bicycles - the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream

August 7, 2024 What has been left

The postman has a dirty bicycle

“Eight o’clock;
The postman’s knock!
Five letters for Papa;
One for Lou,
And none for you,
And three for dear Mamma.”

(Chr.R. Rossetti, no title, in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book)
Maastricht (NL)

August 16, 2023 Landscapes

Bromfiets- en Rijwielstalling

“Gestern abend in der stillen Ruh’,
Sah ich im Wald einer Amsel zu;
Als ich da so saß,
Meiner ganz vergaß:
Kommt mein Schatz und schleichet sich um mich
Und küsset mich.”

(Folksong Waldeinsamkeit)
Wijlre (NL)

January 20, 2018 What has been left

Fitness on the junkyard

"Let us drink and sport today;
Ours is not tomorrow.
Love with youth flies swift away,
Age is naught but sorrow."

(J. Gay in Air XXII from The Beggar's Opera)
Seraing (B)

October 20, 2017 Street Scenes

Snacking and shopping

“Advertising signs they con
You into thinking you’re the one
That can do what’s never been done
That can win what’s never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you”

(Bob Dylan in It’s alright, Ma {I’m only bleeding})
Awans (B)

September 28, 2017 Culture of industry - steel industry

I left my bike in an autumn scene

“Red leaf, gold leaf,
Flutter down the wind:
Life is brief, oh! life is brief,
But Mother Earth is kind;
From her dear bosom ye shall spring
To new blossoming.”

(E.M. Hutchinson in Autumn song)
Duisburg (D)

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The postman has a dirty bicycle

Bromfiets- en Rijwielstalling

Fitness on the junkyard

Snacking and shopping

I left my bike in an autumn scene