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  • Dutch Foam

    The Foam of the Dutch Sea

    The phagocytic is a type of algae with a strong ability to form floating colonies, held together by a mucous-like matrix that protects the cells and allows them to rapidly increase in size. With sunlight and nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphate, its cells grow rapidly.  However, cloudy weather can trigger the disintegration of the algae colony…

  • The Kite and the Sea Monster

    The Kite and the Sea Monster

    I recognized myself when I saw a man playing like a child with a kite, on the northern Dutch beach. Everybody feels powerful and lighthearted in keeping control of a flying object in the wind, which has a colourful long tail. Of course, I noticed also the other members of this image when I took…

  • Seagulls

    Seagulls

    Among the poems of the Italian poet Vincenzo Cardarelli which I do like, there is one I love the most. Its title is Seagulls and below there is a translation in English. I know not where seagulls make their nest where find they peace. I am like them in perpetual flight. I skim life like…

  • Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse

    Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse

    I have been always fascinated by lighthouses, as probably most of the people are. It is comforting to know that in the middle of the storm you might find a light to give you the right direction, to guide you to the safe harbour. I have been lucky enough to meet several lighthouses in my…