For this Dutch Strawberry-shake you can find an English translation below: – Pond zomerkoninkjes– 250 ml Mager Kwark van de Weerribben – http://www.weerribbenzuivel.nl – 2 eetlepels magere bio melk– 1 eetlepel rijststroop Was aardbeien. Ontdoe ze van steeltjes. Gooi teder in de blender. Lepel de kwark erbij. Giet rijststroop over geheel en shaken maar. Drink…

> Saturday evening sky on my way to Vondelpark One of my favorite spots in the bend of Jozef Israelkade – end of Boerenwetering Dames en heren na vieren – cabaret act in Open air theater in Vondelpark Amsterdam

> Midas loves to lay on the stones Britta loves to have her head on the rim

> Halsbandparkiet. Nice fat one.

> The green parakeet with the pink and black neck ring around the neck, has been feasting on my pears. It let me take these three pictures and then went on eating and drinking. Later that day a blackbird, pigeon and a Flemish jay – a bird that I will forever associate with a visit…

> Marcel came over and shook the pears out of the tree. When he tasted the pear he said: that is a very popular pear: Doyenne de Comice – In the English wikipedia I could only find a lemma on European Pears. They do mention the pear that grows in my back yard but does…

>My communication channels are all confused. My phone stopped ringing even though people call.My PC is going crazy&My Internet connection has become totally unreliable.What is going on?Another Mercury retrograde?

> 11 augustus 2009 Op mijn vijfenvijftigste verjaardag werd ik ziek. Wakker met dikke keel en de rest van de dag liep mijn neus. We reisden van London naar Leamington Spa in een Mercedesbus, Jeff, Peter, Melanie, Beau en ik en mijn raam ging niet dicht. Gelukkig was het heet die dag. Ik onderdrukte wat…