In the A.M.

I’m up early again today, although this time it wasn’t the light that woke me. I actually managed to beat the light by about half an hour. I woke up shortly after 4 a.m. and it was still fairly dark, although there was a hint that things would be getting brighter soon. The birds started [...]

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A Grey Dawn Breaking

Sea Fever
by John Masefield
I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn [...]

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Grumpy Van Grumperson

The infamous Dutch light. Although in this case, I’m not talking about the quality of the light, rather the timing. It gets light very early here. I woke up this morning and looked at the clock and thought the battery must be going, because it said it was 5:40 or so. Surely, that couldn’t be [...]

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Another Visitor

(you may need to click through and view one of the larger sizes to see this best)
Giovanni and I were in the kitchen this afternoon when he suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye. It seems we’ve had another visitor of the feline persuasion. This cat, who we think lives in the [...]

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World Press Photo Exhibit

The World Press Photo exhibit is an annual photojournalism event showcasing winning photos in different categories. The exhibit starts here in the Netherlands, where the organization was founded, and works its way around the world for a year. When we moved here last year, I saw the banner for the exhibit at Janskerk, but didn’t [...]

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Neighborly Visit

Look at what else we found in our back garden yesterday:

Last evening, we happened to notice that we had a visitor. Wandering around our back garden was this lovely fellow. He didn’t stick around for long, though, and didn’t seem interested in a chat. Didn’t even stay for coffee and a cookie!

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Found Objects

Odd things I’ve found recently:

While prepping a bunch of carrots in order to make this recipe, I noticed the odd man out of the bunch. I’ve seen too many “evil twin” episodes of the X-Files recently to be completely comfortable with this discovery. That said, I’m very comfortable recommending the recipes found on [...]

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Bird Watching

Yes, I’m still here, and no I didn’t finish the one-year anniversary posts. Let’s just say life intervened and leave it at that.
So, the picture. No, it’s not — at least not intentionally — a picture of Pippo’s dining bowl and the mess he makes each day with the kibble that goes flying or gets [...]

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