📚Currently reading Steal like an artist by Austin Kleon.
“Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.”
André Gide 💬
In the scale of things, the St. Martin’s Cathedral (or Dom church) is a small cathedral, but this tower certainly must have made a lasting impression on the average medieval inhabitant of Utrecht.
Three solar system objects aligned in space. Solar eclipse of 20 March 2015, as seen from the garden behind our former house in Utrecht Zuilen.
Interesting reflection on the opposing side. Rhijnoord viaduct, Rijksstraatweg Utrecht
From way back, when the world still was a couple of degrees cooler… Julianapark, Utrecht (2012).
🎥 Django (1966) ★★★★
Much unrest on a day of rest. Strijkviertel, Utrecht
🎵My week in music (week #7 2020)
In balance. Gone with the wind, by HeHe (Helen Evans and Heiko Hansen). Near Utrecht Central Station.
Warmth. Julianapark, Utrecht.
Moonrise over Domplein, Utrecht (2014)
Attachment of a hammock to an old church, now in use as a breeding ground for creativity.
Metaalkathedraal, Utrecht.
Plain Dutch landscape. Kamerik polder, Utrecht.
“Fietsstraat, auto te gast” traffic sign, Kanaalweg, Utrecht.
This road sign indicates that a road is intended for bicycles, but cars may use it as a guest. My favourite traffic sign, and we’re lucky enough to have many of them in Utrecht.
Banklok, Buurtoren, Utrecht.
For centuries, the most important city bell of the municipality of Utrecht, to mark all kinds of important council decisions. Nowadays still rung by hand once every weekend to symbolise a lull in the busy work week.
🎵My week in music (week #6 2020)
Sunset causing interesting contrast effect on bottom of clouds. Haarzuilens, Utrecht, 2016.
L'Arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat (Louis Lumière, 1896). In AI upscaled 4K, 60fps ?
🎥 Socrates (1971) ★★★½.
Probably not the best work of Rossellini, but certainly an impressive depiction of the last days of Socrates. More than the visual story, I was most impressed by the haunting soundtrack by Mario Nascimbene.
The new Utrecht Central Station from above. Taken from atop the Moreelse Brug bicycle bridge.
Snowdrops and crocuses, the first blooming plants of the season, in front of my new workplace, De Havenloods, Werkspoorkwartier Utrecht.
Huis Oog in Al (1664), Utrecht. A former ‘buitenplaats’. Now a hidden treasure in the city.
Sonnenborgh Observatory Utrecht. A place to spot stars. At this historic 19th-century observatory, the composition of the sun was deciphered and the first weather forecasts were made. Built on a monumental 16th-century bastion, one of the best-preserved in Northern Europe.
Johan Wagenaarkade, Utrecht. Household and street lights reflect on the surface of the Amsterdam-Rhine canal.
