Saturday, July 2, 2011

The mini-river

I drove to Haarlem by bus because there were no trains again...

... beacause of this.

Marjolein and I did some shopping in the afternoon and we went to the beach in the evening.

The tide was going out leaving mini-rivers.

Friday, July 1, 2011

The mega...

A cloud in the morning.

Part of my lunch.

My dinner. Mainly peppers, red onion and chorizo sausage.

In the evening a 3 piece girl band played in Mulligans. The guitar player was good and they were enthusiastic but they couldn't bring it home...

Thursday, June 30, 2011

The window washer

Bicycles at the ferry.

A lot of zoom to get this guy in the picture. It's a window washer. He was washing the glass panels on the outside of the building.

He wasn't gonna finish any time soon I think...

I worked an extra 2 hours to try and help a colleague. Least I could do was keep him company. I missed my ferry though and had to wait 25 minutes so I went to sit in the sun and watch the duckies.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The dinner

I took the day off to do a bit of shopping in town. I met Marjolein at the station and as we walked in to town we past this church I hadn't been in before.

't was a church like others really... I do like to silence in churches a lot though. And the peace.

Walking through the oldest part of Amsterdam.

Having a drink in town.

We sat at the old weighing house.

Lunch ;-)

Marjolein photographing a statue in a tree.

In the evening we met with Nantko, Collins, Djox and Joanna for some Chinese food.

Afterwards Nantko, Marjolein and I went to the American hotel for another round...

... and cake :-)

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The canals

It was hot today and I went to get some asian food and a pint. Even my cool pint was sweating...

I took some photos on my way home.





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Boat traffic.

This is the street (canal) I live on. I live in a proper house though, not a boat.

Insects are now visiting my flowers. I like :-)

Monday, June 27, 2011

The clock

Somehow I think they fucked up with the steps. I hope I'm wrong because I'd like to go in through the front again.

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This monster was coming through on my way home. The grass field in front is an excellent place for a summer picnic.

I watered my garden for the first time properly. I love it!

And this is Mic's folks' garden. We'll be having a birthday party there Sunday.

Mic, Mickey and Noortje.

Mickey, Noortje and Joke.

Finally they hung up the clock we bought for them at squash court No. 7. Unfortunately we played at court 6 today...

Right after. It was soooooo hot...

Mic won today; 2-3.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

The finished garden

I decided to put the plants in today after all.

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Here it is: One finished Urban Micro Garden! I'm very, very pleased with it. Lots of people complimented me on it. I hope it will be appreciated by everybody and that dog owners will not let their dogs piss on it... (The full story is here)

I brought some garbage to the bin  and saw lots of coppers stop around the corner. Naturally I was curious so I went to have a look.

There were 6-7 cars and nearly a dozen coppers talking with a few guys from the "west"...