardens to the left and that under the smoke of Amsterdam. Times that we had snow on these days are since long gone.

The Vecht river in Weesp was calm at around 7 in the evening.

 

Header view over the dock and harbour to the appartment building from K. Rijnboutt.

Just unload the dogs

 One for Saturday critters here

Those chance encounters in the city.

Sometimes you just have to have some fun in life. Hope that applies to the dogs too.

Signs composition

 One for Signs2 here

Suddenly came across this store.

 

Full of stuff for wet shaving. So many shaving brushes, soap,rubber shaving soap dishes, and various razors that at some point it makes your head spin. One thing is clear. For these kinds of specialty items, you really have to be in the big city and may they continue to exist for a long time to come.

Hunting scene

 Two men try to restrain a horse while the rider lies on the ground and a hunting dog watches. (Somewhat freely interpreted). One for Sami's Colorful World here.

And when the weather is so nice

You can sit comfortably on the terrace of Café De Jaren, built on stilts on the corner of Amstel and Kloveniersburgwal. (Header: if there's one thing that characterizes Amsterdam, it's the tourists who have lost their way.)

 

Sleek and slightly less

 One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.

Harbor Sky

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

During a walk through the city.

Yesterday afternoon, I took a short walk through the city, where people were generally cheerful thanks to the beautiful weather.

Human behavior

 We always find a way around something. One for Signs2 here

Behind our house in Almere.

Still occupied. Yes, the housing shortage is getting worse.

Old school wall

 

Well, there are still plenty of places like this. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Things can change

 Friday in Amsterdam (Header same day on the Waterlooplein)

Yesterday in Almere

That must also be done.

 I don't know if it's family, but it sure looks like it. Dad is walking Benjamin.

Is obvious

 One for Signs2 here.

From the archive

 Harbour of Urk

Seen near the street museum.

 I really like that cat. One for Sami's Colorful World here.

Quiet Sunday in Almere Nobelhorst

 Header Follow the guide in Amsterdam

Seen from the couch

 

We have been treated to some very beautiful views of the sky lately. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Sailing ships

  I came across these two on holiday in Norway in front of the Oslo Opera House about 12 years ago.

Short stories

 These book covers with accompanying text by Neil Gaiman turned out well. One for Signs2 here.

In the new neighborhoods of Almere

 

It's been a while since I was in Oosterwold, the place where you can build your own design without too much interference from the government, except that everything has to be very eco-friendly and gas-free. The first house can rotate with the sun and is already the second design with this feature.  The next two photos are of a childcare center that the creators have called the school of the future. Looking at the window frames, I wonder if the designer was the same person.

Flea market yesterday

 It was quite busy with 750 market stalls.

And to think that in all the years I've been walking around Amsterdam, this was only my second time there.

I usually go to the daily flea market on Waterlooplein (except Sundays), 300 meters from where I was born.

This market is held once a month on an old harbor site, but only on weekends.

You have to like it.

However, it is well worth the effort.