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Tour de France

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Yesterday I was watching the Tour de France on TV. One of the toughest stages, perhaps even the toughest. A lonely rider was in the lead for the last 30 kilometers, with all the big names at a distance. It was obvious he would be caught.  Besides, it was his first Tour. He came to learn the Tour, had even finished second in an earlier stage, and now this. The brave young rider, as usual, would be caught just before the finish. That's how the big guys do it. This time too? No, the young man won. His name is Tymen Arensman.  I saw the interviews afterward and thought, "I know him."  I saw him sitting on a sidewalk with his parents, waiting for the start of the Tour of Portugal.  The press wasn't very interested in him yet. He was still at his start.  A few months later, he'd be on many channels.  Life is full of surprises. So stay happy, healthy and optimistic. Life can be beautiful even on a bicycle !
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Conversations during a heat wave.

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Conversations during a heat wave. Right no, in middle Europe we have a heat wave.  So if this post is a bit different, blame the heat. Anyway that's what I do. Sometimes you don't know. Don't know what? Don't know It's hot. Yes, it's hot. Too hot? Too hot, for what? For you. No and for you? What? Too hot. No, not for me. But it's hot
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Choices

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Choices  , life seems, for the most part at least, to consist of choices.  Big choices with possibly drastic consequences, small choices that seem less important but sometimes and in retrospect turn out to be of great influence, or just not and then quickly forgotten.  Clever of us humans that we do all that and then often act as if it is nothing.  Fortunately, it is often nothing or almost nothing. Stay happy, healthy and optimistic, the world still needs it!
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Nature

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Nature can be something powerful, enormously impressive, make you feel small, make you be small, but above all and usually beautiful, oh my goodness beautiful.  All this in a superlative degree when you are still a small person.  Fortunately, there is always the hand of your father, who is quite big, fortunately. Stay happy, healthy and optimistic!
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No words, almost no words

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  Sometimes during my walks I see something that makes me smile. It’s a little story, a funny situation, mostly just for a short period in which I can take my camera or iPhone and take the photo.  This is an example and I think it doesn’t need more explanation. Keep smiling, optimistic and healthy as long as we can!
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Flying animals, in other words, birds.

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Thought some bird pictures would be nice. I’m still no birdphotographer, don’t have the patience I think. But when I see one ore more and got the chance I’ll give it a go. But they are so quick and unpredictable  in their behaviour so it’s not easy to take photos of them, no, no, birdphotography ain’t easy certainly not for me. But it’s a funny game, trying to catch the birds in a frame in a way they look at their best and sharp too. Luckily these modern cameras do it got job in autofocus so the photography is more like a hunt, but in a very peaceful way.  Stay happy, healthy and optimistic. We all need that!
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Stormy weather.

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The wind that blows through the trees, or even blows over.  Rain that hits the windows.  Water that blows over the dike.  High waves. That is stormy weather and yes, they have that here too and we were allowed to experience it. Sometimes we liked it and sometimes, mostly when we were wet, we didn't like it that much.  It shows nature's power and how little we can do about it, so better enjoy it. Stay happy and healthy and optimistic because the world seems to need it now more than ever.
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