Brrrr….. it’s cold outside.

Last weekend we spent a day at the bird park Avifauna in Alphen aan de Rijn, The Netherlands. It was quite cold, so many birds could not be seen because they were inside. We did encounter a bunch of shivering pelicans, storks and herons. The ring-tailed lemurs had also gone …

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Gorgeous Sandcats.

After having been to the zoo in Wuppertal, only to find out they were just renovating their home and the cats were not to be seen, a long time wish has come true. In the Parc des Felins in France I have finally been able to photograph the beautiful Sand- …

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Pictures of the North.

This year we went to Northern Finland and Norway on holiday. Unfortunately the weather was not so great most of the time, but I got some nice photo’s anyway. You can find them in a few albums under Photography>Travel. Also a bit of new wildlife in several albums under Animals. …

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New pictures all around

After being busy with other things for a while, it was time to update my website. To begin with, a new drawing on suede matboard that has been finished for a while now. The lion was done with Caran d’acheLuminance and Prismacolor Premier coloured pencils. I have also sorted my …

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Very special guests.

Last Wednesday morning we were called by our neighbor. He had heard the call of an owl during the night and had gone looking for it. He found a long-eared owl perched on a branch in the Scots pine tree in our backyard. Of course I immediately ran in to …

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Spring is in the air…

The crocuses already stick their heads above the ground and occasionally it feels a bit like spring. After a month and a half of having the  flu, then bronchitis and yet another severe cold, I am finally starting to slowly recover, sounding more like myself again, instead of a coughing …

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Winter

  After the cold of the past week some matching photos in the new album Ice. Some of them are relatively recent, but there are a few of our trip to Iceland some time ago as well. I also uploaded a new drawing, that I completed a while ago. I could …

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