Wim Harwig

Category: vlissingen

  • Night time …

    tugboats towing on the Westerschelde.

  • sundown …

    … as seen from our backyard.

  • midnight

    the port of Vlissingen by night.

  • agios dimitrios

    The pilot is boarding the Agios Dimitrios near Vlissingen.

  • Vlissingen 8 April 2013

    Strolling through the city where I live…… trying to forget I had to give my dog a mercy killing.

  • sunrise

    It was cold this morning. When I stopped to make this photo of the sunrise, I stayed in my velomobile because of the freezing cold. Positive effect of the cold weather is that the air is bright and clear; perfect for a landscape …. especial during sunrise at 06.30 AM !

  • 15 years ago ….

    …. I started to build our house.  A slideshow shows it from the start to end.

  • when everything fails …

    … I certainly look like Clint in the previous post. First the pump I use for our pond burned through and I had to buy a new one; then I found out that the cleats of my Shimano sandals couldn’t be simply renewed by new ones, because the iron plate inside the rubber sandal can’t…

  • piekboek

    Today the “piekboek” was presented to the public. We were part of “the club of 40 +3” , who paid for the first edition. “de Piek” is a well known pop-podium in Vlissingen, although one of the smallest in the Netherlands. In the early years, youngsters could sleep there for just one Dutch Guilder per…

  • Imagine …

    This ship made me think of the ROAM …

  • Explosion …

    There was a huge explosion on the beach where I’m passing twice a day on my commute. The police is still searching for the what , why and how … Fortunately I had a day off when the bomb exploded!

  • cloud traffic …

    Yesterday I saw this rain cloud passing over Vlissingen on my commute. I paused for a while and made this photo so I could continue my commute without rain. It’s one of the advantages of living in a flat country where rain showers can be seen long before you have to ride through them ……

  • Dutch gardens in our street…

    The people who rented a house in our street liked gardening. The police cleared the remains of their weed … for a video ; see here

  • She likes weeds …..

    The title of this post is an old song from the early seventies ..

  • bullitt shopping

    The Lady of the House normally gathers all the fresh food during her daily commute and I do the heavy and bulky stuff once a week with the Bullitt. bullitt shopping, originally uploaded by wim harwig.