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Amateur photographer, traveler, wikipedian and grumpy old fart from the Netherlands. All pics by me unless otherwise stated. Some I've posted elsewhere previously (usually on Wikipedia or Flickr). "And yet, we are all very much alive" ~Ignis

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The old Art Deco water tower near Dongen, the Netherlands.

I love the low, golden sunlight and dramatic cloudscapes of autumn. A wonderful reward for all the greyness and wetness of this season.

#autumn #blueskyartshow #travel #dacapotravels #eastcoastkin

01.11.2025 07:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The old moat around the historic city center of Dordrecht, the Netherlands, photographed on a sunny autumn day sometime in 2023.

#blueskyartshow #autumn #travel #dacapotravels #eastcoastkin

01.11.2025 07:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bouvigne castle in Ginneken, the Netherlands, bathing in the autumn light.

#autumn #bluseskyartshow #architecture #photography #castle #eastcoastkin

01.11.2025 07:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He's holding a cocktail in his other paw. :P

31.10.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very captivating. Like an alien landscape on some volcanic moon.

31.10.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Well how about that. I finally got my new bathrobe in the mail today, only for Tank the panda to steal it. :(

31.10.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Will certainly be keeping an eye out for it. I want to know what happens to the talking dog. ;-)

31.10.2025 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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No spookiness is quite like the spookiness of an anonymous grey industrial estate gently disappearing into the mists. Like a gateway not to heaven or hell, but into oblivion.

#photography #urbanview

31.10.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A great album through and through. I have a version with the castle on the jewel case and am always a bit nervous about handling it. ^_^;

31.10.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tonight's a @woodfordhalse.bsky.social kind of night. ^_^ #CDFriday.

31.10.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Illustration of a rabbit dressed as Robin Hood, badger dressed as a vampire, and a red fox dressed as a robber - they hold trick or treat bags and are facing what the viewer can assume is a doorway.

Illustration of a rabbit dressed as Robin Hood, badger dressed as a vampire, and a red fox dressed as a robber - they hold trick or treat bags and are facing what the viewer can assume is a doorway.

Happy Halloween! ๐ŸŽƒ

Art by Elisabeth Alba
Prints at albaillustration.etsy.com

31.10.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 248    ๐Ÿ” 90    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Och het is maar een klein dingetje. Eerder een Verminder. ;-)

31.10.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's adoorable thursdag again next week. You know what your mission is. :P

31.10.2025 05:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#adoorablethursday

Still somewhere in Breda, the Netherlands.

#photography #architecture #travel #eastcoastkin

30.10.2025 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Interesting. It will certainly make the ballot smaller. Perhaps this will make it more difficult to find/fill in your favorite candidate. Then again, maybe the tests will show that's not a problem.

Regardless, I'd still rather just see less nonsensical splinter parties on my ballot.

30.10.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#adoorablethursday

Well... is it really that adorable? No house number, no doorbell, and a mysterious eye embedded in the wall.

Photographed in a back alley in Breda, the Netherlands.

#photography #travel #eastcoastkin

30.10.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And in today's eposide of Houses That Explain The Plot Of A Pixar Movie In Two Words Or Less:

( #photography #architecture #Travel )

30.10.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#adoorablethursday Spotted in some backstreet in the old town of Breda.

#photography #eastcoastkin

30.10.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Friend shaped reindeer. ^___^

29.10.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Post something random or.... donยดt. ;-)

29.10.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

En staat nu ook weer mooi aan het water. :-)

29.10.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Note the three reliefs on the side wall. These celebrate freight shipping on the Rhine as well as what were then considered the clean and efficient power sources of the future: Oil and nuclear power.

Note the three reliefs on the side wall. These celebrate freight shipping on the Rhine as well as what were then considered the clean and efficient power sources of the future: Oil and nuclear power.

The old new headquarters of the Steenkolen Handelsvereniging (Coal Trading Coorperation) in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Built in the 1950's during a postwar boom in international coal trade and designed to showcase their growing wealth.

#wederopbouw #wederopbouwwoensdag #architecture #phhotography

29.10.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Netherlands should really get an electoral threshold, like Germany has. I could paper my wall with today's ballot. O_o

29.10.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A department store in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, dating from the early post WWII period. The city center had to be completely rebuilt following an accidental bombing by the American airforce.

#wederopbouw #wederopbouwwoensdag #architecture #photography #travel

29.10.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wednesday morning waiting for the workmen to arrive soundtrack. ^_^

29.10.2025 07:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Och, nog altijd beter dan achter het behang geplakt. ;-)

28.10.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That looks like fluffy heaven! :-) That big bear is great!

28.10.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations to the two of you!

28.10.2025 05:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is great :D Would this perhaps be one of the oldest pictures of something we'd now call a fursuit out there?

The article is a fun read too. :-)

28.10.2025 05:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh I think a daguerreotype would be perfectly acceptable too. ^_^

28.10.2025 05:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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