When I retrieved a book from the old bookcase with old books a Kodak box dropped out. To my surprise it contained many old photographs and some postcards, that I had never examined before. I knew my grandfather had something to do with the construction of the public gardens around… Read More »1939 Dordrecht postcards show the new Krispijn tunnel and the Holland of 1859 building
Sweet memories. Our first holiday on Ameland, one of the islands in the tidal Wadden sea. It was June 1993 and we rented a tiny cottage at the edge of the area with holiday homes in the dunes, overlooking a field where we could see roe deer early in the… Read More »Memory lane: our first holiday on the beautiful Wadden island of Ameland
Things one finds in the attic: a 1979 calendar with art by SF-artist Chris Moore. I am not quite sure how this one came into my possession, but possibly I picked it up from the “sale” bin at the American Bookshop. I suppose I had plans to cut out the… Read More »A calendar with Chris Moore’s art from the golden age of SF
Drinking water was originally transported to Amsterdam in ships. In 1851 Jacob van Lennep managed to buy terrain in the dunes and started constructing a pipeline to Amsterdam. In 1853 the first water was sold for 1 cent per bucket. Nowadays the pipelines transport 70.000.000.000 liters of water per year… Read More »Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes 2 – rhine water, flow with me
Along the coast, south of Haarlem and west of Amsterdam, one may find a rather unique nature reserve, the Water Supply Dunes. This is where Amsterdam gets its clean drinking water, filtrated through the sand of the sea dunes. The reserve measures 34 square kilometers so there is ample space… Read More »Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes 1 – fallow deer, walk with me
