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Eastern Market Sunday
Gratiot Central Market
To be honest, Eastern Market on a late Sunday afternoon with Stay-at-Home orders isn't much different than Eastern Market on any other late Sunday afternoon.
Eastern Market
Detroit, MI
The former Hudson's and eventually Macy's at Westland Shopping Center. Macy's closed this store in 2017. The second of the four anchor stores, Sears, closed in 2021.
Westland Shopping Center
Victor Gruen - 1965
Westland, MI
More Angled This Time
Biological Sciences Building
Ennead Architects - 2018
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Jena, view north from the Kernberg (near Fuchsturm)
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Eastern Market Sunday
To be honest, Eastern Market on a late Sunday afternoon with Stay-at-Home orders isn't much different than Eastern Market on any other late Sunday afternoon.
Eastern Market
Detroit, MI
Windknollen prairie near Jena-Cospeda, Thiringia, Germany
{75 mm: Æ’/13 | 1/320 s | ISO 100 | manual White Balance | manual exposure | manual focus}
Le plus intéressant... | Ma carte | Mes classeurs | Mes albums
Ambleteuse | Pas-de-Calais (62) | Hauts-de-France | France
plage soleil mer personnes chien paysage marin maritime noir et blanc amour street photography photo de rue
Vertigo - and minimalism - looking down from a friend's balcony. If the driver of the blue car had any sense of symmetry he would have parked one space to the right. But the off-centre car is somehow the equivalent of those mismatched flower beds - actually shrub beds - giving the image a lopsidedness that appeals to me.
More glimpses of urban environments to come. None are recent. I do enjoy looking back, though...
Photographed in Kitchener, Ontario (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2008 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
"Am Oelste", Jena, Thuringia, Germany
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Sessile Oak at Rödigen near Jena, Thuringia, Germany
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Two people sitting on separate benches by a river under a tree, peaceful scene in Szentendre, Hungary
View to the sky from the IJdock, looking at the top of the modern buildings there, 2016.
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On 7 January 2026, the Netherlands lies beneath a thick blanket of snow. Code Orange is in effect, and its impact is felt everywhere: flights are cancelled, trains and buses barely run, and the daily rhythm slows to a crawl. Streets blur into white lines, appointments vanish from calendars, and the country is forced to shift down a gear. Yet this weather also brings something rare. Silence. Slowness. A city that pauses to breathe. Normally, the centre of Amsterdam is always just a little warmer. Surrounded by buildings, crowds, and urban heat, snow rarely lasts here — it turns wet, grey, and disappears. But not today. On the Noordermarkt, beside the Noorderkerk, snow falls without pause. Large, soft flakes drift down and settle on the open square, between the trees and along the paths where market stalls usually stand. The market is empty. No stalls, no chatter — only space. The square slowly transforms into a quiet, white field. The surrounding façades fade into the snowy veil, while the Noorderkerk remains standing like a calm anchor — sober, steady, and unmoved. Snow brings inconvenience, without a doubt. But it also connects. It brings everything to a halt and, at the same time, opens space for wonder. And on this winter’s day, the white remains — right in the heart of the Jordaan, in Mokum. A rare moment. And precisely for that reason, so special.
A quiet winter scene on the Noordermarkt in Amsterdam, beside the Noorderkerk, captured during heavy snowfall on 7 January 2026. The usually lively square is covered in fresh snow, transformed into a calm, almost timeless landscape in the heart of the Jordaan.
Op 7 januari 2026 ligt Nederland onder een dikke laag sneeuw. Code Oranje is van kracht en dat laat zich voelen: vluchten zijn geschrapt, treinen en bussen rijden nauwelijks en het dagelijkse tempo zakt overal weg. Straten vervagen tot witte lijnen, afspraken verdwijnen uit agenda’s en het land schakelt noodgedwongen terug. Toch brengt dit weer ook iets zeldzaams. Stilte. Vertraging. Een stad die even ademhaalt. Normaal gesproken is het centrum van Amsterdam altijd net iets warmer. Door bebouwing, drukte en stedelijke warmte blijft sneeuw hier zelden lang liggen — nat, grijs, opgelost. Maar vandaag niet. Op de Noordermarkt, naast de Noorderkerk, valt de sneeuw onafgebroken. Grote, zachte vlokken dwarrelen omlaag en blijven liggen op het open plein, tussen de bomen en op de paden waar normaal marktstallen staan. De markt is leeg. Geen kramen, geen geroezemoes — alleen ruimte. Het plein verandert langzaam in een stil, wit veld. De gevels rondom de markt verdwijnen deels in het sneeuwgordijn, terwijl de Noorderkerk als een rustig anker overeind blijft staan, sober en onverstoorbaar. Sneeuw brengt ongemak, zonder twijfel. Maar ze verbindt ook. Ze legt alles stil en opent ruimte voor verwondering. En op deze winterse dag blijft het wit liggen — midden in de Jordaan, in Mokum. Een zeldzaam moment. En juist daarom zo bijzonder.
Young leaf shoots of a Ginkgo biloba tree
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Ringt nach Klarheit, ohne das Zarte zu verletzen und das Unnahbare zu entweihen. ‖ Strive for clarity without hurting the delicate and desecrating the unapproachable. (Klaus Bonhoeffer)
In the 1970s, these old buildings housed a pioneering foundry. This was where the first all-magnesium motorbike wheels were made and later the first hollow-spoke wheels. At the end of the 1980s the company moved to larger premises and became a world leader in the manufacture of these products. Since 2000 the company has been under the control of Brembo.
TIme for a flickr break.
Seems like a good time to say thanks to friends, contacts and regular visitors for all the support, feedback, advice and copious amounts of inspiration over the past year.
It's always appreciated.
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