|
© The images & texts on these pages may not be reproduced, republished or mirrored on another webpage, website or printed without prior okay. We'll find out eventually when they are. © De beelden, de foto's en de teksten mogen zonder toestemming niet worden overgenomen, of zeg maar gepikt, zonder voorafgaande toestemming. Inderdaad, we komen er bijna altijd toch achter. Imagine a switch to photos shot in the context of a communication message. Email: Hans @ Switch. |
Switch Image |
Week 29 2010, from
July 19 Workdays |
|
All quiet. |
 |
WTC Zuidas Amsterdam. |
 "If it's gonna rain we buy a nice umbrella." |
 No, an original. |
 Redheads also love shopping. |
 Selexyz. |
 Selexyz. |
 Awesome Guzzi. |
 Not Magnum the icecream. |
 Homeward bound. |
 "Still a whole nice day in front of me." |
 Slow start. |
 Bad day. |
 Brouwersgracht. Guy |
 The whole family. Guy |
 Guy took the photo. Guy |
 Empty iPad boxes. Guy |
 Friday. The iPad. Guy |
 Guy in Egmond on his Joco. |
 "While it's quiet in in suburbs." Guy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Fast rollator upgrade. We cross her path for a long walk. Holding the camera ready. |
 The Rover sped on. |
 Spaarne. |
 Thursday. Not only no kids on this very morning, but never a kid was seen! Guy |
 Light cargo. Guy |
 "My husband just said so." Guy |
 "New start!" Guy |
 "It's not hot." Bart |
 Streetcar 5. |
 This was 1986. Guy |
 Cayenne. |
 Leidsestraat. |
 Prisoners on a trip. |
 "Odd, odd, odd." |
 Cool, fast business chick. |
 New type of policecar. |
 Specialized in camera surveillance. |
 Yellow dangers. |
 Wednesday. Rather old Beemer and quite new one. |
|
 Unexplainable. Guy |
 Kawa without logo. Guy |
 Lead top. Guy |
 Not the cleanest place to park, but the most secure, In front of the Amstel Hotel. Guy |
 Seeing the Nordic girl walk in the city we wondered where she was heading to. Now we know. |
 Big plans. |
 Oifice landscape. |
 :Little ride with granny. |
 "This chair as the only chair in the room." |
 Tuesday. Lived here too long? |
 |
Behind the Parnassus Tower Haarlem, and behind the dunes the North Sea. |
 |
Super plane tree in the Beethovenstraat. |
 Meditation. |
 Ready to push the next button. |
 A tan for the color. |
 The addition to the municipal museum. |
 Cash. |
 Waiting for the coffee for the picnic. |
 Discussing what to buy for the picnic in the park. Guy |
 Old Fiat 500, black but not mat. Guy |
 Two times mat black. |
 While Ari is on his way to the Bagels, Guy shoots this fine scene in the centre. Guy |
 Minor break-down. |
 Would be a shame to ripple the mirror. |
 Volvo P1800. |
 Near hit. |
 Monday. We make a long morning walk this morning. |
Week 28 2010, from
July 12 Weekend |
|
Peaceful park, Mathilde Santing singing in the background. Guy |
 Mathilde Santing. Singing nice, nice songs. Guy |
 Great and vast audience. Guy |
 Mrs Hopper is reading. |
 Rear window. |
The proper way to sail is with the punching bags inboard. |
Yes Lewis, a less fashionable example. |
Chatting about the days to come. |
Green transport. |
The long haul to the Amsterdamse Bos. |
 Sunny stinking Amsterdam. |
 Through a time tunnel, from around 1965. Bart |
 Comfy shoes. Guy |
 Sunday. In a comfy chair from home. Guy |
 |
Quiet, no moths. |
 We prefer the pancake restaurant on a ten minutes ride from our home in the city. Ain't this as pretty as an old painting? |
 A path of my own youth. |
 Stark and gloomy. |
Is
it my faulty memory or are people using the canals for fun much more than
ever? De Phlog keeps showing boats new and old all over town. In Guy's pictures... Ari's snaps... Bart's boat shots, boats big and small chug their way along, creeping under bridges, happy sailors waving at people on shore. They motor down the Prinsengracht pouring each other princely drinks. On the Keizersgracht, converted lifeboats putter along while everyday families ogle 16th Century splendor. It's hard to single out anything specific from the Singel, there are too many choices. Teams of rowers speed elegantly along the Herengracht in varnished wooden boats fit for a gentleman, past shiny (and not necessarily elegant) aluminum rental boats tied to canal walls awaiting their rowers. From the stern poles of boats everywhere, the Dutch tri-kleur basks in the sunshine and flaps in various breezes. According to the New York Times, that batch of thugs that fought their way to second place in the World Cup were cheered along a canal parade route. (A mighty effort, too bad the final was so filled with red and yellow.) Oh, but wait, those are the Spanish colors! Was that a plot by some sinister FIFA cabal? In any case, today's canals don't seem the way they were back in my happy days in Amsterdam. Then, we saw occasional pleasure boats, innumerable houseboats and many workboats, oh, yes, Sinter Klaus arrived by boat. But mostly the canals were places to store unwanted things, like shopping carts, stolen cars and bicycles and trash. It's glorious to see the pictures of activity op het water vandaag. Cheers, Lewis Hi Lewis, Normally we stay away from the canals you mentioned. But when we cross the bridge of the Stadionkade we almost always see a sloop come by, all sorts of. In the past the boats were mostly Jordaankruisers, diminutive versions of larger yachts built in the attic, or in the back garden, barely saved from sinking. Ari |
 Thugboat. |
 The top is down everywhere. |
 Guided tour through the city. Guy |
 Sampling in the Gelderlandplein Mall. |
 Comfy snack. |
 "Saturday again!" |
 "Remember last Saturday, or Sunday?" |
 Saturday. Yes Saturday it is. |
|
Week 17 2010, Latter workdays and weekend. |
|
