Me and my wacky ideas 1

And now for something completely different.

Don't know what has gotten into me lately. This sentence, the one I used on the photo, just popped into my head and I knew I had to do something with it. I'm not on any drugs, I swear. Well, coffee and dark chocolate but that's not so bad now, is it?

Taking the shot of the car was the easy part. Editing out the car's background, looking for a good sign, editing out the background and putting together another galaxy was most of the work. I had a bit of a chuckle putting this together. I hope it brings a smile to your face as well.

Don't forget to click on the photo to see it bigger.

Water, rocks and light.

Well, it has to have a title, doesn't it?!! Anyway these are close-up shots of streaming water on rocks and one with a broken branch as well.

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The magic forest.

Once upon a time....

Anyway, I love forests with a stream going through them. It creates its own magic: the water, the light, the trees, the sounds and smells. The last two I can't add but I can try and capture some of the visual magic in photos.

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Spring flowers

I posted shots of flowers before and every time I try to do something a bit different. Here are three shots that I took yesterday.

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Update (no photos)

Hi everyone.

My blog was set up so you could scroll down and see all the photos on one page.

Some people with a slow connection pointed out to me that my blog was slow loading because I have so many posts on the one page.

So from now on there will only be the maximum of 10 posts on the main page. You will have to click on the links on the right hand side of the page to see the older posts. They are arranged by year and month. You can also scroll down and click on "older posts" at the bottom of this page.

Hallo allemaal.

Mijn blog was zodanig van opzet dat je gewoon naar beneden kon scrollen om alle foto's te zien. Een aantal mensen liet me echter weten dat de pagina erg langzaam laadde door de grote hoeveelheid foto's op de ene pagina. Vanaf nu verschijnen er maximaal 10 berichten op de voorpagina. Voor de rest van de foto's moet je op de links aan de rechterkant klikken. Ze zijn per jaar en maand gerangschikt. Je kunt ook naar beneden scrollen en op "older posts" onderaan deze pagina klikken.

Groningen, the Netherlands in black and white.

After all these colourful shots, it's time for a few black and white photos again. These photos were taken in my home city of Groningen, the Netherlands. From the bottom up: moody view of the A-kerk (A-church), inside my favourite grand café 't Feithhuis, the Martini tower, bikes and buildings and the only one with a bit of colour: office buildings alongside a canal.

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Visitors

Hooray!!!!! I've passed the 50 mark. So far people from 53 different countries have visited my blog. Great. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to look at my photos.

It would be nice though if people would leave a comment every now and then. Even when you don't have a blogger account you can still leave a comment. And I don't mind if you leave it in a language other than English. As long as it is in western European script, I will figure it out. It doesn't have to be an essay either. Just a little message, a few words......... please!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and thanks to the people who did reply, especially powergirl and eosforever who've commented on a lot of threads. Thanks a lot. It's appreciated. And thanks a lot for the compliments as well.

But I'm already very happy with all the visitors so I shouldn't complain, really.

Thanks again for visiting everyone. More photos to follow soon. :)

Siena, Italy part 2: people shots

The people are my real interest when I travel. Here are some shots that I didn't want to put in the slide show but wanted to show individually.

The top photo is me with three lovely French girls who I got talking to. Their male friend was kind enough to take a photo with my other camera. :) Click on the photos to see the bigger version.

Siena, Italy part 1: slide show.

Siena, Italy. A beautiful medieval city. This city has 17 Contrade or districts. They all have their own colours and rituals. You can click on a photo in the slide show. That will bring you to my Flickr page where you can see the bigger version.

Watch this

Just the movement of a watch done in a slightly artsy fartsy way.

I kinda like it.