Main Tap of Holland


① memo 20171118 ~ Main Tap of Holland ~ Right after the border with Germany follows the main ‘tap’ of Holland – where the Rhine river bifurcates into the Waal river and the Pannerden canal (which in turn flows into the ‘Neder-Rhine’ river) , Millingen , Holland

Till Eulenspiegel


① memo 20171117 ~ Till Eulenspiegel ~ The Antwerp avant garde artist ‘Lon’ Leon Landau made a puppet theater for the children in the Kazerne Dossin transit camp , with 12 puppets like this marionette Till Eulenspiegel (Tijl Uilenspiegel) – and Robin Hood which I published previously [ https://michelvanderburg.com/2017/07/29/lons-puppet-show/ ] . However, Lon was deported to Auschwitz in 1944 , before the puppet show could took place. Filmed November 15, 2013 in Kazerne Dossin , Mechelen , Belgium.

Weeping Weeping Birch


① memo 20171115 ~ Weeping Weeping Birch ~ Last day for this 35-year old dying Weeping Silver Birch looking in the mirror of the groundwater in this freshly dug hole in the earth – waiting for a new tree to come soon – Holland

Polder Flushing


① memo 20171112 ~ Polder Flushing ~ Flushing (once in a while) the ditches and larger waterways of the low-lying polders – water management in the Green Heart of Holland , filmed November 2010