Point Zero Frozen in Time

You don't like the sketch of Raef Payne's cottage redesigned? That's is OK ofcourse.

For me personally the taste and distaste (and everything in between) tells all about our romantic view or point zero of a place. The perfect picture. Frozen in time. Of what was back then and isn't anymore here and now.

For me personally point zero of Camusfearna is 1948. When the house was a second house (rented) for Gavin Maxwell. When Raef Payne's cottage didn't bear his name and when it wasn't his second house (rented). When there was no landrover track down the hill. When you had to walk the 3 miles up and down the hill. When there still was a lighthouse. When there was no telephone.

For me personally Camusfearna 1961 is a distaste. A paradise lost.

Never get angry about someone else his or her (dis)taste. It mostly tells more about our unconscious perfect picture, our point zero, our romantic view. Frozen in time. Never get fr...n - you know.

10/8 (6)

Trout fishing! Yes!!!!!!

P.S. Watercolor (1889) from Winslow Homer (1836-1910). Source

French Weather

Climate change on Planet Earth? Sometimes I am afraid species 'homo sapiens' changed climate on our planet "irreversible". What we changed can be unchanged, in time, right?

This summer #2018 it's South of France kind of weather in The Netherlands. Hot. Very hot. And in France and the rest of the countries around the Mediterranean Sea? Very hot. Too hot. Slowly changing into a desert?

Anyway I changed our menu this summer. More cool, wet and fresh salads.

Like Blueberries

Others surprise me - over and again. They say, "Just be happy!" I hear and read it everywhere all my life. As if it’s a law of nature. As if everyone knows what happiness is and know its definition by heart. As if it’s ready to be picked like ripe blueberries on a bush, ready to be eaten.

Sometimes I feel as a stranger in the desert. Whispering in the wind: the definition of happiness is historically and culturally biased. As if not a single person is listening and realizing the impact of that truth. It should make us 'homo sapiens' more humble and less selfish.

Sure

One of the films that impressed me most when I was a little younger was 'The Sure Thing' (1985). How I loved the story, the ups and downs, attract and repel, Ivy League school, the adventure of being on the road together. Being young and full of dreams. Windows of opportunities. Looking for love - not lust only.

P.S. I guess I was in love with Daphne Zuniga. So charming.
P.P.S. The full movie: here. I just checked out the last 10 minutes. It made me cry.

That Would Be Nice

That would be so nice. Walk a little. Eat a little. Read a little. Sleep a little. Make love a little more. Stroll over Santo Antão Island and São Vicente Island. Enjoy the smells and warmth.

It is

Waves

or 1. Changing light

or 2. Waves

or 3. Sun

or 4. Changing colors

or 5. Clouds

or 6. Seafishing on coast Scotland

or 7. Silver lining

or 8. Your eyes change color in the light

Catcher in the Rye

Outside and Inside

Last week I was outside.

 Yesterday I was inside.

Its owner paid for a couple of archeological expeditions and in return recieved some replicas of findings. E.g. replica of Nefertiti her head.

Couple of ancient Egypt inspired objects in his house.

Everywhere pictures, drawings and paintings.

Over 4,000 books in the house. Couple in french, mostly german and a notable amount in English.

Now I am curious for his:

• Travel schedule. He was travelling 10 out of 12 months a year.  Owned 60 houses and a big yacht
• The languages he spoke
• What he read. An analysis of his library
• To what amount he felt in exile in The Netherlands

P.S. He is: here. House is: here.