On March 20th the official astrological astronomical spring began in the Netherlands. The nature was celebrating this date with the air temperature of 18 °C and trees in full bloom.
Here’s a traditional video of the blooming Houten — this time in 4K!
Image: cybermind.
The time flies like an arrow. Quite unexpectedly, it’s an upshot moment again!
This last year it’s become clear the war is the new normal now. With regular shellings of Ukrainian cities and repressions on the rise inside Russia. We call it the “negative natural selection,” when the meanest, the dumbest are in power, oppressing and punishing any dissent.
To an outsider’s eye it doesn’t make a shred of sense, that what the Russians are doing to Ukraine — or to their own folk for that matter. There’s, however, a strong, sinister feeling there’s a mighty good chance the situation will simply collapse into total chaos at some point.
Photographed during our evening inline-skating session from the Schoneveldsepad bike bridge over the Rondweg.
I’ve found recent aerial footage of Houten, the town we’re living in, shot in 4K with a DJI Mini 3 Pro.
For the first time in my life I won a prize: a digital radio receiver Denver DAB-18.
That happened thanks to the Met het oog op morgen (which roughly translates as “With a view to tomorrow”) podcast, which I’ve been listening to for about a decade now. It’s double useful because you learn the news and improve your Dutch at the same time.
This nightly podcast is being made by the NPO and published around midnight, so I’d usually listen to it the next day.
The Dutch weather is not to be trusted, especially not on the Fool’s Day.
Seriously, can you imagine a heavy snowfall covering trees in full blossom?
It’s that time of year again when the trees are in full blossom and the daytime temperature hits 20 °C (68 °F)!
That said, it can still go as low as -4 °C (25 °F) at night, and it even snowed this morning. Luckily, there’s nothing left of it now, so it’s time for a traditional Spring Video!
Even though it’s April 1st, I have some serious story for you today! It’s about what I’ve been up to for the last six months, which has been a pretty busy, interesting, and eye-opening time for me.
Long story short: we at Yktoo Solutions are busy building the best link shortener in the world, which we called once.to.
Do read on for intriguing details explaining what that is and why it is so fascinating.
