The Bonsai Blog of Hans Van Meer

A couple of days ago I woke up and when I looked out of my window I  found out the hole world had turned white overnight. It  being my day of, I decided to make the short 10 min. drive to an (by Dutch standards) old coastal Dune forest aria, were  my wife and I  like to walk. This forest  is part off a world heritage aria that is well protected and is aloud to grow more or less wild. Here many old Hawthorn  can be found.  And Scots Pines grow over the remainings of old second World War  bunkers, that were built to defend  our beaches against old enemies, that now lay on these same beaches every summer as our friendly neighbors  who are more than welcome to visit  .   And because the sun was starting  to shine  brightly  on all that frosty snow on the trees and scrubs, it would be a great opportunity to take some pictures, wile enjoying my walk. I made it a extra quick breakfast, because I saw that the snow was already melting on my trees in the  garden.  By the time I arrived at the edge of the forest, most snow  was   already gone, leaving only  small blankets of blueish white in the more  shaded aria’s, beneath the trees.  This gave  more color nuances to the pictures I made and the now fast setting sun  is to thank for the  magical back lighting part.

The pictures were made with a standard Kodak EasyShare DX6490

I hope you like them,

Hans.

                                                     At the end of this road the beach begins.

                                                                                                                                                               ”BUNKER HILL”

                                                                                                           ”BUNKER HILL “

                                                                                                                                                     ”A RAY OF LIGHT”