In My Town, Yesterday ...

There was an important bicycle race going on in my town yesterday. The 100th edition of the Scheldeprijs departed and arrived in my town Schoten. Everybody was there, national and international press, television ...
Of course, I was there too and I had my camera clicking! I took more than 500 photos!
What follows is just an impression, I think I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves ...
Enjoy!












Project 366 #96

Weekend Reflection, The Canal

Project 366 # 49

This photo was taken with my baby camera. It is just around the corner from where I live.

To see more reflections from around the world, go visit James' Weekend Reflections.

Midweek Blues, the Alwine

Midweek Blues is hosted by Rebecca at the Dusty Cellar. Post (about) something blue ... colors ... moods, music or poetry ... you can be as creative as you like!

The Marina, In the Snow ...

I know I said I was going to make this a monthly theme, and I have posted photos of the marina only last week, but not publishing these would be a real shame! I took these last Saturday on my photo walk along the canal.
Click this link to see all posts about the marina.





I love this one with the sea gulls,, so this is going to be my photo for the day. Project 366 # 38

The Weekend was Much too Short!

Monday again, time to share some of the highlights of the weekend that has passed. This fun meme is hosted by Gattina, at Writer Cramps.


My weekend started a little earlier than usual. On Friday it began to snow and my husband's appointments were canceled because of the weather conditions. We had ran our errands before the snow, so we stayed warm and safe inside the house!

On Saturday morning we went to the weekly market where I looked for - and found - a pair of gloves. I call them my photographer's gloves because they keep my hands warm while I can still use my fingers to operate my camera.

They needed to be tested, so I set out on a little photo walk along the canal. No frozen fingers unlike last Tuesday when my hands hurt like hell.

Warming up afterwards with a lovely cup of Gluhwein and the weekend edition of the paper.

I prepared a big pot of "hutspot" which is a stew with cabbage, onions, carrots and potatoes. You bake your meat first, (I used pork ribs) remove it from the pot, add the veggies and some water and and put the meat on top again. Let it simmer on a low heat and rest overnight. It tastes even better the next day.

While that was simmering I prepared the mussels for our supper. After supper we watched some television. We saw Two Weeks Notice with Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant.

Sunday morning we woke up to this beautiful sunrise.
We got up early because we wanted to do an early morning photo walk in the woods.
We ate a croissant and we were on our way.


I'm submitting this photo as my photo of the day. Project 366 #37

After our walk I fixed us breakfast. I ran out of oranges, so I made grapefruit/orange juice. It tasted heavenly!

The rest of the day was spent editing photos and blogging.


It was my husband's idea to drink an Orval Trappist beer to go with the stew. Delicious.
Needless to say, the weekend went by much too soon!

Baby it's Cold Outside ...

A cold wave has struck Belgium over the weekend. It started with a little bit of snow on Tuesday, and by Friday evening there was a thick white blanket. Temperatures around -12°C in Antwerp, even colder in the southern part of Belgium. Time to get those snow boots out after all and go out photo hunting ...

Here are my favorite photos of the week!










Project 366, # 36

Midweek Blues, One More ...

Midweek Blues is hosted by Rebecca at the Dusty Cellar. Make a post with blues in it, moods ... colors, poetry, music ... You can be as creative as you like!


The marina, seen from the other side of the water.
Project 366 #32

Monthly Theme: the Marina

We're finally getting a little bit of Winter here in Belgium. It's very cold and it snowed yesterday.
I know readers in Canada (and other countries with a cold climate) will probably laugh out loud when they see the amount of snow we had. I know, it's just a little sprinkling, a transparent layer, and it would have melted in two hours had it not been so cold. I went down to the marina this morning to take some pictures to use for my monthly theme and my fingers nearly froze off! My fingers were so numb I could not even push the shutter anymore!



View from the bridge


Even the seagulls look like they're cold!



I was busy taking pictures when suddenly this lady walked up from behind me. "This is going to be perfect for my monthly theme" I thought instantly, and quickly pushed the shutter.
So there ... my photo of the day, my new entry for Project 366 # 31



These photos were taken with my bridge camera, the Canon SX1 IS.
I'm planning on making this a monthly theme. I know it's not February yet, but hey... You can see my first post here.