zaterdag 1 mei 2010

Poppies

In Flanders Fields... 

  the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow 
                                                                           
                                             Thanks Pauline for the invitation







donderdag 29 april 2010

Mini

My collection of mini kites
 
A nice gift from the "Grumpy old gits" at the Houlgate kite festival


Jan Van Leeuwen made the Maple leaf and the Rok. 
Ton Vinken made the fighter




Some more miniature;  See here 
Some more miniature:  See here

donderdag 22 april 2010

KAP Veere


An afternoon in Veere on a line of 25 meter above sea level.  A small city (population: 1,520) located on the Veerse Meer on the island of Walcheren in Zeeland; The Netherlands.

zaterdag 17 april 2010

Bierbeek

 
 I took this Kite Aerial Picture with a Pentax W90 hanging 60 meter above the ground under a holy man kite. It was a late autumn sunny afternoon...Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum St-Kamillus (Bierbeek)

Karl Longbotton

Banners of Karl in Berck. It was very poetic.  If I remember well he told me that he had 60 of them in total.
 
 
Prototype jellyfish. a new design of Karl. The final creation will be at least twice as big.

Abbey Clock

 For more information about the history of the St Bernard's Abbey in Hemiksem; Click here
Some more abbey pictures:
- Hemiksem
- Averbode
- Tongerlo I
- Tongerlo II