Well, what do you concentrate on this blue and white striped shirt? I like the brown piping and though blue and white aren’t my finest colors, I feel there’s a brightness within the shirt that makes it work.
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I’m sporting the shirt with COS jeans which I purchased a pair of months in the past. The facet seams of the jeans flip to the entrance.
When I attempted the shirt on within the store, I used to be sporting my brown vegan leather-based trousers (see crappy photograph under). In this mix I don’t just like the proportions, so I might put on it in a different way.
I purchased the shirt from BYS in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Such a fab store with uncommon (meant in a great way) garments, and the proprietor Simone is a good stylist (see her under). My shirt is by Jejia, an Italian model.
Back to the day of the photograph shoot. Prepare your self for a lot of photographs on this put up. Again.
Marjolein and I went to Rotterdam as a result of she had despatched me a fantastic video of transferring avenue artwork. We discovered the paintings, nevertheless it didn’t transfer.
Below: The artist is Daan Botlek.
Below: The motion of the ‘people’ within the paintings was proven on Facebook. I performed it on my pc and recorded it with my iPhone. The result’s a bit blurry, however you’ll get the concept. I’ve no clue how they did that.
Below: This is as excessive as I climbed. I’m not a dare satan and definitely not on heels.
The above paintings was a quarter-hour’ stroll from the station, so we first began in an space close by (West Rotterdam) which isn’t the richest half of city. There had been many murals to {photograph}.
Below: First factor we encountered was this statue of ‘De Reus van Rotterdam’ (The Giant of Rotterdam).
Below: Marjolein posed subsequent to the statue to indicate the distinction in top. The statue is life measurement, 237 cm tall with shoe measurement 62 (EU). His title was Rigardus Rijnhout and he lived from 1922 to 1959. The artist who created the sculptures is Herman Lamers.
Below: Too tempting to not sit in that chair.
As I stated, there have been many murals in that space. I couldn’t at all times see who the artist was however Google Lens helped. I discovered a journey weblog by Jaquelien known as JTravelBlog who supplied me with a lot info. I linked her weblog title to her website. You should use Google Translate as it’s in Dutch nevertheless it’s a fantastic weblog for vacationers.
Below: Mural by Sharon van Dams.
Below: I don’t know the artists’ names of the following two.
Below: Four arms. The title of this very expert artist is Telmo Miel. The portrait is of the Rotterdam rapper Faysal Msyeh a.okay.a. Feis. He was shot in 2019 after making an attempt to interrupt up a combat.
Below: On a wall close to bins and bikes, is that this mural by Ready2Rumble/Danny Rumbl.
Below: John Travolta, created in such a intelligent method that his eyes comply with you. He is portrait as gangster Vincent Vega (Pulp Fiction). Artist Insane51.
Below: Mural by Wild Drawings (WD).
Below: This artist is a well-known title to me: Tymon de Laat.
Now onto just a few buildings.
Below: Fantastic. The nook of this condominium constructing is reworked right into a Delft blue china teapot.
Below: As Rotterdam was closely bombed at first of World War 2, there are such a lot of fashionable, new buildings.
Below: Very uncommon church.
We slowly walked alongside the Westersingel to, what we thought, can be the transferring paintings.
Below: Along this canal had been just a few exceptional statues. This is a metal plait. As this weblog is in regards to the outfit, the statue needed to sacrifice its prime; not within the photograph. Artist is Kalliopi Lemos and the plait is an emblem for femininity and the battles girls must combat.
Below: I took an in depth-up of the underside.
Below: Good shot. I actually like this outfit. I’ve to determine easy methods to put on this shirt with different objects, however that can’t be tough, can it?
Below: There had been fairly just a few statues. Sorry, I forgot to search for the artist’s title with this one. We had been focussing on getting a photograph of my again.
Below: This statue, representing mom and youngster is by Carel Visser.
Below: The Walking Man, a statue by Rodin no much less.
Below: It was time to lunch. Marjolein discovered a tosti restaurant. A tosti is a grilled sandwich with as an illustration cheese or ham and cheese, however there are lots of variations, particularly on this restaurant.
Below: Close-up with Lara Design earrings.
Below: Then all of a sudden you get to an outdated space in Rotterdam that hadn’t been bombed. This magnificent tree survived.
Below: A plain gray wall is ideal to take Marjolein’s head-to-toe photograph. Doesn’t she look good! She stated that she initially had determined to put on jeans with a striped shirt, however that will have been an excessive amount of a case of ‘the terrible twins’ haha.
Below: Great with or with out the jacket.
Below: We had been in a jazz space of Rotterdam (Oude Binnenweg) and noticed fairly just a few murals like this, honouring jazz musicians from the previous. The basis behind that is Rotterdam Jazz Artists Memorial. If you need to see extra of these, click on the hyperlink within the earlier sentence.
We had taken photographs of many extra murals, however it’s a bit of an overload, so I’ll depart it at this.
What occurred in my life this week
Granddaughter Zoë celebrated her third birthday with the household. She favored it so much.
We went to see a cabaret efficiency in Amsterdam. It was humorous however principally mildly humorous with just a few hilarious bits. The girls performing had been Plien and Bianca, a terrifically comedian duo. I’ve seen performances by them that left me quick of breath as a result of I needed to snicker a lot and so loud. Not nearly as good this time is my humble opinion.
Afterwards we had been invited to dinner at Georg and Marla who had been taking care of canine Watson within the afternoon. Very good of them and the dinner was scrumptious as at all times.
I modified my summer season sneakers for winter sneakers and boots, one thing I hate doing and I received rid of just a few garments which I actually by no means put on. Either I can’t model them, or they had been flawed for me to begin with.
Below: Something I wore this week. Blue cowboy boots and an orange scarf for the third color on this outfit. The jeans are the identical as in the principle outfit of this put up. The jumper (sweater) you’ve gotten seen on the weblog the primary time on this put up the place I additionally confirmed my lovely Max Mara raincoat.
For about 6 days I used to be feeling actually low. Couldn’t discover pleasure in something, so we introduced out The Lamp. It is the Energy Light by Philips which imitates pure mild. You must spend a while (about 20 minutes) day by day, proper in entrance of the brilliant mild.
Usually, this low feeling hits me in November, so it’s early this yr. Of course, I additionally go exterior to catch the daylight. But days are gray and moist now. Hardly any sunshine which makes it additionally tougher to take photographs for my photograph task. By the tip of the week I used to be tremendous once more.
Tuesday nonetheless, was a tremendous day. Marjolein and I did one other photograph shoot and we went to the Panorama Mesdag museum in The Hague, a 360 levels portray of Scheveningen. It was jaw droppingly lovely. You’ll see it in a pair of weeks however under a bit of preview.
Below: Look what a very good hairdresser can do! I want she may wash and blowdry my hair twice per week. She may of course, it’s a matter of price range on my half.
I’m sporting the identical jeans and shirt as the principle function of this put up, however with totally different earrings and totally different boots.
Photo Assignment Freedom and Joy
As I informed you earlier than, I struggled with this task. I couldn’t discover many freedom and pleasure topics. Then, at some point, strolling canine Watson with husband Ron, I discovered so many beautiful issues in nature. They say nature heals and I completely agree with that.
Even although you’ve gotten already ploughed your method by many photographs on this put up, listed below are 7 extra.
Below: The dandelion earlier than the wind may blow away the seeds.
Below: The seed head of a standard sow thistle or a sticky groundsel. I nearly mistook it for a dandelion and I don’t know which of the 2 forementioned crops it’s, however I’m solely within the good photograph it creates.
Below: Beautiful thistle, though I’m not eager on this plant. In order to outlive they’ve these thorny leaves. Not good, however the photograph is.
Below: The yarrow is sort of a bridal bouquet.
Below: To my data that is hogweed, however I took the photograph in portrait mode which created this blurriness.
Below: White clover.
It is solely coincidental that I took photographs of principally white flowers and seeds. I additionally took photographs of different, extra vibrant crops, however the ones I’ve proven you above, are my finest photographs.
A photograph with a ladybird was additionally fairly good, however after I zoomed in on the ladybird, I noticed it consuming the bugs surrounding it. Very good however not that good to have a look at.
Below: It turned fairly darkish and then the solar shone by the clouds. You can see husband Ron on the backside of the photograph. Love this photograph.
That’s it for this week. Thank you very a lot for staying till the tip.
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