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

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

Kritama


① memo 20171010 ~ Kritama ~ Last month on the balcony of tavern ‘Karagatsi’ in the natural port of Damouchari at the rocky Pelion coast , Mrs Kaiti – an imaginative cook – and mother of Apostolos Vainopoulos who runs the tavern – selects ‘Kritama’ – the editable , wild , salt-tolerant , plant with succulent salty leaves that flourishes on the rocky, salt-sprayed cliffs and beaches in Greece. Later Anna served us that simple Kritama salad to taste.