Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Time to Relax

It will be very quiet here for a while because of our holidays which are due to begin. In the meantime, feel free to leave a comment or drop me a line (abspoel at gmail dot com) - and I will reply to you later.

Whatever you are planning to do this Summer: have a great time too and come back here later to see some of my holiday pics!

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Stunningly Beautiful



One late afternoon, David got up from taking his nap and was strolling on the roof of the palace. From his vantage point on the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was stunningly beautiful...
2 Sam. 11



Bathsheba, sculpture by Karel Gomez - Bible Garden, Hoofddorp

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Have a Seat

Het Mannetje






I'll have to admit that I didn't like this statue when I saw it for the first time. But sometimes you need a bit more time to get used to something special. My first impression was that this statue (called 'Het mannetje van Hoofddorp', or - little man from Hoofddorp) was a Michelin man rip-off. But now I am starting to like this little man and I get a bit angry when I see that some people are trying to damage this statue (there's some orange paint on the other side, so I couldn't take nice pictures from the front - silly vandals!)

Looking Sharp