The fleeting world - Bubbles in a Stream

May 17, 2025 Religious objects Post a Comment

Past glory; after the mines closed

A brick cathedral from the glory days of mining

“There by day the lark is singing
And the grass and weeds are springing;
There by night the bat is winging;
There for ever winds are bringing
Far-off chimes of church-bells ringing.”

(Christina G. Rossetti in Sound sleep)
Genk-Zwartberg (B)

May 14, 2025 Street scenes - buildings Post a Comment

A stairway to heaven?

The renovation of a house with a construction of all kinds of wooden stairs

“I’ve been walking through the middle of nowhere
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door”

(Bob Dylan in Tryin’ to get to heaven)
Esneux (B)

May 10, 2025 Still Life Post a Comment

Broken Cockerill Sambre and me in the mirror

Self-portrait in front of a mirror with lighting above it, with the inscription Cockerill Sambre

“Der Spiegel sagt mir: ich bin schön!
Ihr sagt: zu altern sei auch mein Geschick.
Vor Gott muß alles ewig stehn,
In mir liebt ihn für diesen Augenblick.”

(Johann W. von Goethe in Soleika)
Visé (B)

May 3, 2025 Religious objects Post a Comment

Three times: “Remember me”!

3 memorial crosses at the foot of an old tree

“Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand …”

(Christina G. Rossetti in Remember)
Mortroux-Dalhem (B)

April 24, 2025 Street scenes - buildings Post a Comment

Green arms, hold me tight!

A transformer house largely overgrown with ivy

“Come baby, hold me, come baby, help me, my arms are open wide
I could be unraveling wherever I’m traveling, even to foreign shores
But I will always be emotionally yours”

(Bob Dylan in Emotionally yours)
Grâce-Hollogne (B)