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my recumbents

Since I’m working on Quest 552 I put my Zephyr next to it, to compare the height …I’ll also clean my Zephyr tomorrow, because it’s spring and it’ll get only warmer outside.
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Old videos

David mentioned an old video of mine that inspired him to buy a velomobile as well. As a result, I also saw the old videos again … Quite nice, even though the video technology has improved a lot in recent years … The first one is the “oliebollentocht 2007“. The second one is “paastreffen 2010“.
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Cycling ancesters

I think my father (standing right) is about 18 years old when this photo was made… so the photo is about 100 years old! The photo fades away, I tried to get a bit more contrast in it. Nothing is eternal … My father apparently had a nice luxury bike! But my grandfather was already
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At the start of the Corona- period

We are now living in the beginning of what will later be called the Corona period. It will be a transitional period between the two times. Both economically and culturally, but hopefully also ecologically. To think things through quietly, it is good to take a walk in nature now and then … I can only
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Wildlife in our backyard

There is a lot of animal life in our garden. From big to small, from fun to ugly, from useful to harmful, from sweet to evil, etc …There is also a rat family that has made a well-hidden den somewhere. The family is too big to stay in a human environment. The most difficult thing
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Top half is off …

The top is off so that I can easily reach everything inside the Quest-body. I clearly notice that my own body is now 64 years old and the flexibility has disappeared in recent years. The small openings in Quest 552 are such that I have to choose; either see through it, or put one arm
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Hitch's birthday !

He is seven years old! Our dog Hitch … named after Christopher Hitchins. And just like Christopher Hitchens, he allows me to see the relativity of social human society on a daily basis.Hitch communicates it in the typical dog way … a friendly lick in my face, an attentive look in his eyes, lying quietly
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new rims

Today I mounted the new rims. I bought them at velomobiel.nl and had them 2 days later … Tomorrow I want to take off the hood to better access the drive and lighting.
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vulnerable area

All these photos I made today in the “vulnerable area” of Natura 2000 managed by “natuurmonumenten” …
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International Women’s day !

Today is International Women’s Day ! I have no better photo to illustrate this than this selfie made by Jes Harwig … Some interesting stuff to read about the issue of men/women ? You can read here …
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Rims

How long can you continue driving with the original velomobile rims? Today I lost confidence and decided to renew them …
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What every photographer needs to understand …

Watch this discussion and gain insight into the topics you record and the effect on the audience. The most important thing for me was the explanation that starts at 1:42:00 seconds.
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The Dutch way …

The Dutch way is to walk for hours in man-made nature parks, such as the Oosterschelde … … and then to eat “Twentse krentenwegge” with “Goudse kaas” and “Fries roggebrood” with “Zeeuws spek” …
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change of season

In its simplicity, nature is BEAUTIFUL. Maarten van Roozendaal sang about it a long time ago …
