IF: Resolutions

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resolutions

My personal resolution for 2011: more sporting...

Ruler

Man believes he rules the world but in reality we are subject to the rules of nature.

Lady in Red

IF: Winter

Illustration Friday is a weekly illustration challenge: this week

winter

Nature brings to us one of her exquisite creations by weaving intricate patterns on the winter surface of puddles. If you examine frozen puddles very properly, carefully and patiently without fear being accused of madness, than you will be rewarded by these beautiful icy creatures which will appear to you in the morning light.I found them near by a farm, in a big puddle of frozen water. The title of this drawing is "Ice Farmer "as you have already correctly derived from my writing.

The farmer is surrounded by a number of friendly poikilotherms which are invisibly connected to each other in order to keep right body temperature.


I cordially recommend to everybody just keep your eyes open and enjoy from these little things. You know, dear reader, they can quickly dissolve without you have noticed it. Once disappeared, forever disappeared.

Christmas

"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. 

In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall." 

Larry Wilde

A merry Christmas to everybody!

Never look a gift horse in the mouth

Never look a gift horse in the mouth

Praha-Prague

Prague: Canon 1DMKIV from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.


Found on Vimeo. As the author write, it has been shot on location in Prague on a very cold winter weekend in december 2009.

Goose

Old Mother Goose,


When she wanted to wander,


Would ride through the air


On a very fine gander.

Old Father Gander


When the wind was fast and loose


Would ride through the air


On a very fine goose.

author unknown

Keep thinking!

Batelco - INFINITY from Alex & Steffen on Vimeo.

Just 3.5 minutes....

Winter in Holland - Naarden

(for people outside of the Netherlands)
Roads in the central urban belt of the country are in ‘total chaos’ following hours of heavy snow. Snow and ice have led to long jams in many places, with parts of Amsterdam coming to a complete standstill. Yesterday, by 19.00 hours, the motoring organisation ANWB reported a very slight easing of problems on the roads. The jams totalled 753 km by 17.00, making Friday the sixth busiest rush hour of all time.
This morning I heard on radio that many people stucked in the traffic jam until 2.00 a.m !!!!

(for people outside and inside of the Netherlands)

On the other hand, winter is also very nice if you get up early in the morning as I did today.
I went to Naarden to make some pictures. Just for fun. Walking in the silent and people-less streets (it reminded me Anton Pieck drawings) until I did not feel my toes and fingers...... 

Everything is OK in the end. If it's not OK, it's not the end. 

A cup of coffee and warm apple turnover (appelflap) made my day.....

IF: Mail

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Mail

Art-is-jokken wish you a Merry Christmas

Abstract winter patterns

Trajecti Voces

TODAY WAS GOOD.
Yes, that's true. But today it was really very good. I was enjoying a beautiful christmas concert performed by Trajecti Voces, at Geertekerk in Utrecht. To get an impression watch this short video I found on You Tube.

The performance at Geertekerk, Utrecht was absolutely amazing. Playing old Czech Christmas pieces (Zelenka, Tuma), serving svařák (glühwein). What can you wish more? I "got some chills" when Murni Suwetja, soprano, started singing.....

If you ever get a chance, go for it! You will not be disappointed!
After concert I walked in the dark and cold city but inside of me I was warm (not only from glühwein) and happy. Everybody and everything was happy at this moment. Even the canal houses seemed to be happy...

Without music, life would be a mistake.

IFO

How a piece of bark turned into a witch

Identified flying object (commonly abbreviated as IFO or I.F.O.) is the popular term for any apparent aerial phenomenon whose cause can be easily or immediately identified by the observer. Some investigators now prefer to use the broader term identified aerial phenomenon (or IAP), another widely known acronym for IFO is OVI (Objeto Volador Identificado, Objeto Voador Identificado, Objet volant identifié or Oggetto Volante Identificato).
One of these flying objects I identified and recorded for you. A witch. Just an ordinary witch. Transformed into a piece of bark.

IF: phenomenon

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phenomenon

The monozygotic twins phenomenon, called also the identical twins, means that they develop from one

zygote that splits and forms two embryos.

All these little hands....

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is. 

Maxim Gorky 

Posbank 2

More photographs from Posbank, Veluwe.

IF: prehistoric

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prehistoric

Posbank 1

Two days of enjoying winter landscape at Posbank, Veluwe.

Walking, drinking hot tea and eating Erwtensoep (Pea soup)...

....and walking....