In the park around the corner autumn is in full swing, with many fly agarics underneath the trees
Tag: amersfoort
Walking around town this weekend while it was beautifully sunny, I enjoyed this view of the Eem river harbour with the autumn colored trees.
Amersfoort’s Eem river harbour, in front of the medieval water gate
Looking straight up while walking underneath the Eemhuis cultural center, Amersfoort, last weekend.
Wij Jullie Ook
We You Too, as in ‘we miss you too’, a text concerning the lock down on the front door of the restaurant belonging to one of my favourite local watering holes ‘Van Zanten‘.
Dat is tof! E wint de korte verhalenwedstrijd van de bibliotheek Eemland. Een verhaal over de menselijke drang naar duidelijke verklaringen voor indrukwekkende gebeurtenissen, zoals de epxlosie en brand in Amersfoort in 1787, gebaseerd op de eigen ervaringen in Enschede tijdens de vuurwerkramp en in New York na 9/11.
Explosie in de kerk van Amersfoort, 1787, Reinier Vinkeles (I), naar Jacobus Buys, 1787 – 1795, public domain image
Walking along the river Laak this afternoon, where the river and city on the left is on higher ground than the water and the fields of the polder on the right. A somewhat typical Dutch occurrence, seeing water flow higher than surrounding land.