The imagination is of such delicate a texture that even words wound it – William Hazlitt Here’s my take on the theme of textures. The first one is from Hopewell, the second and third are from Abel Tasman National Park. Two beautiful places!
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Like snow
Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers – Kahlil Gibran I took this shot quite a few years ago when I was out on my lunch break (way back when I was in my old job). It was so nice to have a park nearby to soak up some fresh(ish) air, enjoy niceContinueContinue reading “Like snow”
Poetry
The poetry of the Earth is never dead – John Keats
Countryside
A quintessential Dutch countryside landscape. It really doesn’t get Dutch-er-er than this!
Stormy weather
It was a bit stormy in the outer harbour of Trondheim!
Hunebedden
A hunebed or passage grave is a megalithic tomb from the Neolithic (New Stone Age). Hunebedden were erected by people from the Funnel Beaker Culture (Dutch: Trechterbekercultuur), a Neolithic culture in Northern Europe from about 4350 to 2800/2700 BC. The hunebedden are over 5000 years old…how amazing is that? Since there are no mountains inContinueContinue reading “Hunebedden”
Walk the plank(s)
On hiking trails in Sweden, you will often find plank structures like these. Usually to cover marshy areas that can’t be hiked through (that easily) in wet, muddy conditions. I think it’s a very good thing to do. Anything to keep people hiking in the outdoors, eh?
Thank you for joining the sightseeing and rafting trip
After a wonderful time with my Viking friend, it was time to say goodbye. The next and final destination of my Norwegian adventure was Trondheim. My friend dropped me off at the bus stop. The bus was comfortable and the trip to Trondheim took about four hours. On the way, we had a ferry crossing,ContinueContinue reading “Thank you for joining the sightseeing and rafting trip”
Alive and Trekking 