Holland

ART PHOTOS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE IN THE NORTH OF THE NETHERLANDS.

LINES TRACED IN THE EARTH, THE WATER, EB AND FLOW OF THE SEA,

THE FURROWS IN THIS LANDSCAPE.

DESOLATION OF THE FARMING LAND.

THE NORTH OF GRONINGEN, CREATIVELY CAUGHT IN A FRACTION OF A SECOND.



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Still hot out

my head is spinning
a dry wind's blowing
smoke of fires
mosquitoes biting
now
for the first time
i cannot handle
all that heat

tilly is on the plane
i worked all day
work work work
without a sister
here to help
cooking supper
i cannot handle
all that heat

roses blooming
the undergrowth
suddenly three feet tall
fresh green leaves
already grey
leaf-miners, or is drought?
i cannot handle
all that heat

i stay inside
i do not like that
but now you know
why i do miss ....:)
no!!!!
I'll smarten up
sit here quietly
watch my cats

all that heat
i am loving it

the Prom

Zoe and Alexander

Mother and son

grads of 2009

A wise man once asked me,
"If life is measured in moments which ones give it value?"
I stopped where I stood,
Facing a fading sunset,
and thought
Is it maybe the moments we triumph
Is it maybe the moments we fall and pick ourselves back up.
he shook his head,
As if to say he could read my mind
Is it maybe those moments we've taken for granted
Is it maybe those moments we treasure as memories.
Life is measured in selves.
It is those simple smiles
The carefree laughs
Those moments we have shared.

The wise man turned to me
His smile like a thousand starry nights
Nodding as he faded into my reflection
At the crossroads.
I measure my life now.
I measure it in first steps,
First days,
First dates.
I measure first loves,
First heartbreaks.
I measure life in inside jokes,
In days like this one,
Days I share with people closest to me.
I speak into the now high hanging moon.
"A life measured in moments is one lived from the heart,
A life lived for life."

by Kayla Dewdney
(second girl from the right)

Graduation

Alexander graduated from high school last night!!!
And here a picture of the proud mom and auntie.

Heat

It's in the nineties!!!
I always wanted to be able say that.
I don't know if it is, but it is 30 Celsius!

hot hot hotyesterday a cool mountain lake.
for get me not.
I will write again, when Tilly is gone.
Today we wished we could swim in this.(yesterday up at Stony)
But even better; today we sat on Virginia's deck and in her little pool.
Ahhh, life is good.

canoeing on Kusawa

Totally gorgeous day!

dressed in white

My sister, Tilly from Holland is here!

Yesterday before picking her up, i went to check up on the young couple. The swans.
I wonder if the site they chose is suitable, i fear the water there might dry up, before the summer is over.
In the mean time i get a close-up view of her/him working on the nest.
They notice me instantly as i arrive on the meadow. I stood peacefully in the hot sun in the willow for half an hour before they returned to their nest.

Then! i went to the airport.
My sister dressed in white
coming of the plane
surprised by her
grace and beauty like a swan
her laughter and talk
like the sparkling
of the sun on the water
she's here!
I love her