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Open de Deur

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Europe, fish, nature on March 25, 2024| 2 Comments »

Three weeks ago I made a note in my calendar: “fish doorbell.”

What is it? A clever way for the people of Utrecht, in the Netherlands, to help migrating fish navigate the city’s Weerdsluis boat lock.

The Fish Doorbell

Every spring fish migrate upstream, in search of places to spawn. They swim through the centre of the city of Utrecht. Unfortunatly, the boat lock is closed during spring. You can help the fish.

Do you see a fish? Press the Doorbell!

I planned this post for March 1st but when I checked the feed, no fish were to be seen. I decided to wait a few days until the migration was well and truly underway but then… forgot.

Sorry fishies!

Thankfully, I saw a recent cartoon in The Guardian and remembered. Here’s the cartoon: Constant bad news doing your head in? Why not read about the fish doorbell instead.

Excellent idea. So excellent, in fact, that the livestream is often full. If you can’t press the doorbell, you can still watch the livestream or check out select archives at the Fish Doorbell News Report.

And please, little fishies. Do come in.

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Mmm, Tasty

Posted in Food and..., Holidays, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, fish, Groningen, journal, learning@lunch, maps, Netherlands, travel on April 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »

It’s lunchtime and I’m snacky, so for today’s post I bring you an excerpt from my European travel journal, featuring the delicious and mysterious (not really) zalmforel!*

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* It is a trout that looks something like salmon, but isn’t (despite what the nice lady told me at the time) an actual cross. Still very good, and isn’t it nice to learn new things?

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Softening Reality

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, Affinity Photo, birds, fish, taxes, timecrunch on March 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Yesterday’s post was a long one and right now, the federal tax institutions of two countries are calling my name. Also my wallet.

So today we have a technique using Affinity Photo to make a picture look more like a painting. Compare the original vs. modified versions below and you’ll see that the method isn’t exact, but it’s a quick and easy way to take the edges off reality.

(And the way taxes usually go, that will probably come in handy;)

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