Tag Archives: winter

Today At The Pool

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Wilson

At the swimming pool this morning. It was almost freezing, but the water was warm, transforming the scene into an Icelandic hot tub. No changing rooms, all was done outside, by the pool, behind a veil of woven metal.

Posted in Anja's Boetiek Photography, blog art, CORONA TIMES, PHOTOGRAPHY, THE FABRIC OF HOME | Tagged Amsterdam, chain, CORONA TIMES, curtain, January, metal, noord, outdoors, outside, pool, swimming, weave, winter, woven iron curtain | Leave a comment

Tiny Flash Forward

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Wilson

A page from the full trend report on next season, autumn winter 2018, for sale at Patternbank. The preview is tiny, but radiant.

Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, Fashion, ONLINE FINDS, work | Tagged 2018, autumn, color inspiration, colors, Fashion, forecast, forecasting, image bank, Milan, patternbank, presentation, show, trend, winter | Leave a comment

Modern lullaby

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Wilson

I stumbled across this video, looking for the sound of a faraway plane on a clear evening. A modern lullaby I wasn’t looking for, but I love the line Subscribe for more videos to put you to sleep.

Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, TEXT | Tagged away, day, effect, elsewhere, faraway, flying, freezing, heimwee, inside, lullaby, melancholy, modern, night, plane, sound, summer, sunny, travelling, winter | Leave a comment

Everybody’s moment

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Wilson

Today I drove down to Vinkeveen, a small village south of Amsterdam surrounded by lakes, to find a spot to stall our little boat. It is in a parking lot on a trailer, but the space will be renovated and I have … Continue reading →

Posted in blog art, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME | Tagged Amsterdam, anonymous, black, Collage, cornerstone, David Hockney, detail, Image, lake, larger picture, link, moment, nederlands fotomuseum, Obama, Ola Lanko, Paris, particle, photo, PHOTOGRAPHY, Place Furstenberg, political, politics, pollard, silhouette, skyline, sunset, Vinkeveen, water, willow, winter | Leave a comment

Where’s Winter

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Wilson

Last week my son (10) brought this home: a selfmade winter landscape, the way we know and like it this time of year, nice and cold with frosty blues and whites. But! unfortunately we havent’ seen much of winter yet, some … Continue reading →

Posted in KIDS ART, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME | Tagged blizzard, change, China, climate, elsewhere, fairytale, global warming, Guanzhou, Hong Kong, January, KIDS ART, messed up, New York, snow, warmest day, weather, where, winter | Leave a comment

Autumn’s Audition

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Wilson

Autumn is here. And although it’s the last stop before winter -and all foliage will have to go- it seems the leafage realizes they should give it their best, now or never. Showing off a fantastic range of exuberant colours … Continue reading →

Posted in (B)OOST, EARLY WORKS, Illustration, TEXT | Tagged Amsterdam Oost, ART, audition, autumn, Children, Christmas, Collage, colour, Dalton School de Meer, foliage, KIDS ART, Leaf, paper, snow, therapy, trees, winter | Leave a comment

A Feel For Drama

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Wilson

Spring is at the doorstep and the 7-year olds in school are drawing the cycle of life, i.e. that of a tree, to start simple. Also the technique is kept elementary: crayons. While cropping the images I noticed that some … Continue reading →