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Rose Bulb

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
Corona times give another dimension to life, and the need to take regular stay-cations, or do things differently. In this case working with my hand instead of working with my head. The backyard is the sanctuary, being not too big but full with flowers, among them roses. The flowers are a sanctuary for bees, buzzing over from the neighbor’s hives.

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Agapanthus Sanctuary

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – July 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #108 is ‘Sanctuary’.
I have not participated in the LAP for a few weeks due to DIY at home. Corona times give another dimension to life, and the need to take regular stay-cations, or do things differently. In this case working with my hand instead of working with my head. The backyard is the sanctuary, being not too big but full with Agapanthus, who particular enjoy this Summer season. The flowers are a sanctuary for bees, buzzing over from the neighbor’s hives.

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Who is afraid of red, yellow and green?

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

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Dandelions

The NetherLands, Vught – May 2012

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #105 is ‘Spring’.

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Growing Up

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.

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Poppies

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.

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Grass

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.

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Agapanthus in the Rain

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.

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Heads Up

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.

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Bee

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104 is ‘Summer’.

Flowers and bee.

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Mind the gap

The Netherlrands, Oegstgeest – May 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #103 is ‘Surprise’.

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Fly By

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #103 is ‘Surprise’.

Framing a cloudy sunset I got a surpise of a gull flying by.

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G and T

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #103 is ‘Surprise’.

A nice gin and tonic, a cold surprise on a warm day.

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Silver Linings

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #102 is ‘A Quiet Moment’.

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Clouds

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #102 is ‘A Quiet Moment’.

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The Minor Lake

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #102 is ‘A Quiet Moment’.

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Sunset

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #102 is ‘A Quiet Moment’.

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Petals

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #102 is ‘A Quiet Moment’.

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Little Quiet Moment

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #102 is ‘A Quiet Moment’.

A baby toad sitting in the sun, in our backyard.

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Poppies

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #101 is ‘single flower’. 

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Red 3

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #101 is ‘single flower’. 

Archive Oegstgeest

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Rose

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #101 is ‘single flower’. 

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White Rose

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – june 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #101 is ‘single flower’. 

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Rose

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #101 is ‘single flower’. 

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The Long And Winding Road

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #100 is ‘the long and winding road’.

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Water Walk

The Netherlands, Alphen a/d Rijn – June 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #100 is ‘the long and winding road’.

Walking on water is difficult, but if you are afraid to fall (and get wet) you will never learn.

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Dark

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #100 is ‘the long and winding road’.

First congratulations and big thanks to Tina, Ann- Christine, Amy and Patti, for starting this weekly challenge after the WordPress WPC stopped.

The present state of the world and us living on it is far from ideal. By acknowledging this and embrace it, we can start to take steps. Racism, global warming, privilege, hunger, economic greed, poverty all have to do with our behaviour as people. So we can change it. That is a long and winding road. And it will never be perfect or ideal.

When all you can see is dark, the heart sinks. But there is always light, powerful light. One little shimmer can spark change and lighten up our lives. Embrace sparks, encourage them to glow and burn.

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Green

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.

This little pond is part of a little park in my village. When I was a toddler I used to feed the ducks and swans here. Sitting there years later I was impressed by the green and shapes of the trees under the Corona blue sky.

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Sky Bound

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.

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Polder

The Netherlands, Rijnsaterwoude – June 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.

A polder is a piece of land below the surrounding water level. It is artificial because it is created by man. Dykes are build to make it dry and keep the water out, and canals are made to pump water out, dumping it in canals that eventually bring it back to sea. In the background you see a dyke: behind the dyke is water of a lake. If the dyke was not there you would look at the lake :-). So this is old and new land.

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Red

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – June 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.

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Green

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.

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Interruption

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – May 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.

During the Corona crisis, most air traffic came to a stop. The skies are blue, and occasionally a plan (mostly cargo) comes over.
Normally every minute a plan approaches Schiphol Amsterdam Airport 25 kilometres to the North. The old is no longer, this new is for the time being.

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The Flower and the Bee

 

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99 is ‘old and new’.

Bees are under thread of extinction worldwide. If we loose them our ecosystems will stop. The simple thing of a flower and a bee makes our world work.

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Retro Architecture

The Netherlands, Rijnsburg – May 2020

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98 is ‘delicate colours’.

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