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January 25, 2026 Culture of Industry Post a Comment

Abandoned and forgotten in the rain

A dilapidated industrial storage space after a rain shower

“Soon you will have forgotten all things:
soon all things will have forgotten you.”

(Marcus Aurelius in Meditations 7-21)
Seraing (B)

January 1, 2026 Street scenes - buildings Post a Comment

Are there any flowers in this backyard collage?

“On sunny days in our backyard,
two little flowers are seen,
One dressed, at times, in brightest pink
and one in green.
The marigold is radiant,
the rose passing fair;
The violet is ever dear,
the orchid, ever rare …”

(Ch.E. Ives/H. Twitchell in Two little flowers)
Liège (B)

August 19, 2025 Landscapes Post a Comment

This cattle has been brought home for a long time

An overgrown meadow with a dilapidated stable

“”O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
Across the sands o’ Dee;”
The western wind was wild and dank wi’ foam,
And all alone went she.”

(Charles Kingsley, no title)
Grâce-Hollogne (B)

April 5, 2025 Culture of industry - steel industry Post a Comment

2 black eyes with view on Tata Steel

“A glance from a dark eye
opened its way into my heart
like a ray of sun that shines
through the fog of the day.”

(M. Palazzolo in Un guardo ed una voce; translation in English by John Glenn)
IJmuiden (NL)

November 13, 2024 Transport Post a Comment

Has the hermit left the industrial landscape?

“Ah! To be all alone in a little cell with nobody near me;
beloved that pilgrimage before the last pilgrimage to Death.”

(Seán Ó Faoláin in The desire for hermitage)
Liège (B)

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Abandoned and forgotten in the rain

Are there any flowers in this backyard collage?

This cattle has been brought home for a long time

2 black eyes with view on Tata Steel

Has the hermit left the industrial landscape?