Red Road
The park of palace Het Loo.
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Posts tagged ‘The Netherlands’
Lake View
The lower part of the pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Nobody is an island except an island
A pirate island in the middle of the pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Green
The best of Spring: young green on trees, in such a vibrant color in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Up where we be long
The Netherlands, Apeldoorn – May 2026
The park of palace Het Loo.
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Boathouse
A boathouse in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Getting There
The front of palace Het Loo.This week’s LAPC #401 is ‘Focus on the subject (#121 revisited).
If you are interested what posts I entered for LAPC #121, you can find them following this link.
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Carp(e Diem)
The pond in the park of palace Het Loo is filled with carps.
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Bench Sitters
A pond in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Stand Still
Colour and monochrome version of a statue in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Bench
Bench and statue in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Two of Us
Two geese in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Three Geese
LAPC #400 (congratulations) is ‘ rule of three’. Three geese in the park of palace Het Loo.
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Bleu
LAPC #399 ís ‘stuck in a place’. Egidio offers a way to create motivation or inspiration to go out and about. This method is in my words ‘open up to what is right under your nose’. For me the garden is always a source of inspiration.
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Fleurs
LAPC #399 ís ‘stuck in a place’. Egidio offers a way to create motivation or inspiration to go out and about. This method is in my words ‘open up to what is right under your nose’. For me the garden is always a source of inspiration.
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Mono Water Drips
LAPC #399 ís ‘stuck in a place’. Egidio offers a way to create motivation or inspiration to go out and about. This method is in my words ‘open up to what is right under your nose’. For me the garden is always a source of inspiration, especially when it has rained and the sunlight creats little diamonds on leaves. In this case Hosta and water drops.
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Golden Sunset
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Water Drops on a Bed of Green
LAPC #399 ís ‘stuck in a place’. Egidio offers a way to create motivation or inspiration to go out and about. This method is in my words ‘open up to what is right under your nose’. For me the garden is always a source of inspiration, especially when it has rained and the sunlight creats little diamonds on leaves. In this case, the same Hosta and water drops in color.
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The Dark Side
LAPC #399 ís ‘stuck in a place’. Egidio offers a way to create motivation or inspiration to go out and about. This method is in my words ‘open up to what is right under your nose’. For me the garden is always a source of inspiration, especially when it has rained and the sunlight creats little diamonds on leaves. In this case, Hosta and water drops.
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Wood
An abstract of the texture of garden furniture.
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On Wings: Incoming Final Approach
Incoming air traffic towards Schiphol Amsterdam. Flying over a former lake, the Haarlemmermeer.
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Final Approach
Incoming air traffic towards Schiphol Amsterdam.
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Watered Wood
The theme of LAPC #398 is ‘choose your color’. The brief is to present a photo with a dominant color. Despite being a big fan of monochrome, I do love colors. The fun of colors is their subjectivity; any color has fans and haters. The sense making of colors is as diverse as people are unique. And that’s good. We need colors and images in our life to tell our stories.
An abstract of the texture of garden furniture with a little pool of water.
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Coast Crawler Trawler
The theme of LAPC #398 is ‘choose your color’. The brief is to present a photo with a dominant color. Despite being a big fan of monochrome, I do love colors. The fun of colors is their subjectivity; any color has fans and haters. The sense making of colors is as diverse as people are unique. And that’s good. We need colors and images in our life to tell our stories.
So here you can choose between silver and grey. Or both :-).
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Summer Approaching
Summer is coming nearer, but the present temperatures are not matching that. But behind the glass, out of the wind, being on the beach is a pleasant stay.
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Standing In The Shadows
The Departement of Eduction, Science and Culture in Den Haag.
Of course the above is applicable to the private sector as well.
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Last Garden Tulips of 2026
The last of tulip shots of the garden for this year.
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The Last Week Keukenhof 2026 (2)
This week’s LAPC (#397) is ‘Texture‘. The Keukenhof is a world famous botanical garden, yearly displaying the impressive beauty of bulb flowers. It is only open for eight weeks to the general public; this year from March 19 till May 10. About one and a half million visitors enjoy it in that short period. Last week was its last week.
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After Flowers
Layers of colors with in the front the brown of out of time hyacinth flowers. Then the light of daffodils and the red of tulips. On top the skyline of the horizon with an iconic windmill.
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Who’s Afraid Of Pink
The last tulips on the field, some already beheaded, some still in bloom.
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Behind The Lines
The last tulips on the field, some already beheaded, some still in bloom.
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Magnolia
Magnolia, it is not only about bulbflowers this Spring.
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Ticking Away The Moments
The theme of this week’s LAPC (#398) is illustrate a quote with a picture. There are notorious opinions about the civil service, lots of them framed in jokes. This is the Departement of Eduction, Science and Culture in Den Haag. A bit tongue in cheek (I am one of that civil service), this came up in my mind:
‘Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way‘
Pink Floyd, Time (The Dark Side of the Moon)
Of course the above is applicable to the private sector as well.
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Any Way The Wind Blows
A major part of The Netherlands lies beneath sea level. Water, and the management of it in infrastructure as polders, dams and canals, is normal. We even not think of living under sea level. We feel safe.
Most of The Netherlands is flat, with a low horizon, offering a wonderful quantity of sky over the horizon. Being near the coast there is always wind. Reflected in the sky and the water of the canals, serving to manage the water levels in the polder.
LAPC #395 looks back to LAPC #155 ‘On the water’. Water is not on our minds, but it is mindful to keep defending dry land against rising sea, rivers and soon (thanks to climate change with a bigger financial effort) rain. Meanwhile water is seen in most of the landscapes of The Netherlands.
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Flower Parade 2026: Peaceful Dream
One of the events during Spring is the annual flower parade in the ‘bulbflowerbelt’ the Duin- en Bollenstreek. The parade has a history, it started in 1947, and is one of the biggest in The Netherlands. It is a main event for tourists. And a big presentation of bulbflower producing in this area. The Netherlands is well known for its flower production, all over the world. It is closely knit to the history and culture in this area of The Netherlands.
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Flower Parade: Paw Patrol
One of the events during Spring is the annual flower parade in the ‘bulbflowerbelt’ the Duin- en Bollenstreek. The parade has a history, it started in 1947, and is one of the biggest in The Netherlands. It is a main event for tourists. And a big presentation of bulbflower producing in this area. The Netherlands is well known for its flower production, all over the world. It is closely knit to the history and culture in this area of The Netherlands.
The LAPC #394 of this week is ‘history through the lens’.
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Flower Parade 2026: Holland America Line
One of the events during Spring is the annual flower parade in the ‘bulbflowerbelt’ the Duin- en Bollenstreek. The parade has a history, it started in 1947, and is one of the biggest in The Netherlands. It is a main event for tourists. And a big presentation of bulbflower producing in this area. The Netherlands is well known for its flower production, all over the world. It is closely knit to the history and culture in this area of The Netherlands.
The LAPC #394 of this week is ‘history through the lens’.
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Flower Parade 2026: Bicycling Sheep
One of the events during Spring is the annual flower parade in the ‘bulbflowerbelt’ the Duin- en Bollenstreek. The parade has a history, it started in 1947, and is one of the biggest in The Netherlands. It is a main event for tourists. And a big presentation of bulbflower producing in this area. The Netherlands is well known for its flower production, all over the world. It is closely knit to the history and culture in this area of The Netherlands.
The LAPC #394 of this week is ‘history through the lens’. I am not sure if this fits the brief of John
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Colored Lines
Colored lines in the fields, looking over the flowers into the distance.
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Over to Orange
We are heading to King’s Day on April 27. And the colour of the royal house is orange.
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Tulips up Front
It is not only flowers on fields around the villages, but every garden has its own share of bulbflowers popping out in the Spring.
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Deep Purple
No smoke, but a small field of deep purple Hyacinths.
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Lost Daffodils
From a distance it seems that the rows of bulbflowers are always perfectly consisting one color and one type of plant. However, there is always the odd one out if you look closer. Here are a few Daffodils mixed up with the Hyacinths.
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Out in the fields
Hyacinths spread color and fragrance on the fields at this time of year. Remember: these flowers are not destined to be sold, but are grown for the bulbs. In June you can order the bulbs in webshops, to have them light up your garden next Spring.
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Dutch Flowerfield Landscape
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Hyacinth Lines
Hyacinths spread color and fragrance on the fields at this time of year. Remember: these flowers are not the reason to grow them. The reason is in the ground: these bulbs will be harvested and then after the Summer exported to all over the world.
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Spotting Artemis 2
Normally I try to spot the man in the moon, but this time it was Artemis 2 flying around.
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Rose
A rose is a rose, and each time different.
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Entangled Sun
The sun in a web of branches.
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Sunrise in black and grey
A monochrome sunrise in black and greys.
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What's (in) the Picture? 