April 30, 2005
a royal peculiar

second-hand armchairs,

i am not fond of orange, as i once mentioned, and i am definitely not fond of mass gatherings, so i will no doubt spend today curled up in a comfortable chair, with a
good book, and - in the back of my mind - yes, birthday thoughts: for an out-of-sight
(but not out-of-mind) friend.
happy queen's day, all.

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April 25, 2005
another round

preparing for the banquet, shipchandler's warehouse, geldersekade, amsterdam

the one i had, which i loved, was ended.
the one i got, which i didn't love, was ended, too: by me.
the one i want, which i know i would love, is imminent.
i hope.
*
all this uncertainty may drive me to drink.

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April 21, 2005
to feed thy soul

field of hyacinths, egmond aan de hoef

my fisheye adaptor ended up, last week, somehow, in several alarming pieces, and i suspect, somehow, that i didn't reassemble it - tsk - properly.
so, the swell of this horizon is undeniably assymetrical, but i don't mind too much: the listing rows of hyacinths* still suggest, as i hoped they would, a sweet-scented tray of purple delicacies proffered, tilted, for approval and admiration.
you'd almost think, wouldn't you, that there were hills in this part of holland?

*perhaps i should have gathered a birthday bunch: a friend - er, acquaintance - is celebrating his 29th today; my best wishes to him!

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April 16, 2005
and don't call me sugar

blooming bicycle, central station, amsterdam

life can be complicated sometimes.
and when things turn labyrinthine, as they have now, i bless people like bob, in this
case for his via-via "when you see red, shoot it" quote: it distracted me today, teased me
into my files, took my mind off that call that hasn't come...

party lights, durgerdam

hairless, albert cuyp market, amsterdam

arie *uh* hans has the key, alkmaar

...and maybe won't.
there are few certainties in life, but this is one: the tiny flirtatious flutters of scarlet
do make a difference here, four times over.
and this is another: telephones never ring when you most need them to.

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April 14, 2005
the cat and the fiddle

dancing cow and shadow, prinsengracht, amsterdam

books, heerhugowaard

"the mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing."
- lord chesterfield (british statesman, diplomat and wit, 1694-1773)

a random quotation does me a good-turn-of-the-day:
these images didn't have much in common except that specific shade of teal blue.
and now they do.

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April 11, 2005
fair and tender ladies

gables, rokin near muntplein, amsterdam

the neverending construction work in amsterdam has been known to make me
grumble, here - and to anyone within earshot as i stumble, harried, over yet another hurdle.
above the confusion and the rubble, though - along the rokin, for instance - the gables still soar, stately and serene, gentlewomen with dusty skirts, unperturbed and necessarily patient.
i'll just be patient, too, i suppose.
and i'll just keep glancing cloudward.

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April 08, 2005
and now for something...different

bicycles, double exposure, central station, amsterdam

"if you wait until you are sure, you will never take off the training wheels."
- unknown

i've had a holga for a while now, but its unfamiliarity and the price of film & developing kept me careful, and indecisive, and slow. i was sure, when i finally picked up the first prints yesterday, that most of the test roll would have to be written off as amateur bumbling.
i was right.
but wouldn't you know: the two acceptable images turned out to be one of bicycles...

sunday boats, broek in waterland

...and one of boats.
tsk.
add one of café tables and chairs, and i would be totally predictable.

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April 03, 2005
sweetness and light

coffee cups, place de la bastille, paris

"nice weather for paris", i said to rachel on wednesday, as we strolled through a sunny springtime amsterdam.
"any weather is nice weather for paris", she replied.
astutely.

*take a look, if you please, at bernard's anthropy, and a special look at this amazing image..and this...and. i could go on. see for yourselves.

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