NoWoodenShoes

New Destinations

2010-04-11T12:56:00.001+02:00

This one is a housebroker (estate-agent) right now but in earlier times -think more than 50 years ago- it was a butcher

A shoe-store but also in the beginning 1900-eds a bakery. It says litarally: bread-cookie, the name of the owner and: patisserie. The characters in this form were used during the art-nouveau period.

2008-08-24T13:31:00.002+02:00

In addition to my previous post: A part of a tank found in parts near the river whom are explored all the time for many reasons. A photojournalist came tot the museum to take a photo for the newspaper.

Liberation

2008-05-14T14:41:00.002+02:00

In the beginning of this month we always celebrate the liberation of Holland by the allied forces from Germany at the end of the second world-war.
In the museum i had to register a sack which came out of the air during that days with flower for baking our bread. There was a food-program and this aeroplane-'droppings' were a part of it.

Modern

2008-03-29T17:01:00.003+01:00

Near the dike this new building is to be seen. Many people had comments: it was to modern. I always take my time for this, and after a while you get used to it and it even brings a nice silhouette in the sunset.

Knights

2008-03-17T10:04:00.002+01:00

My Job in the museum brings sometimes nice surprising things when not expected. Work have to stop because i cannot put back away this book before examining all over.
It's from the year 1691 and talks about Knight-hood: ''Ridderschap'' in Dutch, and hand-written.

Pumps

2008-01-20T16:55:00.000+01:00

Four Pumps from the ancient time. No longer in use, and many times replaced but still belonging to the town-sight.
I imagine the people who came here in the old days to pick up water and meanwhile talk about the latest gossips in town.
The one where i should take my water from if i lived earlier is the first one.

Flea-market

2007-10-02T08:40:00.000+02:00

There was this flea-market over here in a little village Bruchum nearby Zaltbommel. The money they raised was meant to be put in the extension of the local church. I made several photo's and since it was a a while ago i posted, I'll give you some extra right now.

Rampart- Wall

2007-06-11T09:24:00.000+02:00

The old town-wall who existed already a several hundred years is being repaired.
This is the last part of the job and i had to smile when i read the name of the architect: Mister 'shit-houses' or 'bad-houses' translated freely. The former Dutch inhabitnats can read it on the photo i took where you can read some information about all the works.

Cows

2007-06-02T11:08:00.000+02:00

Ooh. can it be more dutch? cycling around and taking photo's of cows.
They're still very beautiful in my eyes and i hate this practical stuff from the government that right after they are born the farmer have to put a yellow plastic card in the ears.

The carillion, Franz Lizst and Zaltbommel

2007-05-26T16:06:00.000+02:00

A very old building: the former hospital had a chapel with a nice towercarillion. Nowadays the chapel is used for exhibitions and other events. The carillion is still to be heard in the weekends, played by a professional carillion-organ-player. At the whole hour a couple of puppets are showing up.
The famous Franz Liszt came by on a boat on the river the Waal and overheard the music; he stopped, looked after the music-maker and stayed in his house for a meal. The daughter could play the piano very well, and he insisted on teaching her, but in Paris, because that was where he was going after. There she met the later famous impressionist Manet and married to him in Zaltbommel! So this famous painter married a dutch girl out of Zaltbommel!
Nice story isn't it? and it is even true.

Fortress

2007-05-17T11:49:00.000+02:00

A fortress nearby was used during the second world war. English soldiers lost their life defending the 'Bommelerwaard' and its villages, town and rivers. The river was a strategic thing for the Germans and that's why the fortress was build over here in a curve with a overview very far.

Around 1900

2007-05-10T22:01:00.000+02:00

During my work at the museum with the textile, i spend my time on the attick. We're almost finished there, but this were two nice pieces i wanted to show you: a umbrella for the sun; used by ladies in the time around 1900 when it was not in fashion to get a sun-brown face or body.
The other photo shows the jacket with lots of luxury embroidery of a wealthy lady used in the same period.

New foto-site

2007-05-06T16:30:00.000+02:00

A new foto-site;

Its about all and everything. I'd like to publish photo's about all kind of subjects and try to improve my photografic skills.
Finally i'm getting in touch my new canon camera and will publish over here also more photo's again.
See you on my sites and thank you for youre comments: they're very welcome!

Groet, Johanna

This where you've got to to link to

Supermarket-factory

2007-04-02T09:33:00.003+02:00

Told you about the emptying of the inner town. Here's another example of this; the hart or the street end town with the supermarket is now a empty hole and not nice to look at. House-sellers are taking over the nicest houses but don't bring a lively atmosphere. There is a lot of talking about that, but no-one knows how to end this.
A photo before and after ( but then reverse to the nice-making shows on tv), and the new store of the supemarket which looked from the outside like a factory.

Bicycle's

2007-03-26T22:47:00.000+02:00

All sorts off bicycle's in a row for the fans.

Climate

2007-03-07T15:39:00.000+01:00

Like in the rest of the world the climate here is changing. Nowadays they're expexpecting a early spring and it looks like a sort of rain-season right now. On moment its sunshine and the next moment a dark cloud is coming up and it starts raining. A lot.

Carnaval

2007-02-19T20:22:00.000+01:00

Tomorrow will be the last day of four days carnaval. The whole south of Holland is partying all day and night with particular music of brass-bands and wearing odd clothes. Its not my cup of tea, but it do bring a smile to my mouth.

World-shop

2007-02-18T10:47:00.000+01:00

In Zaltbommel we've got a shop from a man whom is sellling all these products people like to buy which remind them of there 'motherland'. His parents came here many years ago out of Marokko in North-Africa. A very nice guy, whom is sellling to many dutch customers too, including me. I mostly like the olives, cheese and dried fruits.

Tulips

2007-02-12T10:24:00.000+01:00

A while ago i told you about the saturday-market out here and that i buy myself flowers many times. Well, with my new camera i'll show you my last bought tulips. Aren't they georgios? (and m camera too)

Storm

2007-02-10T19:13:00.000+01:00

During a walk last week we saw this tree whom obstructed our path. We saw more fallen trees and branches which became a victim of the bib storm the week before.
This one gave us a good look on its roots and it was a great, gigantic sight.

Jesus Christ

2007-01-31T22:19:00.000+01:00

Last year in February i told you about a forbidden wall-painting. Forbidden by the town council. Last week i saw that the owner had obeyed the council and painted the wall white again. Instead he did put a JC on it's crucifix. I had to smile: who can be against this wink of an eye towards the politicians.

Post-office

2007-01-25T15:15:00.000+01:00

Some changes are inevitable: shops come and go or are moving to another place. Our local post-office closed last december. A little service-point has opened in a bookstore in the center and so we are happy that there is still a place you can go to with your parcels.
All thanks to the internet many people are using out here for banking and stuff.

[Trips] Bread

2007-01-09T09:22:00.001+01:00

We were in Maastricht for a little vacation and i saw there this window in the early morning filled with bread. I wondered what it would look like in the afternoon.

Fog

2007-01-05T22:14:00.000+01:00

A foggy day let the tower of the church fading away.

Antiques

2006-12-27T22:18:00.000+01:00

This is a little antique-shop but one with great stuff. A beautiful piëta and behind it madonna with child. A door which must be very old to see at its sices and decorations.
Last but not least: in the left corner below you can see a canon made of bronze.

[Trips] Train

2006-12-21T11:49:00.001+01:00

I went to the Hague yesterday and took the train. The weather was not so great, but dutch landscape couldn't be more typical that way.

Signing up

2006-12-20T21:54:00.000+01:00

Our local heron signed up again. On a little isle in the canal stands a willow which is beautiful in the summer, but now also not bad at all. Especially with the heron on top.

2006-12-15T19:06:00.000+01:00

Several doors in the inner-town are decorated with a trellis work and have got a head ore a animal in the center.

Sky

2006-12-09T17:00:00.000+01:00

A beautiful day, with a beautiful sky in the late-afternoon. Photo just taken some minutes ago.

Name

2006-12-08T21:54:00.000+01:00

Saw this advertisement on a shop and couldn't resist to make a photo.

[Wednesday] Gathering

2006-12-06T15:03:00.000+01:00

All these birds together in the canal is because the fountain has stopped for the wintertime.

Interiors 3

2006-12-05T21:26:00.000+01:00

And the last one for the time being: my own house. A more classical furnishing.
Please let me know what you see there is in common; because to me there are only differences. As a foreigner its maybe easier to see.

Interiors 2

2006-12-04T17:12:00.000+01:00

A more country-like atmosphere in this interior. It's an old house near a mill where friends of ours are living.

Interiors 1

2006-12-01T08:41:00.000+01:00

I'm going to show you some interiors here in Zaltbommel (Holland) and doing so for a few days. Very curious what your comments and opinions are.
The first one is of a sun-through living is the saying out here.

Pigeon

2006-11-29T18:51:00.000+01:00

Wanted to show you this house build around 1750; a former pharmacie. Now its a clothing-store for the distinguished gentleman, which we've got 'several'.
At home putting my photo's on the computer i just then saw this pitiful bird, a pigeon who's feathers were almost all 'gone'.

Monument

2006-11-27T21:29:00.000+01:00

A walk near the river forelands brought me to this monument made as a remembrance-place for the British soldiers whom gave their life here in the second world war right at this spot.
Many fights were fought near great rivers, in that time borders of freedom or prisoning.

Sinterklaas

2006-11-25T20:23:00.000+01:00

A traditional feast here in Holland on 5 december which is celebrated since hundreds of years.

There's a famous painting in the Rijksmuseum which has the same ingredients as today: Children getting presents and when they are well-behaved and in the weeks before a shoe is placed by the fire-place while singing old songs. The next morning they're filled with chocolate money and other typical candy's. All like Santa Claus.

These are my children's shoes: the left one is still a believer, the right one doesnt anymore but still likes the candys.

Mushrooms

2006-11-24T08:48:00.000+01:00

'They come like mushrooms out of the ground' we say here: it means fast en sudden a lot.
Obstructions in the streets to slow down the traffic-speed. A good thing, but not so nice and sometimes annoying. Well, no more victims goes first of course.

[Wednesday] Camels

2006-11-22T21:40:00.000+01:00

A wednesday with a oriental touch. In the park a circus took place and the 'parked' their animals near the canals. Even elephants were seen, but they tried to escape to the water all the time to get a drink, so they had to stay inside.

Saint Maarten

2006-11-16T21:02:00.000+01:00

Last weekend we had the evening of St Maarten. Children are singing in front of peoples doors to get some candy. Then they had to give half of it away, just like St Maarten did. A beautiful sphere with torches and fire-baskets in the streets. Goose on the market-place to give it a medieval touch. Children are holding there own-made Chinese lanterns.

Camera

2006-11-16T20:58:00.000+01:00

Many excuses, but troubles with my camera and waiting for repair. For now some older photo's as a solution in-between and using another one when allowed. Groet, Johanna

Cleaning

2006-11-09T10:21:00.000+01:00

A man helps his wife cleaning the windows. That's the case mny times for the ones very high. A nice thing to do.

Farm

2006-10-27T13:49:00.000+02:00

In the old days there were farms in the old town. Most of them were demolished, but some were converted into a living space with some features that show that it used to be a farm house-shed. The windows were wooden doors and (now the window)above them was meant for the hay.
The farm stood also a bit further from the street at the end of the alley

Crisis-houses

2006-10-25T19:52:00.000+02:00

Build just after the war in 1946 by the department of rebuilding from Holland. They should stay for only five years but some of them stayed longer like this one. When we wait some more years it will become a monument.
Now its in use by the bird-society.

Chestnuts

2006-10-24T15:14:00.000+02:00

During our sunday-walk we saw this people searching for chestnuts, but they were mostly Gipsy's and seem to stay thee the whole day. Later on i found out that they can earn some money with it.

Exhibition

2006-10-23T13:14:00.000+02:00

A new has just started in the annex of our museum: the Chapel of the former hospital. Its about hundred years of transport in our region with lots of old cars and motorcycles, but also old prams and even a dog-car for two dogs who worked for their boss. Boats on scale, a little train driving through the chapel and many many photo's.

Street

2006-10-20T08:30:00.000+02:00

My street to be precise. It looks nice (with the late starting autumn this year) so late in the day when the sun is setting.

Theater

2006-10-19T12:55:00.000+02:00

We've got two of them: one private and one from the town-council. The private one is nice but you have to be patient when there's something to see.
The official one is nice on the inside and is also for many other things in use during the day like music-lessons for instance. Also a photo of what is to be seen this month.

Sleeping

2006-10-17T10:36:00.000+02:00

Saw this lady sleeping in her car. Strangely the window was open and her purse stood next to her on the chair. After taking the photo i woke her up and mentioned the purse.
Funny anyway.
Nice to see the dutch houses in the glass-widows of the car.

October

2006-10-11T18:58:00.000+02:00

.. and again summer-like weather out here. Still they're exercising for high water in wintertime. A removable wall is put into the therefore made ditches in between permanent brick walls. Two photo's to compare the situation.

Harvest

2006-10-10T21:29:00.000+02:00

Now is the time of harvesting the fruit in our region: De Betuwe. During a cycle-tour we came across a group of people who were taking the pears from the little trees whom don't look like trees anymore. They together put their heads between the leaves. Later on I thought they might possibly illegal workers out of Poland.

Something Blue

2006-10-09T14:55:00.000+02:00

A look out of my car waiting by a traffic light near Zaltbommel. Not a happy sight but hey, its reality: autumn has come and i can't take all dry/sunny photo's all the time. (But I'll try anyway because it looks nicer then)

Something Borrowed

2006-10-07T21:44:00.000+02:00

I took a little peak in this in-town garden and took a photo. Only borrowed the sight for a moment because the gateway was open.

Something New

2006-10-06T13:00:00.000+02:00

The secondary school up here is a big one with a region function. Many students however a coming to school on their bikes because the distances here are very close like all over Holland.

Something Old

2006-10-05T14:05:00.000+02:00

Two old houses in town with even a front-garden, a rare thing. The house on the right is off a eccentric piano player and teacher. The house on the from a lady who sells antique and brocante(fancy French word for second-hand) and give courses in that sphere.

[Wednesday] Colors

2006-10-04T21:58:00.000+02:00

In the evening when the sun is leaving, the colors can become so beautiful. What you see during the day is ten times more beautiful in the evening at this special moment.

Modern

2006-10-03T14:19:00.000+02:00

Modern houses build just a few years ago in inner-town which are okay to me. They've got character and aren't too brutal for the houses around them. The small one has got funny puppets crawling up the stones.
There are also ugly one's which I will show you soon.

Ferry-boat

2006-10-02T15:35:00.000+02:00

Went to my parents in law and instead of using the main road we went through the fields and used the ferry-boat. Leaving Zaltbommel and 'De Bommelerwaard' the region we always pass a river: going north it's 'De Waal' , going south it's 'De Maas'.

Library

2006-09-28T23:26:00.000+02:00

Don't want to make you feel bad so don't look at this photo too long. And the inside isn't any better: the books as all the other media. This is our library which isn't really one seriously, looking at the number of our inhabitants. The community takes not much responsibility for something that's got to be a basic service for their people.

I'm myself go to Den Bosch, but has to pay (not included the petrol and parking tickets)for a new membership and lending books.

Air photo

2006-09-27T09:50:00.000+02:00

Not a photo of my own but for the completeness a air photo and an old map to see how it was. The air photo shows mainly the old-town with the canals around it. You can very well see the star-shape they made of the rampart in the old days. There's not much to see of the surrounding parts of town where most of our population lives right now.

Grave-stones

2006-09-26T21:44:00.000+02:00

you can order out here. This is only a small-one in town.
We bought a new dresser of granite and my husband said for fun that we could engrave our names in it already. Its a very black one, beautiful for a white kitchen.

After-summer

2006-09-26T09:05:00.000+02:00

seems to be over. No longer nice rides in the sun on sunday in your old-timer or cabriolet. But.. we always do cycling only when it's raining it's no fun.
By the way: in the early days there was gate here like 'De Waterpoort' in the rampart of the old town.

Rubbish

2006-09-22T17:00:00.000+02:00

Take a close look at this photo and you'll see that between the rubbish are nice statue-like things.
Well, this is a photo taken in the garden of the museum where you can see what's happening when you've got many stuff of things like this. It's taken care of, but the luxury and lack of space made it to be found in the garden yet, waiting for better times to come.

Governor

2006-09-21T10:03:00.000+02:00

House of the governor in the days of William of Orange surrounded by old walls. Build around 1550 as a palace as been suggested, now only a 'small' house compared to that because many parts were tear down and possibly re-used in other parts of the town.
To me it's the most beautiful house of Zaltbommel with grandeur and enough garden green around you, but still in the center of town.

Talk

2006-09-19T21:03:00.000+02:00

Dear visitors, uploading photo's isn't working right now because of server-problems which are worked on.

In the meantime; I want to address to my book-markers: thank you for doing so!
If there are any requests or comments please let me know. I did a photo for a Canadian immigrant who left Holland and my area many, many years ago. Make yourself known if you like by writing in my guestbook. I give each of you a personal answer if wanted/needed so.

Hartelijke Groeten (Greetings) Johanna.

Motorcycle

2006-09-18T08:33:00.000+02:00

Yesterday we stuck unto a lot of motorcycles. Many of them are here to see on the dikes on days with nice weather. They say they like to drive in nature but spoiling it at the same time. Later on I saw the group at the market where they were taking a drink after 'a bit of nature'.

Dragonfly

2006-09-16T13:30:00.000+02:00

A beautiful one in my own garden. We've got this nice after-summer so it is called out here and yesterday I saw three of them. It mustn't be difficult to catch one and well, I manage.
'Libelle' is the dutch word for it.

Exchange

2006-09-15T21:38:00.000+02:00

A group of young people caught my attention: students from Denmark who are in a exchange program with our high school. They're listening to a story about the market and the town-hall.
How I do know all this? because my son is one of them, and a boy is staying in our house for a week.

Vintage

2006-09-14T09:03:00.000+02:00

This lady sells second-hand theater clothes and party dresses or suits and many more nice stuff like hats, pearls and glasses if they suit you. Clothes are also wearable during the day but all with a dramatic or vintage-like touch. She's as colorfull as her clothes.

Old Stuff

2006-09-08T20:29:00.000+02:00

This was a stand on the market yesterday from the lady's of the 'countryside-community' who were selling old stuff.
So nice to see things that are used for many years who reflect the household of the dutch. Look at the tableware, the little cabinet, the radio. Last but not least are the very old and used wooden shoes who are eaten by the wood-worms as you can see by the many little holes.

Annual Fair

2006-09-07T20:26:00.000+02:00

Today we had it again for this year. Always the old crafts like twining baskets; funny own invented games like this: throwing with cucumber at a bike leaning against the bridge.
But in the evening it's nice with music and seeing many people you know.
I'll go back for a drink now.

Orphanage

2006-09-06T21:10:00.000+02:00

This house lies also near the church of St Maarten on the square around it, and was a home for orphans. Now it's used for young people with a history of difficulties at home who get the chance here to learn to make a own living. It's recently reconstructed but the looks are still the same.

Maps

2006-09-05T23:15:00.000+02:00

A nice old house near the church, but when you look close you'll see that the man is selling (old) maps of Zaltbommel and the neighbourhood.
There's also a look trough into the living room.

Chapel

2006-09-02T22:08:00.000+02:00

This building is part of a bigger thing, now divided in apartments and this chapel which is no longer used as such. In the early days it was a hospital-ward, but had also many more users over the years. When Napoleon ruled over Holland the chapel was used as a training-area indoor for horses.
Nowadays its used for exhibitions, concerts or art-markets.

Entrance

2006-09-01T21:28:00.000+02:00

The entrance road to Zaltbommel coming from the highway.

Gameren

2006-08-31T17:42:00.000+02:00

Going out of Zaltbommel on the dike to the west, the first village you get is called Gameren.
The amount of glasshouses are still rising, but every now and then there's an old farmhouse which still is farming, to see. A profession which very fast is dying out because of regulations on European level in combination with the lack of substantial farmland.

In the coming time I will show you more of the villages which are 'members' of the community Zaltbommel.
Also nice for my visitors far away who were born in this area!

Hats

2006-08-30T20:59:00.000+02:00

A art-route again, now for the whole Bommelerwaard. Many participants were showing their arts in their own houses and ateliers. I visited a Lady who's established for many years as a artist in Zaltbommel with making hats; wearable art ore practical art as it is called.
I was also charmed by seeing her tools that showed the métier and an ages old hand-crafted profession.

Emmy Verhey Festival

2006-08-28T20:07:00.000+02:00

There was this festival last weekend (about which I told you in the newspaper at Friday) and it was great! She played as light as a bird in her own Home-place and had a smile on her face almost all the time. I felt proud of her and Zaltbommel again.

Here a link to another concert of her which can be heard with media-player.

Village

2006-08-26T22:24:00.000+02:00

During cycling i've got this present from the sky: the village on the other side of the river 'de Waal': Haaften. Typical dutch with the river, sheep, church and even a windmill. The clouds broke open just above the church. Great.

Newspaper

2006-08-25T18:35:00.000+02:00

These are the local newspapers: The daily edition for the whole of south(Brabant)Netherland with a daily region edition for the Bommelerwaard with Zaltbommel as the Town-center. Center story is about a accident and about a attack of wasps on walkers.

De Toren (means tower)is the weakly paper free for every inhabitant of the community Zaltbommel: the town and several villages around it. Center story tells about the new Emmy Verhey festival this weekend. She's famous around the classical world with here violin-play.

Work

2006-08-24T22:45:00.000+02:00

Tomorrow I take my bike, go to town and place it near the fence. I ring the bell which is the black hanging chain. the sound makes me smile always: an old-fashion tring that's been heard very far. Than the lock turns around several times somewhat stagnating sometimes.
The big cracking door opens and I step back in time.

[Trip] Basilica sequel

2006-08-23T20:18:00.000+02:00

When I entered the basilica I was surprised by the likeness in a way of how it felt: majestic, height, un-dutch and sacred. In the middle under the dome a baldachin like Bernini's with twisted pillars. All the 'marble' is paint on wood or concrete. The Piëta: 5 times smaller but closer to reach!
What a beautiful sight in this little village!

[Trip] Basilica

2006-08-22T09:36:00.000+02:00

In a small village nearby: Oudenbosch, was a pastor with a dream: building a small copy of the St. Peter in Rome. They started building in 1865 and when he died in 1884 it wasn't ready yet.
The scale is not so small to see that it is an impressive building. Tomorrow more.

Rainbow

2006-08-19T20:29:00.000+02:00

Rain and sunshine can make a rainbow. Well, that's what we had a lot this week and yessss: there he was and yesss on the wrong moment, just leaving Zaltbommel in my car; but yess it showed after all on the photo. So, here it/he is.

Spire

2006-08-18T22:36:00.000+02:00

Was at the museum today and made a photo of a painting of the Sint Maartenskerk.
A month ago I showed you a lot about our beautiful church, but didn't tell that in the old days the tower had a spire. During a big fire it burned down and they never put it back again.
On this painting you can see it was still there.

[Trip] Gentleman

2006-08-17T22:44:00.000+02:00

I was on a day-trip with my son and saw this gentleman looking through something that had made him curious.
It would made a cute photo i guessed. Well? ...

Horse-riding

2006-08-15T22:31:00.000+02:00

Nice weather since a long time and immediately you see people doing nice-weather things, like riding horse, right now with a carriage.
Nice to have such things in front of you're house.

Summer-evening

2006-08-13T21:44:00.000+02:00

..music yesterday. Sad that the weather didn't help. The rain forced people together under the parasols and disturbed the relaxed atmosphere i new from other years. So, after taking this photo i went straight back home and put on a cd.

Duck

2006-08-11T21:37:00.000+02:00

The story of this duck is that he showed up sometime a few months ago and behaved very familiar. Always near my house and garden-hedge or that of my neighbour. Since i live near the canal i've seen many ducks, swans and herons, but never one who looked like this 'guy'. Couldn't find him in my books either.
His parents live in the other canal i overheard, so he's going his own way but in a odd affectionate way to humans.

[Wednesday] Purple

2006-08-09T21:15:00.000+02:00

A fresh photo from some minutes ago on my regular wednesday-spot.
Nice purple flowers, often seen nearby water, caught my attention.

Diner

2006-08-08T20:13:00.000+02:00

Two of the nicest places where you can have dinner on a terrace out here.
One where i can't afford to pay the bill usually, and the other is my favourite right now.

Outside

2006-08-02T20:59:00.000+02:00

Even the people with houses which have no garden wanting to sit outside this summer. This sidewalk is taken in by its beside living residents in such a charming way that no one will hold it against them if they had to put a step on the street for a moment.

Confess

2006-08-01T20:10:00.000+02:00

Wanted to confess but found books instead. Now I'm converted to a reader.
Now every year when the second-hand book-market of the catholic church takes place I feel inspired for a whole new year again.

Gable's

2006-07-31T11:31:00.000+02:00

Holland is known for the some type of houses build some ages ago. Here we've also got a lot of them. In this street there are two different type's next to each other: the clock- and the step-gable.

Droppings

2006-07-29T17:44:00.000+02:00

With my feet back on home-ground i saw this little sign and it looked nice to me after all the ancient big impressions last week.
No 'droppings' preferred at this place! ( I presume)

[Trip] Rome

2006-07-28T17:05:00.000+02:00

The second destination of my holiday.
Characteristic to me were the many scooters in Rome (and of course the ice-creams!) next to all those churches. I've never seen so much churches from the inside in one week than this. they're also cool in this hot weather; the second reason to visit them beside their looks and treasures.
We even slept in a partly rebuild convent for the jubilee year 2000; now used as a hotel for extra income. The door was the green one right next to the church-entrance.

Swans

2006-07-23T20:22:00.000+02:00

During a bike-tour through the Bommelerwaard- the region where i live- we saw this couple swans with their little ones. Just right after i took the photo i had to run because the father or mother started to blaze and came after me. They can be extremely protective and bite you in the leg if they think they had to.

Provisioning

2006-07-22T07:23:00.000+02:00

This ship provide the passing ships who want to with typical ship-stuff, like ropes, boots etc. and also fuel. It's nice to see how this big boats are manoeuvring and a little yellow water-police-boat is often out there like a see-gull.

[Trip] Bread

2006-07-21T17:20:00.000+02:00

Young and old are walking with this bread: I was out last week to guess where.......,
and will be next week too.
Try to make you some nice photo's in between.

Fishing contest

2006-07-15T06:44:00.000+02:00

A early morning fishing contest held here at one of the canals, many times during fishing season. Surprisingly many young people are joining too.