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Continue reading →: Forest walk in September
As the season is changing into autumn the fores also changes it’s colour and walking in nature is always nice to see the influence of the seasons. Each season has it’s charm, but the colours of autumn give it an extra warm feeling. Last weekend -the last one of September-…
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Continue reading →: Autumn
It’s official, autumn is here. I’m mostly happy it started with sunshine 😉
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Continue reading →: London 2025
The first weekend of September we went to London for a few days. Monica had been there before many years ago, but it was my first visit to the city (not counting a stop in the airport on the way to Guatemala). I had actually been to England before, visiting…
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Continue reading →: Boats and swimmers in a canal
Last Saturday we visited Groningen. Upon entering the center the bridges of the canal had just been closed for several ships passing by. I do so like these moments. The view of ships passing by is somewhat relaxing (as long as you’re not in a hurry of course 😉 )…
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Continue reading →: Cows and alpacas in Assen
Yesterday after work I went out for a short walk, hoping to get some photos of Scottish Highlanders (better known as Highland Cows). These long-haired, reddish-brown cows are a common sight in the fields in the north of the Netherlands. There’s usually a small group not far from home, so…
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Continue reading →: Sunday hike in heather and forest
Last Sunday we set out for not just one, but two walks. First, we wanted to see the purple heather, and the Balloërveld near Assen is in full bloom right now. It’s a short drive and the area is large so there’s a lot of heather to be seen there.…
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Continue reading →: Adding a wide angle lens to the set
After I recently tried a bit of astrophotography with my 16mm Fujifilm lens and I had already added a 70-300mm telelens, there was one last lens I wanted an that was an ultra-wide. I have dived into the world of astrophotography a bit by reading blogs and checking out YouTube…
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Continue reading →: Leiden in August
In the past few years Monica and I have taken it upon ourselves to visit the various cities in the Netherlands. We’ve already visited a bunch of cities all over the Netherlands, but had not yet been to Leiden and last weekend we made that our destination. Leiden is a…
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Continue reading →: Shooting stars
In August Earth passes through the Perseid cloud in space which means we are more likely to see a meteor shower of shooting stars. I stook in the back garden for a while and didn’t see anything at all. I just thought at the latest moment to go and put…
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I’m Klaas
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