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Earlier this week I made this sketch in my sketchbook. It is the old church of Ezinge. Ezinge is a tiny village in the North of the Netherlands. The church and it's tower beside it, were built on a "wierde" in the 13th century. A wierde or terp is an artificial dwelling hill. The hills were created for keeping cattle and people safe if the nearby sea and/or rivers were flooding. Ezinge was constantly inhabited since 600 BCE and probably earlier, making it one of the oldest towns in Europe. The village is only 12 km away from my house and easy for me to visit by bicycle. 

I love the Latin name of the Black-tailed Godwit. It is the National bird of the Netherlands where we call it Grutto. It is classified as a Near Threatened by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). The numbers have drastically declined the past couple of decades.

Welcome to my brand new website and blog. The old site was really not a good representation of what I do and who I am today. To start with my name. Since my divorce it felt a bit weird to see my old name on the site. Using my own name feels like a relief and, in a way, also as some sort of closure.