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Xperimental: And there was light

The reflections in the screen of my phone gave the inspiration for this one. Diffraction in layers of glass mirrored multiple images of the same item, distorted over one another. This is a kind of replica in color. Food for the experimental group. What do you think of it?

(and frankly, I don’t like these kind of images)

Field of gold


This picture made me think of Sting’s song ‘Fields of gold’. It´s wheat he sings about, but this comes close enough. Heard him sing during his show last December. Loved it!
But even the master can´t beat the voice of Eva Cassidy. She makes me want to walk through the fields forever

Madagascar 5: Chameleons, geckos, snakes and frogs

Back to Madagascar.  Lots and lots of chameleons, lizards, frogs and snakes. Too much, I’d say. So here’s a whole bunch of them. Pay attention to the perfect disguise of the different chameleons (the smallest less than 5 cm!), the mossy leaf-tailed gecko’s, the beautiful frogs…
And did you know they even have Nile crocodiles? It’s all too much!

Nationale Boomfeestdag 2023

Afgelopen 15 november was de Nationale Boomfeestdag 2023. Alweer de 66e editie van dit jaarlijkse feest. In Amstelveen gaf demissionair minister voor Natuur en Stikstof Christianne van der Wal-Zeggelink samen met burgmeester Tjapko Poppens en directeur Sylvo Thijsen het startschot in Amstelveen met het planten van een es. Directeur Nationale Boomfeestdag Marleen van der Ham en kinderburgemeester Milanka gaven hen een helpende hand. Deze es was de eerste van 200.000 bomen die door kinderen in heel Nederland zijn geplant en het komende half jaar nog worden geplant