Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]p.s. Sadly the one thing we are short of here is fresh water.All the river water that enters the netherlands is highly polluted.lot of the surface water is brackish.Also the volume available to contain rain water is limited since it has to be pumped out of the country to keep our feet dry.It really is a problem and one of the reasons why the city council here is eager to reopen former canals here. best simon jessurun ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> To: "LEG" <leica@freelists.org>; "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:32 PM Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 12 & 13: Spring in the Netherlands > During the past couple of weeks I have not been to Paris or Seville or > Madrid or any other exciting places, so you will get a glimpse of our > ordinary life here in Holland. During the Easter weekend, spring well and > truly arrived here: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12.jpg > > My daughter's school organized the obligatory Easter egg hunt in a nearby > recration area, so I went and took pictures of kids (but not my own). > Apparently, some of the children took a dim view of the event: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt1.jpg > > This little girl thought she was a fox and so needed to dig a hole: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt2.jpg > > While this little boy had finally pestered his parents enough to get an > ice cream, which provided this image of anticipation: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt3.jpg > > The one thing Netherlands has plenty of is water, and also bike paths, > which are also used by rollerskaters: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt4.jpg > > For week 13, here are a few images from last weekend. Most of our friends > are members of the local expat community. Pam is from Malaysia, married to > an Englishman, in other words, a fairly typical couple in our circle. > Saturday night she invited us over for dinner. Here she is working on the > sat? chicken on the barbecue: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13.jpg > (this is actually my favourite picture of the lot) > > Here is Pam at work on the grill: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt1.jpg > and in the kitchen, making Malaysian curry: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt2.jpg > > The last picture is from a LAN party in my town. For the uninitiated, a > LAN party consists of a bunch of (usually) teenagers getting together and > playing computer games over a LAN set up for the occasion. I took my son > there, and much to my surprise, rather than the stereotypical pale-faced > geeks, I found a bunch of friendly Dutch kids who made my son feel welcome > and part of the group. This is more or less what it looks like: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt3.jpg > I did not stay long, lest I embarass my son too much... > > The complete PAW index is at: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexpaw2005.html > and comments & critique are always welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information