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Memory lane: our first holiday on the beautiful Wadden island of Ameland

7 January 20217 January 2021
by ariel

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

The world is my oystercatcher

5 September 20206 December 2020
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by ariel

As a “water spirit”, the translation of the site’s name “watergeest”, I feel related to birds that thrive at the water’s edge, especially the Oystercatcher. In the Northern parts of Holland this bird is known as “Bonte Piet”. If the world is my oyster, then my site must be an… Read More »The world is my oystercatcher