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3/25/19 •
Garden has lots of tulips today – from small to giant, from traditional shape to tortured. Will post just a few pics here to show that tulip fever struck again ;)
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Ulterior motive (Comments Off on Ulterior motive)
3/25/19 •
Good deeds have been done this weekend – we had a National Clean-Up Day and I helped make a neighborhood litter-free. We were given gloves, a pick-up-stick and a vest, to make us stand out. For part of the hoped-for effect is to create awareness, maybe even shame in those that drop their plastic anywhere. […]
Echo (Comments Off on Echo)
3/16/19 •
Let’s have a look at mountains again. I found some memorable words in my weekly issue of Volkskrant Magazine. Thank you, Wieteke van der Zeil! ‘Ask people about their favorite mountain, and what you get is insight into their way of looking at the world. Mountains are like reflectors, they reflect our mood and makeup, […]
Breaking news (Comments Off on Breaking news)
3/16/19 •
Headline in my newspaper today – a new Mondrian drawing has been discovered amongst the papers of Arthur van Schendel, a dutch writer from around 1900. A drawing of an arum lilly. The king of abstract apparently made his money by painting and selling flower paintings. Some quotes from the article: “While Mondriaan researched flowers […]
Waiting (Comments Off on Waiting)
3/13/19 •
On the coldest, windiest and sorriest day ever – and while waiting for my tulips to flower – I decided to tackle my backup problem. For while I religiously make backups I had not yet found a way to automate the procedure. And I just know it CAN be done: plenty of backup plugins out […]
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