The fleeting world - Bubbles in a Stream

July 10, 2026 Culture of Industry Post a Comment

The sleeping cement kiln

The cement kiln at a decommissioned cement factory

“In heat, in snow, in wind, in flood
She sleeps in lovely loneliness ….”

(Walter De la Mare in The sleeping beauty)
Maastricht (NL)

July 9, 2026 What has been left Post a Comment

At least our decay is private

A dilapidated, vacant house with the sign "Private"

“The ruins of time build mansions in Eternity.”

(William Blake)
Seraing (B)

July 7, 2026 Culture of Industry Post a Comment

The short circuit was apparently not found

Damaged and abandoned electrical installation

Seraing (B)

July 4, 2026 Still Life Post a Comment

The ivy takes over the workshop

A dilapidated workplace where ivy is growing inside.

“Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green,
That creepeth o’er ruins old!
Of right choice food are his meals, I ween,
In his cell so lone and cold.”

(Charles Dickens in The ivy green)
Seraing (B)

June 28, 2026 Culture of industry - steel industry Post a Comment

The blast furnace disappearing in urban renewal

Urban renewal with the remains of a blast furnace in the background

“Was ist das nützlichste Metall,
Das herrlichste allüberall?
Das Eisen.
Kein zweites in der Erde Reich
Kommt je an Werth und Nutzen gleich
Dem Eisen.”

(Johann Nepomuk Vogl in Das Lied vom Eisen)
Seraing (B)