Wilm's photos

This Sichuan button is a small (5mm.), yellow flower bud that, when eaten, creates a strong tingling sensation in the mouth and a sudden increase in salivation. The active ingredient is spilanthol, a chemical that’s used in food manufacturing and candies (to counteract astringents, which dry out the mouth, and to create the sensation of “freshness”). The full Sichuan button experience comes in three stages: first, a grassy taste, followed by a tingling and numbing sensation, then salivation, and, finally a fresh, clean finish. (It’s usually broken up into smaller pieces in cooking.)

Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1648 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Schuttersmaaltijd ter viering van de Vrede van Munster. Banquet at the Crossbowmen’s Guild in Celebration of the Treaty of Münster. 18 June 1648: a banquet is taking place at the Amsterdam crossbowmen’s guild. The occasion was the signing of the Treaty of Münster, which marked an end to the war with Spain. The captains of the civic guard company shake hands as a sign of peace, and the drinking horn is passed around. The poem on the drum proclaims the joy of Amsterdam’s armed militia that their weapons can henceforth be laid to rest.

Somewhere in Berlin. Anyone?

Palais

North Sea

Rockanje. Het Groene strand. Noordzee.

The wind makes the grass draw little cirkels.

Le tricolore Français against a great looking but grieving sky.

Autumn in my neighborhood. [180˚ cc or ccw]

(House build in 1928)

On my way to Venice.

Museum Rotterdam. Exhibition "The Attack - May 1940". One of the German Heinkel 111 bombers that destroyed the city during the battle for Rotterdam 75 years ago,

German bomber during WWII.

Ups and downs in red.

Hand basin in bathroom.

Little pools on the beach reflect the Dutch sky.

Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. rubra