Category: stuff on the kitchen table

  • De meeste mensen deugen.

    De meeste mensen deugen.

    I don’t know how to translate the term “deugen” into English. There is no literal translation. Perhaps English speakers do not live with “virtues” ? In any case, I am reading this book and despite the fact that I have only just begun, it is clear that it is recommended for everyone!

  • Doing the sandwalk with my Lady and the dog.

    Doing the sandwalk with my Lady and the dog.

    and afterwards some coffee with good food …

  • velomobile parts

    velomobile parts

    Today I received the improved version of the broken clamps! Thanks to Mark Waters I was able to assemble them today and adjust my bottom bracket again. So tomorrow I will cycle again and from the day after tomorrow plenty of commuters! Mark has made my worldview a little more positive. They still exist ……

  • broken

    broken

    too much force on the pedals of my velomobile … and then I discover that velomobiel.nl has a holiday until 19 August …. so I have to improvise …

  • something special on our kitchen table

    something special on our kitchen table

    how are we going to explain this? our future on an ever warmer earth Some people ask me: How does that feel now that you have become a grandfather … and then I think of the book written by Jelmer Mommers … How am I going to explain it to Hera if I ever get…

  • Baudet

    Baudet

    Following his election speech, I started to delve a little into the quoted Hegel and Spengler … and now realize that I was listening to a charlatan.

  • IOGT

    IOGT

    As long as my parents are deceased, I use a teaspoon with this logo without exception … I only inherited two identical ones … My father inherited the spoons from his father and often told me about the meaning of the letters IOGT. My grandfather had many specific principles and worldviews … and he was…

  • Women of the world

    Women of the world

    My Lady gave me a nice gift.A book.A photo book.A photo book with portraits.An atlas.THE ATLAS OF BEAUTY. women of the world in 500 portraits If a picture tells a thousand words,then a portrait of a woman tells a hundred thousand words … A book with fifty million words ! When reading this book, I…

  • be prepared …

    be prepared …

    … for the coming winter.  In winter I leave many photo opportunities pass because I’m prone to cold fingers. That is why I have already bought gloves, which are said to be ideal for photographers. The Heat Company has already delivered them after 3 days! I ordered the softshell. To make sure my fingers stay warm while…

  • another old school tool …

    another old school tool …

    An old pair of scissors, originally from shipyard “de Schelde”. I can not find the name of a manufacturer anywhere, so I think these scissors were made on “de Schelde” a long time ago … 

  • Flora Zeelandica

    Flora Zeelandica

    No more flora-secrets for Marjan …

  • silence is golden

    silence is golden
  • 34 years ago …

    34 years ago …
  • Marjan, a documentalist out of necessity …

    Marjan, a documentalist out of necessity …

    I am fortunate to be a daily tester of the folk kitchen!      

  • Hettysite.nl

    Hettysite.nl

    A niece of mine wrote a book … so I’m reading …