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Tag Archives: driving
WORK | 8:30 am | A Sat Nav Surprise
Last night I stayed in a hotel in Maastricht, in the most southern area of our country, to be close to my work appointment in the morning: 8:30 AM is the start of a photoshoot in Belgium, just across the … Continue reading
Blue Monday | Explore What Makes You Uncomfortable
Google Translate 617/5000 Today I was in the car to D. and back, and there was an item about Blue Monday on radio 1. Blue Monday is a sad day, as you probably know. The annual low for humans. They … Continue reading
Posted in ART, bloow, MUSIC, OUT OF THE BOX
Tagged background information, Blue Monday, blues, car, driving, ease the load, embroidery, explore, expression, high, lift, news, origin, palmtrees and pain, Radio, shirt, singing, slaves, songs, spirits, working
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Carpool Karaoke
I discovered a whole series of James Corden doing his carpool karaoke. I share one more, a good start of the year, I like singing in the car. Ah, and oh the one with Madonna. YouTube.
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, MUSIC, ONLINE FINDS, OUT OF THE BOX, REVIEW
Tagged Adele, Amsterdam, bitter, carpool, driving, good, James Corden, karaoke, Madonna, singing, someone like you, somethingbloow, strike a pose, sweet, Vogue, wrong
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Little Red Corvette
We’re looking at the back of a little red Corvette. Prince died ‘on April 21 2016’, as artist Rob Scholte stated, during a live show on Dutch television last night. A memorable date, the end of an area. Corny it may … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, everythingcar, MUSIC, TIME LAPSE
Tagged adventure, April 21 2016, car, Corvette, death, driving, DWDD, eulogy, everythingcar.com, jalopnik.com, legend, limousine, memories, Memory Lane, Music, news, Prince, red, Rob Scholte, story, today's dead
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Car song
A photo I took in a garage packed with old timers. Bring to mind a song I know by heart, music is from my first album ever, William De Vaughn on Souled Out by K-tell…Diamond in the back, sun roof top! … Continue reading
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, MUSIC, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged backseat, black and white, cadillac, car, carmania, driving, everythingcar.com, gangster, gasoline, Happiness, K-tell, limousine, Manhattan, Music, PHOTOGRAPHY, scene, song, soul, Souled Out, sun roof top, thankful for what you've got, top of the world, william de vaughn
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Singing the instrumental
(play) Happy-go-lightly tune from a game. My son played it on end driving to France. We know it so well now, we ‘sing’ it in the car without the music playing.
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, MUSIC, TEXT
Tagged adaptation, Amsterdam, car, catchy, diy, do it, driving, everythingcar, Game, instrumental, lingering, memory, no thanks, play, positivity, sacrifice, show, sing, stadsschouwburg, thanks, theater, tune, we doen het wel zelf, Wunderbaum
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Five hours on a bouncy castle
Yesterday morning about 9 am we left awakening Amsterdam, drove south through a sunny countryside, in good spirits, listening to the first chapters of Dummy The Mummy on the stereo. We were on our way for a holiday in the … Continue reading
Posted in PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXT
Tagged Amsterdam, Bear Grylls, Belgium, Calais, car, Christmas, cityscape, Dover, driving, England, English Channel, journey, London, metropolis, sea, sick
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In Loving Memory
Today is my mother’s birthday. Infinitely sad, she died 13 years ago. On the days between her departure and funeral I spent long hours in the car, between my parent’s house and home in Amsterdam, devastated, listening to Al Jarreau’s … Continue reading
Posted in (B)OOST, bloow, Magic, personal, PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXT, TIME LAPSE
Tagged Al Jarreau, Amsterdam, bloow, blue, driving, early travel photography, Ellie Goulding, Elton John, family album, France, full moon, Glow, happy birthday, in loving memory, Magic, mama, Memory Lane, Music, Your Song
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On The Road
Over the weekend we drove up north -and back- to visit family, which takes us two and a half hours to get there. This can easily become a tedious trip to an eight year old, so in general I pack … Continue reading
Posted in EARLY WORKS, KIDS ART, mumson, PHOTOGRAPHY
Tagged caleidoscope, driving, electricity, Holland, iPad, ipad art, KIDS ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, windmills
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