Flat Lands
The river rushes forth
over it's sandy path,
to find a moment of rest
in the arms of the sea
The Netherlands. My country of birth, the country where I have lived almost all my life.
A flat landscape with winding rivers and beautiful villages.
Country roads between fields, that are marked by endless rows of bushes and trees.
Polders that are sometimes lower than sea level. Rivers and canals that, if you fly like a bird, seem to divide the land in thousands of islands.
Poem For The Night
The dying sun
colors the sky with a poem
to welcome the night
A quiet winter evening in a swampy area. The sun sets behind the trees and colors the sky as if it was on fire. A poem to welcome the night.
NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS
Birth Of The Night
In the fire of the sunset,
the day dies
for the night to be born
NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS
Introspection (1)
The low tide
reveal what was hidden
introspection
An autumn walk on the beach of Schiermonnikoog, one of the Wadden Islands on the north coast of the Netherlands. The weather calmed down after a storm.
It's low tide, the bottom of the sea becomes visible. The fierce waves have left their marks, like every intense event in life...
SCHIERMONNIKOOG, THE NETHERLANDS
A Day Once Dawned And It Was Beautiful
A day once dawned and it was beautiful
A day once dawned from the ground
Then the night she fell and the air was beautiful
The night she fell all around
So look, see the days
The endless coloured ways
[Nick Drake - From the morning]
A fresh september morning, the haze dissolves and the sun shows itself carefully.
THE RIVER MAAS, NEAR THE CITY OF HEUMEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Mirror of light
Mirror of light
A few rays of sunlight
escaping into the darkness
NATURE RESERVE LÖVÖ, KALMAR REGION
Dying Light (1)
Mirror of light
A few rays of sunlight
escaping into the darkness
NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS
I Can No Longer Hear You
Now all your songs of beauty fail
The forest closes 'round you
The sun goes down behind a veil
'Tis now that you would call me
So rest in peace my nightingale
Beneath your branch of holly
Fare thee well my nightingale
I lived but to be near you
Tho' you are singing somewhere still
I can no longer hear you
From 'Nightingale' - Leonard Cohen (2004)
NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS
Scent Of The Night
The light slowly fades away,
not a sound to be heard
The scent of the night arrives
A special calm comes over the evening when the sun begins to disappear behind the horizon and the light of the day fades away. Nature awaits the night.
I love that quiet moment of the day and the scent that announces the coming of night.
NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS
Musing On The Waterfront
The whole day they stand in the sun,
on the shore of the lake.
The heat makes languid,
thoughts float slowly over the water.
A warm spring day in the Ooijpolder nature reserve, near the city of Nijmegen. The Ooijpolder is an area consisting of floodplains south of the river Waal, and a polder directly behind the river dike.
NATURE RESERVE OOIJPOLDER, THE NETHERLANDS
Shivering Trees In Morning Haze (1)
A fresh september morning, the haze dissolves and the sun shows itself carefully.
The trees along the river Maas, near the town of Heumen in the Netherlands, seem to wake up with a slight shiver.
THE RIVER MAAS, NEAR THE CITY OF HEUMEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Mirror of light
Mirror of light
A few rays of sunlight
escaping into the darkness
NATURE RESERVE LÖVÖ, KALMAR REGION
River Dance (2)
Waltzing on the wind
Guided by rippling water
in their naked dance
A cold, hazy winter morning. Bare trees on the banks of the river move gently in the wind in the same rhythm as the ripples on the water. The river leads this dance...
THE RIVER MAAS, NEAR THE CITY OF HEUMEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Shivering Dawn
Early in the morning, the newly risen sun touches the landscape. The sounds are muted by a slight haze, rising from the cold water of the river.
THE RIVER MAAS, NEAR THE CITY OF HEUMEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Waking Up Under A White Veiled Dawn
Stripped of his robe, but stately as ever,
his branches rise high above the river…
Of course, a tree in its full splendor in the summer is incredibly beautiful and impressive. But trees in their winter bareness fascinate me very much. Bald but proud, reaching to the sky...
THE RIVER MAAS, NEAR THE CITY OF HEUMEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Painting Dreams With The Colors Of Silence
Morning is coming,
all that remains of our dreams
are the colors of silence
The first morning light in a deserted heathland that prepares for the winter.
NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS
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