A bend in the river

The river was always close by

One needed only the wish for the water and it was there

The wonderful feeling of the flow

To swim against the current and still

to remain in the same spot

All moving and nothing moved

The hot dry weather and the fresh wet water

all in the same glimpse of space and time

A sort of eternity

Like in the Naipaul book

A turmoil of change and the same river though

Peace of mind

Summer is over. Best days were along the Elbe, the peace of mind of pedaling towards the next town, following the flow of the river. Then the well deserved beer and the plentiful dinner, with a view like this in Hitzacker.

Zurück aus dem geliebten Deutschland

Gestern in Hamburg

4,2,1,0,1,0

A variation of the FD (Fine Design) 4,1,1,0,0,0 camera set. A sort of signature for my photos for this season. The picture is from my last photo session, an original first 4,2,1,0,1,0.

Girls after the bath, Pasajes

From last century

Bought in 1998 and feeling better than ever.

Industrial landscape

Three boats in Pasajes San Juan

Boxed

Pasajes, Gipuzkoa

The bike ferry in Pasajes

The Herd

Sheep along the bike road to Oiartzun

The surroundings of SS

After weeks circumscribed to the four streets around the house I started a discovery adventure with my old bike. Towns around San Sebastian that before barely were more than names on a map or a sign post.  Hernani, Urnieta, Andoain, Lasarte, Zubieta, Usurbil, Aginaga, Astigarraga, Pasajes, Lezo. All of them now part of the adventure of discovery. Even Nico came one day along the Oria river, corn and apple trees on the meadows.

Darío de Regoyos, Landscape at Hernani ca.1900

Building-watching with a bike

Gaiztarro building, Pasajes

Life to Life

Since I started Pencil&Box in 2010 I have had two new jobs, thrilling moments and bad ones too, and an attempt in a venture with friends - only the friends to be kept finally, not a bad thing at all. In retrospect that was to be my last professional try. I am sixty already, just. And like the name of the last failed go, it has been a Life to Life try on dreaming and survival, good that it ended, proud to have lived it, ja, I know I could have made more and better, I did my best. So the time has arrived to become a professional artist and photographer :-)

In the hilly road between Urnieta and Lasarte