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A picture a day, to keep track of things (L'imbecille del giorno...)
1-Jul-2022. Raffaella's talk at the EAS
30-Jun-2022. Paella at the beach
29-Jun-2022. Walked around Valencia
28-Jun-2022. Travelled to Valencia for the EAS
27-Jun-2022. Applied for the Tanzania visa
26-Jun-2022. Luca's 23rd birthday
25-Jun-2022. Finally a normal TT again
24-Jun-2022. Bospub
23-Jun-2022. Pickup of Raffaella at Schiphol
22-Jun-2022. Celebrating Pavel's thesis colloquium
21-Jun-2022. Pickup the malaria medicine for Tanzania
20-Jun-2022. Solstice sunset
19-Jun-2022. Raffaella travelled to Bologna. Suitcase did not make it
18-Jun-2022. At the ford in the Andersediep
17-Jun-2022. Raffaella chairing the ALMA OPC
16-Jun-2022. Whatsapping with Luca in Zwolle
15-Jun-2022. Back in Dwingeloo, after a long time
14-Jun-2022. First flowers of the zucchini
13-Jun-2022. Pitsteward at the 5 hours of Assen
12-Jun-2022. Filtered the oil
11-Jun-2022. First use of the foldable cups. Anloërdiep
10-Jun-2022. The foldable cups arrived
9-Jun-2022. Getting vaccinations for Tanzania
8-Jun-2022. Luca fixing the damage of the screen of his laptop
7-Jun-2022. Romeo always hangs out with Luca
6-Jun-2022. Bought carciofi for in the vegetable garden
5-Jun-2022. Grolloërveld
4-Jun-2022. Romeo sleeping in the tall grass
3-Jun-2022. Last bit of the trip from Gran Canaria
2-Jun-2022. Flying back from Gran Canaria
1-Jun-2022. Gala dinner of the URSI meeting
31-May-2022. Walked the Dunes of Maspalomas
30-May-2022. Tom gave talk at the URSI at Gran Canaria (Raffaella did a day later)
29-May-2022. Enormous queues at Schiphol
28-May-2022. Shopping with Serena
27-May-2022. Waterjuffer
26-May-2022. Watching Ricky Gervais
25-May-2022. ESO OPC
24-May-2022. Using the Scarperia knives
23-May-2022. The Iris Siberica
22-May-2022. Using the new thermo bottle for the first time
21-May-2022. Luca hard at work for the werkschouw
20-May-2022. Still no trains to Zwolle
19-May-2022. Romeo caught a fish
18-May-2022. Had not eaten this for a while: insalata di riso
17-May-2022. Using herbs from the garden
16-May-2022. First day of kortebroekenweer
15-May-2022. Oostervoorstse diep
14-May-2022. Finally the first BBQ of the year
13-May-2022. No trains, so picking up Luca in Zwolle
12-May-2022. Luca cleaning the cars
11-May-2022. Again dinner in the garden
10-May-2022. Apertif 'celebration'
9-May-2022. Dinner
8-May-2022. The bird feeder is busy
7-May-2022. Gardening
6-May-2022. Serena and Romeo
5-May-2022. Taxi to the airport
4-May-2022. Ukraina pavilion
3-May-2022. Biennale Arsenale, Uzbekistan
2-May-2022. On our way to Venice
1-May-2022. Nice weather
30-Apr-2022. Romeo waiting for Raffaella to get up so he can take over the chair
29-Apr-2022. The kaapse waterlelie is doing well this year
28-Apr-2022. Strange flower
27-Apr-2022. Reading proposals for the ESO OPC
26-Apr-2022. Romeo and Tijgertje. Not friends
25-Apr-2022. Bought something lekker
24-Apr-2022. The chocolate vine
23-Apr-2022. Lunch at Turn 11, WSBK
22-Apr-2022. Getting ready for the WSBK races, Turn 11
21-Apr-2022. Luca made a very clever frame for his art-car
20-Apr-2022. Picked up the bib for the Superbike races
19-Apr-2022. Tom did a presentation ofr the master students of Kapteyn
18-Apr-2022. Using the Scarperia steak knives for the first time
17-Apr-2022. On our way home again
16-Apr-2022. View from the clock tower at Piazza Maggiore
15-Apr-2022. Drinking a glass at the Enoteca Italiana in Bologna
14-Apr-2022. On our way to Bologna
13-Apr-2022. Nice evening
12-Apr-2022. The pear is flowering!
11-Apr-2022. We have a very smart thermostat for the heating now
10-Apr-2022. At the opening of the new exhibition at Campis
9-Apr-2022. Pit steward for the IDC races
8-Apr-2022. Wet day at the circuit
7-Apr-2022. Good lunch at the TT circuit
6-Apr-2022. Spotted cranes near Lhee!!
5-Apr-2022. New kachel
4-Apr-2022. Raffaella gave a lunch talk in Groningen
3-Mar-2022. investigating how to stop the Bospub from leaking
2-APR-2022. Got asparagus at Huis ter Heide
1-Apr-2022. Nice sunset
31-Mar-2022. Some snow.....
30-Mar-202. Sheep in the forest near the institute
29-Mar-2022. First day at the circuit of the year (KNMV training)
28-Mar-2022. The first 'kaapse lelie' flowering
27-Mar-2022. The four of us visited the Groninger Museum (and later de Prinsenhof)
26-Mar-2022. Fixing the parasol
25-Mar-2022. Nice weather, drinks in the Bospub
24-Mar-2022. Lunchwalk at the Smitsveen
23-Mar-2022. Back at the institute, finally
22-Mar-2022. Warm enough to open the serra
21-Mar-2022. PhD defence of Avanti Gogate
20-Mar-2022. Coffee break during the walk on the Grolloërveld
19-Mar-2022. First grasmaaien of the year
18-Mar-2022. Quiet evening
17-Mar-2022. Saharan dust
16-Mar-2022. Counting the votes of the gemeenteraadsverkiezingen
15-Mar-2022. Disappointing Ajax in the Champions League
14-Mar-2022. First day at the stembureau
13-Mar-2022. Long walk Gasteren and Anloërdiep
12-Mar-2022. First drinks of the year in the Bospub
11-Mar-2022. Romeo enjoying the nice weather
10-Mar-2022. Luca stayed over at Serena
9-Mar-2022. Looking for adders in Dwingeloo (seen none)
8-Mar-2022. Luca experimenting with robots
7-Mar-2022. Switched back to summer tyres
6-Mar-2022. Belated birthday of Serena
5-Mar-2022. The Official Day at the TT circuit
4-Mar-2022. Spring has arrived
3-Mar-2022. Evening at Campis, the 'kunstvereniging'
2-Mar-2022. Luca and Tom picked up Raffaella at Schiphol
1-Mar-2022. Serena visiting
28-Feb-2022. Last day of WSRT operations
27-Feb-2022. Karting at the junior track
26-Feb-2022. Raffaella left for Bologna
25-Feb-2022. Quick visit of Serena on her last day of covid isolation (later Luca, Raffaella and Tom went to de Fundatie)
24-Feb-2022. Oops....
23-Feb-2022. Oudemolen, the Drentse Aa after a lot of rain
22-02-2022. Shopping at IKEA
21-Feb-2022. A lot of rain lately, the pond is overflowing
20-Feb-2022. Serena tested positive for Covid!
19-Feb-2022. Evening drinks in the serra
18-Feb-2022. The worst storm in a very long time
17-Feb-2022. Raffaella giving a talk at the SKA-VLBI meeting
16-Feb-2022. The travel advice for Tanzania turned from orange to yellow. Means there is some hope we can travel there this summer
15-Feb-2022. The first narcis
14-Feb-2022. Always good to see others show your work at a conference
13-Feb-2022. The four of us visited Voorlinden
12-Feb-2022. Wallked past RTC and RTD, during one of their last observations
11-Feb-2022. Dinner in the Drents Museum
10-Feb-2022. Nature paper of Suma Murthy
9-Feb-2022. Every spring we have daffodils (narcissen) in the kitchen window
8-Feb-2022. PhD defence Suma Murthy
7-Feb-2022. Risotto
6-Feb-2022. First tulips of the year
5-Feb-2022. Nije Hemelriek
4-Feb-2022. New gallery in Assen (CAMPIS)
3-Feb-2022. Suma's colloquium
2-Feb-2022. Usual after dinner walk
1-Feb-2022. Bought a repreduction of Helmantel
31-Jan-2022. Romeo getting some ham
30-Jan-2022. One of our favourite places, Oudemolensediep
29-Jan-2022. The lockdown ended, so we can go in town again
28-Jan-2022. Zoom with Clive on the ALMA observations of the 2 Jy sample
27-Jan-2022. The first 'sneeuwklokje'
26-Jan-2022. Luca is now our taxi driver (first time Luca drove in the BMW without Tom present)
25-Jan-2022. Grey, quiet day
24-Jan-2022. Raffaella fixing our picture wall
23-Jan-2022. Terhorsterzand
22-Jan-2022. Very simple dinner
21-Jan-2022. Tom got pills for his very painful shoulder
20-Jan-2022. Luca doing a selftest (negative!)
19-Jan-2022. Often we are in the same meeting...
18-Jan-2022. New bench for the Bospub
17-Jan-2022. The Oleandro is flowering!!!
16-Jan-2022. Attended protest concert against the closure of Museums in the Drents Museum
15-Jan-2022. Plankenpad Dwingelderveld
14-Jan-2022. Raffaella was very optimistic
13-Jan-2022. Online lecture during dinner on DNA research in archeology
12-Jan-2022. Luca driving to Zwolle
11-Jan-2022. Luca got his booster shot
10-Jan-2022. Cold start of the day
9-Jan-2022. Tom in the back of the car for the first time
8-Jan-2022. Balloërveld
7-Jan-2022. Not an interesting day.....
6-Jan-2022. Big struggle with Apertif
5-Jan-2022. Fortified wine and cantucci in the evening
4-Jan-2022. Romeo's annual check and vaccination
3-Jan-2022. Every afternoon, the four of us have tea
2-Jan-2022. Walk in the Asserbos
1-Jan-2022. Managed to put the vase back together!
31-Dec-2021. The vase did not make it in one piece from Bologna
30-Dec-2021. Luca cleaned the car....
29-Dec-2021. On the way back from Bologna
28-Dec-2021. The usual climb up to San Luca
27-Dec-2021. Baba al rum, rum from the Philippines
26-Dec-2021. Bought a Faenza vase at the mercatino of san Francesco
25-Dec-2021. X-mass
24-Dec-2021. On our way to Bologna
23-Dec-2021. Queueing for the booster shot
22-Dec-2021. Taking a blood sample for the VASCO study
21-Dec-2021. First cold morning
20-Dec-2021. Luca returned from his first day of paid work
19-Dec-2021. Serena visiting for pizza
18-Dec-2021. Walk along the re-routed Witterdiep, at de Haar
17-Dec-2021. Our tradition is to have a Kremlin star on top of our christmas tree
16-Dec-2021. Whatsapping with la Nonna
15-Dec-2021. Early for a zoom meeting
14-Dec-2021. Re-using the rug we bought in the soukh of Marrakesh, in 2006
13-Dec-2021. Collecting all of Luca's stuff of his werkschouw (which went very well!)
12-Dec-2021. Last perparations for the werkschouw
11-Dec-2021. Walk at Hijkerveld
10-Dec-2021. Thesis defence of Andrea Afruni
9-Dec-2021. Dinner without Luca, who is very busy working on his 'werkschouw'.
8-Dec-2021. Made it into de Volkskrant!!!
7-Dec-2021. Normally on Sunday, but now on Tuesday: pizza!!!
6-Dec-2021. Raffaella put the lights in the christmas tree in the Bospub
5-Dec-2021. Frida Kahlo exhibition in the Drents Museum
4-Dec-2021. Balloërveld
3-Dec-2021. Luca used a laser to paint on jeans
2-Dec-2021. Cold, wet weather, but a beautiful rainbow
1-Dec-2021. Winter tyres on both cars
30-Nov-2021. Our wall of fame
29-Nov-2021. Pollie asking for a snack
28-Nov-2021. Luca needs two computers nowadays.....
27-Nov-2021. Putting the oleandro inside for the winter
26-Nov-2021. Terrible weather; cold, rain, wind
25-Nov-2021. Luca working for his 'individueel onderzoek' (with 'kruk')
24-Nov-2021. Short walk to get some fresh air, otherwise we are inside all day
23-Nov-2021. ESO meeting
22-Nov-2021. Luca experimenting with printing on books
21-Nov-2021. One of our favourite benches: Strubben-Kniphorstbos
20-Nov-2021. The vlonder at Spier
19-Nov-2021. They cleaned up the leaves (see 17-Nov-2021)
18-Nov-2021. Every day at 3 p.m.: tea
17-Nov-2021. Many leaves....
16-Nov-2021. Zzzzzzz......
15-Nov-2021. Raffaella painting the heating
14-Nov-2021. New bench at the bridge at Oudemolen
13-Nov-2021. Fall colours of the Esdoorn
12-Nov-2021. Visited Voorlinden for the Picasso + Giacometti exhiition
11-Nov-2021. Raffaella had a meeting with the Ambassador. Tom joined for the drinks
10-Nov-2021. Day at Kapteyn Institue
9-Nov-2021. Romeo now every evening eating with Luca
8-Nov-2021. Preparing dinner
7-Nov-2021. Visiting Serena
6-Nov-2021. Lunsveen & Drouwenerveld
5-Nov-2021. Finally on the road!
4-Nov-2021. Tentamen Basic Detection Techniques
3-Nov-2021. Misty Dwingelderveld
2-Nov-2021. Funny amaryllis on vase
1-Nov-2021. Baked a bread
31-Oct-2021. Grolloërveld
30-Oct-2021. New pinpas
29-Oct-2021. Luca got his driving licence!!!!
28-Oct-2021. Vaccination against the flu
27-Oct-2021. Back at the institute, one day a week
26-Oct-2021. More grape marmalade
25-Oct-2021. Romeo spotted Luca's hamburger
24-Oct-2021. Sunday walk on the Hijkerveld
23-Oct-2021. Making grape marmalade
22-Oct-2021. Taxi to the airport
21-Oct-2021. Drinks in Cannaregio after day 2 of the Biennale (Arsenale)
20-Oct-2021. Day 1 of the Biennale Architettura (Giardini)
19-Oct-2021. Dinner in Venice
18-Oct-2021. Enjoying the nice weather in Bologna
17-Oct-2021. The traditional tortellini for dinner
16-Oct-2021. On our way to Bologna
15-Oct-2021. Serena visiting
14-Oct-2021. Romeo caught again a fish
13-Oct-2021. Lunch walk in Dwingeloo
12-Oct-2021. Online lecture on Frida Kahlo
11-Oct-2021. Even Raffaella watched the football
10-Oct-2021. Visited IntoNature in Bargerveen
9-Oct-2021. Very nice walk at the Anloërdiep
8-Oct-2021. Worked at the institute, and did the usual lunch walk
7-Oct-2021. Traffic jams... not used to that
6-Oct.2021. The grapes are not too bad this year
5-Oct-2021. Lecturing
4-Oct-2021. Pollie getting more and more used to us
3-Oct-2021. Pollie knows where we keep the catfood
2-Oct-2021. IDC, turn 13
1-Oct-2021. Finishing another paper. We are quite productive lately
30-Sep-2021. Flash meeting
29-Sep-2021. We succumbed. Too cold, turned on heating
28-Sep-2021. Quiet evening
27-Sep-2021. Feeding time
26-Sep-2021. Morning visit to the Centre Pompidou, before flying back
25-Sep-2021. We flew to Paris to see the Arc de Triomphe wrapped by Christo
24-Sep-2021. Serena spent a few days in Bologna
23-Sep-2021. Retraite of the Kapteyn Institute
22-Sep-2021. Relic from the past
21-Sep-2021. Serena travelled to Bologna
20-Sep-2021. Late present from Bologna
19-Sep-2021. Gefeliciteerd!!!!
18-Sep-2021. DTM
17-Sep-2021. Still nice weather
16-Sep-2021. Roses in the front garden
15-Sep-2021. Luca got the propadeuse diploma (a year after he actually did the propadeuse)
14-Sep-2021. Luca experimenting
13-Sep-2021. New light bulbs in the garden
12-Sep-2021. Terhorsterzand
11-Sep-2021. Another wonderful cake made by Raffaella
10-Sep-2021. Weekend Bolli
9-Sep-2021. Working late
8-Sep-2021. Went to the institute, and did our usual walk to the Smitsveen. First time since a long while
7-Sep-2021. Family BBQ
6-Sep-2021. Nice weather, evening walk along the canal
5-Sep-2021. The heath flowering at the Balloërveld
4-Sep-2021. Turn 2, IDC
3-Sep-2021. Cat sleeping
2-Sep-2021. The first blackberries of the season
1-Sep-2021. ...
31-Aug-2021. Finally the river lily is flowering
30-Aug-2021. Flying back to NL
29-Aug-2021. Traffic jam on the way back (but not too bad)
28-Aug-2021. Corinaldo
27-Aug-2021. Second stop: Borge Farneto in le Marche
26-Aug-2021. Wonderful caves of Frasassi
25-Aug-2021. Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi
24-Aug-2021. First stop: Casamassima near Perugia
23-Aug-2021. Tom travelling to Bologna to catch up with Raffaella and Luca and to go for a short holiday
22-Aug-2021. Watching Le Mans all day, great race!
21-Aug-2021. Foggy start at the circuit
20-Aug-2021. Family whatsapp
19-Aug-2021. Raffaella and Luca leaving for Bologna
18-Aug-2021. The first zucchini harvest
17-Aug-2021. Luca taking pictures of what he made recently
16-Aug-2021. Luca building something
15-Aug-2021. IDM
14-Aug-2021. Folly Art walk around Norg
13-Aug-2021. Luca looking for things he can use for a project
12-Aug-2021. Long walk along the IJssel, followed by dinner at Bennies
11-Aug-2021. Romeo asking for food
10-Aug-2021. Luca passed the theory part of his driving licence test
9-Aug-2021. Luca got his second vaccine shot!
8-Aug-2021. Romeo
7-Aug-2021. Fridays we always eat fish
6-Aug-2021. New pan for eggs
5-Aug-2021. First time since a long time working at the institute
4-Aug-2021. A good butterfly year
3-Aug-2021. A lot of duckweed in the canal
2-Aug-2021. On the way back from Otterlo, passed the highest waterfall in NL (15m!!!)
1-Aug-2021. Kröller-Müller: The Marinus Boezem Shows (later very nice dinner in Otterlo)
31-Jul-2021. Sparrows queuing to feed
30-Jul-2021. Mobile team
29-Jul-2021. Thunderbirds!!!
28-Jul-2021. Zwolle day (Fundatie, shopping, pizza)
27-Jul-2021. Romeo and Raffaella at work in the garden
26-Jul-2021. Cleaning the pavement in the garden
25-Jul-2021. Waiting for race 2 of WSBK to start
24-Jul-2021. Raffaella reading in bed
23-Jul-2021. Check-in early morning for three days WorldSuperbike
22-Jul-2021. Pollie and Romeo
21-Jul-2021. We have a reasonable number of butterflies in the garden this year
20-Jul-2021. Picked up the 'hesje' for the Superbike this weekend
19-Jul-2021. New anti-flea for Romeo
18-Jul-2021. Tineke was awarded the Gouden Speld for 50 years membership of the PvdA
17-Jul-2021. Walk at the Hijkerveld
16-Jul-2021. Marshal at T11
15-Jul-2021. Flying back home
14-Jul-2021. The usual walk up to San Luca
13-Jul-2021. Drinks at Santo Stefano
12-Jul-2021. First time to Bologna since 11 months
11-Jul-2021. Back to the Drents Museum (Deborah Poynton, Cape Town)
10-Jul-2021. The 501 of Assen
9-Jul-2021. Romeo waiting for his snack
8-Jul-2021. The Artez finals, in Zwolle
7-Jul-2021. Rearranged the veggie garden
6-Jul-2021. Romeo and boxes....
5-Jul-2021. Pollie
4-Jul-2021. 800 classic brommers....
3-Jul-2021. Some of our roses are not doing well
2-Jul-2021. Talk at the EAS
1-Jul-2021. The elephant's foot flowering! (second time in 22 years)
30-Jun-2021. Pasta con salmone.
29-Jun-2021. Serena got her first shot!
28-Jun-2021. Tuinbonen from the garden. Made a very nice pasta with them
27-Jun-2021. TT!!!!
26-Jun-2021. Getting tested again (later Raffaella and Tom got their second vaccination)
25-Jun-2021. First day of TT, last time Rossi
24-Jun-2021. Getting tested for the TT
23-Jun-2021. Watching an old favourite
22-Jun-2021. The broad beans and broccoli getting there
21-Jun-2021. Football all month
20-Jun-2021. Walk in the forest near Eext
19-Jun-2021. As soon as the front window is open, Romeo has a look
18-Jun-2021. The Cornus Kausa is beautiful this year
17-Jun-2021. The first rose
16-Jun-2021. Warm weather, so summer food
15-Jun-2021. Hot day
14-Jun-2021. In the pitlane today
13-Jun-2021. Long walk along the Drentse Aa and the Zeegserloopje
12-Jun-2021. The Irises
11-Jun-2021. Feeding time
10-Jun-2021. Partial solar eclipse!
9-Jun-2021. Getting close to the solstice
8-Jun-2021. Pollie eyeing Romeo's food
7-Jun-2021. Raffaella's picked up her dutch passport
6-Jun-2021. Fluitekruid (cow parsley) along the Oostervoortsediep at the Noordsche veld
5-Jun-2021. The first real races of the season (IDC, turn 15)
4-Jun-2021. Beautiful blue and red dragonflies in the pond
3-Jun-2021. Went to Westerbork to see the lupines
2-Jun-2021. Finally the first BBQ of the year
1-Jun-2021. Picked up Luca from Zwolle (no trains)
31-Jun-2021. Wonderful weather!!!!
30-May-2021. Wolvenspoor
29-May-2021. Mowing the grass. Long overdue (it rained all the time)
28-May-2021. We had a cold spring. Only now the first time of the year with short sleeves at the circuit
27-May-2021. We had lots of rain the last weeks. The vijver is full!!!!
26-May-2021. The bitterkruid is beautiful this year
25-May-2021. Every day 3pm: tea and cookies
24-May-2021. Pollie asking for some snacks. She comes around every day now
23-May-2021. Early walk on the Balloërveld
22-May-2021. Cold, wet day at Turn 3
21-May-2021. Evening walk to The Bult
20-May-2021. The first rose is coming
19-May-2021. Nice evening in the Bospub
18-May-2021. Busy with the ESO OPC
17-May-2021. First time back at the institute after 11 months
16-May-2021. Evening drinks
15-May-2021. Romeo and me making out
14-May-2021. Baco at Turn 16
13-May-2021. Finally a day with nice weather
12-May-2021. The terraces are open again, Luca came home a bit later...
11-May-2021. Leftovers from yesterday
10-May-2021. Special dinner for Raffaella
9-May-2021. Wolvenspoor, near Schoonloo
8-May-2021. New artwork in the bedroom
7-May-2021. Turn 15
6-May-2021. Heron in the garden
5-May-2021. Liberation Day
4-May-2021. New bankje in the garden
3-May-2021. Using my new cutlery at the TT circuit
2-May-2021. Walk at the Vlonderpad at Lheebroekerzand
1-May-2021. Dinner
30-April-2021. Wet day at Turn 6
29-Apr-2021. New ear plugs
28-Apr-2021. Raffaella's brain is finally officially declared recovered
27-Apr-2021. Krenten blossom at Oudemolen
26-Apr-2021. The pear tree
25-Apr-2021. Walk at the Voorde in the Andersediep
24-Apr-2021. Saturday market harvest: biobread with biocheese
23-Apr-2021. Raffaella's vegetable garden doing well
22-Apr-2021. Spring starting
21-Apr-2021. ALMA deadline
20-Apr-2021. Found another IHV, after a long time finding none
19-Apr-2021. Made a fence against the rabbit
18-Apr-2021. Balloërveld
17-Apr-2021. The start of our orto
16-Apr-2021. Raffaella finished the puzzle
15-Apr-2021. Though I had made a big discovery, but turned out to be RFI
14-Apr-2021. Photo bomb by Romeo
13-Apr-2021. Parrot tulips
12-Apr-2021. Turn 3 today
11-Apr-2021. Walk at the Grolloërveld
10-Apr.2021. Marshall at the GT chicane (Post 17)
9-April-2021. 1,000,000 clicks on Google Maps
8-April-2021. First time of 2021 at the circuit (Post 6)
7-April-2021. We celebrated my birthday today
6-April-2021. 63 today!
5-Apr-2021. Snow...
4-Apr-2021. Hijkerveld
3-Apr-2021. We got vaccinated!
2-Apr-2021. Esmeer
1-Apr-2021. La Nonna still going strong
31-Mar-2021. The first flower in the pond
30-Mar-2021. The annual frog stuff
29-Mar-2021. Very nice weather
28-Mar-2021. Raffaella making a cake
27-Mar-2021. Easter eggs in town
26-Mar-2021. Planted our first vegetables of the season: broad beans (tuinbonen)
25-Mar-2021. Bought a pear tree
24-Mar-2021. Nice weather, so some work in the garden
23-Mar-2021. First time since a long period in a normal shop
22-Mar-2021. Slowly becoming friends with la Ciccina
21-Mar-2021. Walk at the Ieberenplas/Grolloërveld
20-Mar-2021. Buying food at the market in town, like every Saturday.
19-Mar-2021. Gave a talk on the IHVs at the SKA Science Meeting
18-Mar-2021. Aperitif
17-Mar-2021. Served as a member of the polling station in Kloosterveen for the general elections
16-Mar-2021. Picked up my new passport
15-Mar-2021. Raffaella watching her own talk at the SKA Science Meeting
14-Mar-2021. Walk at the Hiemerstrastate and the Heuvingerzand
13-Mar-2021. Had a look at landgoed Overcingel
12-Mar-2021. Tijgertje waiting patiently for a snack
11-Mar-2021. Got a haircut, first one since the summer of 2020
10-Mar-2021. Meat for Luca and Tom
9-Mar-2021. Online Lofar meeting
8-Mar-2021. Had to get a new passport
7-Mar-2021. There must be a beaver at the Gasterse Diep
6-Mar-2021. Weekly queue for our bread
5-Mar-2021. An Aero L-39C Albatros flew over us
4-Mar-2021. Serena 28!!!
3-Mar-2021. New pruning shear, finally
2-Mar-2021. Beautiful day at the Heuvingerzand
1-Mar-2021. Made the old Adventure game running again
28-Feb-2021. Sunday, pizza day
27-Feb-2021. Terhorsterzand
26-Feb-2021. Six o'clock sharp: Romeo expecting dinner
25-Feb-2021. Luca and I went to Dwingeloo to spot adders, but we saw none
24-Feb-2021. Nice weather, work in the garden
23-Feb-2021. Romeo and his irrestible desire to sit in a box
22-Feb-2021. Raffaella in the JWST TAC
21-Feb-2021. Lheebroekerzand
20-Feb-2021. First day warm enough to have drinks in the Bospub
19-Feb-2021. Poirot, like every friday
18-Feb-2021. Tijgertje drinking from the ice of the pond
17-Feb-2021. Serena over, first time since a long while
16-Feb-2021. Skyping with Clive on the PKS0023 paper
15-Feb-2021. New hiking boots
14-Feb-2021. Went skating!!!
13-Feb-2021. Perfect winter weather
12-Feb-2021. Frozen Balloërveld
11-Feb-2021. Fiat Lux!!
10-Feb-2021. Have some leakage due to the snow
9-Feb-2021. Real snow!
8-Feb-2021. Cleanup the snow.....
7-Feb-2021. Finally some winter
6-Feb-2021. Walk at the Heuvingerzand
5-Feb-2021. Romeo waiting patiently for some lekkers
4-Feb-2021. Colloquium of Seth Shostak
3-Feb-2021. The Oleandro flowering in the winter
2-Feb-2021. Zoom meetings all day...
1-Feb-2021. Teaching again...
31-Jan-2021. Cold walk at the Esmeer
30-Jan-2021. Wet walk at Gasteren
29-Jan-2021. Trying to make yoghurt
28-Jan-2021. Whatsapping with Nini
27-Jan-2021. Romeo wanting to go for a stroll, but he hates snow
26-Jan-2021. Another batch of food aid from Bologna
25-Jan-2021. Another on line talk (ALMA day this time)
24-Jan-2021. Grolloërveld
23-Jan-2021. Romeo's favourite spot
22-Jan-2021. The first tulips of the year
21-Jan-2021. Romeo eyeing some cheese...
20-Jan-2021. Raffaella gave a talk at the Lofar Status Meeting
19-Jan-2021. Lockdown.....
18-Jan-2021. Lockdown, nothing else to do than work
17-Jan-2021. Afternoon tea, every day
16-Jan-2021. Walked past Harry Muskee's stone at the Grolloërveld
15-Jan-2021. Watching Poirot, as every friday evening
14-Jan-2021. First cold morning in a long time
13-Jan-2021. The Amaryllis
12-Jan-2021. Rare clear sky: Orion (my least favourite constellation)
11-Jan-2021. Raffaella making one of our favourites: torta di spinaci
10-Jan-2021. Short walk at the Arboretum
9-Jan-2021. Raffaella standing on the celtic field at the Noordsche Veld
8-Jan-2021. Very quiet weather today
7-Jan-2020. Raffaella and Romeo taking down the christmas tree
6-Jan-2021. Finally the last christmas present arrived
5-Jan-2021. Worked hard today
4-Jan-2021. Annual check for Romeo
3-Jan-2021. Long walk at the Doldersummerveld
2-Jan-2021. Inauguration of Raffaella's new hiking boots
1-Jan-2021. Short walk near home
31-Dec-2020. Glühwein in the Bospub
30-Dec-2020. Made Glühwein
29-Dec-2020. Picked up Serena (who still has a painful jaw) from Zwolle
28-Dec-2020. Flood at the Anloërdiep
27-Dec-2020. Very rainy day
26-Dec-2020. Muddy walk along the Anloërdiep
25-Dec-2020. High water at the Oudemolense diep
24-Dec-2020. Christmas dinner
23-Dec-2020. Romeo hiding in the christmas tree
22-Dec-2020. Luca's football boots
21-Dec-2020. Whatsapping with Serena, who is in pain after her wisdomtooth extraction
20-Dec-2020. Nije Hemelriek
19-Dec-2020. Every saturday we buy organic cheese, bread etc. at the market in town
18-Dec-2020. Visiting Serena in Zwolle
17-Dec-2020. Glühwein in the Bospub
16-Dec-2020. The tree!!
15-Dec-2020. Practice
14-Dec-2020. Daily krakkie before dinner
13-Dec-2020. Balloërveld
12-Dec-2020. Christmas present from the TT circuit
11-Dec-2020. Bought a 'piek' for the tree in the Bospub
10-Dec-2020. Meeting with the Apertif Survey Review panel
9-Dec-2020. Luca had the Werkschouw. Successful!
8-Dec-2020. First use of the new grill pan
7-Dec-2020. We had a late Sinterklaas this year
6-Dec-2020. Walked around the Nije Hemelriek
5-Dec-2020. Bought a lamp in the garden which runs on solar energy... Almost invisible light
4-Dec-2020. Daily Whatsapp chat with the Nonna
3-Dec-2020. Luca working on a project for the Academy
2-Dec-2020. Worked all day...
1-Dec-2020. New supply of tortellini from the Nonna
30-Nov-2020. First (very light) frost of this winter
29-Nov-2020. Nippy day at the Balloërveld
27-Nov-2020. Preparing for the Sinterklaas gifts for Bologna
26-Nov-2020. Watching TV...
25-Nov-2020. Maradona passed away. Saw him play once, April 19, 1989 in Munich, doing his famous warm up
24-Nov-2020. Ragù di cinghiale
23-Nov-2020. Weekly visit of Nini
22-Nov-2020. Terhorsterzand
21-Nov-2020. Drents Museum
20-Nov-2020. Nice evening
19-Nov-2020. The new beaujolais!!!
18-Nov-2020. Nice weather, did a walk near Gasteren
17-Nov-2020. Received a big box full with goodies from Bologna
16-Nov-2020. Submitting the Lofar-Apertif paper to astro-ph
15-Nov-2020. Daily tea and biscuits
14-Nov-2020. Raffaella buying shoes
13-Nov-2020. Matching how much I spend at AH for the bollini
12-Nov-2020. Whatsappig with Serena, about the promotion she is going to make
11-Nov-2020. Sint Maarten in corona times. Bought candy, but no kids showed up
10-Nov-2020. Foggy day
9-Nov-2020. Serena over for dinner
8-Nov-2020. Sunday walk at the kale duinen.
7-Nov-2020. Bought new phone (after 4 years)
6-Nov-2020. Late walk on the Baggelhuizerveld
5-Nov-2020. Annual flu vaccination
4-Nov-2020. Luca and I got up at 4 am to watch the American elections
3-Nov-2020. The discussion about the observing strategy of Apertif we should have had two years ago
2-Nov-2020. New temperature record
1-Nov-2020. Putting the olive tree closer to the house, for the winter
31-Oct-2020. Balloëerveld
30-Oct-2020. Astron face mask!
29-Oct-2020. Tentamen of the Interferometry course I gave
28-Oct-2020. Every evening Romeo and I lie on the couch watching TV
27-Oct-2020. When we have our pre-dinner drink, Romeo always wants Raffaella to get out of the chair so he can lie in it
26-Oct-2020. Enjoying the autumn colours at the telescope
25-Oct-2020. Was on the Fan Wall at the MotoGP
24-Oct-2020. Nice evening, bolli in the bospub
23-Oct-2020. Romeo's irresistible urge to sit in a box
22-Oct-2020. Romeo visited the pond of the neighbour
21-Oct-2020. Looks like I was right with my hesitation of the detection of phosphine on Venus!!
20-Oct-2020. Zoom meeting, also with Raffaella
19-Oct-2020. Albert Heijn started a new scheme to save for pots and pans
18-Oct-2020. Making pizza every sunday
17-Oct-2020. Nice walk at the Balloërveld
16-Oct-2020. Every friday fish and chips!
15-Oct-2020. Serena biught a new couch!!
14-Oct-2020. Simple pasta this evening
13-Oct-2020. Luca doing most of his work at home....
12-Oct-2020. First time to teach on line
11-Oct-2020. Very rainy day
10-Oct-2020. Marshal at Turn 5A at the Open Dutch Championships. Last race of the season....
9-Oct-2020. Some minor leakage in the attic
8-Oct-2020. My favourite meet: deer
7-Oct-2020. Attended the memorial of Govind Swarup
6-Oct-2020. Zoom of the annual review of one of the PhD students
5-Oct-2020. Bought the wrong polpa... With basilicum....
4-Oct-2020. Walk along the Deurzerdiep
3-Oct-2020. Raffaella got new glasses
2-Oct-2020. Nonna's birthday
1-Oct-2020. Raffaella putting the books on alphabetical order
30-Sep-2020. Luca made casts of his hands
29-Sep-2020. Rainy day, Romeo slept all day
28-Sep-2020. Turned on the heating
27-Sep-2020. Gamma racing day
26-Sep-2020. Boerenkool met worst for lunch at the TT circuit
25-Sep-2020. Promotie at the Academie
24-Sep-2020. Spooky NOVA telecon
23-Sep-2020. Luca made something strange
22-Sep-2020. The zucchini keep on going...
21-Sep-2020. Talk on the phosphine at Venus. Do not believe it
20-Sep-2020. This time for our sunday walk, we did the Hunze
19-Sep-2020. The usual birthday cake
18-Sep-2020. No idea why this happens
17-Sep-2020. Online meetings....
16-Sep-2020. Many butterflies suddenly
15-Sep-2020. Bospub weather
14-Sep-2020. Nice dinner outside
13-Sep-2020. Anloërdiep
12-Sep-2020. OW Cup
11-Sep-2020. Zzzzzzzzz.....
10-Sep-2020. Our two regular dinner guests
9-Sep-2020. The old and the new tarmac of the TT circuit
8-Sep-2020. Luca deciding what to vote
7-Sep-2020. Final proof we have a marten about the house
6-Sep-2020. Luca and I went to see the DTM. Very wet
5-Sep-2020. Si vota
4-Sep-2020. Sent by Astron, to attend informal zoom meeting
3-Sep-2020. Luca bought a real T-shirt
2-Sep-2020. Gelato with bramensap!!!
1-Sep-2020. Luca's school holiday is over... Daily trips to Zwolle start again
31-Aug-2020. Zucchini from our garden
30-Aug-2020. Walk at the Strubben-Kniphorst
29-Aug-2020. Finally Luca and I fixed the power cord of the lawn mower.....
28-Aug-2020. Serena organised corona-proof concerts in Zwolle
27-Aug-2020. Storm damage
26-Aug-2020. Retraite of the Kapteyn Institute
25-Aug-2020. Romeo doing his usual wait before joining us on the couch
24-Aug-2020. Pit steward again
23-Aug-2020. Long day with racing (MotoGP, F1 and Indy 500)
22-Aug-2020. The Lobelia Cardinalis flowering
21-Aug-2020. Another day in the pit lane
20-Aug-2020. Bramensap!!!
19-Aug-2020. First walk near Smitsveen in a very long time
18-Aug-2020. We have a lot of 'wantsen' in the garden
17-Aug-2020. Romeo has an infection in the neck...
16-Aug-2020. Preparing the starts of the IDM
15-Aug-2020. Grid official with Heije
14-Aug-2020. Romeo can't stand the heat
13-Aug-2020. Very dry spell in the garden
12-Aug-2020. Lounging at BLQ
11-Aug-2020. Banksy exhibition in Ferrara
10-Aug-2020. Early morning walk near the hotel
9-Aug-2020. Dinner in Marciano della Chiana
8-Aug-2020. Visited Pienza and Montepulciano
7-Aug-2020. Moved to Tuscany, villa Fontelunga
6-Aug-2020. Cinema sotto le stelle (with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck)
5-Aug-2020. Travelling to Bologna
4-Aug-2020. Submitted the first real Apertif paper
3-Aug-2020. Luca prepring for his first driving lesson
2-Aug-2020. Walk near Oude Molen
1-Aug-2020. The first blackberries
31-Jul-2020. Serena flying a kite!!!!
20-Jul-2020. Luca now fixing the Bospub
29-Jul-2020. The kwelder at the SW point of Schiermonnikoog, with the lamsoor flowering
28-Jul-2020. Short break at Schier
27-Jul-2020. The first zucchini
26-Jul-2020. Drinks at the Kolk
25-Jul-2020. Slow day
24-Jul-2020. More than 1000 km on a single tank
23-Jul-2020. Luca doing the table
22-Jul-2020. Pit Steward
21-Jul-2020. Luca made a 'hor' for his room
20-Jul-2019. Finally re-submitted the IHV paper
19-Jul-2020. Nice walk at Strubben-Kniphorst, passing dolmen D8 (and D7)
18-Jul-2020. Walk at Terhorsterzand
17-Jul-2020. Finally the first MotoGP race
16-Jul-2020. Present from Bologna
15-Jul-2020. Showed a real movie to Luca
14-Jul-2020. First time I do cars at the circuit
13-Jul-2020. Raffaella leaving for Bologna to see the nonna, first time in 5 months
12-Jul-2020. First time we wear a mask (visit to the Stedelijk in Amsterdam)
11-Jul-202. First day in a while with no rain
10-Jul-2020. Rainy day in the pitlane
9-Jul-2020. Our current favourite: gateau di patate e scamorza
8-Jul-2020. Daily whatsapp with the family in Italy
7-Jul-2020. Luca's favourite: ribeye
6-Jul-2020 Serena over for dinner
5-Jul-2020. Getting old: sunday shopping at the garden centre
4-Jul-2020. First leaf of the new water lily surfacing!
3-Jun-2020. Finally racing again, FP1 in Austria. Boring, but still....
2-Jul-2020. Luca and Romeo fixing the window in Luca's room
1-Jul-2020. Pit Steward at Pit Exit. KNMV training, including Classics
30-Jun-2020. Luca built a display case for his collection of Ferrari's and Rossi bikes
29-Jun-2020. The olive tree is flowering a lot this year
28-Jun-2020. The first broccolo from the garden
27-Jun-2020. To celebrate Luca's 21st birthday, the four of us went into town for a proper dinner. The first real dinner in a real restaurant since end of February
26-Jun-2020. Champagne for Luca's 21st birthday
25-Jun-2020. Very hot, Romeo hiding for the heat
24-Jun-2020. Lekkere barbie
23-Jun-2020. Romeo destroying our winter heather
22-Jun-2020. Another day at the GT chicane
21-Jun-2020. Finally again some culture: de Fundatie
20-Jun-2020. Walk around the Scheebroekerloopje, near Anderen.
19-Jun-2020. Luca got his Propedeuse!!! Hands down.
18-Jun-2020. Another delicious corona recipe from La Repubblica (zucchini e basilico)
17-Jun-2020. Luca submitting his 'individueel onderzoek'...
16-Jun-2020. Iris in the pond
15-Jun-2020. Baco day at the GT chicane. The weather later improved
14-Jun-2020. Serena's harvest of the day
13-Jun-2020. Early walk at the Drentse Aa, near Oude Molen
12-Jun-2020. Warm day, followed by a BBQ
11-Jun-2020. The broccoli appearing!
10-Jun-2020. Serena in the newspaper
9-Jun-2020. The coolest job at the TT circuit: out to rescue while they are racing
8-Jun-2020. Rescue Team
7-Jun-2020. Found the eighth IHV....
6-Jun-2020. Marshall at the Strubben. Swallow nest at the post
5-Jun-2020. First paper of Serena!!!!
4-Jun-2020. Herron at the canal
3-Jun-2020. Portofonist at Post 12
2-Jun-2020. First day back at the institute, after 12 weeks
1-Jun-2020. Wild orchid at the Anloërdiep
31-May-2020. Wonderful walk near the ford in the Andersediep
30-May-2020. Like every saturday, buying cheese at the market
29-May-2020. Le Frecce Tricolore sopra Bologna
28-May-2020. Working in the garden
27-May-2020. First day at the circuit since 7 months, in Pit Lane. KNMV training of the international riders, with vd Mark, Bendscheyder, Zonta....
26-May-2020.The nest of the Waterhoentjes
25-May-2020. The Iris Siberica flowering again.
24-May-2020. Caught out in the rain at the Balloërveld
23-May-2020. Replaced the small frying pan, after 20 years
22-May-2020. Picked up my Marshal gear!
21-May-2020. Very nice BBQ
20-May-2020. First attempt to exterminate the weeds in the front lawn
19-May-2020. Raffaella found Serena's and Luca's milk teeth again
18-May-2020. Stork flying above the house
17-May-2020. Walk at the Blauwe Meer and Leggelderveld
16-May-2020. Grasmaaien
15-May-2020. Despite the not so warm weather, Raffaella worked in the Bospub
14-May-2020. Slow day, the usual walk along the canal
13-May-2020. Pipoos card full!
12-May-2020. Rediscovering the juicer...
11-May-2020. Used the corona lockdowm to try a beard. Not good, shaved it off
10-May-2020. Walk around the Smitsveen
9-May-2020. Cooking in the Bospub
8-May-2020. Submitted the paper on the IHV (finally...)
7-May-2020. Kapteyn science day
6-May-2020. Duckies in the canal
5-May-2020. For the first time in more than two months I had to fill up the BMW
4-May-2020. Remembrance day
3-May-2020. Walk along the Deurzerdiep, where the Anreperdiep merges.
2-May-2020. Trying to save the zucchini and melanzana from the cold
1-May-2020. First online PhD defence
30-Apr-2020. Online colloquium by Scott Ransom on pulsar timing and gravitational waves
29-Apr-2020. Made risotto with the asparagus from Huis ter Heide
28-Apr-2020. Saving the zucchini and melanzana who suffered from the 'cold'
27-Apr-2020. To celebrate King's Day, we went to Veenhuizen to stock up on beer and on asparagus
26-Apr-2020. Nice weather, so a long walk on the Hijkerveld
25-Apr-2020. Our front garden looks nice even...
24-Apr-2020. Luca hard at work in the graden
23-Apr-2020. Everyday we have a family Whatsapp
22-Apr-2020. We have a new toy (a fancy 'broes') for the garden
21-Apr-2020. Luca's rendering of social distancing
20-Apr-2020. Of course Romeo has the best chair
19-Apr-2020. Nice walk along the Anloërdiep
18-Apr-2020. Raffaella bought a new IPad
17-Apr-20202. Thanking the krantbezorger for his efforts
16-Apr-2020. Staying at home is hard sometimes
15-Apr-2020. Nice weather... Coffee in the Bospub
14-Apr-2020. Luca hard at work for the Academy
13-Apr-2020. 75 years liberation of Assen
12-Apr-2020. Very nice walk along the Gastersediep
11-Apr-2020. First day of Kortebroekeweer
10-Apr-2020. Frog pondering at the pond
9-Apr-2020. Cleaning up the attic, found ancient stuff
8-Apr-2020. Luca found his old GameBoy
7-Apr-2020. Stupid cat
6-Apr-2020. Birthday BBQ, Serena came over
5-Apr-2020. Nice weather, went for a walk nearby
4-Apr-2020. Birthday card from the circuit
3-Apr-2020. Running DDE software
2-Apr-2020. Working at home is not always bad
1-Apr-2020. My office at home...
31-Mar-2020. Got up early. Bought food for one week.
30-Mar-2020. Daily family Whatsapp with la Nonna
29-Mar-2020. To boost morale, they broadcasted the Ned-Spain match of the 2014 World Cup (the 5-1)
28-Mar-2020. Nice walk at the Terhorsterzand
27-Mar-2020. Venus and a young Moon
26-Mar-2020. Luca has a pony tail now...
25-Mar-2020. Luca can still do it!
24-Mar-2020. Raffaella trying the impossible
23-Mar-2020. First time to do the lawn. Was needed because all winter the grass kept growing
22-Mar-2020. Serena visiting for the day
21-Mar-2020. How desperate we are: watching E racing.....
20-Mar-2020. Speech of the King
19-Mar-2020. Picked up the large monitors from the institute to use at home
18-Mar-2020. Work at home now, so group meetings are via Zoom
17-Mar-2020. Cut the grape
16-Mar-2020. Really nice weather now (but not for long)
15-Mar-2020. The gardening season has begun!
14-Mar-2020. Just about warm enough to have morning coffee in the Bospub
13-Mar-2020. Cannot go to work anymore because of the corona virus. So a walk along the canal
12-Mar-2020. Short but very bright rainbow near Lhee
11-Mar-2020. Every evening Luca is working hard
10-Mar-2020. Pasta con funghi
9-Mar-2020. Still a rabit in the garden. Romeo is puzzled
8-Mar-2020. Kröller-Müller again!!!!
7-Mar-2020. Wanted to pick up Raffaella from Schiphol, but got a flat tyre
6-Mar-2020. Raffaella lounging in Sao Paolo
5-Mar-2020. Found another variable. Just a star this time (AR Lac)
4-Mar-2020. Rabit
3-Mar-2020. The first adder of 2020
2-Mar-2020. The present of the meeting in Brazil
1-Mar-2020. Raffaella flying to the meeting in Brazil
29-Feb-2020. First race of the season: WSBK at Phillip Island (at 5 am)
28-Feb-2020. Problem with the TV. Luca fixed it, but he did not know how
27-Feb-2020. The narcissen flower early
26-Feb-2020. Booked a very interesting trip
25-Feb-2020. The bag arrived in Amsterdam two days late
24-Feb-2020. Serena visiting
23-Feb-2020. Flight Singapore - Amsterdam was cancelled because of faulty radar. Now via London
22-Feb-2020. Flying Perth-Singapore with Qantas. Finally could see The Tracker again
21-Feb-2020. Matilda Bay
20-02-2020. Conference dinner at Matilda Bay
19-Feb-2020. Cruise on the Swan River
18-Feb-2020. The venue of the ESOz2020 meeting
17-Feb-2020. The memory cup of the ESOz2020 meeting in Perth
16-Feb-2020. The lounge in Singapore
15-Feb-2020. Space to sleep on my flight to Singapore
14-Feb-2020. Was handed my track official certificate at the TT Official Party
13-Feb-2020. Early appointment with the fysio
12-Feb-2020. Diversion through the mud to get to the institute
11-Feb-2020. Very muddy in Dwingeloo after the storm of last weekend
10-Feb-2020. Cooking with Serena
9-Feb-2020. The first real storm in a long time
8-Feb-2020. The Fuchsia is already getting new leaves
7-Feb-2020. Raffaella's passport messed up in India
6-Feb-2020. Picking up Luca at the station, like every day
5-Feb-2020. First frost since a while (still minor: -1 °C)
4-Feb-2020. Bought alcohol-free beer. Different but drinkable
3-Feb-2020. Whatsapping with Raffaella who is in Pune, India
0202-2020. We (almost) always have flowers on the table
1-Feb-2020. Raffaella on her way to Pune
31-Jan-2020. Submitted VLA proposal on N1052. Three days before the deadline!!!
30-Jan-2020. Group meeting at the Kapteyn Institute
29-Jan-2020. It's amazing how hard Luca is working for the Academy
28-Jan-2020. Nice conjunction of the Moon with Venus
27-Jan-2020. Read names of Nazi victims at the Auschwitz commemoration at Kamp Westerbork (at 4 a.m....)
26-Jan-2020. The four of us went to 't Nijenhuis in Wijhe. The celebrate serena got a permanent contract at Hedon!
25-Jan-2020. Went to the reading of the 102,000 names in Westerbork
24-Jan-2020. Pink bolli.
23-Jan-2020. Misty walk in Dwingeloo
22-Jan-2020. Romeo's favourite spot
21-Jan-2020. Telecon with people in India, Argentina, Munich and Groningen
20-Jan-2020. Bologna on the front page
19-Jan-2020. Luca's first 180!
18-Jan-2020. Bought a new vacuum cleaner
17-Jan-2020. The Viburnum is flowering well this year
16-Jan-2020. Raffaella at work
15-Jan-2020. Luca made a very interesting movie
14-Jan-2020. Raffaella renewed her driving licence
13-Jan-2020. With Luca in the Albert Heijn.
12-Jan-2020. Visiting Serena in Zwolle
11-Jan-2020. Every weekend: Bolli & Humus
10-Jan-2020. Thesis defence
9-Jan-2020. Si vota!
8-Jan-2020. The letterbox repaired (after being destroyed by fireworks)
7-Jan-2020. The Oleandro flowering
6-Jan-2020. Back in Dwingeloo, after the holidays
5-Jan-2020. Went to Museum Belvédère in Heerenveen (Martin Jarrie), and had a walk in the Oranjetuin there
4-Jan-2020. The christmas holiday is over...
3-Jan-2020. A lot of rain, all day. So stayed home.....
2-Jan-2020. Visited the Monet exhibition in the Kunstmuseum in Den Haag
1-Jan-2020. New Year's walk in Spier. Cold
31-Dec-2019. Foggy fireworks
30-Dec-2019. Buying the vuurwerk
29-Dec-2019. In the lounge at Bologna airport on the way back
28-Dec-2019. The usual walk up to San Luca
27-Dec-2019. Bought a new computer for the Nonna
26-Dec-2019. One of the many dinners in Bologna
25-Dec-2019. Christmas in Bologna
24-Dec-2019. Herderstocht, Balloo
23-Dec-2019. 'Congo Tales', de Fundatie
22-Dec-2019. Went to see the 'new' van Gogh in the Drents Museum
21-Dec-2019. The annual browse at Vos in Groningen
20-Dec-2019. Colourful sunrise
19-Dec-2019. Romeo at the vet for his annual checkup
18-Dec-2019. Raffaella showing the christmas lights in Torino
17-Dec-2019. Luca in Zwolle, picking up the stuff of his successful werkschouw
16-Dec-2019. Raffaella in Torino
15-Dec-2019. New trophy in the Bospub
14-Dec-2019. Luca setting up his werkschouw
13-Dec-2019. IKEA got our name wrong
12-Dec-2019. Luca hard at work for his 'Werkschouw'
11-Dec-2019. With my great friend Romeo
10-Dec-2019. Boodschappenbriefje
9-Dec-2019. Ordered tickets for the TT
8-Dec-2019. Groninger Museum, exhibitions of Mendini and of Daan Roosegaarde
7-Dec-2019. Finally, after a terrible trip of 36 hours, arrive home from Valencia
6-Dec-2019. Again in the Valencia lounge. Flying back now via Zurich
5-Dec-2019. Lounging in Valencia. Later the flight was cancelled....
4-Dec-2019. Ready for christmas in Teruel
3-Dec-2019. Conference dinner: jamon iberico con tartuffo
2-Dec-2019. Conference bag
1-Dec-2019. Flew to Valencia, and drove on to Teruel for the J-PAS meeting
30-Nov-2019. Usual saturday shopping
29-Nov-2019. Again nice weather
28-Nov-2019. Lunch walk on the Dwingelderveld
27-Nov-2019. Autumn
26-Nov-2019. Pollo alla Serena
25-Nov-2019. Serena over for dinner
24-Nov-2019. Nice weather, walk on the Balloërveld
23-Nov-2019. Fall in the garden
22-Nov-2019. Luca making prototypes for one of his projects for the Academy
21-Nov-2019. Strategy meeting for dutch astronomy, in Amersfoort
20-Nov-2019. Got vaccination against the flu
19-Nov-2019. Raffaella in Munich for ESO OPC
18-Sep-2019. Romeo waiting patiently for Luca and me to sit on the couch after dinner
17-Nov-2019. Watching F1 over dinner. Great win of Verstappen
16-Nov-2019. Watching the Formula 1 quali of Interlagos with Luca and Romeo
15-Nov-2019. Picked up the two remaining chairs of Raffaella's birthday present (colours were not available earlier)
14-Nov-2019. Serena decided to leave Venice and visit the family in Bologna instead
13-Nov-2019. Serena in Venezia. Super aqua alta....
12-Nov-2019. Went to lecture about the Neanderthaler finds near Peest
11-Nov-2019. Busy Sint Maarten this year
10-Nov-2019. Nice walk around Spier
9-Nov-2019. Finally hanging the coat hanger for Luca
8-Nov-2019. For more than a year no Blackbirds in the garden (all got killed by a virus). But one showed up today
7-Nov-2019. Watching the Aristocats on TV!!!!!
6-Nov-2019. Made rendang!!!
5-Nov-2019. Quite a change from not even so long ago: Luca explaining about Nietzsche and Kant
4-Nov-2019. Every day we pick up Luca from Zwolle
3-Nov-2019. Souvenirs Raffaella brought from Granada
2-Nov-2019. We still use the 'aardappellepel'
1-Nov-2019. Picking up Raffaella from her trip to Granada
31-Oct-2019. The first cold morning (only -2°C...) with beautiful frost flowers on the serra
30-Oct-2019. Raffaella flew to Malaga, to travel on to Granada
29-Oct-2019. Passed the final exam, got my license as track official!!
28-Oct-2019. Luca is staying with Serena in Zwolle, so we have a very simple dinner...
27-Oct-2019. We went to see Sprezzatura again in the Drents Museum
26-Oct-2019. Baco exam
25-Oct-2019. Romeo has a new favourite spot
24-Oct-2019. At work in the lounge of Venice airport...
23-Oct-2019. Messed up my ankle. Bugger....
22-Oct-2019. Evening drinks in the hotel.
21-Oct-2019. Took the train to Venice. Nice evening around Academia
20-Oct-2019. Shopping in Bologna. Max Mara...
19-Oct-2019. Flew to Bologna. To see The Nonna
18-Oct-2019. Luca returned from his school trip to Berlin. Exhausted
17-Oct-2019. Many Many mushrooms in Dwingeloo
16-Oct-2019. Buying a television for Serena
15-Oct-2019. Last recap of the rules and procedures ofr the marshall exam next week
14-Oct-2019. Large fairy circle at Dwingelderveld
13-Oct-2019. Visited Serena in Zwolle, hanging the ethiopian cross
12-Oct-2019. Back home. These are our souvenirs from Ethiopia
11-Oct-2019. Raffaella's talk in Addis Ababa
10-Oct-2019. Very long evening with Ethiopian song, dance and food
9-Oct-2019. We met Lucy
8-Oct-2019. The street of our hotel (seen on the right)
7-Oct-2019. Landing in Addis Ababa
6-Oct-2019. Our plane to take us to Kenya-Ethiopia
5-Oct-2019. Serena forgot her glasses....
4-Oct-2019. Finally we turned on the heating. A new record!
3-Oct-2019. Nice rainbow in Dwingeloo
2-Oct-2019. Still did not turn on the heating, but we are getting close.
1-Oct-2019. Raffaella and I are watching the World Championships athletics all evening
30-Sep-2019. Many mushrooms in Dwingeloo
29-Sep-2019. Luca and his collection of football shirts
28-Sep-2019. Watching the Rugby World Cup. Great sport.
27-Sep-2019. The doctor took away a wart
26-Sep-2019. Romeo can still do it
25-Sep-2019. Mannetjes fixing the vijver
24-Sep-2019. Belated celebration of Raffaella's birthday
23-Sep-2019. Fifa awards. Terrible program
22-Sep-2019. Very early start at the TT circuit
21-Sep-2019. Marshal at start/finish (British Superbikes)
20-Sep-2019. Max Mara at Torino airport.... Of course Raffaella could not resist
19-Sep-2019. Raffaella giving a talk on her birthday, showing some first Apertif results
18-Sep-2019. Tour to a winery in the Langhe (with dog Luna)
17-Sep-2019. We had a nice hotel, with a nice garden
16-Sep-2019. Bruce McAdam talking about the 3C
15-Sep-2019. Leaving for Torino, for the 3C meeting
14-Sep-2019. Luca and I had a real dinner at home
13-Sep-2019. Raffaella leaving for Bologna
12-Sep-2019. Nice, warm evening
11-Sep-2019. Gave a lunch talk on the intra-day variable
10-Sep-2019. A large addition to the garden, almost ready....
9-Sep-2019. Extending the terrace near the BosPub
8-Sep-2019. Luca doing home work
7-Sep-2019. Our regular saturday coffee in Het Wapen
6-Sep-2019. Terrible rain in Bologna
5-Sep-2019. Cut the forrest in the back of our garden
4-Sep-2019. Dinner with La Nonna and Liliana at la Teresina
3-Sep-2019. Rewarded myself with a nice dinner at Leonida
2-Sep-2019. The venue of the ALMA meeting (San Giovanni in Monte)
1-Sep-2019. Welcome reception of the ALMA meeting in Bologna
31-Aug-2019. And another...
30-Aug-2019. Another marshal day
28-Aug-2019. Romeo cought a bird and a mouse today
27-Aug-2019. Romeo suffering from the heat
26-Aug-2019. Luca's first day at the Art Academy
25-Aug-2019. Lilia et al going back to Bologna
24-Aug-2019. Visited Serena in Zwolle
23-Aug-2019. Showed the WSRT to La Lilia et al.
22-Aug-2019. The Mostri came over
21-Aug-2019. And another day at the TT circuit
20-Aug-2019. Another nice day at the TT circuit
19-Aug-2019. The heath in Dwingeloo is flowering
18-Aug-2019. Luca and I went to see Tarantino's new movie
17-Aug-2019. Marshal at Turn 8: Rossi's oil from his crash at the TT
16-Aug-2019. I always find this very strange: in the usual supermarket after a long trip
15-Aug-2019. Back home...
14-Aug-2019. Long trip from Santiago to Amsterdam...
13-Aug-2019. Upgraded to business class back to Santiago
12-Aug-2019. The unofficial stamp in our passport
11-Aug-2019. Classic Rapa Nui
10-Aug-2019. Travelled to Rapa Nui
9-Aug-2019. Had a flat tyre (twice!!!)
8-Aug-2019. Recreated a picture from 27 years ago
7-Aug-2019. Drove up to the Altiplano at 5000 m
6-Aug-2019. Walked near Toconao, and went to Laguna Chaxa in the Salar
5-Aug-2019. Arrived in San Pedro, walked up to the lookout at the Pukara
4-Aug-2019. Bought pillow cases in the same shop as three years ago (San Cristobal)
3-Aug-2019. Good start of our holiday: Pisco Sour in the Singular, our hotel in Santiago
2-Aug-2019. On our way to Chile
1-Aug-2019. Luca cleaning the BMW!!
31-Jul-2019. Raffaella buying new shoes for our trip to Chile
30-Jul-2019. Cleaning up the garage
29-Jul-2019. Our pizza machine died, so bought a new one
28-Jul-2019. Walk around the Nije Hemelriek
27-Jul-2019. I got a speeding ticket in Italy....
26-Jul-2019. Raffaella returning from Jodrell Bank
25-Jul-2019. The hottest day ever....
24-Jul-2019. It's getting hot
23-Jul-2019. Wonderful sleep
21-Jul-2019. DTM races in Assen; Luca and the grid girls
20-Jul-2019. Flying back to NL
19-Jul-2019. Serena and I took it easy, while the others went on....
18-Jul-2019. The usual lunch at Baranci
17-Jul-2019. Strudel and drinks after a long walk
16-Jul-2019. Amazing walk up the Croda Fiscalino
15-Jul-2019. The four of us flying to Venice, to drive to San Candido
14-Jul-2019. Finally met Ali, Luca's supervisor in Amsterdam
13-Jul-2019. Marshal at turn 8, the 500 of Assen endurance race (I'm the one with the flag)
12-Jul-2019. Very bad rain...
10-Jul-2019. Quiet evening at home
9-Jul-2019. The official graduation of Luca!!!!
8-Jul-2019. So nice: when I come home, Romeo is waiting for me, happy to see me
7-Jul-2019. Our bread machine died, picked the old one of Serena, but also that one died after 5 minutes...
6-Jul-2019. Waiting for Luca who is busy at Academie Minerva, in the Prinsenhof
5-Jul-2019. Celebrating we finally submitted the ALMA paper on PKS 1549-79
4-Jul-2019. To pre-celebrate Serena's and Luc's graduation, we had a nice dinner at the new restaurant of Jonnie Boer in Zwolle
3-Jul-2019. We use very very little of this, have to buy this once a year or so (there even was an 'offerta'!!)
2-Jul-2019. Watched the solar eclipse at La SIlla remotely
1-Jul-2019. Back in Dwingeloo
30-Jun-2019. Also Serena went to the TT
29-Jun-2019. Raffaella came to the TT circuit to see Rossi
28-Jun-2019. With Luca to the practice sessions of the TT
27-Jun-2019. Soap box races at the Brink, with the help of motoGP riders
26-Jun-2019. Luca's birthday, but he went out with friends. Raffaella is in Lyon, so I made a nice Marrocan dinner for myself
25-Jun-2019. Hertentamen....
24-Jun-2019. Very warm day
23-Jun-2019. Nice walk at the Kale Duinen
22-Jun-2019. The exhibition on Italian painting in the 19th century in the Drents Museum
21-Jun-2019. Beautiful noctilucent clouds at midnight
20-Jun-2019. Watching the Leeuwinnen beat Canada, while cooking
19-Jun-2019. Romeo caught another bird
18-Jun-2019. Luca at work in the garden
17-Jun-2019. Was on my own at the marshal post today (Strubben)
16-Jun-2019. Pre-celebration of Luca's graduation
15-Jun-2019. Buying a jacket for Luca's graduation
14-Jun-2019. The lilies were late this year, but are catching up
13-Jun-2019. Got a free digital receiver for our old TV (Ziggo will stop broadcasting analog...)
12-Jun-2019. Luca's Meesterproef is ready!!!
11-Jun-2019. Terrible rain.....
10-Jun-2019. Took Neil to the WSRT
9-Jun-2019. Neil Killeen visiting us, went for a nice walk
8-Jun-2019. Another day at the circuit, turn 10 this time
7-Jun-2019. Last day at school for Luca......
6-Jun-2019. Raffaella flying back from Dublin
5-Jun-2019. The first waterlily, a bit late this year
4-Jun-2019. Checking the water of the pond. Not quite ok.
3-Jun-2019. Although the weather in Dublin was mostly ok, we did get a small shower
2-Jun-2019. Watching MotoGP on the steps of Trinity College...
1-Jun-2019. We flew to Dublin, for a short city break. Of course we visited a pub
31-May-2019. We showed all of Astron to the Italian Ambassador, Mr. Andrea Perugini
30-May-2019. Nice walk along the Lonerdiep and Balloërveld
29-May-2019. Luca picking up his new ID card at City Hall.
28-May-2019. First Gele Plomp flowering
27-May-2019. Today was on the Mobile Team
26-May-2019. Killer Romeo
25-May-2019. Doing track inspection for day 2 of the Ducati races
24-May-2019. First of three days of the Ducati Race days, in the GT corner (turn 16)
23-May-2019. Luca's test print of one of his T-shirts
22-May-2019. Leftovers of today
21-May-2019. Serena's living room after the upgrade
20-May-2019. Serena is restocking her kitchen
19-May-2019. Wonderful walk along the Anloërdiep
18-May-2019. Lunch with my colleague marshals, OW Cup races, Turn 2
17-May-2019. All day worked on the ALMA PKS 1549 paper
16-May-2019. Went to the show on Jack Middelburg. Part of the fun was you were allowed to drive on the TT circuit!!!!
15-May-2019. Whatsapping with Raffaella in Munich
14-May-2019. Thirsty Romeo
13-May-2019. Luca applying for a new ID card. Left 5 years ago, middle 3 years, and right now
12-May-2019. Made pizza today, like every Sunday
11-May-2019. The Giro d'Italia started in Bologna with a time trial to San Luca
10-May-2019. Marshal in Turn 3 (Ossebroeken)
9-May-2019. Serena had a huge delay travelling back from Sevilla to NL
8-May-2019. My scanner, for listening to Race Control of the TT circuit
7-May-2019. Started using the new bowls made by Liliana
6-May-2019. Second day as Marshal at the TT circuit. Haarbocht this time.
5-May-2019. Serena at the MotoGP in Jerez!!!!
4-May-2019. Remembrance Day
3-May-2019. Visit to Ducati in Borgo Panigale
2-May-2019. With la Nonna to la Traviata
1-May-2019. Big disappointment for Raffaella: Terme di Saturnia
30-Apr-2019. Biking in the Dune di Feniglia
29-Apr-2019. Classic picture in Pisa
28 -Apr-2019. Exhibition with photographs of Kennedy
27-Apr-2019. Nice walk through Bologna
26-Apr-2019. Travelling to Bologna
25-Apr-2019. Romeo in front of the cupboard where we keep the cat food
24-Apr-2019. Found an intra-hour variable source with Apertif!
23-Apr-2019. Luca and Raffaella bought this gnome for the garden....
22-Apr-2019. First day as baco
21-Apr-2019. Wonderful walk along the Andersediep
20-Apr-2019. Very warm again, so another BBQ
19-Apr-2019. Bloemenjaarmarkt in Groningen. Super busy....
18-Apr-2019. Kortebroekenweer!!!
17-Apr-2019. Serena visiting
16-Apr-2019. Buying food with Luca
15-Apr-2019. Raffaella returning from a meeting with l'Ambaciatore
14-Apr-2019. Very busy day: 8am: Formula 1 GP China. Afternoon: at the track with Luca for World Superbike. 9pm MotoGP GP USA
13-Apr-2019. With Serena at the SuperBike. Race cancelled due to snow.....
12-Apr-2019. Raffaella working hard in the front garden.. (while we watch)
11-Apr-2019. Spawn of the frogs in the pond
10-Apr-2019. Ajax-Juve...... Thrilling...
9-Apr-2019. Luca's photos posted by Kraantje Pappie
8-Apr-2019. We were still discussing the very nice walk along the Deurzerdiep we did on Sunday
7-Apr-2019. Finally the first BBQ of the year
6-Apr-2019. 61
5-Apr-2019. With Serena and Raffaella to de Fundatie for exhibition on Dutch modern art
4-Apr-2019. Luca passed the entrance exam of the Academy of Arts!!!!!!!
3-Apr-2019. Tentamen of my course on interferometry
2-Apr-2019. Serena biked through a rain storm
1-Apr-2019. Shopping for some colour in the garden
31-Mar-2019. Walk near the Ieberenplas, saw telescopes C and D of the WSRT
30-Mar-2019. Started the training for marshal at the TT circuit
29-Mar-2019. Mini tulips in the garden
28-Mar-2019. The frogs are having their annual orgy
27-Mar-2019. Lunch walk near the Paddepoel campus along the road where I used to run
26-Mar-2019. Last lecture of my course on interfeometry
25-Mar-2019. Raffaella back from India
24-Mar-2019. Last day of Luca staying in Amsterdam. Later we saw Oranje lose 2-3 from Germany
23-Mar-2019. Warm enough to have Bolli in the Bospub
22-Mar-2019. Finally nice weather again
21-Mar-2019. Dinner alone, leftovers from yesterday when Serena came over
20-Mar-2019. Voted 6 times today!!!
19-Mar-2019. Swapped the winter tyres for summer tyres
18-Mar-2019. Train strike, so brought Raffaella (on her way to India) and Luca (going to Amsterdam) to Zwolle to catch the train there. Later very nice coffee with Serena
17-Mar-2019. Raffaella and I went to see Joe Jackson in de Oosterpoort. Great concert
16-Mar-2019. First tulips of this year
15-Mar-2019. Worked on the ALMA PKS 1549-79 paper
14-Mar-2019. A million views on Google Maps
13-Mar-2019. More and more often we eat vegetarian
12-Mar-2019. The first tick of the year
11-Mar-2019. Filtering the olive oil
10-Mar-2019. Raffaella and I went to the movies, sunday morning 11 am....
9-Mar-2019. Luca had Eggs Benedict for lunch in the Prinsenhof
8-Mar-2019. Celebrating Serena's birthday
7-Mar-2019. Finally Raffaella got her visa for India (was very complicated)
6-Mar-2019. Home alone for dinner, so made one of those dishes the rest of the family does not like (spinach with curry)
5-Mar-2019. The olive tree starts flowering...
4-Mar-2019. NOT Serena's birthday.
3-Mar-2019. Early lunch for Luca. Nothing left for us....
2-Mar-2019. Very nice dinner with the Kuis family
1-Mar-2019. Billie woke up from his winter sleep
28-Feb-2019. Luca found a new addition to the collection
27-Feb-2019. Rare: traffic jam when driving home
26-Feb-2019. Cooking
25-Feb-2019. Romeo and Rusty made an 'olifantenpaadje' in the garden
24-Feb-2019. Very nice walk on the Hijkerveld and its forest
23-Feb-2019. Luca and I picked up Raffaella at Schiphol
22-Feb-2019. Looking for the last 'voetbalplaatjes' in the Albert Heijn
21-Feb-2019. Whatsapping with Raffaella who is in Bologna
20-Feb-2019. Students hard at work at the praktikum
19-Feb-2019. Luca doing the vooropleiding at Minerva. Picked him up at Zernike
18-Feb-2019. A bunny of the neighbours escaped from its cage, and visited us
17-Feb-2019. Wonderful weather. Walk near the Holtveen
16-Feb-2019. Walk on the Balloërveld
15-Feb-2019. Aperitif in het Wapen van Drenthe
14-Feb-2019. Working in the attic today
13-Feb-2019. First signs of spring in the garden.
12-Feb-2019. Back to the Streuer exhibition (and lunch!!!). This time with Luca.
11-Feb-2019. Posted my application for Official at the TT Circuit
10-Feb-2019. Raffaella at work.
9-Feb-2019. With Egbert Streuer at the opening of his exhibition. Later also met Rolf Biland and Kurt Waltisberger.
8-Feb-2019. Tijgertje.
7-Feb-2019. IKEA!!!
6-Feb-2019. Picking up Raffaella from her trip to l'Ambasciatore.
5-Feb-2019. First lecture of my Interferometry course.
3-Feb-2019. Muddy walk near the Friescheveen.
2-Feb-2019. Moving cupboards from Luca's room to Serena's room.
1-Feb-2019. Still a bit snow.
31-Jan-2019. The Viburnum flowering.
30-Jan-2019. After-dinner walk.
29-Jan-2019. Luca's work from Paradiso.
28-Jan-2019. Luca admitted to the vooropleiding van Minerva.
27-Jan-2019. We always have flowers on the dinner table.
26-Jan-2019. Coffee while Luca is doing his admission test for the Vooropleideing van Minerva.
25-Jan-2019. Picking up Luca at the station.
24-Jan-2019. Dinner with Clive Tadhunter in the Bospub.
23-Jan-2019. Serena optimistic about the winter.
22-Jan-2019. Still a bit snow.
21-Jan-2019. Got up early for the Lunar eclipse.
20-Jan-2019. Visited the Pinetum near Anloo.
19-Jan-2019. The Irises cought by surprise by the frost.
18-Jan-2019. First early-morning frost in a while.
17-Jan-2019. First snow in a while (not much...)
16-Jan-2019. One of my favourites: roggebrood with gerookte makreel.
15-Jan-2019. Luca on his way to Paris for making pictures at the Paris Fashion Week.
14-Jan-2019. Getting up...
13-Jan-2019. Visited the Nubia exhibition in the Drents Mseum.
12-Jan-2019. Speeding ticket... (first one since a long time)
11-Jan-2019. On thursdays we always watch Poirot.
10-Jan-2019. Our photo book of the holidays is finally ready.
9-Jan-2019. Lunch walk.
8-Jan-2019. The Oleandro is flowering....
7-Jan-2019. Six p.m. sharp: dinner time
6-Jan-2019. Romeo for his annual visit to the vet.
5-Jan-2019. Saturday afernoon tea in Het Wapen
3-Jan-2019. Luca bought something
2-Jan-2019. The Armando exhibition in Voorlinden
1-Jan-2019. Our traditional new-year get-together with the neighbours.
31-Dec-2018. Happy New Year!!!
30-Dec-2018. First batch of oliebollen.
29-Dec-2018. The usual mustardsoup in the Prinsenhof
28-Dec-2018. The christmas present for la Nonna arrived late.
27-Dec-2018. After dinner, Romeo waiting for us to sit on the couch.
26-Dec-2018. Flying back home
25-Dec-2018. Christmas in Bologna
24-Dec-2018. The traditional walk up to San Luca
23-Dec-2018. Luca took la Nonna to the opera (Don Giovanni)
22-Dec-2018. Whatsapping at Schiphol with Liliana
21-Dec-2018. Checking in for our christmas trip to Bologna
20-Dec-2018. Real local beer
19-Dec-2018. Hard at work....
18-Dec-2018. Made the christmas tree
17-Dec-2018. Hertenbiefstuk (steak of deer) this evening
16-Dec-2018. Left very early to pick up Raffaella at Schiphol
15-Dec-2018. Raffaella was in Puerto Varas, Chile
14-Dec-2018. Still home alone, so Boerenkool this evening
13-Dec-2018. Nice sunset in Dwingeloo
12-Dec-2018. Home alone, so finally I can make Zuurkool....
11-Dec-2018. Farewell dinner for Michael Wise
10-Dec-2018. Serena visiting
9-Dec-2018. Raffaella travelled to the end of the world
8-Dec-2018. Raffaella leaving for Chile
7-Dec-2018. We have three cats now....
6-Dec-2018. Sinterklaas 2018
5-Dec-2018. Cover art by Luca
4-Dec-2018. Semi-annual chat with Luca's teachers
3-Dec-2018. Went to the movies (the Happy Prince)
2-Dec-2018. Watched FIM awards
1-Dec-2018. No trains to Assen, picked up Luca and Raffaella at Hoogeveen
30-Nov-2018. A belated mug from 100 years van de Hulst
29-Nov-2018. Luca and I flew back to NL, Raffaella stayed to give a seminar
28-Nov-2018. Walked around Torino, also visited the Egypt Museum
27-Nov-2018. Champions League, Juventus vs Valencia, with Ronaldo
26-Nov-2018. Travelled to Torino
25-Nov-2018. With Romeo on the couch
24-Nov-2018. First Kapteyn Alumni Day
23-Nov-2018. Our neighbour will soon visit her sister in Australia for the winter. So we take care of her cat.
22-Nov-2018. Picked up Raffaella from het trip to Munich
21-Nov-2018. New lock in the front door
20-Nov-2018. Dinner alone this evening
19-Nov-2018. Raffaella travelled to Munich for the ESO OPC
18-Nov-2018. We climbed the Col du VAM
17-Nov-2018. Shopping in Groningen
16-Nov-2018. It's time again for Beaujolais Nouveau
15-Nov-2018. BlackGem 2 rolled out for tests
14-Nov-2018. Nice sunset in Dwngeloo
13-Nov-2018. The new postdoc had a nice present for me: a magic mug of RadioAstron
12-Nov-2018. Worked in Groningen today
11-Nov-2018. All day struggled with Apertif
10-Nov-2018. Giacometti exhibition in De Fundatie
9-Nov-2018. Flowers
8-Nov-2018. Wonderful day at the Dwingelderveld
7-Nov-2018. Present from Bea: soesjes
6-Nov-2018. Unusually warm again: 17 degrees
5-Nov-2018. Attended colloquium in Groningen. First time since a long while
4-Nov-2018. Took a bottle of bubbles to the dinner with Thijs, Brigit and Erwin. To celebrate it is 30 years ago I got my PhD. Turned out Thijs got his PhD exactly 41 years ago...
3-Nov-2018. Serena was hit by a car while biking... Bad shoulder
2-Nov-2018. Second PhD defence of the week (Alessandro Savino)
1-Nov-2018. Blaauw workshop in Groningen on Gaia results
31-Oct-2018. The Gispen 1409 chairs in our office at Kapteyn.
30-Oct-2018. Luca having an early dinner bacuse he has to take pictures in Paradiso
29-Oct-2018. PhD defence of Saarvesh
28-Oct-2018. Dinner with the Blaauw Professor (Tim de Zeeuw) in de Rietschans
27-Oct-2018. Romeo is getting lazy, spends almost all his time on the couch
26-Oct-2018. Luca still has school holiday, is getting bored
25-Oct-2018. With the four of us we went to see My Baby in the Oosterpoort
24-Oct-2018. Back home. Romeo is happy we are back
23-Oct-2018. Family dinner, with tortellini
22-Oct-2018. Cleaned the apartment in Bologna
21-Oct-2018. Sunday lunch at da Nello
20-Oct-2018. Flying with the whole familiy to Bologna
19-Oct-2018. Cooking with Luca (merluzzo alla puttanesca)
18-Oct-2018. Not much happened today. Made a nice dinner; nothing left
17-Oct-2018. We are old enough to get our free anti-flu vaccination...
16-Oct-2018. Still unseasonally warm. So we did a BBQ
15-Oct-2018. Serena driving in the BMW
14-Oct-2018. Ter Horsterzand. Normally a nice lake, now dry because of the strange weather
13-Oct-2018. Luca and I went to the Arena, to see a historic victory
12-Oct-2018. Ridiculous weather
11-Oct-2018. Nice weather, nice evening in the Bospub
9-Oct-2018. Raffaella forgot to take out the key from inside of the frontdoor. This is dangerous because it means one cannot open the door from outside
8-Oct-2018. Serena and went to Carré to see Ry Cooder
7-Oct-2018. Raffaella, Luca and I went to see U2 in the Ziggo Dome
6-Oct-2018. Nice long walk along the Drentse Aa, near Zeegse
5-Oct-2018. Luca had to photograph the golden record of Kraantje Pappie
4-Oct-2018. That time of the year again
3-Oct-2018. Saw Doe Maar in Hedon in Zwolle, with Serena
1-Oct-2018. Had salmon for dinner. Romeo very curious if a little bit is left...
30-Sep-2018. Luca and I had a very nice day at the British Superbike races
29-Sep-2018. Somebody set fire to the hut in the park behind our house
28-Sep-2018. Made risotto, nothing left
27-Sep-2018. Wonderful day. Warm: 22 C
26-Sep-2018. Every evening Romeo joins me watching the news
25-Sep-2018. Romeo getting ready for a long sleep
24-Sep-2018. We succumbed....
23-Sep-2018. Did not turn on the heating yet, but we are getting close....
22-Sep-2018. Celebrated Raffaella's brithday today with a visit to the Groninger Museum to see the famous portrait of Abel Tasman
21-Sep-2018. Every evening I watch the Big Bang Theory
20-Sep-2018. Last day with nice weather, so did a BBQ
19-Sep-2018. Liliana doing the auguri for Raffaella's birthday
18-Sep-2018. Like every year this time of year, shopping with Luca for presents for Raffaella
17-Sep-2018. Telecon with the WEAVE team in Naples
16-Sep-2018. With Luca watched Jeffrey Herlings become worldchampion MXGP
15-Sep-2018. Fiona and Roy visiting from Australia
14-Sep-2018. Art along the Kanaal
13-Sep-2018. The opening of Apertif
12-Sep-2018. Sunset at the Patersewoldsemeer, at the dinner of the conference in honour of Thijs van der Hulst
11-Sep-2018. One of our neighbours has a new cat (called Tiger)! Checking out our kitchen
10-Sep-2018. Getting ready for my talk at the meeting for Thijs van der Hulst
9-Sep-2018. The reception of the meeting for Thijs was in a water tower in Groningen
8-Sep-2018. Still wonderful weather. Evening coffee in the Bospub
7-Sep-2018. Getting a new boiler in the kitchen
6-Sep-2018. Raffaella giving her talk
5-Sep-2018. We had very nice dinners in Potsdam
4-Sep-2018. Pre-dinner drinks at the hotel
3-Sep-2018. The Einsteinturm at the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam (near the conference venue)
2-Sep-2018. Berlin Hauptbahnhof. On our way to Potsdam
1-Sep-2018. Wonderful weather; morning coffee in the Bospub
31-Aug-2018. End of Raffaella's workshop. Raffaella being thanked for her efforts
30-Aug-2018. We locked ourselved out... So needed a 'mannetje'
29-Aug-2018. Lunch of Raffaella's meeting also had puddingbroodjes!!!! (used to eat them by the tonne at high school)
28-Aug-2018. The reception of Raffaella's absorption meeting
27-Aug-2018. Cooking with Serena. I always enjoy very much
26-Aug-2018. Some idiots broke in at the neighbours... Also stole the key of our front door they had, so we had to replace our lock
25-Aug-2018. Luca and Raffaella went to the Imagine Dragons in Arnhem. Drove there to pick them up (no late trains)
24-Aug-2018. Flying back home
23-Aug-2018. Luca visiting the General Assembly
22-Aug-2018. Evening walk along the Danube
21-Aug-2018. Evening drinks at the beach of the Donau
20-Aug-2018. The opening of the General Assembly by the Austrian science minister
19-Aug-2018. Arriving in Vienna. Even at the airport they know about the IAU meeting
18-Aug-2018. Protecting the grapes from the birds
17-Aug-2018. Tom's law: there is always a good parking spot
16-Aug-2018. Romeo and mouse
15-Aug-2018. Luca on his way to work in Amsterdam
14-Aug-2018. Cooking....
13-Aug-2018. Luca getting personalised earplugs
12-Aug-2018. Kraantje Pappie bier...
11-Aug-2018. Back home.....
10-Aug-2018. Early start to the trip home
9-Aug-2018. Luca under water
8-Aug-2018. The terrace of our villa
7-Aug-2018. Snorkling...
6-Aug-2018. Perfect bliss
5-Aug-2018. Travelled to the Maldives (Anantara Veli)
4-Aug-2018. Nice tour through Old Dubai (here the Spice Souq)
3-Aug-2018. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai
2-Aug-2018. The Louvre in Abu Dhabi
1-Aug-2018. Visited the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi
31-Jul-2018. Flying to Dubai in an A380
30-Jul-2018. Serena and Romeo...
29-Jul-2018. Visited the Ancient Iran exhibition in the Drents Museum.
28-Jul-2018. The Hibiscus flowering
27-Jul-2018. Waiting for the lunar eclipse
26-Jul-2018. No real rain for a long time. Getting extremely dry
25-Jul-2018. Dinner in the bospub (spaghetti con bottarga)
24-Jul-2018. It's getting very dry at the Dwingelderveld
23-Jul-2018. Lazy evening with Luca
22-Jul-2018. Very nice walk near Gasteren and Oude Molen
21-Jul-2018. First rain in weeks (not much...)
20-Jul-2018. Friday is fish day!
19-Jul-2018. Serena visiting
18-Jul-2018. Romeo feeling at home in his kingdom
17-Jul-2018. Suddenly a bad injury in my wrist
16-Jul-2018. Flying back to NL
15-Jul-2018. The final in Bologna
14-Jul-2018. One of the charms of Bellaria: seafood
13-Jul-2018. Drove to Bellaria to meet the family
12-Jul-2018. Raffaella at work also in the hotel...
11-Jul-2018. Wonderful walk in the mountains on the free afternoon
10-Jul-2018. The weather turned bad in Sesto
9-Jul-2018. Raffaella giving her talk at the feedback meeting in Sesto
8-Jul-2018. Flew to Venice and then drove to Sesto in the Dolomiti for a conference. This is the view from the hotel room
7-Jul-2018. No trains near Zwolle, so brought Luca to the next station
6-Jul-2018. Very few butterflies this year....
5-Jul-2018. The garden is getting dry
4-Jul-2018. Another evening of great cooking in the Librije
3-Jul-2018. Saw Seasick Steve in Groningen
1-Jul-2018. Start of one of the best races ever.
30-Jun-2018. Qualifications. Top 3 within 0.1 sec...
29-Jun-2018. First day of the TT
28-Jun-2018. Nice weather. Dinner in the Bospub
27-Jun-2018. Visited Luca in Amsterdam. Had a very nice lunch in the Rembrandt Park
26-Jun-2018. Luca's 19-th birthday, but he is in Amsterdam. Had a walk over the TT funfair
25-Jun-2018. Serena and Maarten over for dinner
23-Jun-2018. On the way back from China, flew straight over our house...
22-Jun-2018. Last day of the Gas in Galaxies meeting in Peking
21-Jun-2018. The Kavli institute at Peking University where we have the meeting
20-Jun-2018. The excursion of the meeting was to the summerpalace of some emperor
19-Jun-2018. After the meeting, I went for a walk through the streets of Peking...
18-Jun-2018. At the campus of Peking University, just outside the Kavli Institute
17-Jun-2018. Arrived at Peking. Very tired...
16-Jun-2018. Had a very comfy flight to Peking
15-Jun-2018. Fixing the last things in the Absorption Review (while watching the worldcup...)
14-Jun-2018. Luca at work in the studio of 3FM radio
13-Jun-2018. Flying back from Zurich to Amsterdam.
12-Jun-2018. After the SKA meeting, I went for a walk through Zurich
11-Jun-2018. Swiss SKA meeting in Brugg, near Zurich
10-Jun-2018. Flew to Zurich for a SKA meeting. Watched a very boring F1 race (Montreal) in my hotel room
9-Jun-2018. Nice walk along the Deurzerdiep.
8-Jun-2018. Feeling whether it started raining or not, during our lunch walk
7-Jun-2018. Romeo has an infection in his right-front leg. Injury after a big fight with 'The Black Cat' (his Great Enemy)
6-Jun-2018. Beautiful weather again. Risotto dinner outside.
5-Jun-2018. Luca going back to Amsterdam
4-Jun-2018. A very disappointing Italy-Netherlands game....
3-Jun-2018. On April 28 removed a big brach of the Esdoorn. Today cut it in small pieces for the fire place
2-Jun-2018. Serena visited us by car today!!!
1-Jun-2018. Waiting in the Faculty Room to get dressed up for the thesis defence of Francesco
31-May-2018. The water lilies doing very well
30-May-2018. On the way back from Scheveningen we visited museum Voorlinden. Supercool
29-May-2018. Il Giorno della Repubblica: il Bersaglieri in Scheveningen
28-May-2018. Watching Luca taking pictures of Kraantje Pappie shooting a video clip
27-May-2018. Very warm day. Luca taking sun in the garden.
26-May-2018. 50th anniversary of Siert & Janny marriage
25-May-2018. The second cooking lesson in the Librije. Theme: spices. The best food I ever had.
24-May-2018. The first waterlily
23-May-2018. Alone in the evening (Raffaella in Munich, Serena in Zwolle, Luca in Amsterdam). Hummus and a Crodino in the Bospub
22-May-2018. One of the joys of spring: the Cornus Kousa flowering.
21-May-2018. Raffaella on her way to Munich, leaving from the new station. She missed the plane (because the trains had a problem...) so she left only early next morning (after staying over at Schiphol).
20-May-2018. Very nice weather, Bolli in the Bospub
19-May-2018. To celebrate Romeo's tenth birthday, I baked birthday cakes for him and Rusty
18-May-2018. Luca returned from a nice school trip to Berlin
17-May-2018. Paella at Valencia airport
16-May-2018. Yesterday travelled to Teruel, Aragon. Meeting with the JPAS people in this nice building in the central square of the town.
15-May-2018. Dropped off Luca at 5.30 for his school trip to Berlin. Raffaella is in Sicily and later today I will leave for Spain
14-May-2018. The first 'gele plomp' of the year. Very early
13-May-2018. Raffaella leaving for Sicily. Using the new station for the first time!
12-May-2018. Shopping in Groningen
11-May-2018. Picked up Luca in Hoogeveen (no trains to Assen)
10-May-2018. Visited the exhibition 'Kabul Portraits' of Martin Roemers in the Drents Museum.
9-May-2018. Poor bird got lost inside the house.....
8-May-2018. Semi-annual chat with Luca's school mentor
7-May-2018. Raffaella and I went to the movies (The Darkest Hour)
6-May-2018. Warm day, nice walk near Spier
5-May-2018. Visited the Morandi exhibition in Museum Belvédère near Heerenveen
4-May-2018. Rememberence day in town
3-May-2018. These flowered for weeks. And smelled wonderful
2-May-2018. Delicious mackerel
1-May-2018. Baked bread
30-Apr-2018. Luca at work...
29-Apr-2018. The four of us went shopping in Groningen. And had mustardsoup in de Prinsenhof.
28-Apr-2018. The Japanese Maple (Japanse Esdoorn) had a big, dead branch we had to remove
27-Apr-2018. Mackerel for dinner. Almost too beautiful to eat.
26-Apr-2018. Managed to do super resolution with ALMA: 10 milliarcsec!!!
25-Apr-2018. Every evening we take a walk along the canal
24-Apr-2018. Rusty (our neighbour's cat) spends a lot of time with us, because she likes to sleep on the sheepskin
23-Apr-2018. Bolli to celebrate we finished the review on HI absorption
22-Apr-2018. Superbike races. In the pit lane
21-Apr-2018. Romeo is happy Luca is over for the weekend
20-Apr-2018. Romeo caught a big, fat mouse
19-Apr-2018. Another warm day. Lunch at a tumulus at the Smitsveen. The sheep herd in the background. Very loud bleating.....
18-Apr-2018. Dinner in the garden....
17-Apr-2018. Nice weather, so we had a very pleasant lunch walk near the Smitsveen
16-Apr-2018. Took pictures for the identity card I will apply for tomorrow
15-Apr-2018. Walked around the Esmeer, a large pingo ruin
14-Apr-2018. Luca did a tattoo today
13-Apr-2018. Hard at work on the absorption review
12-Apr-2018. The house is being painted
11-Apr-2018. The annual retreat of the Kapteyn Institute
10-Apr-2018. Luca on his way back to Amsterdam
9-Apr-2018. Many many frogs in the pond
8-Apr-2018. Walked on the Fochteloërveen
7-Apr-2018. Belated birthday cake
6-Apr-2018. Finally warm enough to drink coffee in the Bospub in the evening
5-Apr-2018. Rusty caught a mouse
4-Apr-2018. Funeral of Oom Wim. At the same cemetery as Pake and Beppe
3-Apr-2018. Finally some colour in the garden
2-Apr-2018. Koolmeesje (great tit...) feeding
1-Apr-2018. Nice, long walk in the forest near the WSRT
31-Mar-2018. I hate buying clothes, but sometimes you have to
29-Mar-2018. Our former PhD student Filippo Maccagni giving a colloquium at Astron
28-Mar-2018. The conference picture of Raffaella's meeting
27-Mar-2018. It's still cold in the morning
26-Mar-2018. Raffaella opening her workshop to 'celebrate' the end of her ERC grant
25-Mar-2018. Walk on the Balloërveld (was Lammetjesdag)
24-Mar-2018. Got this nice picture of Marisa's thesis defense of yesterday
23-Mar-2018. With Luca in the Arena for NED-ENG. Very disappointing match
22-Mar-2018. Farewell party of Jeremy, one of Raffaella's postdocs
21-Mar-2018. First time Luca votes in Dutch elections!
20-Mar-2018. Luca came home to vote tomorrow, but he has to work very hard for his job in Amsterdam
19-Mar-2018. Luca is now living in Amsterdam, so dinner with only the two of us
18-Mar-2018. Luca will live in Amsterdam the next three months
17-Mar-2018. The Ferrari of Alesi was in town
16-Mar-2018. The long wait is over!
15-Mar-2018. Salmone this evening
14-Mar-2018. The first adder of the year
13-Mar-2018. Tiny lizzard....
12-Mar-2018. The heath flowering
11-Mar-2018. First fire of the year in the Bospub
10-Mar-2018. Warm enough to have a drink in the Bospub
9-Mar-2018. Beautiful Spring day at the Dwingelderveld
8-Mar-2018. Luca, Serena and me visited the open day of the Art Academy in Zwolle
7-Mar-2018. Have a raised desk now, to help recovery of my back
6-Mar-2018. Have a hernia. Better to work standing
5-Mar-2018. Normally we have pizza on sundays, but because of Serena's birthday yesterday, we shift a day.
4-Mar-2018. Serena 25!!!!!
3-Mar-2018. Back home. Luca and Romeo testing the ice
2-Mar-2018. Showed Luca the Sala Rossa (where Raffaella and I married in '99)
1-Mar-2018. Snow in Bologna
28-Feb-2018. Visited the MAMBO, with art from the Russian Revolution (Kandinski, Chagall, Malevich,...)
27-Feb-2018. Having an espresso close to Nettuno
26-Feb-2018. Snowy arrival in Bologna
25-Feb-2018. Luca voting for the first time!!! (Italian parliament)
24-Feb-2018. Cooking in the Librije!!! (fish)
23-Feb-2018. Modem broken... No internet.....
22-Feb-2018. Not much happened today. Colloquium
21-Feb-2018. Interesting frost patterns in the Bospub
20-Feb-2018. Almost no sound at the Dwingelderveld
19-Feb-2018. Romeo staring at me, wanting food
18-Feb-2018. Visited the Kunsthalle in Emden (with Raffaella, Luca and Tineke) for the second part of the exhibition on American Realism
17-Feb-2018. Ran into the old Alfa.....
16-Feb-2018. Ice flowers on the car this morning
15-Feb-2018. Ballots for the Italian elections arrived (I feel left out....)
14-Feb-2018. Pokey LaFarge in the Oosterpoort
13-Feb-2018. Brussels sprouts today
12-Feb-2018. Tanti 'grandine' today
11-Feb-2018. In-between weather... little bit of ice
10-Feb-2018. The four of us went shopping in Groningen (and eat musterdsoup in de Prinsenhof)
9-Feb-2018. We may have detected another fast molecular outflow with ALMA....
8-Feb-2018. The first 100,000 km on the BWM
7-Feb-2018. Cold morning; ice on the car
6-Feb-2018. Also Luca wanted to see the 102,000 names, so we went back
5-Feb-2018. Beautiful cold, nippy day at the Dwingelderveld
4-Feb-2018. Visited Kamp Westerbork to see the 102,000 names written by Bart Domburg
3-Feb-2018. Oiling the floor....
2-Feb-2018. Romeo always joins us on the couch in the evening
1-Feb-2018. New carpet
31-Jan-2018. Romeo is somewhat overweight...
30-Jan-2018. Nice sunset in Dwingeloo
28-Jan-2018. Visited 'The American Dream' in the Drents Museum, with Raffaella and Serena
27-Jan-2018. Bought new shoes!!!!
26-Jan-2018. The best dinner I made in a long time: spaghetti con bottarga di tonno
25-Jan-2018. Luca got his ear pierced
24-Jan-2018. Sneeuwklokjes flowering in the garden
23-Jan-2018. Still very wet in Dwingeloo
21-Jan-2018. Serena's first time in Raffaella's car
20-Jan-2018. Zampone this evening
19-Jan-2018. Managed to buy tickets for U2 in October (was quite easy actually)
18-Jan-2018. The biggest storm in years. No trains in the entire country
17-Jan-2018. Luca working on an assigment
16-Jan-2018. Very very rainy. Waited 15 minutes in the car for it to get a bit drier
15-Jan-2018. Very slow day...
14-Jan-2018. Visited the Anton Heyboer exhibition in the Gemeentemuseum in den Haag
13-Jan-2018. Went to the concert of Depeche Mode in the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam
12-Jan-2018. New benches at the Dwingelderveld
11-Jan-2018. Romeo is on a diet, so is always waiting in front of the kitchen...
10-Jan-2018. Luca looking for a place to stay in Amsterdam
9-Jan-2018. Serena over for dinner
8-Jan-2018. Serena got her driving licence!!!
7-Jan-2018. Sub-zero walk in the forest near the Westerbork telescope today. Because of the rain of the last few weeks, we had to go off-track to find our way through the dry spots
6-Jan-2018. Building the kast with Luca
4-Jan-2018. Luca and I put a new floor in Serena's room
3-Jan-2018. New kast for Serena's room
2-Jan-2018. Putting together the rowing machine....
1-Jan-2018. Oliebollen bakken!
31-Dec-2017. We did fireworks, of course
30-Dec-2017. Brought the Nonna to Schiphol, and passed Kröller-Müller on the way back.
29-Dec-2017. Bought the fireworks for New Year's Eve
28-Dec=2017. Very nice dinner in Zwolle
27-Dec-2017. Looking for a new coat for Raffaella. Without success
26-Dec-2017. The stopper of the bottle of Brian Schmidt wine
25-Dec-2017. Christmas presents!!!!
24-Dec-2017. Tortellini !!!!
23-Dec-2017. Luca enjoying the christmas shopping
22-Dec-2017. Picked up the Nonna at Schiphol
21-Dec-2017. Very wet Dwingelderveld
20-Dec-2017. Today the last round of PhD interviews
19-Dec-2017. The annual goodies from Astron
18-Dec-2017. Today again confirmation of Tom's Law
17-Dec-2017. The tree...
16-Dec-2017. Preparing the Bospub for Christmas
14-Dec-2017. Slow evening....
13-Dec-2017. Interviews for PhD students
12-Dec-2017. Chat with Luca's teachers
11-Dec-2017. First snow of the year
10-Dec-2017. Belated Sinterklaas!
9-Dec-2017. Present for Raffaella for her talk in Canberra (Nobel wine)
8-Dec-2017. Farewell drinks for Danielle
7-Dec-2017. Bought tickets for Depeche Mode
6-Dec-2017. Echo of Luca's ankle.. News was not good: will take several months still for it to heal
5-Dec-2017. Mannetjes at work in the house
4-Dec-2017. Picking up Luca from his job intervew in Amsterdam
3-Dec-2017. With Luca to the movies (Murder on the Orient Express)
2-Dec-2017. Shopping with Luca
1-Dec-2017. Another check on Luca's ankle....
30-Nov-2017. Beautiful skies over the Dwingelderveld
29-Nov-2017. Tracking Raffaella's trip to Oz
28-Nov-2017. Raffaella walking to the station for a 10-day trip to Oz
27-Nov-2017. Its very wet at the Dwingelderveld
26-Nov-2017. Last race of the season... It's going to be a long wait until the next race...
25-Nov-2017. Happy to be back home after a long flight
24-Nov-2017. Worked in the hotel most of the day
23-Nov-2017. The last bits of the Meerkat meeting
22-Nov-2017. Flying to MeerKat in the co-pilot seat
21-Nov-2017. Bobotie for lunch!!
20-Nov-2017. Meeting at the SKA Office in Cape Town
19-Nov-2017. The orange KLM plane to Cape Town (the one they use for special occasions)
18-Nov-2017. First match of Luca after his ankle injury. Still not ok....
17-Nov-2017. Beautiful day
16-Nov-2017. Luca showing his latest work to Raffaella
15-Nov-2017. Made a very good risotto
14-Nov-2017. Delicious sardines this evening
13-Nov-2017. Italia does not qualify for the World Cup. Last match of Buffon....
12-Nov-2017. La Nonna made a delicious crostata with our grape marmalade
11-Nov-2017. Luca becoming an expert in HTML
10-Nov-2017. Friday is always a slow day in Dwingeloo, but today I was really the only astronomer working there....
9-Nov-2017. Bought the candy for Sint Maarten
8-Nov-2017. Video Whatsapping with Raffaella, who is in Bologna
7-Nov-2017. Romeo meets hedgehog in the garden.
6-Nov-2017. Sushi this evening
5-Nov-2017. Serena travelling to Brighton to give her first presentation at a real conference.
4-Nov-2017. Struggling with Apertif....
3-Nov-2017. Luca and Romeo are very big friends
2-Nov-2017. Turned on the television and saw this... They still exist!
1-Nov-2017. No parking near the institute, so have to walk a bit
31-Oct-2017. Picking up Raffaella from Leiden
30-Oct-2017. Home alone this evening (Raffaella in Leiden, Luca soccer)
29-Oct-2017. The Christmas Cactus flowering early this year.
28-Oct-2017. Bought the new Asterix
27-Oct-2017. Slow day today
25-Oct-2017. Went back to the Arsenale to see this one
24-Oct-2017. Wonderful day in the Giardini
23-Oct-2017. Exhibition of Damien Hirst, in Pallazzo Grassi and in the Punta della Dogana
22-Oct-2017. Venice, for the Biennale. Today we did part of the Arsenale
21-Oct-2017. Travelled to Bologna, to see the Nonna
20-Oct-2017. Summer is definitely over now
19-Oct-2017. Luca's bike got stolen. The insurance will pay for a new bike, so could be worse
18-Oct-2017. Luca had the good news his ankle is strong enough to start training again
17-Oct-2017. Hazy skies and red Sun due to dust from Sahara and smoke from Portugal and Spain
16-Oct-2017. Luca in the waiting room of the podiatrist
15-Oct-2017. Got up at 3.30 to watch MotoGP (and a great victory of Ducati!)
14-Oct-2017. Unseasonally warm today
13-Oct-2017. Romeo confused by bird on the roof of the serra
12-Oct-2017. The car at the WSRT
11-Oct-2017. Serena did her weekly visit
10-Oct-2017. My M101 picture ended up in a card game
9-Oct-2017. Sterilising the jars for even more marmalade
8-Oct-2017. Made a lot of marmalade of our grapes
7-Oct-2017. Last day Luca takes his medicine for his skin
6-Oct-2017. Flying back from Malta. The Etna in the distance
5-Oct-2017. Despite being in the middle of the Mediterranean, the best local dish in Malta is rabbit
4-Oct-2017. Prince Charles addressing Malta in commemoration of a great battle of WWII
3-Oct-2017. The 'Gas in Galaxies' meeting
2-Oct-2017. The anteroom of the 'Gas in Galaxies' meeting. Started to rain, as you can see
1-Oct-2017. Nice day walking around Valletta
30-Sep-2017. Raffaella and I flew to Malta
29-Sep-2017. More mushrooms in Dwingeloo
28-Sep-2017. Waiting for Luca at the physiotherapist. Hoping to speed up the recovery of his ankle (see 27-Jun-2017)
27-Sep-2017. Mushrooms are starting to pop up near the institute
26-Sep-2017. Goodbye to Filippo Maccagni, who finished his thesis and is moving to Sardinia
25-Sep-2017. The last lily flowering. Very late
24-Sep-2017. Very nice walk near Hooghalen
23-Sep-2017. Funny mirror at the Maarten Baas exhibition in the Groninger Museum
22-Sep-2017. Nice weather, drinks in the Bospub
21-Sep-2017. Having Clive over for dinner
20-Sep-2017. The wine Filippo gave my for the bet he lost
19-Sep-2017. Raffaella (whose birthday we did not celebrate yet) Whatsapping with the Nonna
18-Sep-2017. Raffaella signing the PhD thesis of Filippo
17-Sep-2017. Beautiful steam engine passed Assen
16-Sep-2017. Bought an Anton Heyboer
15-Sep-2017. Weave-Apertif meeting
13-Sep-2017. Turned on the heating. More than two weeks earlier than last year
12-Sep-2017. Filippo waiting to start his colloquium
11-Sep-2017. Used the new parking at Zernike for the first time
10-Sep-2017. Art happenig in the boxing gym
9-Sep-2017. Frog in our pond
8-Sep-2017. We still did not turn on the heating. Luca is cold...
7-Sep-2017. Nice walk near the Smitsveen
6-Sep-2017. The grapes are getting there..
5-Sep-2017. Traffic jam in Lhee!!!
3-Sep-2017. Finishing the details of the new flooring
2-Sep-2017. Replaced the flooring in Luca's room
1-Sep-2017. The heath in Dwingeloo is flowering
31-Aug-2017. Watched the Dutch footbal disaster in the Bospub
30-Aug-2017. Luca playing with Rusty
29-Aug-2017. NIce BBQ with the whole family
28-Aug-2017. Flowers we took to the funeral of Johanna Noordam
27-Aug-2017. Nice to be home again
26-Aug-2017. Train from Schiphol
25-Aug-2017. At Minneapolis, changing for the plane to Amsterdam
24-Aug-2017. Driving back to Salt Lake City. This trip, we drove a total of 1500 km.
23-Aug-2017. Looking for a place to have dinner in Stanley
22-Aug-2017. The meeting for Jacqueline van Gorkom's 70th birthday
21-Aug-2017. The eclipse was spectacular!!!
20-Aug-2017. Stanley, Idaho
19-Aug-2017. On our way to Stanley, we passed the Bonneville Speedway!!!!
18-Aug-2017. The car we picked up in Salt Lake City, for the trip to Stanley, Idaho
17-Aug-2017. First stop in the trip to the US to see the solar eclipse: Citizen M at Schiphol
16-Aug-2017. Submitted our second ALMA paper on IC5063
14-Aug-2017. BBQ with Serena
13-Aug-2017. Too many boats in the canal in the last few weeks
12-Aug-2017. Usain Bolt gets an injury in his last race, at exactly the moment I took this picture
11-Aug-2017. Again watching the world championships athletics
10-Aug-2017. Raffaella found a beautiful acorn
9-Aug-2017. Every evening this week we watched the world championships athletics
8-Aug-2017. Made my first MeerKat image today
7-Aug-2017. Boiling water for making coffee while watching athletics in the Bospub
6-Aug-2017. Luca and I had a great day at the track
5-Aug-2017. Nice BBQ
4-Aug-2017. We have a lot of grapes this year
3-Aug-2017. Made a nice risotto
2-Aug-2017. Got the tickets for Sunday
1-Aug-2017. Back home....
31-Jul-2017. Another day at the beach
30-Jul-2017. Day at the beach
29-Jul-2017. Start of a long dinner in Bellaria
28-Jul-2017. Flying from Munich to Bologna
27-Jul-2017. Raffaella given her talk at the meeting
26-Jul-2017. Nice afternoon in town
25-Jul-2017. Walked around ESO, like in the old days
24-Jul-2017. Gas meeting at ESO
23-Jul-2017. Back in Munich...
22-Jul-2017. Suddenly many butterflies in the garden
21-Jul-2017. Making tea with Romeo
20-Jul-2017. The rain blocked me in the Bospub
19-Jul-2017. Many butterfiels suddenly
18-Jul-2017. Luca and I doing some minor maintenance
17-Jul-2017. The SKA Board visiting Apertif
16-Jul-2017. BBQ with the Nonna
15-Jul-2017. Picking up the Nonna at Schiphol
14-Jul-2017. Ger's funeral today
13-Jul-2017. New anti-flee stuff for Romeo
12-Jul-2017. Meeting in the Marconi room
11-Jul-2017. Picture of Luca's class
10-Jul-2017. Serena visiting
9-Jul-2017. Walked to the Anloërdiep today
8-Jul-2017. Different style BBQ today
7-Jul-2017. Old friend Neil on the big screen at Wim's Sym
6-Jul-2017. Luca got a new bandage for his ankle
5-Jul-2017. Nice treats at coffee this morning
4-Jul-2017. Played with Tijgertje
3-Jul-2017. Romeo even allowing Tijgertje in the kitchen
2-Jul-2017. Nice BBQ today
1-Jul-2017. Luca had his birthday party at home, so we left him alone and had a nice dinner in Dwingeloo
30-Jun-2017. Waiting to pick up Luca from school (who is immobilised because of his foot injury)
29-Jun-2017. Luca buying stuff for his birthday party
28-Jun-2017. Was stuck in the Bospub because of the hard rain
27-Jun-2017. Luca broke a bone in his foot.....
26-Jun-2017. Luca turned 18.....
25-Jun-2017. Great race, Rossi wins
24-Jun-2017. Qualifications with Claude and Luca
23-Jun-2017. First practise, with Rossi
22-Jun-2016. Tijgertje brave enough to get inside
21-Jun-2017. The Oleander had a tough time to survive the winter, but now it's flowring again
20-Jun-2017. Nostalgia...
19-Jun-2017. Very hot day. BBQ
18-Jun-2017. Andries' birthday. We brought Whoopy Cushions (scheetzakken) for Charlotte and Pepijn
17-Jun-2017. Watching the 24 h of Le Mans while cooking
16-Jun-2017. Dragonfly near our pond
15-Jun-2017. BBQ of the workshop
14-Jun-2017. Raffaella opening her workshop
13-Jun-2017. Strange sign near the institute. Wonder which dish they refer to...
12-Jun-2017. The lilies doing very well now
11-Jun-2017. Centre Pompidou
10-Jun-2017. Very nice day in Paris
9-Jun-2017. Luca and I travelled to Paris, to meet up with Raffaella
8-Jun-2017. Raffaella leaving for Paris and Serena for Utrecht
7-Jun-2017. Serena becoming friends with Rusty
6-Jun-2017. Fields with flowers near Lhee
5-Jun-2017. Lupine at near the telescope at Westerbork
4-Jun-2017. The Cornus Kausa flowering beautifully this year
3-Jun-2017. The water lilies flower
2-Jun-2017. Friday afternoon Bolli
1-Jun-2017. Hard at work in the Bospub
31-May-2017. Annual gathering for the Festa della Repubblica in The Hague. The new Italian Ambassador organised things differently: concert in the Nieuwe Kerk instead of reception at his house.
30-May-2017. Rusty stealing Romeo's food...
29-May-2017. Cleaning the gutter of the serra
28-May-2017. Wonderful walk in the morning: the Amerdiep
27-May-2017. Visited Serena in her new home (great improvement...)
26-May-2017. Thesis defence of Davide Punzo
25-May-2017. Beautiful weather, nice evening walk
24-May-2017. The 'Gele Plomp' started flowering
23-May-2017. Semi-annual chat with Luca's school mentor (all fine...)
22-May-2017. Farewell to our wonderful Alfa
21-May-2017. Visited an exhibition of a friend
20-May-2017. The broom are flowering....
19-May-2017. SKA meeting
18-May-2017. Dinner of the SKA meeting
17-May-2017. On my way to Manchester for a SKA meeting
16-May-2017. Last time I park the Alfa at Astron...
15-May-2017. Feyenoord kampioen....
14-May-2017. Still nice weather...
13-May-2017. Picked up Raffaella at Schiphol
12-May-2017. Enjoying a nice evening
11-May-2017. Finally nice weather!!!
10-May-2017. 77 years ago, my parents were married
9-May-2017. Juve beats Monaco and will play the final!!!
8-May-2017. Luca having a check of his blood
7-May-2017. One year after we lost him, Valentino was found, thanks to his chip
6-May-2017. Travelled back home, from Bologna
5-May-2017. Visited il Gioiello, the villa where Galileo spent his final years. Later in the day we travelled to Bologna
4-May-2017. The view from the office in Arcetri
3-May-2017. Travelled with Rallaella to Firenze to give a talk tomorrow
2-May-2017. Thought the recent frost had killed the Bottlebrush, but it is still alive!!!
1-May-2017. Luca so much liked the slippers of one of the hotels in Abu Dhabi that he stole them...
30-Apr-2017. Early flight home
29-Apr-2017. The Grand Mosque of Abu Dhabi
28-Apr-2017. In the pool at the beach resort
27-Apr-2017. Moved to the beach
26-Apr-2017. Went into town; had a Marrocan tea
25-Apr-2017. Drove back to Abu Dhabi
24-Apr-2017. Sunset in the desert at Qasr al Sarab
23-Apr-2017. The view of the desert from our balcony
22-Apr-2017. In the pool at Qasr al Sarab
21-Apr-2017. Flying to Abu Dhabi for a holiday
20-Apr-2017. Now official: my sister became a grandmother....
19-Apr-2017. Cleaning the office's window
18-Apr-2017. Luca stealing the bal....
17-Apr-2017. Shopping for clothes for the upcoming holiday
16-Apr-2017. Boiling water on our fire
15-Apr-2017. Making prgress with making Rusty comfortable in our home
14-Apr-2017. In town with Raffaella, but she is Whatsapping with la Lilia (who is in Iran...) all the time....
13-Apr-2017: Annelies got a daughter: Anna
12-Apr-2017. King Romeo on his throne...
11-Apr-2017. Luca on the attack
10-Apr-2017. Full rainbow over the house
9-April-2017. Very warm day. Wonderful walk in the Kale Duinen
8-April-2017. Belated birthday cake!
7-Apr-2017. Very nice day in Padua, very nice city (here in the Capella degli Scrovegni with the fresco's by Giotto)
6-Apr-2017. On my birthday, I travelled to Padua, to meet up with Raffaella who is there for a conference
5-Apr-2017. Luca bought new football boots
4-Apr-2017. The final exam of the course I gave this spring (they had a hard time, but all passed)
3-Apr-2017. Bought the tickets to travel from Venice to Padua on thursday
2-Apr-2017. Mowing the lawn for the first time this year
1-Apr-2017. Raffaella to leave for Italy (I will follow in a few days)
31-Mar-2017. First BBQ of the year
30-Mar-2017. The tickets for The Big Day arrived
29-Mar-2017. The christmas cactus is confused: it's flowering again
28-Mar-2017. With Luca in the Arena for the Holland - Italy game (1-2 for Italy)
27-Mar-2017. The boys relaxing in the garden
26-Mar-2017. Walk in and around the Kortewegse bos. Beautiful field with crocuses...
25-Mar-2017. Warm day, coffee in the Bospub
24-Mar-2017. MotoGP has started!!! Bo doing very well!!!!
23-Mar-2017. My students doing the practical work....
22-Mar-2017. Many meetings today
21-Mar-2017. Raffaella is travelling, so we have unhealthy food (pancakes...)
20-Mar-2017. Whatsapping with Raffaella who is in Brussels for an ERC meeting
19-Mar-2017. Bought a big screen for working in our study...
18-Mar-2017. Filling the new feeder for the birds
17-Mar-2017. With Romeo on the couch
16-Mar-2017. Enjoying the wonderful weather
15-Mar-2017. Raffaeela first time voting as a Durch national!
14-Mar-2017. Spotted several adders today (in this picture, there are 2)
13-Mar-2017. Raffaella does not watch much TV, but for some reason she watches this....
12-Mar-2017. The first adder of the year
11-Mar-2017. Warm enough to have coffee in the Bospub
10-Mar-2017. Thesis defence to day (Mustafa Yildiz)
9-Mar-2017. Picked up Raffaella who returned from Leiden
8-Mar-2017. Terrible weather today
7-Mar-2017. The crocuses this year
6-Mar-2017. Raffaella leaving for a week in Leiden
5-Mar-2017. The Viburnum is flowering well this year
4-Mar-2017. Serena's 24th birthday!
3-Mar-2017: Making out with Romeo
2-Mar-2017. Took an OV fiets at the station in Leiden to bike to the ALMA meeting
1-Mar-2017. Raffaella and I had an official photo shoot
28-Feb-2017. Luca had a medical check today
27-Feb-2017. Every evening they lie on the couch together
26-Feb-2017. When flying back to Amsterdam we flew over Venice and the Alps
25-Feb-2017. Got up at 4 am to fly to Bologna to join Raffaella and Luca. We had a wonderful dinner in town.
24-Feb-2017. Thesis defence of Anastasia
23-Feb-2017. Had planned to travel to Bologna, but flight was cancelled....
22-Feb-2017. Raffaella and Luca travelled to Bologna
21-Feb-2017. Planning a holiday in the Empty Quarter, Abu Dhabi, in April
20-Feb-2017. Burning incense to honour the Buddha, like every evening
19-Feb-2017. First signs of spring in the garden
18-Feb-2017. First match after the winter... Luca played very well, but nevertheless an unfortunate 0-1 loss.
17-Feb-2017. Raffaella in her office (she changed the posters on the window)
15-Feb-2017. Preparing for the trip to the US this summer
14-Feb-2017. Romeo enjoying the first sun of spring
13-Feb-2017. Spotted a Silver Herron in the trees when walking back to the car from the Kapteyn Institute
12-Feb-2017. Nice walk in hte forest near Spier
11-Feb-2017. Luring the neighbour's cats with food to our home
10-Feb-2017. My good old calculator (bought in 1988) needed new batteries (only needed once every 3 years)
9-Feb-2017. Teaching also on thursdays
8-Feb-2017. Snow again...
7-Feb-2017. Started snowing when I arrived home
6-Feb-2017. Am teaching this semester (interferometry). 5 students!
5-Feb-2017. The first lambs of the herd of Balloo
4-Feb-2017. The weather was nice enough to have tea in the Bospub
3-Feb-2017. Preparing for teaching next week
2-Feb-2017. Ten years I drive this wonderful car, to the day
1-Feb-2017. Watching a program on Namibia. Good memories of us driving around there. We should go back.
31-Jan-2017. Made it into de Volkskrant and had an interview on national radio
30-Jan-2017. Romeo deep asleep
29-Jan-2017. The pizza made in the new oven is much better
28-Jan-2017. Serena finally could show her bachelor diploma
27-Jan-2017. Luca to the dentist....
26-Jan-2017. The suspension of the Lancia totally broken....
25-Jan-2017. Booking our flight to the US to see the eclipse this summer
24-Jan-2017. Dinner with the Astro Group, and an applicant for our staff position
23-Jan-2017. Promotie commissie today
22-Jan.2017. Inaugurated the new oven with an apple pie
21-Jan-2017. Got a new time machine (old one broken...)
20-Jan-2017. New oven
19-Jan-2017. Bolli because of Betsey's fellowship
18-Jan-2017. Frozen dish
17-Jan-2017. Wonderful frozen world in Dwingeloo, with 'ruige rijp' on everything
16-Jan-2017. Luca playing with light
15-Jan-2017. 40 degrees colder than in Perth
14-Jan-2017. Crossing the equator on my way home from Perth
13-Jan-2017. Last day of the CHILES meeting
12-Jan-2017. Barramundi for dinner
11-Jan-2017. My favourite Australian beer
10-Jan-2017. Watching cricket!!!
9-Jan-2017. CHILES BBQ at Matilda Bay
8-Jan-2017. Arrived in Perth, but the bag didn't, including the adapters. Found out I can charge the phone through the USB of the TV!!! I felt clever.
7-Jan-2017. Standard breakfast at Schiphol, at my standard cafe
6-Jan-2017. Staying at citizenM for the trip to Perth
5-Jan-2017. Family visit to the Kröller-Müller museum (again)
4-Jan-2017. Presents from NWO...
3-Jan-2017. Bought trousers, for the first time in more than a year
1-Jan-2017. A tradition of many years now: glühwein (made by Bert Prins) with the neighbours
31-Dec-2016. The oliebollen were lekker this year
30-Dec-2016. Our picture in the national news!!!!
29-Dec-2016. The flight on Dec 28 was cancelled due to fog at Schiphol, so we had the 6.30am flight today (with more delays...). Still fog in Amsterdam when we landed
28-Dec-2016. Shopping in Bologna
27-Dec-2016. Lunch At Lazaroun in Santarcangelo
26-Dec-2016. Our annual pilgrimage to San Luca
25-Dec-2016. Christmas lunch....
24-Dec-2016. On our way to Bologna
23-Dec-2016. Luca playing Formula1, Rudolf style
22-Dec-2016. The annual christmas stuff from Astron
21-Dec-2016. Writing christmas cards
20-Dec-2016. Admiring the strange goats that walk around the Dwingelderveld
19-Dec-2016. First mosaic with Apertif
18-Dec-2016. Christmas shopping at IKEA...
17-Dec-2016. Doing the christmas tree
16-Dec-2016. Imaging Leo T with Apertif
14-Dec-2016. The herd in the forrest today
13-Dec-2016. Filling up the pond, to keep Billy (our fish) alive
12-Dec-2016. The pond has a leak, slowly draining...
11-Dec-2016. Making my own blend of tea at Harrod's
10-Dec-2016. Tourists in London
9-Dec-2016. Luca and I travelled to London to meet up with Raffaella
8-Dec-2016. Raffaella on her way to London to give a talk at the Royal Astronomical Society. Luca and I will follow tomorrow
6-Dec-2016. Very cold morning today.....
5-Dec-2016. 200K with the Alfa today!
4-Dec-2016. Walk along the Lonerdiep today
3-Dec-2016. Went shopping in Groningen today
2-Dec-2016. Venus, Moon and dish
1-Dec-2016. The herd on the Dwingelderveld
30-Nov-2016. Souvenir from Toronto
29-Nov-2016. Flew back home
28-Nov-2016. Flew over Greenland, on my way to Toronto.
27-Nov-2016. Checked in for the flight of tomorrow: business class!!!!
26-Nov-2016. Luca (no. 7) scored a hattrick in the first match after two months not playing (because of injury).
25-Nov-2016. Pre-dinner mjammjams
24-Nov-2016. Fearsome goats at the Dwingelderveld
23-Nov-2016. After many many struggles, managed to make the first Apertif image!!!
22-Nov-2016. In PhD committee today
21-Nov-2016. Raffaella trying to figure out what to vote for the referendum....
20-Nov-2016. Terrible weather today, lots of wind, leaves everywhere
19-Nov-2016. King Romeo on his throne
18-Nov-2016. First real data from Apertif!!!!
17-Nov-2016. Raffaella at work
16-Nov-2016. Serena back from Bologna
15-Nov-2016. Very early train (7 am) to Leiden for the NOVA meeting
14-Nov-2016. Serena (and Maarten) flying back after a wonderful visit of the family in Bologna
13-Nov-2016. Our Christmas Cactus is flowering too early...
12-Nov-2016. Our neighbour Bea has a new cat and she is exploring our garden....
11-Nov-2016. St Martin today....
10-Nov-2016. Serena travels to Bologna tomorrow, she came to pick up the presents etc she has to bring to the folks there
9-Nov-2016. Got up at 2 am to watch the elections. What horror...
8-Nov-2016. Luca preparing for an exam tomorrow
6-Nov-2016. Doing home improvements
5-Nov-2016. Raffaella returned from Australia with valuable booty
4-Nov-2016. Fall finally seems to have come
3-Nov-2016. Luca waiting for his dinner
2-Nov-2016. Making out with Romeo...
1-Nov-2016. Have to read a PhD thesis, so work at home today
31-Oct-2016. Fall in Dwingeloo
30-Oct-2016. Tracking Raffaella on her way to Perth
29-Oct-2016. Coffee in de Prinsenhof
28-Oct-2016. Picking up Serena from the station
27-Oct-2016. Luca not feeling well, staying home from school
24-Oct-2016. Both Raffaella and me in the Promotiecommissie today
23-Oct-2016. Got up at 4 to watch MotoGP at Phillip Island
22-Oct-2016. Shopping in Groningen, coffee at de Prinsenhof
21-Oct-2016. Luca showing Raffaella how to make a better web site
20-Oct-2016. Luca making a food picture for school
18-Oct-2016. AstroFest 2016, in Meppel
17-Oct-2016. Serena started driving lessons....
16-Oct-2016. Wonderful walk along the Drentse Aa near Gasteren and Oudemolen
15-Oct-2016. Luca still injured, so cannot play (and he hates that...)
14-Oct-2016. Raffaella back late from Leiden, so made her a caprese
13-Oct-2016. The three students whom I am teaching this semeter (all three from India...)
12-Oct-2016. Luca protecting himself against mosquitos
11-Oct-2016. Luca giving a presentation at school
10-Oct-2016. Very nice lunch walk on the Dwingelderveld
9-Oct-2016. Walk on the Balloërveld. Ran into the herd, as usual (note the beautiful ram)
8-Oct-2016. Luca in the TV studio of Zapp Live
7-Oct-2016. Watching football in the Hutt
6-Oct-2016. Luca experimenting photography
5-Oct-2016. Started teaching again. Only 1 student (and she was late...)
4-Oct-2016. Picking up Raffaella from her trip to Leiden
3-Oct-2016. Finally also Serena enjoys sitting around the fire in the evening
2-Oct-2016. A new record: never before turned on the heating this late in the year (normally a month earlier)
1-Oct-2016. Luca has an injury, cannot play...
30-Sep-2016. Last concert of John Coffey, in Paradiso, Amsterdam. With Serena (in the middle, just behind John Coffey)
29-Sep-2016. And yet another wonderful evening in the Pavilion
28-Sep-2016. Raffaella working on an Apex proposal
27-Sep-2016. Cleaning up the garage...
25-Sep-2016. I love global warming: 25C end of september!!!
24-Sep-2016. Another wonderful dinner in the pavilion
23-Sep-2016. The first BBQ on the new grill!!!!
22-Sep-2016: Finally everything is ready!!!!
21-Sep-2016. Getting there....
20-Sep-2016. Last session of work on the garden started....
19-Sep-2016. Raffaella's birthday cake
18-Sep-2016. Luca's latest art work
17-Sep-2016. After one year of taking pills, last time Luca has to take his medicine...
16-Sep-2016. Went shopping with Luca. Always great fun....
15-Sep-2016. Another very warm day... (but the last one...)
14-Sep-2016. Apertif BBQ in Westerbork
13-Sep-2016. Today (30C!!) even warmer than yesterday...
12-Sep-2016. Very very nice weather, dinner in the garden
11-Sep-2016. I was wrong just over a week ago (see 1-Sep-2016): this is the last lily of the year
10-Sep-2016. Perfect debut of Luca for ACV: a proper hattrick!
9-Sep-2016. For the level Luca is playing now, he has todo an exam for the rules. He passed!!!
8-Sep-2016. Luca received the warmup and training gear for the new season. Number 7 this year
7-Sep-2016. Raffaella still travelling, but Luca returned. So making a BBQ (and watch TV in the mean time)
6-Sep-2016. Raffaella travelling, Luca at school camp: dinner alone...
5-Sep-2016. Luca arriving at the introduction days of his new school
4-Sep-2016. Raffaella leaving for a meeting in Italy
3-Sep-2016. Tough day today: MotoGP and Formula 1 at the same time....
2-Sep-2016. Luca for the first time on his way to his new school, in Groningen
1-Sep-2016. The last lily of the year?
31-Aug-2016. Elmer Spaargaren getting ready to take the group photo of the meeting for Hugo van Woerden's 90-th birthday
30-Aug-2016. Romeo on his daily mice hunt.
29-Aug-2016. Started to collect wood for the fireplace
28-Aug-2016. Managed to assemble the new grill (despite the finnsih instructions). We're waiting for the carpenter to attach the chimney
27-Aug-2016. Luca in his training shirt of his new team (very soft and comfy...)
26-Aug-2016. Rare: Luca mowing the lawn voluntarily....
25-Aug-2016. Luca got his new Mac for school....
24-Aug-2016. The garden grill arrived from Finland. Have to assemble it myself. Everything in finnish...
23-Aug-2016. Nice weather, lying in the grass, watching a hopeless loss of Luca's team....
22-Aug-2016. Serena got her bachelor!!!!
21-Aug-2016. We used Valet parking at Schiphol for the Alfa for this trip. They cleaned the car, even inside (something which had not happened for 10 years)!!!!
20-Aug-2016. Last walk about in the neighbourhood of Buenos Aires we stayed in (Palermo Soho) before flying back to NL.
19-Aug-2016. Stopover in Buenos Aires. So La Boca, including the stadium of the Boca Juniors
18-Aug-2016. Went around Santiago to see may things. One of my favourites in any city always is the fish market. Also here.
17-Aug-2016. Did many things in Santiago today, one of which visiting the Museum of pre-Columbian Art
16-Aug-2016. On the way back to Santiago, we flew straight over La Silla!!!!
15-Aug-2016. Visited the Tatio geyser field high up in the Andes, very early in the morning. Boiling hot water but freezing air (-10 C)
14-Aug-2016. Floating (Dead Sea style) in the salt water of the Laguna Cejar
13-Aug-2016. Got a tour of APEX, at 5050 m in the Andes outside San Pedro, and right next to ALMA (which we also visited)
12-Aug-2016. Drove up to Laguna Miscanti and Laguna Miñiques, 4200 m high, 100 km S of San Pedro
11-Aug-2016. Wonderful hikes in the Valle de la Luna and the Valle della Muerte
10-Aug-2016. Drove from Paranal to San Pedro, passing a ghost mining town....
9-Aug-2016. Wonderful stay at the VLT
8-8-16. Flying over the Andes, passing the Aconcagua
7-Aug-2016. Walking to the gate for the flight to Chile
6-Aug-2016. Last instructions of the coach for Luca for his first match in ACV under-19 (a solid 1-0 win)
5-Aug-2016. Romeo showing off his latest kill
4-Aug-2016. Luca making himself useful: cleaning Bartje!!
3-Aug-2016. The lilies keep on amazing this year
2-Aug-2016. Luca switched to the local top club and is now working hard to adjust to the new level
1-Aug-2016. Luca's last batch of medicine
31-Jul-2016. The usual sunday Bolli, now in the new pavilion
30-Jul-2016. Visited Serena in Zwolle
29-Jul-2016. Printed another 3 posters of my daily pictures
27-Jul-2016. Fixing our Alessi percolator (which had a small acident....) by cutting a Bialetti part. Much cheaper!!!
26-Jul-2016. Flying back to NL
25-Jul-2016. Comacchio
24-Jul-2016. The mosaics in Ravenna
23-Jul-2016. Fun on the pedalò in Bellaria
22-Jul-2016.The annual seafood dinner in Bellaria
21-Jul-2016. On our way to Bologna, we made a detour to Rotterdam to see the Botero exhibition in the Kunsthal.
20-Jul-2016. Luca trying to cool down a bit
19-Jul-2016. Watched 'Er ist wieder da'
18-Jul-2016. We now have internet in the Pavilion!!!!!!
17-Jul-2016. The water lilies are beautiful this year
16-Jul-2016. Our 'pavilion' is ready!!!!
15-Jul-2016. Every trip we make, we buy a fridge magnet
14-Jul-2016. At the Disc meeting at ESO
13-Jul-2016. The usual walk to ESO, this time for the Disc meeting.
12-Jul-2016. Left at 5 am to drive to Schiphol to fly to Munich. Hit a traffic jam nevertheless...
11-Jul-2016. Great day: Luca gets his high school diploma!!
10-Jul-2016. Cleaned up the back of the garden, for the new cabin...
9-Jul-2016. Preparing for the cabin...
8-Jul-2016: Our today's lunch..
7-Jul-2016. At Luca's new school, to meet next year's teachers etc
6-Jul-2016. Raffaella is travelling too much. Now back from Athens.
5-Jul-2016. Luca too early for the last selection training for the top team of his new club.
4-Jul-2016. Luca making himself useful during his school holiday, fixing the garden table
3-Jul-2016. Raffaella leaving for yet another trip. This time Athens.
2-Jul-2016. Today's lunch
1-Jul-2016. Watching Wales beat Belgium!
30-Jun-2016. Raffaella featuring in Phil diamond's talk at Mike Garrett's farewell
29-Jun-2016. Watching Raffaella fly from Edinburgh to Amsterdam
27-Jun-2016. Great victory over Spain!!! (Raffaella went for a long walk because she did not dare to watch)
26-Jun-2016. At the TT; Rossi going the wrong way
25-Jun-2016. Getting ready for the qualification of the MotoGP
24-Jun-2016. Had to give medicine to Romeo and he fought back....
23-Jun-2016. Dead bird on the roof of the serra
22-Jun-2016. Firing up the barbie
21-Jun-2016. The new cupboard in the bedroom is ready
20-Jun-2016. Romeo had a checkup
19-Jun-2016. Still working on our IKEA project....
18-Jun-2016. We went to IKEA last weekend....
17-June-2016. Watching Italy beat Sweden.... Perfect example of playing a bad match and stil win. The hallmark of a champion!
16-Jun-2016. Luca passed his highschool exams!!!
15-Jun-2016. Romeo catching a mouse (hiding against the books)....
14-Jun-2016. The Cornus Kousa is beautiful this year
13-Jun-2016. Flying back home....
12-Jun-2016. Our traditional walk up to San Luca. 498 steps!!!
11-Jun-2016. View from Liliana's apartment
10-Jun-2016. A wonderful day in Venice
9-Jun-2016. We visited the famous Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio
8-Jun-2016. On our way to Bologna, with Elena and Luca
7-Jun-2016. The Dish and Blue Sky
6-Jun-2016. Rossi was better than ever yesterday. Watched the replay of yesterday's victory 3 times today.
5-Jun-2016. Walk on the Hijkerveld. With its beautiful Tumuli.
4-Jun-2016. Finally the water lily is flowering. Late.
3-Jun-2016. Watching The Big Bang Theory with the entire family
2-Jun-2016. Our beautiful Iris Siberica Snow Prince
1-Jun-2016. Our annual trip to The Hague
31-May-2016. Luca made delicious chimichurri
30-May-2016. Raffaella leaving for a wokshop in Leiden
29-May-2016. Romeo's favourite spot to relax
28-May-2016. Happy to be back home
27-May-2016. Dinner at Cape Town airport
26-May-2016. Workshop dinner of the MeerKat meeting in Stellenbosch
25-May-2016. Walking from the hotel to the MeerKat meeting, in Stellenbosch
24-May-2016. Some problems with the hotel reservation in Stellenbosch, but managed to find a nice room
23-May-2016. Got an upgrade for the flight to Cape Town (fitting celebration of 5 years daily pictures...)
22-May-2016. On my way to Schiphol (and on to Cape Town tomorrow)
21-May-2016. Nice, long walk today around the Dwingelderveld
20-May-2016. Romeo has to brush his teeth now.... With a dog's brush....
19-May-2016. Luca picked up an injury on his knee in the first practice for his new club
18-May-2016. Picking up Raffaella at the station. As usual, you can spot the train minutes before it arrives
17-May-2016. Luca on his way to start the final exams of high school...
16-May-2016. Serena working backstage for John Coffey
15-May-2016. Nice walk today: Gasterse Duinen, Drentse Aa and here crossing the Anlooërdiep
14-May-2016. Like most saturday afternoons: sushi
13-May-2016. We have a new bench in the garden, to enjoy the sun
12-May-2016. Long working day for Raffaella
11-May-2016. One of my favourites in the garden is flowering: the 'Kornoelje' (Cornus canadensis). We also have the much bigger Cornus kousa, who will flower in a few weeks.
10-May-2016. Romeo needs a dental checkup...
9-May-2016. Watched the Mercury Transit with Luca, using a very simple binocular (hard to see: its the small dot, the larger one is a sunspot)
8-May-2016. Had to fix one of our doors. So took out my favourite toolbox
7-May-2016. Luca played his last match for FC Assen (with 2 goals), after playing 11 years for them
6-May-2016. Dumped a lot of rubbish today
5-May-2016. Finally 'kortebroekenweer'!!!
4-May-2016. Memorial day. Flag half-mast.
3-May-2016. Luca doing a test training with the local top squad (and if he wants, will play for them next season)
2-May-2016. Present from our favourite French colleague
1-May-2016. Wonderful walk at the Holtveen
30-Apr-2016. A first: Raffaella mowing the lawn
29-Apr-2016. Every day, 6 pm sharp, our very hungy cats eat
28-Apr-2016. Romeo eying the only fish (Billy) in the pond
27-Apr-2016. Free market on King's day...
26-Apr-2016. End of April....
25-Apr-2016. Luca and I are having a bad cold
24-Apr-2016. Was snowing today...
23-Apr-2016. One of the joys of spring: the beautiful 'krentebloesem' (Amelanchier lamarckii) in front of our house
22-Apr-2016. Elena and Luca baking cookies
21-Apr-2016. Luca's last day at high school... Time flies. See 3-Sep-2012
20-Apr-2016. The tulips we sent to Michele are flowering!
18-Apr-2016. In commitee for PhD defence. This is the room where we deliberate before going to the Aula (was early, note the red bag: it has my gown)
17-Apr-2016. The usual Sunday evening's Bolli
16-Apr-2016. Civilization improving: the supermarket now sells piadine!!!!
15-Apr-2016. Bought a new, fancy lawn mower (the old one died...)
14-Apr-2016. In the train for a meeting in Amsterdam. Every time, the highlight of such a trip is crossing the IJssel
13-Apr-2016. Got my new passport (and kept the old one for all the nice visa)
12-Apr-2016. Waiting for the doctor to check my knee (which turned out to have healed perfectly)
11-Apr-2016. The first tulips flowering in the garden
10-Apr-2016. Analysed the observations we did a few days ago with APEX, a small telescope high in the Andes. Strong detections of molecular gas in the Outer Filament of Centaurus A!
9-Apr-2016. Walk along the Grollooërveen. And we saw telescopes C and D for the first time!!!!
8-Apr-2016. Belated birthday cake (Serena had to work wednesday)
7-Apr-2016. Serena went to Paradiso to see the Arctic Monkeys
6-Apr-2016. One of my birthday presents: holy flower seeds!!!!
5-Apr-2016. The gardener preparing for building the cabin
4-Apr-2016. Luca and I at City Hall to apply for new passports (took only 2 minutes...)
3-Apr-2016. Very nice walk along the Gasterse Diep
2-Apr-2016. Luca scored the 200-th goal of his career (and #201)
1-Apr-2016. We say the first bat of the year during our evening walk. Tried to take a picture, but he was too quick
31-Mar-2016. Spotted 5 adders today!
30-Mar-2016. Luca and I need a new passport so we had pictures taken
28-Mar-2016. Two (!!) delicious desserts for our Easter lunch: a mango cake and tiramisu
27-Mar-2016. Raffaella making Tiramisu!!!!!
26-Mar-2016. One minute silence for Johan Cruijff before today's match (a 2-3 loss but with two nice goals by Luca)
25-Mar-2016. Taking off the bandage of the operation...
24-Mar-2016. An ex-PhD student (Bjorn Emonts) came for dinner
23-Mar-2016. Luca after the last test of the first major part (of 2) of his school exam.
22-Mar-2016. On crutches....
21-Mar-2016. Surgery on my left knee today
20-Mar-2016. Lazy sunday evening
19-Mar-2016. Watching MotoGP while I am cooking
18-Mar-2016. Picking up Raffaella from her trip to Italy
17-Mar-2016. Today I finally spotted my first adder of 2016 (see also yesterday)
16-Mar-2016. Still have not spotted an adder this year...
15-Mar-2016. Valentino's catch of the night
14-Mar-2016. Today I spotted our faithful solitary sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus a.k.a. Billy!) for the first time this year after he woke up from hibernation.
13-Mar-2016. Long walk today through the forest near Spier and the Dwingelderveld
12-Mar-2016. Nice, spring-like day
11-Mar-2016. Foggy Dwingelderveld today
10-Mar-2016. The crocuses in the front lawn
9-Mar-2016. Luca giving an excellent presentation at school on his career choice...
8-Mar-2016. Luca today was drafted for military service which does not exist!!!!
7-Mar-2016. The cats after their morning walk
6-Mar-2016. Walking up the Galgenberg ('Gallows Hill') at the Ballooërveld
5-Mar-2016. Finishing the last bits of the new fence
4-Mar-2016. Serena's birthday!!!!!
3-Mar-2016. Luca and the cats
1-Mar-2016. Luca is with Elena this evening, so I made a wonderful risotto (con porcini) for the two of us
29-Feb-2016. We built another part of the fence today
28-Feb-2016. This sunday's walk was a long one on the Hijkerveld
27-Feb-2016. Got up at 5am to watch the start of the racing season: Superbike at Phillip Island
26-Feb-2016. With all the recent rain, my usual lunch walk in the forest has become boggy... (but I spotted the woodpecker I heard a two days ago!!!)
25-Feb-2016. Poor Luca is having the flu...
24-Feb-2016. During my lunch walk, I heard, as I often do, the 'drum' of a Great Spotted Woodpecker, but, as usual, did not see him. Should be somewhere in these trees...
23-Feb-2016. The Lancia did a 100000 km today (when we arrived in town, it had done 99999, so we drove circles in the parking lot to be sure we could take a picture...)
22-Feb-2016. Serena home today
21-Feb-2016. Rain, rain and rain today. The cats slept all day
20-Feb-2016. Luca captain today and a very good 1-0 win
19-Feb-2016. Picking up Raffaella, back from Italy, at the station
18-Feb-2016. Luca finished football training late, so had a long wait in the car (in the rain)
17-Feb-2016. Again dinner alone... (Raffaella still in Italy, Luca celebrating Elena's birthday)
16-Feb-2016. Dinner alone (Raffaella in Italy, Luca playing football)
15-Feb-2016. Raffaella is in Sesto (Dolomiti) for a meeting...
14-Feb-2016. Discovered, to my great joy, that one of my all-time favourites is back on TV again: Thunderbirds are go!!!
13-Feb-2016. Luca exhausted after an unlucky 1-2 loss
12-Feb-2016. The sheep herd on the Dwingelderveld. See it almost every day, but still always a beautiful sight
11-Feb-2016. Historic day. Reassuring to see this great triumph of science in this world full of ignorance and prejudice
10-Feb-2016. With all the rain of the last few days, the Dwingelderveld is almost flooded
9-Feb-2016. Romeo is on a diet, so he goes out to find his own food...
8-Feb-2016. We have to take these off because we have to carry up a new mattress and the stairs are tight. We took a picture to remember how to put them back
7-Feb-2016. Windy walk around the Kale Duinen
6-Feb-2016. Luca and Serena being lazy.
5-Feb-2016. Back at Schiphol, waiting for the train home
4-Feb-2016. Waiting at Cape Town airport to fly home
3-Feb-2016. Meeting at the South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town
2-Feb-2016. Road sign at the grounds of the observatory of Cape Town
1-Feb-2016. The view of Devil's Peak and Table Mountain from the hotel in Cape Town.
31-Jan-2016. Early breakfast at Schiphol, on my way to Cape Town
30-Jan-2016. Yesterday was my sister's 65th birthday. To celebrate, the whole family visited the Harry Muskee exhibition
29-Jan-2016. Visited some colleges to see what Luca will do next....
28-Jan-2016. Nice report on Egbert Streuer on TV today
27-Jan-2016. Luca survived the bad weather biking from Elena to home....
26-Jan-2016. We booked our summer holiday of this year: Chile!
25-Jan-2016. Ran into the herd at our lunchwalk
24-Jan-2016. At the Gasterse duinen
23-Jan-2016. The first practice match after the winter. A good 6-2 win, 3 goals by Luca!! (the one with green shoes) and he played only half a match!
22-Jan-2016. Bought the first tulips of this year
21-Jan-2016. Luca studying for his exam.
20-Jan-2016. Showed the telescope to Irene, a very bright student from Portland Oregon, who visited me the last 3 weeks to be introduced into the mysteries of interferometry
19-Jan-2016. X-ray of my left knee. Turns out I will need surgery on the meniscus
18-Jan-2016. Beautiful snowy Dwingelderveld
17-Jan-2016. Woke up with nice snow in the garden.
16-Jan-2016. Wonderful walk on the Groote Zand, with sheep grazing in the snow...
15-Jan-2016. Major drama: Vale and Romeo have to get their annual vaccination....
14-Jan-2016. Also the Lancia got winter tyres
13-Jan-2016. Farewell dinner for George Heald
12-Jan-2016. Changed to winter tyres today. Late, because I don't like them (they spoil the perfect behaviour of the Alfa, just a little bit)
11-Jan-2016. Bowie passed away... We burnt a candle, smoked a cigar and drank a glass for him
10-Jan-2015. At one of the Tumuli of the Balloërveld
9-Jan-2016. Major event: Raffaella learning how to use Python Notebooks
8-Jan-2016. Received the mission patch for my very modest contribution to the conservation of the spacesuits of Neil Armstron and Alan Shepard
7-Jan-2016. Finally the weather changed so we could de-ice the cars...
6-Jan-2016. Second day that we are stuck because of the weather. No school for Luca, so he bakes a cake...
5-Jan-2016. Code Red weather: everything is iced over. Impossible to go anywhere
4-Jan-2016. Finally we have a little bit of snow
3-Jan-2016. The result of Luca's crystalisation experiment with sugar (see 3-Oct-2015)
2-Jan-2016. Bad weather, but fortunately Serena had ripped the new Tarantino movie!
1-Jan-2016. Result of the extreme weather in December: the gras is flowering (normally in May...)
31-Dec-2015. I had decided not to buy fireworks this year, but at the last moment could not resist to buy some....
30-Dec-2015. Working at home today
29-Dec-2015. We fixed l'Uccellino!!!
28-Dec-2015. Turns out my left knee has a damaged meniscus, and a Baker's cyste
27-Dec-2015. Tracking Raffaella and the Nonna on their way to Schiphol
26-Dec-2015. Suddenly my left knee seems to have given up; Have to use my grandfather's walking stick to be able to move around...
25-Dec-2015. Christmas presents....
24-Dec-2015. Raffaella and Luca trying out a new gadget for cleaning the windows
23-Dec-2015. The sheep herd in the forest near the institute
22-Dec-2015. Worked at the institute. Was the only one working there....
21-Dec-2015. Romeo is always very close with Serena
20-Dec-2015. This is why we like la Nonna to visit us: she makes real tortellini!
19-Dec-2015. We picked up la Nonna from Schiphol and on the way back we passed the Kröller-Müller musuem
18-Dec-2015. Serena got many offers for an internship, so we had a telecon with her on which one to choose
17-Dec-2015. Another party this week: end-of-year!!!!
16-Dec-2015. Meeting at the Allersmaborg, in the emptyness of North-Groningen
15-Dec-2015. Today another farewell party, this time for a staff member (George Heald)
14-Dec-2015. Farewell party for 3 postdocs leaving Astron
13-Dec-2015. Decorating the christmas tree....
12-Dec-2015. Went to see the new James Bond movie, with Elena and Luca
11-Dec-2015. After more than 7 years of loyal service, my Linuxbox dop210 was shut down for the last time...
10-Dec-2015. Wanted to take a nice picture, but later discovered I had left the camera in a funny mode
9-Dec-2015. Dropped off Raffaella at the train station, for her trip to Bologna
8-Dec-2015. The herd near Smitsveen
7-Dec-2015. First meeting of the Apertif Survey Team!!!!
6-Dec-2015. Romeo complaining...
5-Dec-2015. Sinterklaas was very generous this year
4-Dec-2015. Raffaella and I came up with a new model for the gas outflow in Mrk 231
3-Dec-2015. Romeo is back home from hospital, Valentino seems happy about that
2-Dec-2015. Visiting Romeo in the hospital. Was difficult... slow recovery at best....
1-Dec-2015. Luca is doing a traineeship this week at a media company....
30-Nov-2015. Our Christmascactus (Schlumbergera) is flowering!
29-Nov-2015. Romeo is not well, a virus infection...
28-Nov-2015. Daddy's Princess
27-Nov-2015. Luca and I went to a proper barber shop
26-Nov-2015. Celebrating the first observations with Apertif
25-Nov-2015. Lousy weather, but beautiful rainbow
24-Nov-2015. The chairs of the dining table are away for repair. Uncomfortable...
23-Nov-2015. One of the things I really do not like to do: scratch the ice from the car
22-Nov-2015. The first snow (not much) of the season
21-Nov-2015. Sinterklaas showing his good taste (the red MG)
20-Nov-2015. Pre-dinner sushi and bolly
18-Nov-2015. The sheep herd of the Dwingelderveld, during my lunch walk
17-Nov-2015. Stumbled onto this wonderful picture of two of my childhood heroes: Giacomo Agostini (1) and Mike (the Bike) Hailwood, both on the MV Agusta 3 cylinder 500cc, coming out of the Strubben corner in Assen, somewhere in the 60's
16-Nov-2015. Galaxy meeting at the Kapteyn Institute.
15-Nov-2015. Familiy visit, to my niece Annechien and family
14-Nov-2015. Waiting to fill the forms for today's football match (and yes, we were in Friesland)
13-Nov-2015. End-of-year decorations... I hate winter....
12-Nov-2015. Raffaella and me on the lunch walk at the Dwingelderveld
11-Nov-2015. Serena got a new IPhone!!
10-Nov-2015. Bought the same alarm clock as 25 years ago!!!
9-Nov-2015. Meeting at Luca's school about what to do next year after the exam
8-Nov-2015. Watching the final race this year's MotoGP, with a disappointing outcome...
7-Nov-2015. Back in NL, just in time to watch Luca play football (a 10-1 win!!!)
6-Nov-2015. In the train to Seoul airport
5-Nov-2015. On the campus of the Yonsei University, walking to the Chiles meeting
4-Nov-2015. Korean BBQ with Ximena and some more of the Chiles team
3-Nov-2015. Small street near the hotel in Seoul
2-Nov-2015. A real Korean dinner this evening
1-Nov-2015. The toilet in the hotel room in Seoul. No idea what these buttons do.. I'm gonna try....
31-Oct-2015. Watching the All Blacks win the rugby final, at Schiphol, on my way to Seoul
30-Oct-2015. Friends for dinner (another Italo-Dutch family)
29-Oct-2015. Twice a week I pick up Luca from football practice (and wait...)
28-Oct-2015. Spend the day at the Kapteyn Institute in Groningen (this is my office there (the Blaauw Room), which I share with Raffaella)
27-Oct-2015. Last sunday, the clock moved back one hour... So is already dark at 6pm...
26-Oct-2015. Back in NL and to my daily routine of a nice lunchwalk near the institute
25-Oct-2015. Watching MotoGP early morning in the hotel, live on the phone. Dramatic race....
24-Oct-2015. Second day at the Biennale. Today at the Giardini
23-Oct-2015. First day at the Biennela di Venezia, today at the Arsenale
22-Oct-2015. Shopping & lunch in Bologna
21-Oct-2015. Giving my talk....
20-Oct-2015. Attending (Raffaella as well) the survey meeting in Bologna
19-Oct-2015. On our way to Bologna (again...)
18-Oct-2015. Like last sunday, got up very early, now for the MotoGP at Phillip Island. According to many it was the best race in a decade....
17-Oct-2015. The All Blacks were awesome today, trashing France.
16-Oct-2015. The cows of the Dwingelderveld
15-Oct-2015. In the evening, Romeo and Valentino always join us on the couch, to have a nice sleep
14-Oct-2015. Very funny fungi near the institute
13-Oct-2015. Very usual view of our home at the end of the afternoon
12-Oct-2015. First time this fall the car windowscreen was covered with (very little) ice
11-Oct-2015. Got up at 4 am to watch the Japanese GP and saw one of the best races in a long time!!!!
10-Oct-2015. Fixing a big scratch
9-Oct-2015. The best strawberry cake in the Universe (the one from Gosselaar)
8-Oct-2015. Waiting for a regular check at the hospital
7-Oct-2015. Valentino is very much enjoying the black sheepskin we bought last sunday in Balloo
6-Oct-2015. It is a very good year for mushrooms....
5-Oct-2015. Elena and Luca made a very nice dinner !!!!
4-Oct-2015. Nice walk on the Balloërveld
3-Oct-2015. Luca is doing an experiment on crystallisation (with sugar)
2-Oct-2015. Beautiful day, nice walk in the forest near the institute
1-Oct-2015. In the train back from the Astrofest in Groningen
30-Sep-2015. Friends over for dinner... Many dirty dishes
29-Sep-2015. Did not eat this for a long time: 'bloedworst met stroop' (black pudding with syrup). Lekker!!!!
28-Sep-2015. Strange day: absolute silence in the forrest, not even a single bird.....
27-Sep-2015. Luca fullfilled my wish: he wrote (in less than an our...) the classic game Pong for my Mac
26-Sep-2015. Falafel for dinner this evening!!!
25-Sep-2015. Beautiful mushroom near the Dwingeloo telescope
24-Sep-2015. One of the three reasons I am an All Blacks fan: the Haka!!!!
23-Sep-2015. Spooky spiderwebs near the institute....
22-Sep-2015. Luca having an early dinner because of football training
21-Sep-2015. The waterlily is still flowering. Much later than other years.
20-Sep-2015. Watching the worldcup rugby: the All Blacks against Argentina
19-Sep-2015. Raffaella's birthday
18-Sep-2015. We went for dinner with the familiy, and Serena and Maarten had a nice present for Raffaella
17-Sep-2015. The SKA science book arrived (I was one of the editors..). 10 kg!!!
16-Sep-2015. Raffaella returned from Leiden
15-Sep-2015. Raffaella is a few days in Leiden; Luca and me watching Champions League (PSV - Man United) and eating strawberries...
14-Sep-2015. Important day: Raffaella in now also Dutch!!
13-Sep-2015. Going to a concert of SeaSick Steve this evening, and will dress up with my 'green and yeller' cap
12-Sep-2015. Great day for Dutch motercycle racing: At Misano, Bo Bendsneyder wins again and secures the Red Bull Rookie championship!!!!
11-Sep-2015. This evening's dinner: linguine allo scoglio. Supermjammjam
10-Sep-2015. In winter, we feed the birds with seeds. Apparently one of those fell on the ground, and is now a sunflower!
9-Sep-2015. The culprit of the broken dishwasher: a flaky sensor
8-Sep-2015. The cats always get dinner at 6pm sharp. But Vale thinks 17:45 is also ok....
7-Sep-2015. The dishwasher does not work properly anymore. This is a major problem so went back to the store.
6-Sep-2015. Watching F1 at Monza. Not sure why, F1 is seldom exciting and this race was no exception
5-Sep-2015. Luca warming up for what turned out to be a boring game
4-Sep-2015. Last day of the Local Gas workshop in Dwingeloo
3-Sep-2015. Went to the Arena to see Oranje play Iceland... A hopeless 0-1 loss.
2-Sep-2015. Our tomatoes are being eaten by somebody or something....
1-Sep-2015. Vale turned killer again today
31-Aug-2015. Our Local Galaxies workshop started
30-Aug-2015. Great day: Rossi wins the Silverstone GP and re-takes the lead in the championship
29-Aug-2015. Probably the last lily of the year
28-Aug-2015. Luca returning from his school trip to London (where he bought a Juventus sweater...)
27-Aug-2015. Reading mail in a break of the SKA meeting
26-Aug-2015. SKA1 discussions at the meeting in Stockholm....
25-Aug-2015. Reception at the City Hall of Stockholm....
24-Aug-2015. Raffaella at work at the terrace of the hotel in Stockholm
23-Aug-2015. The cats do not like that we are leaving for Stockholm (Raffaella and me) and London (Luca).
22-Aug-2015. First match of the season (a stupid 1-2 loss...)
21-Aug-2015. Luca new soccer boots...
20-Aug-2015. The first mini strawberry!!!
19-Aug-2015. Coaching again this year!!!!
18-Aug-2015. Luca on his way for the first schoolday of his last year in high school...
17-Aug-2015. For the first time in 3 weeks, the weather forces me to wear long jeans.... horrible...
16-Aug-2015. Put a reading chair in my office (the red chair on the left)
15-Aug-2015. Luca got a new bike
14-Aug-2015. Nightmare come true: IKEA....
13-Aug-2015. The Beaucarnea Nolina fully flowering now
12-Aug-2015. Cleaned up the garage, threw away a lot of stuff
10-Aug-2015. Elena and Luca painting one of the bedrooms
9-Aug-2015. Many butterflies in the garden. I spotted several peacock butterflies (dagpauwoog), painted ladies (distelvlinder), cabbage whites (koolwitje) and my favourite butterfly: red admirals (atalanta)
8-Aug-2015. Back at Schiphol, waiting for the luggage
7-Aug-2015. The walkway to Sentosa Island
6-Aug-2015. Today we spent shopping in Orchard Road
5-Aug-2015. The strange Gardens at the Bay in Singapore
4-Aug-2015. The speedboot back to the mainland, and then by car back to Singapore
3-Aug-2015. During one of the hikes we took in the jungle of Pulau Tioman. This one in the south, near Kampung Mukut
2-Aug-2015. Perfect isolation and quietness, good food, warm clear sea, snorkeling, etc etc
1-Aug-2015. Every evening, at the jetty we drank sunset cocktails
31-Jul-2015. At the beach of the JapaMala resort on Pulau Tioman.
30-Jul-2015. We travelled to Japamala at Pulau Tioman, a small island east of mainland Malaysia. This is the deck of our jungle cabin (actually a two-storey house...)
29-Jul-2015. In the infinity pool at the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore
28-Jul-2015. Luca and I travelled to Singapore to meet up with Raffaella who went there from Australia
27-Jul-2015. We had an enormous amounts of rain today (>100 mm) due to some cosmic conspiracy (the rain moved from left to right straight over Assen)
26-Jul-2015. Raffaella arrived in Perth. These are the pins of the photos on her iPhone (Australia was missing until today)
25-Jul-2015. Watching the Suzuka 8h race (in Japanese!!) to see Casey Stoner racing again
24-Jul-2015. Raffaella leaving for Australia. We will meet in Singapore in a few days....
23-Jul-2015. Valentino and his irresistible desire to sit in a box...
22-Jul-2015. Very rare for a Beaucarnea Nolina, but ours is flowering!!!!
21-Jul-2015. Carrots from our garden!!!
20-Jul-2015. One of our suitcases died in Italy, so we bought a new one for the next trip (next week)
19-Jul-2015. Every flight, this stewardess takes a selfie with one of the passengers, today with Serena
18-Jul-2015. A day at the beach (very hot...)
17-Jul-2015. Lunch near the beach in Bellaria
16-Jul-2015. We toured the Chianti region...
15-Jul-2015. A nice day in Sienna
14-Jul-2015. Visiting one of the Temples of Speed: the Mugello circuit and its famous 'rettilineo'. Some of the most spectacular motor racing happens here...
13-Jul-2015. On our way to Italy for a short break
12-Jul-2015. Our olive tree is flowering a lot this year!!!
11-Jul-2015. A frog on a leaf of one of the lilies in our pond...
10-Jul-2015. Very nice wedding of my niece Annelies with Pieter, in the Old Hortus in Utrecht
9-Jul-2015. After 10 years, finally this cactus will have a flower....
8-Jul-2015. Vale complained he was stuck on the roof (but when it started raining he quickly found a way to get off...)
7-Jul-2015. Summer break has begun: Elena and Luca relaxing
6-Jul-2015. More water lilies...
5-Jul-2015. Luca wants to paint his room...
4-Jul-2015. Very very warm and sticky day today
3-Jul-2015. Luca and Elena went sailing on the Zuidlaardermeer
2-Jul-2015. Our thermometer confirms it is very hot in the garden....
1-Jul-2015. We're having a heatwave in NL. The Cats are suffering...
30-Jun-2015. The water lilies are doing very well this year
29-Jun-2015. School holiday started so Luca is going to hang out with his friends. He's looking very sharp!!!
28-Jun-2015. Breakfast outside today.
27-Jun-2015. Wonderfull TT this year (historic win of Valentino Rossi!!!)
26-Jun-2015. Luca's birthday with the whole family (and Luca and I had a glorious day at the TT circuit watching the qualifications)
25-Jun-2015. One of the best things in life: hanging around the TT circuit with Luca, watching MotoGP
24-Jun-2015. Today, after more than 15 years of faithful service, the receivers, correlator and backend of the WSRT were shut down. To make place for the phased-array feeds which will start to deliver data in August!!!!
23-Jun-2015. Today we got the official picture of our visit to the Italian Ambassador on June 2
22-Jun-2015. The TT madness has started, even in the supermarket...
21-Jun-2015. Raining today, and the frogs in the garden were very active
20-Jun-2015. With my brothers at Andries' birthday (the left one)
19-Jun-2015. The Cornus Kausa is flowering.
18-Jun-2015. Gave a talk in the Blauwe Zaal in Groningen today (for many more people than in thepicture...). The same place where, 39 years ago, I had my first lectures as a student...
17-Jun-2015. Apertif Skype meeting from Groningen
16-Jun-2015. Workshop in Groningen today, in the building where I started studying almost 40 years ago.
15-Jun-2015. The Alfa is using a bit of oil lately...
14-Jun-2015. Lazy cat: Vale slept all day on the sheepskin...
13-Jun-2015. BBQ today... With Serena.
12-Jun-2015. An important day for Apertif!!! Means we will be doing some exciting science in the next few years...
11-Jun-2015. One of the charms of astronomy: its international character (here working on a paper with colleagues from Turkey, China and South Africa)
10-Jun-2015. Luca and I went to the hairdresser
9-Jun-2015. My daily walk along the canal
8-Jun-2015. Our vegetable garden....
7-Jun-2015. Got up at 3 o'clock at night to see the Leeuwinnen win their debut World Cup match!
6-Jun-2015. Was nice weather, so we did a barbeque; and Elena joined
5-Jun-2015. A very warm day. The astronomers had lunch at the Bospub, near the institute
4-Jun-2015. Had Elaine Sadler and James Allison, two colleagues from Australia, over for a nice dinner
3-Jun-2015. The Iris Siberica. One of my favourites in the garden
2-Jun-2015. At the annual reception at the residence of the Italian Ambassador
31-May-2015. Wonderful present from Michele & Liliana: an autograph of Alessandro del Piero, one of my favourite players of all time!!!
30-May-2015. I surpised Raffaella by picking her up at Schiphol
29-May-2015. Showed around students from Leiden at the WSRT
28-May-2015. Our ALMA paper on IC 5063 was on astro-ph today. One of our nicest papers in a long time
27-May-2015. Another club would like Luca to play for them, so he did a trial match. He scored!!
26-May-2015. The first waterlily. Two days earlier than last year, despite the cold spring
25-May-2015. We visited an exhibition of Escher in Bologna
24-May-2015. One of our traditions in Bologna: do the walk up to San Luca
23-May-2015. Cleaned our apartment in Bologna a bit for the new tenant
22-May-2015. Quick dinner at Schiphol on our way to Bologna
21-May-2015. Betsey, one of our postdocs, giving a very nice talk at the conference of the Dutch Astronomical Society in Nunspeet
20-May-2015. Serena at home, discussions after dinner
19-May-2015. Raffaella preparing the speech she will give on thursday for Pietro Grasso, the President of the Italian Senate, at a lunch at the residence of the Ambassador in The Hague. Great honour.
18-May-2015. Meeting at school about the school trip to London
17-May-2015. The last matches of the season....
16-May-2015. Luca has to renew his player's card, finally after 5 years (unrecognisable...)
15-May-2015. Today the sad news that BB King, one of my heroes, passed away. He had 15 children with 15 different women. Some blues!!!
14-May-2015. Started working on the new 'schutting'
13-May-2015. Luca practising keepie-uppie in the garden (his record: 196)
12-May-2015. Little ducklings in the canal behind our house
11-May-2015. First time this year we have dinner in the garden
10-May-2015. Raffaella shopping for clothes...
9-May-2015. This stunning picture of the comet, taken by Rosetta, made my day
9-May-2015. Cooked a very delicious Moroccan dinner. Nothing left!!!!
7-May-2015. Buying wood for the new 'schutting' (fence)
6-May-2015. Watching the celebrations of FC Groningen winning the Cup
5-May-2015. Jan Cremer in the Fundatie in Zwolle
4-May-2015. HI meeting at the Kapteyn Institute
3-May-2015. FC Groningen won the Cup!!!!!
2-May-2015. Beautiful day
1-May-2015. Raffaella taking care of her vegetable garden
30-Apr-2015. Picked up Raffaella from her trip to Brussels
29-Apr-2015. Went to a reunion of my old highschool. Last chance to see the building, soon they will demolish it....
28-Apr-2015. Bought new coffee cups (very important in the morning)
27-Apr-2015. The hand of John Lee Hooker, at the exhibition of Anton Corbijn in the Gemeentemuseum of Den Haag
26-Apr-2015. Staying a night at the sea (Noordwijk), after a visit to the Cobra Museum in Amstelveen
25-Apr-2015. The 'krentebloesem' (Amelanchier or Juneberry) in front of our house
24-Apr-2015. Finally the first BBQ of this year. Tradition requires I drink a beer in an Ozzie stubbieholder while doing the 'barbie'
23-Apr-2015. Traffic jam on the way home (very rare!!)
22-Apr-2015. Bolognese Jamie Oliver style (with fennel seeds; I recently tasted it in Oxford)
21-Apr-2015. Getting ready for the event of Jive becoming an ERIC
20-Apr-2015. Checkup for Luca at the hospital; everything ok
19-Apr-2015. Nice weather to mess around in the garden
18-Apr-2015. A solid 2-1 win today, with the opening goal by Luca
17-Apr-2015. Elena staying for dinner and sleeping over
16-Apr-2015. Back home from Oxford
15-Apr-2015. Breakfast in Oxford
14-Apr-2015. At the workshop (just before my talk)
13-Apr-2015. Meeting at Christ Church in Oxford.
12-Apr-2015. Watching MotoGP in the bus from Heathrow to Oxford (free wifi...)
11-Apr-2015. Cut the grass (first time this year). Always very satisfying
10-Apr-2015. First day that it is warm enough to open the serra (and Valentino is very curious about this)
9-Apr-2015. Made 55 years ago but what a movie!!! (even Luca loves it)
8-Apr-2015. Last week, the arrangement of the computers changed at Astron, so my pictures did not update. Finally found a way to fix that.
7-Apr-2015. Last day Luca has to take his skin medicine
6-Apr-2015. My birthday. Got tickets for Seasick Steve (YEAH!!), a new tablet, two dvd's of the Bing Bang Theory and a statue for the garden!!!!! Perfect day....
5-Apr-2015. Had a nice walk at the Drouwenerzand
4-Apr-2015. Semi-annual ritual: Raffaella wants 'to change the serra'
3-Apr-2015. Raffaella returned from her trip to South Africa. She brought amarula and biltong for us!!!
2-Apr-2015. No school today, so they can be lazy...
1-Apr-2015. Skyping with Raffaella, who is in Cape Town to give 3 talks in 3 days
31-Mar-2015. Luca and I went to the Arena for the Holland-Spain game. To see famous players like Iniesta, Ramos, Fabregas etc. What a joy to watch them play!!!
30-Mar-2015. The semi-annual chat with Luca's mentor at school. As usual, we did not learn very much
29-Mar-2015. One of the best races ever: Rossi wins and Ducati 2 and 3 (only Italians on the podium).
28-Mar-2015. Putting the olive oil from the can into bottles, and filtering it
27-Mar-2015. After 4 long, silent months of Absolutely Nothing, we are racing again!! Forza Ducati !!!!
26-Mar-2015. Luca has to work for school...
25-Mar-2015. Finally, after 10 days of travel, back in my office
24-Mar-2015. Travelling again... Too many trains, planes and automobiles lately
23-Mar-2015. NWO meeting in Utrecht
22-Mar-2015. Cleaning up the pond after the winter
21-Mar-2015. With some delay (snow in the US), but back at Schiphol
20-Mar-2015. Waiting in the lobby of the hotel for the taxi to take me to Newark airport
19-Mar-2015. Meeting of the Laduma group
18-Mar-2015. Beautiful grating reflection of a lamp in the room on the screen of my laptop. Exactly like a spectrograph in a telescope...
17-Mar-2015. At the PHISCC meeting at Rutgers University, New Brunswick
16-Mar-2015. The bus from the hotel to the meeting venue
15-Mar-2015. Skyping home from New Brunswick
14-Mar-2015. On my way to the US, I flew over the most north-eastern tip of Canada
13-Mar-2015. Shopping for shoes (I also bought some)
12-Mar-2015. Our indoor garden
11-Mar-2015. Luca waiting for a friend on his way to school
10-Mar-2015. An exciting book on Dutch astronomy came out today
9-Mar-2015. Job interviews today
8-Mar-2015. We did an early-morning walk on the Dwingelderveld
7-Mar-2015. Discussing the very good 1-1 draw of today's football
6-Mar-2015. My M101 image is part of the ASTRON timeline. Also my Dwingeloo 1 & 2 image.
5-Mar-2015. The first adder of the year!!!!
4-Mar-2015. Serena's 22nd birthday!!!
3-Mar-2015. The exciting room in the college Raffaella is staying in at Cambridge
2-Mar-2015. Raffaella is on her way to Cambridge, Luca has football training, so am watching The Big Bang Theory alone
1-Mar-2015. Back home, slow day, recovering from the visit to Bologna
28-Feb-2015. Flew back to Schiphol
27-Feb-2015. A day of infinite shopping.....
26-Feb-2015. We got a tour of the villa of Marconi. In this room, he invented wireless communication (the radio)
25-Feb-2015. Back in Bologna
24-Feb-2015. At Schiphol, on our way to Bologna
23-Feb-2015. SKA meeting in Amsterdam
22-Feb-2015. We went to see the Malevich exhibition in the Drents Museum
21-Feb-2015. Luca's football match was cancelled because of the rain, so he spent all day with his computer
20-Feb-2015. A very rainy evening today
19-Feb-2015. Romeo has a new favourite spot
18-Feb-2015. Watching Real Madrid beat Schalke
17-Feb-2015. A colleague returned from a visit to Australia and brought TimTams for tea!!!
16-Feb-2015. Spring is really coming now
15-Feb-2015. Luca's first game!!!
14-Feb-2015. Lunch at the Prinsenhof in Groningen
13-Feb-2014. The first (almost) spring day at the Smitsveen...
12-Feb-2015. A present from a japanese colleague visiting
11-Feb-2015. Another visit to the vet, now for the allergy for fleas
10-Feb-2015. Lunch of the Astronomy Group to thank Raffaella for having been such a good boss
9-Feb-2015. Now Raffaella has a bad cold...
8-Feb-2015. Continued to trim the grape
7-Feb-2015. The first match after winter. A 3-0 win!!!
6-Feb-2015. Raffa's student Alexander (from Macedonia...) defended his PhD!
5-Feb-2015. Cold, snowy night
4-Feb-2015. Finally, after 3 months, MotoGP again (even if it is just for testing the new bikes)
3-Feb-2015. Having a bad cold today
2-Feb-2015. Dinner
1-Feb-2015. Luca is writing Java...
31-Jan-2015. The first snowdrop (sneeuwklokje) of the year
30-Jan-2015. Beautiful snow in the morning
29-Jan-2015. Luca looking around for his software plans
28-Jan-2015. Making a nice lapsang souchong for Luca and me (Raffaella is in Amsterdam)
27-Jan-2015. Worked at home today, trying to finish the paper on IC 5063
26-Jan-2015. The hard life of Valentino and Romeo
25-Jan-2015. Look what I found!!!!
24-Jan-2015. The first real snow in a very long time (see also 21-Jan-2013)
23-Jan-2015. A cold and misty day
22-Jan-2015. Clive getting ready for his Colloquium in Dwingeloo. Was very good!
21-Jan-2015. Workshop in the Infoversum in Groningen for the book Piet van der Kruit wrote on Kapteyn
19-Jan-2015. Eating the delicious apple pie Luca made yesterday
18-Jan-2015. We started pruning the grape
17-Jan-2015. Beautiful frost flowers on the car this morning
16-Jan-2015. At sunrise I flew to Manchester for an SKA meeting, at sunset I flew back
15-Jan-2015. Laduma telecon with people in South Africa and the US
14-Jan-2015. The first snow in a long time. Not much but still...
12-Jan-2015. Romeo keeping me company while I work in the new attic
11-Jan-2015. We cleaned up the oliebollenmix
10-Jan-2015. Storm during Luca's football match (a hopeless 1-6 loss)
9-Jan-2015. Raffaella is trying to get rid of her cold
8-Jan-2015. We had friends over for dinner (Filippo & James), so big mess in the kitchen
7-Jan-2015. Romeo and Valentino had to get their annual vaccinations
6-Jan-2015. Finally the christmas box from Liliana arrived...
5-Jan-2015. Raffaella moving office
4-Jan-2015. We had a nice walk on the Balloërveld where we ran into the herd
3-Jan-2015. Attaching a rail to hang the pictures in the new attic
2-Jan-2015. For some stupid reason we went to IKEA. Half the country was there...
1-Jan-2015. Luca made delicious pizza rolls
31-Dec-2014. Luca and me doing the fireworks
30-Dec-2014. I passed the 100,000 hits on Panoramio!!!!!
29-Dec-2014. We picked up Serena in town
28-Dec-2014. Visited Groningen, with tea at the Prinsenhof
27-Dec-2014. Luca made an excellent dinner today
26-Dec-2014. Bought a sheepskin of a Drents Heideschaap of the herd from the Balloërveld. And Valentino seems to like it very much
25-Dec-2014. Getting ready for the christmas presents
24-Dec-2014. Liliana sent us a christmas card movie which, with our newtechnology, I can directly stream from my phone to the new TV
23-Dec-2014. We brought our prehistoric TV to the recylcle dump. Many seemed to have done the same....
22-Dec-2014. La Nonna made tortellini today. Mjam Mjam
21-Dec-2014. Our 30-year old television is dying so we started to look for a new one. Technology has changed in the mean time
20-Dec-2014. After picking up la Nonna at Schiphol, we went to Den Haag to see the Girl with the Pearl Earring at the Mauritshuis
19-Dec-2014. Raffaella putting the christmas lights in the front garden
18-Dec-2014. End-of-year party at the institute, including many retired Astron workers
17-Dec-2014. Raffaella got flowers at the Astronomy Group meeting today to thank her for her efforts as Head of the Group
16-Dec-2014. Today's shopping list
15-Dec-2014. First monday morning Raffaella does not have to attend the exciting meetings of the Astron Management Team
14-Dec-2014. Cleanin up the attic, with my old electric train
13-Dec-2014. We moved all the stuff back in the new attic
12-Dec-2014. Last day Raffaella is Head of the Astronomy Group. So she is cleaning up
11-Dec-2014. Second day of the SKA meeting at Jodrell Bank
10-Dec-2014. The Christmas tree at the SKA Office at Jodrell Bank...
9-Dec-2014. I walked to the station for the trip to Manchester
8-Dec-2014. Luca seemingly relaxed for his blood exam
7-Dec-2014. Made poster #6
6-Dec-2014. Raffaella leaving for the ALMA meeting in Tokyo
5-Dec-2014. This years Sinterklaas poems. We get better every year!!!!
4-Dec-2014. The painter has finished, so finally the new dormer is ready to become our home office!!!!
3-Dec-2014. The road to the institute is still closed, so have to go on a backroad through the dark forest
2-Dec-2014. The sun, peeking through the gloom on a cold day
1-Dec-2014. One of my favourites: pork boiled in milk for 3 hours (with parmigiana)
30-Nov-2014. Planting tulips
29-Nov-2014. Getting to the end of the season... (which is good... it was bloody cold today...)
28-Nov-2014. Showing the telescope to the two students who followed my course this year (Aarthi and John)
27-Nov-2014. Serena at home, as usual on wednesday and thursday
26-Nov-2014. The Alfa is serviced today (160,000 km!!) so I work at home
25-Nov-2014. Galaxy Mass workshop at the Kapteyn Institute
24-Nov-2014. The road to the institute is being fixed, so have to travel through the 'bush'
23-Nov-2014. The autumn is unseasonally warm this year; the grass is still growing so I had to cut it.... End of November!!!!
22-Nov-2014. Luca and I went to see the Holland-Italy Women's World Cup qualifier in Den Haag (an unfortunate 1-1...)
21-Nov.-2104. Our Diogenes lamp is broken, so I take it to the shop for repairs
20-Nov-2014. The four Reds of the familiy
19-Nov-2014. Luca's breakfast
18-Nov-2014. Raffaella leaving for a 2-day trip to the SKA office in Manchester
16-Nov-2014. Luca and I had very good seats for the match of the Dutch team in the ArenA
15-Nov-2014. Autumn has come
14-Nov-2014. Another thesis defence (of 'the other Popping')
13-Nov-2014. We started thinking about next year's holiday trip. The Andes of Chile & Argentina????
12-Nov-2014. Ska telecon in the new dormer. Not quite finished but a great improvement!!!!
11-Nov-2014. St. Martin
9-Nov-2014. Luca performed as DJ to fill the breaks at a film event at the ICO in Assen
8-Nov-2014. Landed at 7am at Schiphol but went straight through to Rotterdam where we visited the event of Talisman (our travel agent)
7-Nov-2014. Completed another important mission on the last day in Sydney
6-Nov-2014. Watching our 'Long Train' movie on the Digitable in the hotel in Sydney
5-Nov-2014. One very important thing I had to do in Sydney was to buy some pyjama's in this shop
4-Nov-2014. The view from my hotel room in Sydney, Darling Harbour
3-Nov-2014. At the meeting in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, just after I gave my talk
2-Nov-2014. On my way to Sydney
1-Nov-2014. Serena dressed up for Halloween...
31-Oct-2014. Tiny very orange mushrooms in the forest near the institute
30-Oct-2014. Big progress with the new dormer
29-Oct-2014. Am teaching this semester at the university: 'HI in the Universe'
28-Oct-2014. Once or twice a year, a 'Fuut' (Great Crested Grebe) swims around the canal next to our house
27-Oct-2014. Last week, there was too much wind and rain, but now the work on the new dormer has started
26-Oct-2014. Luca using the scaffolding for the dormer to clean the gutter (was very very dirty...)
25-Oct-2014. Serena and Valentino
24-Oct-2014. After a busy day for all, shopping at Ikea with the entire family
23-Oct-2014. It is very dark in the house because the builders put a cover on the serra
22-Oct-2014. Working with Amidou Sorgho, a Burkina Faso student from Cape Town
21-Oct-2014. New door for our auditorium. It is now obvious to everyone that it is named after the Great Man
20-Oct-2014. The work for the new 'dakkapel' (dormer) started.....
19-Oct-2014. Vale wins again!!!! This was his 250-th race in the top class of MotoGP; and he won 82 of them... What a Giant!!!
18-Oct-2014. Luca and I had a nice walk in the city. Luca tried a very nice jacket at Armani (too expensive..). And we went to see the 'anfiteatro di anatomia'
17-Oct-2014. Celebrating the birthdays of la Nonna and of Raffaella
16-Oct-2014. The most beautiful spot in Bologna: the Basilica di Santo Stefano
15-Oct-2014. Liliana's collection of 'aquasantiere'
14-Oct-2014. The usual stop at the parking at Schiphol, on our way to Bologna
13-Oct-2014. Luca making his own Hamburgers
12-Oct-2014. The Fuchsia is still flowering beautifully
11-Oct-2014. Luca scored 2 goals (4-3 win). Every time Luca scores, we, including Vale, celebrate with 'soesjes'
10-Oct-2014. It is still warm enough to sit outside for drinks at Fellini
9-Oct-2014. Day 2 of the Apertif CDR
8-Oct-2014. First day of the Apertif CDR
7-Oct-2014. Saw beautiful mushrooms in the forest today
6-Oct-2014. On mondays, school starts only at 10 for Luca. So he kills the time with The Simpsons
5-Oct-2014. Looking for a few things for in the house
4-Oct-2014. Very warm day, so we did a barbie. In October!!!
3-Oct-2014. Early morning fog (the first of the season), later it was a wonderful warm and sunny day
2-Oct-2014. Raffaella talking with Marisa, one of the PhD students of Raffaella's ERC project
1-Oct-2014. Hung a few nice posters on the door of our office in Groningen
30-Sep-2014. Serena is at home today so I make a nice dinner
29-Sep-2014. Raffaella watching The Simpsons (as always)
27-Sep-2014. Raffaella and Valentino enjoying the nice weather
26-Sep-2014. Our PhD student Katinka Gereb succesfully defended her thesis today
25-Sep-2014. The last waterlilies of the season. They flowered very well this year
24-Sep-2014. The first real rain in weeks....
23-Sep-2014. Today autum started with cold weather, so we turned on the heating for the first time after the summer
22-Sep-2014. HI meeting in Groningen in a room that was hotter than the hottest sauna. Horrible...
21-Sep-2014. One more: the Dollar coin Raffaella took home from the Galapagos fits the Albert Heijn shopping cart!
20-Sep-2014. Celebrating Raffaella's birthday one day late, because only today she returned from the Galapagos
19-Sep-2014. The grapes are doing well this year
18-Sep-2014. Raffaella at the Galapagos Islands... (the weather in NL is much better)
17-Sep-2014. Men alone at home, watching television
16-Sep-2014. Unusually warm for the time of year. Kortebroekenweer ('shorts weather') today
15-Sep-2014. Raffaella had a look at the fish market in Puerto Ayora (Galapagos), before going to the meeting
14-Sep-2014. Great Motogp today: finally again a win by Rossi
13-Sep-2014. Luca's first performance as a DJ
12-Sep-2014. Four o'clock in the morning: Raffaella leaving for the Galapagos Islands
11-Sep-2014. Raffaella preparing for the trip to the Galapagos Islands tomorrow
10-Sep-2014. Meeting all day: checking all the documents for the Critical Design Review of Apertif
9-Sep-2014. Making salmon today
8-Sep-2014. Every day, 6 pm sharp, Luca feeds the cats
7-Sep-2014. Emptying the attic because next week we will (weather permitting) put a new and bigger 'dakkapel' (dormer) on our house
6-Sep-2014. We are cleaning up the attic. Serena found a drawing of her friends (Liam, Michelle, Viktor, Alicia) and herself, she made it on her 4th birthday (1997; in Sydney...)
5-Sep-2014. First thesis defence in our own toga
4-Sep-2014. Luca and I had our regular haircat by Tulay
3-Sep-2014. Luca has a match for the Cup. A 4-0 loss, but wonderful weather
2-Sep-2014. SKA videoCon on science priorities
1-Sep-2014. Installed a WiFi repeater, so now we have internet even in the back of the garden...
31-Aug-2014. Great joy: Groningen beats Ajax !!!
30-Aug-2014. Today the funeral of our dear neighbour Grietje Peletier
29-Aug-2014. Romeo and Serena are always very close
28-Aug-2014. Our new chair (paid by KLM!!!)
27-Aug-2014. Had the AstroFest today in Exloo, and we visited the Lofar core
26-Aug-2014. The Fuchsia is huge this year, taller than me
25-Aug-2014. Luca training late
24-Aug-2014. Vale has a great love for sitting in boxes...
23-Aug-2014. Elena (with the brown jacket) watching Luca's footbal (first match of the season)
22-Aug-2014. Went to the supermarket with Serena, to buy the stuff for the Bobotie
21-Aug-2014. Resumed my daily lunch walks in the forrest
20-Aug-2014. Luca had a party at school, till very late
19-Aug-2014. Back in the office, hadn't been there for a while
18-Aug-2014. Luca doing the paper wrappers for his school books
17-Aug-2014. The last day of Luca's school holiday
16-Aug-2014. Roberta's birthday party
15-Aug-2014. The waterbottles I bought for Serena in New York
14-Aug-2014. Passing Harlem, in the taxi to JFK airport
13-Aug-2014. One of the many discussions during the CHILES meeting at Columbia University in New York
12-Aug-2014. Concert in rainy Central Park
11-Aug-2014. With Marc in the office of Jacqueline at Columbia University
10-Aug-2014. Changing planes in Paris on my way to New York
9-Aug-2014. Romeo helping out cutting the 'climbing hortensia' (Hydrangea anomala petiolaris)
8-Aug-2014. Brought the garden back into reasonable shape, after our absence of more than two weeks
7-Aug-2014. The Namibian 5 dollar coin fits the shopping cart of Albert Heijn!!! (see 6-May-2014)
6-Aug-2014. Catching up with the news in the train from Schiphol
5-Aug-2014. Returning the car at Windhoek airport (we did 2207 km, most of them on dirt roads!!!!)
4-Aug-2014. Last day: Windhoek (note the street name...)
3-Aug-2014. We tracked a cheeta (on foot, only 20-30 m away!!!)
2-Aug-2014. The view from the bed in the cabin in Okajima (African television...)
1-Aug-2014. A waterhole in Etosha. Very impressive to see all these animals
31-Jul-2014. In Etosha we say a group of lions, with 6 cubs!!!
30-Jul-2014. Very relaxing: from a comfy chair watching animals drink at the waterhole at Anderson's Camp, just outside Etosha. Later at night we saw a group of lions drinking. They kept us awake all night with their roars...
29-Jul-2014. We had a nice walk around the petroglyphs at Twyfelfontein
28-Jul-2014. Watching desert elephants trek through the dry plains of Dora Nawas (Damaraland)
27-Jul-2014. Selfie at the beach of Swakopmund
26-Jul-2014. Moving from the Sossusvlei to Swakopmund, we drove through the Namib to Walvis Bay at the coast. The most desolate landscape I have ever seen.
25-Jul-2014. Walking into the Namib desert
24-Jul-2014. Climbing dunes in the Sossusvlei in the Namib desert, near Deathvlei
23-Jul-2014. At the service station of Solitaire in Namibia, on our 6 hour drive from Windhoek to the Sossusvlei
22-Jul-2014. On our way to Windhoek, in Johannesburg we slept a few hours in a hotel at the airport
21-Jul-2014. We slept in CitizenM at Schiphol because tomorrow we leave early for our big trip to Namibia
20-Jul-2014. Showing Romeo (looking uneasy because normally he is not allowed on the kitchen counter) the food we bought for Vale and him for when we will be in Namibia
19-Jul-2014. Helping Serena move to her new place in Zwollle
18-Jul-2014. Romeo suffering from the heat....
17-Jul-2014. Summer has finally arrived, we have dinner in the garden every evening
16-Jul-2014. Luca trying to cool down
15-Jul-2014. Showed Apertif to a high-level delegation of the South African Ministry of Science and Technology (including the Director General) and of NWO (including one of its Directors)
14-Jul-2014. Flight from Singapore to Sydney was cancelled, so she missed much of the 2 day meeting in Sydney. Raffaella decided turn around and come home. 25 hours in the plane, 9 hrs in Singapore
13-Jul-2014. Beautiful waterlilies this year
12-Jul-2014. Raffaella packed and ready to go to Australia
11-Jul-2014. Picking up Serena and Luca from their trip to Italy
10-Jul-2014. Finally the weather is good enough for dinner outside
9-Jul-2014. Won first prize in the Astron Poster Contest!!!
8-Jul-2014. Serena and Luca are in Italy. Raffaella and I are back in NL, home alone...
7-Jul-2014. Brief visit to our apartment in Bologna
6-Jul-2014. Luca and Liliana in the Adratico
5-Jul-2014. Proper Italian family dinner in Bellaria. Later we saw 'Oranje' reach the semi-finals of the World Cup!!!!
4-Jul-2014. Luca watching Germany-France at Schiphol
3-Jul-2014. Working on the press release of our Nature paper that will come out next Monday
2-Jul-2014. Boarding to fly back to Amsterdam
1-Jul-2014. 100 meter underground at CERN, at CMS, one of the two particle detectors that saw the Higgs boson and that got the Nobel Prize.. Very very impressive.
30-Jun-2014. At the EWASS in Geneva
29-Jun-2014. Raffaella and me travelled to Geneva for the EWASS
28-Jun-2014. Very busy at the TT this year. I had a lot of fun
27-Jun-2014. Luca and me went to watch the qualification runs of the MotoGP
26-Jun-2014. Luca turning 15 today
25-Jun-2014. Our fridge with magnets from all over the world
24-Jun-2014. The Cats are particularly lazy lately
23-Jun-2014. Working in Groningen today, in our office there. It had been a while. Raffaella gave a colloquium
22-Jun-2014. The Passiflora survived the winter and starts flowering
21-Jun-2014. Raffaella needs new contact lenses
20-Jun-2014. Luca dressed up for the last real schoolday
19-Jun-2014. Raffaella picked up her new passport (we were afraid she would not manage in time for the trip to Namibia)
18-Jun-2014. Luca has a conflict with a teacher, so we had to go to school for a chat...
17-Jun-2014. Applying for an identity card for Luca at City Hall
16-Jun-2014. Received our first ALMA data today. Managed to improve on the calibation very easily...
15-Jun-2014. La Nonna is returning to Bologna
14-Jun-2014. Reading all about the Spain-Holland game in the train home from Schiphol
13-Jun-2014. Watching the historic Holland-Spain game (5-1!!!) in the hotel in Sicily
12-Jun-2014. After 20 years, a dream comes true: I am in Column 8!!!!!
11-Jun-2014. We went up the Etna. Lots of steam, sometimes a 'boom'. A few hours later, the Etna started spewing lava
10-Jun-2014. At the SKA meeting
9-Jun-2014. On my way to Sicily for an SKA meeting; Delay in Rome (PS: This is Imbecille #1000 !!!)
8-Jun-2014. Serena went to Pinkpop to see the Arctic Monkeys
7-June-2014. Discussing BBQ with la Nonna
6-Jun-2014. Gave a talk at the Bessensap event of NWO at Utrecht where science meets journalists. Serena was also there.
5-Jun-2014. Luca picking up a bad injury on his knee (blood and all...)
4-Jun-2014. La Nonna visiting us for two weeks
3-Jun-2014. Raffaella showing off at the institute
2-Jun-2014. Raffaella received a Presidential Decoration today (Commander in the Order of the Star of Italy), presented to her by Ambassador Azzarello
1-Jun2014. A day in The Hague, to get ready for tomorrow
31-May-2014. New art in our garden
30-May-2014. Raffaella cleaning the serra, me continuing to work on the new fence with the neighbours
29-May-2014. Moving Serena from Utrecht
28-May-2014. The first water lily, four weeks earlier than last year
27-May-2014. A rare event: traffic jam on the way home
26-May-2014. Showing the Apertif frontend to the Science Advisory Committee
25-May-2014. A favourite spot of Valentino
24-May-2014. Bought a new suit, to wear on June 2
23-May-2014. Luca was sent out of his class at school. So as a punishment no phone for him today....
22-May-2014. Sand from the Sahara blown all the way to Assen...
21-Mar-2014. Our director breaking the great news, at the annual meeting of the Dutch Astronomical Society, that Apertif is better than 70 K !!!
20-May-2014. The first 'plomp' of this year. About a week earlier than last year.
19-May-2014. Printed the 5th poster of my daily pictures and hung it in my office
18-May-2014. Valentino in the hammock with Luca. Not sure Vale likes it...
17-May-2014. Shopping in Groningen; these shoes we did not buy
16-May-2014. Romeo enjoying the morning sun
15-May-2014. Having a bad cold today
14-May-2014. Raffaella returned from Bologna, with a lot of good stuff
13-May-2014. Finally a day without rain but with a bit of sun...
12-May-2014. Raffaella is in Italy, we have a nice pizza
11-May-2014. Watching Formula 1 (boring as ever) with Luca (Raffaella is in Bologna)
10-May-2014. Luca looking very sharp in his suit for June 2
9-May-2014. We received very very good news. Wait for 2-Jun-2014...
8-May-2014. I wish I could sleep like Valentino
7-May-2014. Bringing the remains of the old fence to the garbage dump
6-May-2014. Found out I can use the swedish krona for the coin slot of the shopping cart of Albert Heijn!!! (like the Singapore dollar, the US quarter, the british 10 pence and some coin I have from Abu Dhabi)
5-May-2014. Breakfast in a cafe' in Stockholm
4-May-2014. At the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm
3-May-2014. Raffaella had to give a seminar in Stockholm, so Luca and me joined for a few days
2-May-2014. Valentino helping out in the kitchen
1-May-2014. Today it is 20 years ago Ayrton Senna fatally crashed at Imola
30-Apr-2014. Watching a terrible thunderstorm at the institute
29-Apr-2014. Fishing contest in the canal behind our house...
28-Apr-2014. Made a kind of paella today. Not much left....
27-Apr-2014. At the pitlane at the Superbike races
26-Apr-2014. After three years of discussions, Raffaella bought a new pillow today...
25-Apr-2014. Warm today, so we did a BBQ
24-Apr-2014. Raffaella will appear in the national event of Liberation Day. We saw a preview today.
23-Apr-2014. I hate the dandelions on our lawn... take them out every day...
22-Apr-2014. The Cats relaxing after breakfast
21-Apr-2014. Working on the new fence
20-Apr-2014. Was barman at FC Assen today
19-Apr-2014. Making space for the new fence with the neighbours
18-Apr-2014. Luca working on the wood for the new fence
17-Apr-2014. Lunch in the Bospub with the colloquium speaker (Kalliopi Dasyra, Observatoire de Paris)
16-Apr-2014. My new notebook....
15-Apr-2014. Tulips flowering near Lhee
14-Apr-2014. HI meeting at the Kapteyn Institute
13-Apr-2014. Lazy cat of yesterday turned into a killer today...
12-Apr-2014. World Champion Lazy Cat: Valentino Oosterloo!!
11-Apr-2014. Students woring hard on the exam of Raffaella's course
10-Apr-2014. Got a new car radio (digital even)
9-Apr-2014. Luca doing his favourite thing: homework...
8-Apr-2014. In the hotel room Raffaella is staying in in Amsterdam (obviously)
7-Apr-2014. Walking to the Blaauw 100 meeting, in a deserted Groningen early monday morning
6-Apr-2014. My birthday today!!!
5-Apr-2014. The re-opening of the Dwingeloo dish by Joe Taylor
4-Apr-2014. At the mini-symposium (including Nobel laureate Joe Taylor) for the re-opening of the Dwingeloo dish
3-Apr-2014. Serena tasting Crodino for the first time...
2-Apr-2014. Above 20 degrees in our garden, on our Ducati thermometer
1-Apr-2014. One of my Australian colleagues celebrated his birthday today with TimTams!!!!
31-Mar-2014. Raffaella worked at home today, enjoying the nice weather
30-Mar-2014. Wonderful weather this weekend (kortebroekeweer), so we did our first BBQ of the year
29-Mar-2014. Shopping and a nice lunch in Groningen
28-Mar-2014. The whole family watching a movie
27-Mar-2014. The Apertif backend being put together
26-Mar-2014. Meeting at the SKA Office at Jodrell Bank
25-Mar-2014. My dessert at the dinner of the SKA Science Working Group (it tasted better than it looks)
24-Mar-2014. My usual lunch at Schiphol (sausijzebroodje), on my way to Manchester
23-Mar-2014. We wanted to go biking today, but the weather did not cooperate
22-Mar-2014. The frogs are active again
21-Mar-2014. Terrible SKA telecon
20-Mar-2014. The Province is making a movie for liberation day, starring Raffaella
19-Mar-2014. One of the many meetings we had
18-Mar-2014. The dinner of the PHISCC meeting
17-Mar-2014. At the PHISCC meeting I organised
16-Mar-2014. At the reception of the PHISCC meeting, at the Borken
15-Mar-2014. We visited a photo exhibition organised by Marco Kuis. Later Luca went to sleep over at the Kuisen
14-Mar-2014. Waiting to pick up Raffaella from her trip to Canada, at the deserted station of Assen
13-Mar-2014. Super exciting meeting about the Roadmap proposal for SKA
12-Mar-2014. Watching Barcelona beat Manchester City (again)
11-Mar-2014. Tom's law: there is always the prefect parking spot, no matter how full the parking is
10-Mar-2014. Luca and Serena hanging out, as so often
9-Mar-2014. Glorious spring day. Raffaella on her way to Canada, I worked in the garden a lot
8-Mar-2014. First time this year I work in the garden: ripped my jeans
7-Mar-2014. Raffaella and I picked up the togas from the tailor
6-Mar-2014. The crocuses in our front lawn
5-Mar-2014. The first adder of the year (you have to look closely but it is there...)
4-Mar-2014. Serena's 21th birthday, and the larix was cut
3-Mar-2014. Luca testing his outfit (my boots!!!) for his hard work in the bush for school on tuesday.....
2-Mar-2014. Back in the Netherlands
1-Mar-2014. Raffaella on skis
28-Feb-2014. Luca racing; this year he won the race!!!
27-Feb-2014. A nice walk with the family in the forrest
26-Feb-2014. At the refugio of Baranci
25-Feb-2014. Apres ski drinks
24-Feb-2014. Serena and Luca snowboarding
23-Feb-2014. Flying to Innsbruck, over our house (and then drive to San Candido)
22-Feb-2014. Serena arrived in San Candido, with the Nonna etc
21-Feb-2014. Serena flying to Bologna, to meet the family there to go to San Candido
20-Feb-2014. Raffaella returned from South Africa and immediately started working again
19-Feb, Dinner alone: Raffaella is in South Africa, Serena in Utrecht and Luca has football practise...
18-Feb-2014. Stuck in the train (broken overhead line) on my way to an NWO meeting inUtrecht
17-Feb-2014. Luca arriving late at school for the semi-annual chat with the mentor
16-Feb-2014. Watching Raffaella fly to Cape Town
15-Feb-2014. The first crocuses
14-Feb-2014. There is only one other Alfa like ours, and finally they met (and I had a nice chat with the owners).
13-Feb-2014. One of our students hard at work....
12-Feb-2014. Waiting for Luca's training to finish
11-Feb-2014. Serena at home today
10-Feb-2014. Checking the results of the first MotoGP test in Sepang
9-Feb-2014. Huib singing at the party for his 50th birthday. Some things one should not do anymore when over 50...
8-Feb-2014. Elena visiting Luca for the first time...
7-Feb-2014. Watching the opening of the winter olympics
6-Feb-2014. Nice dinner in Taarloo
5-Feb-2014. Valentino distracting Luca from his homework
4-Feb-2014. Raffaella working even during afternoon tea
3-Feb-2014. Picking up Serena at the station
2-Feb-2014. It was a beautiful, springlike day, so we went for a long walk at Kampsheide
1-Feb-2014. One second after this picture, Luca scored his third goal of the match
30-Jan-2014. Discussing with the gardener about cutting the Larix and what to do next
29-Jan-2014. Daily lunchwalk in the forrest
28-Jan-2014. Luca had the perfect mark for his english presentation
27-Jan-2014. My usual lunch at the Kapteyn Institute
26-Jan-2014. Raffaella testing the ice in the pond (not strong enough...)
25-Jan-2014. Serena and Romeo
24-Jan-2014. The first snow of the winter
23-Jan-2014. Romeo and Valentino on the lookout for the 'grey cat' (the cat they always fight with...)
22-Jan-2014. Misty Dwingelderveld
21-Jan-2014. Waiting for the semi-annual appointment with the podoloog
20-Jan-2014. Serena with her 'klompen'
19-Jan-2014. Raffaella baking a nice cake
18-Jan-2014. Leaving early for today's match (an 8-2 win; 1 goal Luca)
17-Jan-2014. Luca is not feeling well today
16-Jan-2014. Had to take pictures of the Larix (Larch) in our garden so I can ask the council permission to cut it
15-Jan-2014. Videocon from home with the CHILES team in Socorro, New Mexico
14-Jan-2014. Raffaella enjoying an SKA meeting
13-Jan-2014. The Viburnum in front of the kitchen
12-Jan-2014. Just below zero this morning, finally
11-Jan-2014. We spent a nice evening with the Kuis family
10-Jan-2014. Turns out I have an infection in my intestines. This is one of the yummy medicines I have to take...
9-Jan-2014. We started to prepare our summer holiday: Namibia!!!!
8-Jan-2014. Gave a lunch talk on whether NGC 6946 has some gas filament next to it or not
7-Jan-2014. A very warm winter so far: plants that normally die with the very first frost are still flowering...
6-Jan-2014. Back at the office after a very nice christmas break...
5-Jan-2014. We are starting to prepare for the trip to the Dolomiti in February
4-Jan-2014. We wanted to go to the Drents Museum to see the Dead Sea scrolls, but decided the queue was too long
3-Jan-2014. Romeo and Valentino nervous for their annual checkup at the veterenarian
2-Jan-2014. Raffaella bought new boots in Groningen
1-Jan-2014: Another nice tradition: glühwein on Jan 1 with neighbours at the Prins place
31-Dec-2013: One tradition: making oliebollen on the last day of the year
30-Dec-201. Luca (in his Chile shirt) after winning the final of an indoor footbal tournament (8 goals in 5 matches!!)
29-Dec-2013. We brought la Nonna to Schiphol, for her flight back to Bologna
28-Dec-2013. Shopping for a new mattress
27-Dec-2013. Luca and I went to Groningen, to buy a few things
26-Dec-2013. La Nonna got a tablet as christmas present. A big success
25-Dec-2013. Christmas dinner with Maarten & Serena
2013-Dec-24. The weather is so bad that one has to stay in, so nothing else to do for Luca than to clean up his room
23-Dec-2013. Using the Christmas break to clean up the garage
22-Dec-2013. Bought a nice new teapot in a japanese shop in Groningen
21-Dec-2013. Glühwein at the Christmas market in Assen
20-Dec-2013. Raffaella and the Nonna hanging the lights in the serra
19-Dec-2013. End-of-year party at the institute. Terrible music (jazz...)
18-Dec-2013. Three really Imbecilli del Giorno
17-Dec-2013. Daily ritual at 6pm: Luca feeding very hungry Romeo and Vale
16-Dec-2013. La Nonna with Serena and Luca (who is ready to do footbal training)
15-Dec-2013. Picked up la Nonna (and Raffaella and Serena) at the station in Assen
14-Dec-2013. Back at Schiphol, very early morning, waiting for the train to Assen
13-Dec-2013. Travelled from Pune to Amsterdam, through Bombay. Long, complicated trip, many queues and security checks
12-Dec-2013. Took a rikshaw from the meeting back to the hotel, in the chaotic traffic of Pune
11-Dec-2013. Finishing my talk for tomorrow in the garden of the Indian National Centre for Radio Astrophysics in Pune
10-Dec-2013. My nametag of the meeting in Pune
9-Dec-2013. Watching cricket South Africa - India while I am in Pune. Two weeks ago I watched the same teams play when I was in South Africa!!!
8-Dec-2013. Early morning in Bombay, next to the hotel near the airport
7-Dec-2013. Slept in CitizenM again (see 22-Nov-2013), got up early to fly to Bombay
6-Dec-2013. We celebrated Sinterklaas today
5-Dec-2013. Luca and me alone at home. Raffaella is in Sheffield (and Serena in Utrecht)
4-Dec-2013. Had a look at the newly painted WSRT dishes today. Big improvement
3-Dec-2013. One of the headlights of the Alfa was broken
2-Dec-2013. Diagnosed a problem with KAT-7, and found a remedy
1-Dec-2013. Sinterklaas shopping in Groningen
30-Nov-2013. Back in NL, my car at the parking at Schiphol
29-Nov-2013. Wine and chocolate tasting near Stellenbosch
28-Nov-2013. Gave my talk today at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (Gevorderde Navorsing....)
27-Nov-2013. Coffee break at the Bursary Meeting
26-Nov-2013. Beautiful jacaranda in Stellenbosch
25-Nov-2013. Had lunch with Claude at the Rhodes memorial, close to the university. Later we drove to Stellenbosch for the SKA Bursary Meeting
24-Nov-2013. Took a walk at the Waterfront of Cape Town ...
23-Nov-2013. Arrived in Cape Town, late at night
22-Nov-2013. Sleeping in CitizenM at Schiphol on my way to Cape Town
21-Nov-2013. Very exciting SKA meeting
20-Nov-2013. WSRT PC meeting today. Waiting outside while they discuss one of my proposals
19-Nov-2013. Luca visited Tulay to get his hair into shape
18-Nov-2013. Wet training
17-Nov-2013. We went for a nice walk along the Drentse Aa and its 'houtwallen' (wooded banks), near Ekehaar and Amen.
16-Nov-2013. Happy Luca after having scored both goals of a 2-1 win
15-Nov-2013. This looks like the boat of Sinterklaas. But it can't be, he is supposed to arrive tomorrow....
13-Nov-2013. Often Valentino thinks he can walk through a glass door....
12-Nov-2013. Same ritual every morning at breakfast: Valentino asking for attention (and food). See also 9-Feb-2013
11-Nov-2013. Sint Maarten....
9-Nov-2013. Luca warming up under a dutch sky
8-Nov-2013. At the meeting at Dwingeloo for Ger's (formal) retirement
7-Nov-2013. Luca at a quick check of his angle with the fysios of the footbal club
6-Nov-2013. Raffaella going to the dinner of the Ger Meeting, somewhere in the emptiness of North Groningen
5-Nov-2013. Luca had to spend a day at his parent's work, for school
4-Nov-2013. Cooking early dinner for Luca, he has to eat early because of training.
3-Nov-2013. Went to the reception of Ger's meeting, near the Martinitoren
2-Nov-2013. For some stupid reason, the cats love to sit in boxes or bags...
1-Nov-2013. We (finally) have an office at the Kapteyn Institute (and not just any one: the former office of Adriaan Blaauw )
31-Oct-2013. Cows hanging out in the forest next to the institute
30-Oct-2013. Picking up Raffaella from her trip to Napoli. You can see her in the distance
29-Oct-2013. Cleaning up the mess in the garden after yesterday's storm
28-Oct-2013. Storm damage near our house
27-Oct-2013. On the way back home (Raffaella stayed in Bologna because tomorrow she will go to Napoli)
26-Oct-2013. The most impressive work we saw at the Biennale (the Giardini today): Yiqing Yin: "In Between".
25-Oct-2013. With Luca at the Biennale in Venice (Arsenale). We go every two years!!!
24-Oct-2013. Raffaella (the one with the red bag) in Piazza Maggiore
23-Oct-2013. Dinner with the family
22-Oct-2013. At Schiphol, on the road to Bologna. Serena will follow in two days
21-Oct-2013. Interesting mushrooms in the forrest near the institute (Aleuria aurantia - Oranje bekerzwam)
20-Oct-2013. Raffaella relaxing after the long trip
19-Oct-2013. The Buddha Raffaella brought from Nepal
18-Oct-2013. Went to Astron in the Lancia. Very nice car.
17-Oct-2013. Dumb, dumber, Tom (english for Tom Stom). Now I forgot to take the laptop home... (see 9-Oct-2013)
16-Oct-2013. Raffaella enjoying the conference in Nepal
15-Oct-2013. Luca at the doctor for some tests
14-Oct-2013. Went with Serena and Luca to a concert of Seasick Steve, my Hero.
13-Oct-2013. Watching Raffaella land in Katmandu. Bad weather, two attempts, almost diverted to another airport.
12-Oct-2013. Luca injured his ankle in today's game
11-Oct-2013. Luca and me in the Arena watching Oranje beat Hungary 8-1
10-Oct-2013. Sheep on the Dwingelderveld
9-Oct-2013. Drama at home: Raffaella left her notebook at Astron so she can't work at home...
8-Oct-2013. Skipped part of the SKA meeting to take a tour of the stadium. Much more interesting...
7-Oct-2013. SKA meeting at Old Trafford Stadium
6-Oct-2013. Arrived in Manchester (again), for more SKA meetings
5-Oct-2013. A good 3-1 win today. Luca scored all 3 goals (a real hattrick)
4-Oct-2013. Promotiecomissie
3-Oct-2013. Trying to think of a nasty question for the thesis defence tomorrow
2-Oct-2013. Berlusconi lost his power! Finally....
1-Oct-2013. Serena 'lekker thuis' today
30-Sep-2013. Information evening at the school of Luca
29-Sep-2013. Raffaella packing to leave for Sardegna, for the opening of the telescope there
28-Sep-2013. Today it is 25 years my mother passed away. Here with Annelies on her lap (the little boy on the right is me When I was 3)
27-Sep-2013. We went to visit Marjan with her broken ankle. She also has a wineshop!!!
26-Sep-2013. Luca doing homework
25-Sep-2013. With Erwin, Wim and Thijs in the Lounge at Manchester airport
24-Sep-2013. At Jodrell Bank for an SKA HI meeting
23-Sep-2013. My picture is hanging in the SKA office at Jodrell Bank
22-Sep-2013. In the bus at Schiphol, on my way to Manchester
21-Sep-2013. Serena is upset by the period (.) in the headings of de Volkskrant
20-Sep-2013. Picking up my sister Tineke, for the funeral of our Aunt Vrouwkje
19-Sep-2013. Raffaella's birthday today
18-Sep-2013. The messy wiring of Apertif... They will never get it right in one go.
17-Sep-2013. Luca finished his detention work...
16-Sep-2013. Wish I could sleep like this...
15-Sep-2013. Serena and I made very nice cakes today
14-Sep-2013. Warming up for the first real match of the season. A 2-1 loss (but Luca scored, so I was happy anyway)
13-Sep-2013. Luca got detention work...
12-Sep-2013. Meeting at Astron where there happened to be 6 ERC Grant winners
11-Sep-2013. It works!!! (see yesterday)
10-Sep-2013. The new plant in my office, which is supposed to catch the nasty insects
9-Sep-2013. The last waterlily... They started late this year, but then they flowered wonderfully
8-Sep-2013. Helped Serena move to Utrecht
7-Sep-2013. Made the half-time drinks at FC Assen today
6-Sep-13. It is hard to stay awake in the hammock
5-Sep-2013. Was a warm summer, so we even have olives this year...
4-Sep-2013. We picked up the Lancia this morning!
3-Sep-2013. We have only one car at the moment (we can pick up the new Lancia only tomorrow), so we travelled to work together in the Alfa
2-Sep-2013. Serena got the keys of her appartement in Utrecht (later she was stuck in a train for 4 hours...)
1-Sep-2013. As many sundays, Raffaella is sitting in the garden, reading papers
31-Aug-2013. Replaced the Panda with a nice Lancia!!
30-Aug-2013. NOVA meeting in Groningen
29-Aug-2013. Shopping with the family
28-Aug-2013. Slow day today...
27-Aug-2013. Meeting in the Drents Achief, where I saw the real Bartje
26-Aug-2013. Summer break is over; back to school...
25-Aug-2013. Making pizza on the BBQ
24-Aug-2013. After the first match of the season, a very decent 2-1 win
23-Aug-2013. Washing the roof of the serra, once every few months
22-Aug-2013. We'll have a lot of grapes this year
21-Aug-2013. New freezer
20-Aug-2013. Serena was the cook today
19-Aug-2013. With Vale to the veterinarian
18-Aug-2013. Party at Ger de Bruyn
17-Aug-2013. Party for Roberta's birthday
16-Aug-2013. Vale is not feelling well today
15-Aug-2013. Watching the World Championship athletics (for some stupid reason it is not on 'real' television)...
14-Aug-2013. Luca made an ASTRON app...
13-Aug-2013. Raffaella back in the office. The smile is not really real...
12-Aug-2013. The worst of every holiday: the trip back home from Schiphol
11-Aug-2013. Waiting at Da Nang airport
10-Aug-2013. The view from our villa
9-Aug-2013. We spent a lot of time in the pools of The Nam Hai
8-Aug-2013. In the wonderful pool of the The Nam Hai
7-AUg-2013. Shopping at the market of Hoi An
6-Aug-2013. Another day at the beach
5-Aug-2013. Arrived in Hoi An (just south of Da Nang) for a week of doing nothing, to recover from the busy trip we had sofar
4-Aug-2013. Another higlight of the trip: enjoying Saigon traffic on a Vespa
3-Aug-2013. The floating market in Can To
2-Aug-2013. Biking in Chau Doc
1-Aug-2013. We travelled from Phnom Penh to Vietnam by speedboat on the Mekong (4 hrs...)
31-Jul-2103. Making an offering at the Kiling Fields of Phnom Penh
30-Jul-2013. We did several trips by car. Interesting traffic sometimes
29-Jul-2013. Relaxing lunch, Cambodian style
28-Jul-2013. Something we had wanted to do for a long time: visiting Ankor Wat
27-Jul-2013. Finally arrived in Siem Reap (Cambodia)
26-Jul-2013. We had to change plane in Singapore
25-Jul-2013. Because we had an early plane, we slept at Schiphol, in CitizenM
24-Jul-2013. Packing for the big trip
23-Jul-2013. Raffaella returning from Leiden
22-Jul-2013. Like every year, in the summer we buy new football boots for Luca. Size 42 this time. They fit me as well!!!!
21-Jul-2013. Suffering from the heat...
20-Jul-2013. The waterlilies suffered from the cold spring, but are now catching up
19-Jul-2013. Luca enjoying school holidays...
18-Jul-2013. Serena with Valentino
17-Jul-2013. Preparing the lunchtalk I will give today
16-Jul-2013. Very nice weather today, so dinner in the garden
15-Jul-2013. Serena and I picked up the other two at Schiphol
14-Jul-2013. Raffaella, Luca and Tommaso having fun with the pedalo in Bellaria. Me at home watching Motogp
13-Jul-2013. Home alone all weekend....
12-Jul-2013. Raffaella on her way to Italy to pick up Luca. Serena is at some festival, so I am on my own this weekend...
11-Jul-2013. Surpise pick up by Serena at Schiphol
10-Jul-2013. Sipping a coffee in the restaurant of the meeting in Turku
9-Jul-2013. Visiting Folkert Wierda, an old friend who now lives in Turku
8-Jul-2013. Looking at the programme of the EWASS in Turku, Finland
7-Jul-2013. At Schiphol, Raffaella and I travelling to Helsinki, Luca and the Nonna to Bologna
6-Jul-2013. At Gombert, the taylor who will make our togas
5-Jul-2013. Moving to a new office in our renovated AstroWing
4-Jul-2013. Barbie with the family
3-Jul-2013. After dinner with the Morganti women.
2-Jul-2013. Luca at his semi-annual check at the Podoloog. Right foot is ok now, left foot almost.
1-Jul-2013. Dressed up as real scientists again
30-Jun-201. Luca at the TT kermis, with friends and police
29-Jun-2013. Luca and me at the TT, one of the best in many years (we saw Valentino Rossi take his first win in two and a half years...)
28-Jun-2013. With Luca in the Strubben at the qualification of the TT
27-Jun-2013. Romeo caught a bird and wants to get in to eat it...
26-Jun-2013. Luca's 14th birthday
25-Jun-2013. Finally the first water lily (a month later than last year)
24-Jun-2013. The Alfa restored to her original beauty... (see 13-Jun-2013)
23-Jun-2013. At Abu Dhabi airport, waiting for the flight to Schiphol
22-Jun-2013. A Walala Tjapaltjarri painting (we have at home from him, see 23-Apr-2013 or 14-Mar-2013) for sale as Sydney Airport (2900 $AU)
21-Jun-2013. Meetings were finished early, so I went for a stroll through the city.
20-Jun-2013. In the train on the Harbour Bridge en route to the meeting at Sydney University
19-Jun-2013. At Sydney Uni in a videocon with Raffaella in Dwingeloo (and Marc Verheijen in Groningen)...
18-Jun-2013. Watching the Socceroos playing Iraq and qualifying for the World Cup
17-Jun-2013. At a conference on RFI at my former institute in Sydney
16-Jun-2013. With the taxi on the Harbour Bridge in Sydney on my way from the airport to the hotel
15-Jun-2013. On my way to Sydney, through Abu Dhabi this time. First with KLM, then with Etihad
14-Jun-2013. The TT is approaching...
13-Jun-2013. The Alfa getting fixed after I hit a roe (on 2 June) on the highway (killing the poor animal...)
12-Jun-2013. Getting ready for my talk in the Leidse Schouwburg (George Miley meeting, with George, Ron and Richard)
11-Jun-2013. Some strange kind of geese in the larix tree in the garden
10-Jun-2013. Fixing the creephole under the house
9-Jun-2013. Cleaned up the Wisteria (got too big). Quite a job
8-Jun-2013. Tournament in Zuidlaren. First prize
7-Jun-2013. In the commitee of Parisa Noorishad, Serena came to see me
6-Jun-2013. Finally the weather is good enough to have the first barbie of the year...
5-Jun-2013. Raffaella is at a meeting at the Ringberg Castle of the Max Planck Institute (Tegernsee, Bayern) and using the occasion for a nice hike in the Alps
4-Jun-2013. Raffaella travelling, the men home alone on the couch
3-Jun-2013. After the reception at the recidence of the Italian ambassador (see also 4-Jun-2012 and 31-May-2011)
2-Jun-2013. The Ambassador just handed the Mondo Italia award to Raffaella
1-Jun-2013. Luca in the fitting room, buying the last things for tomorrow
31-May-2013. The Local Oscillator distribution of Apertif. Almost a work of art
30-May-2013. Was linesman today. Luca scored a genuine hatrick, plus one more
29-May-2013. The first Gele Plomp of this year (see also 9-Jun-2012). The Lilies are still struggling...
28-May-2013. Doing the same as Raffaella yesterday
27-May-2013. Raffaella impressing the Science Advisory Committee
26-May-2013. Typical sunday: Raffaella working, I watch Formula 1
25-May-2013. The clothes for the events on June 2 and 3.
24-May-2014. Staring out the window during yet another interesting meeting
23-May-2013. Cold spring this year....
22-May-2013. Luca's latest art work...
21-May-2013. Luca's first training with the squad of next year
20-May-2013. Luca made a cheesecake today. Mjammie!!!!
19-May-2013. Serena trying Luca's Pennyboard
18-May-2013. We got the visa for Vietnam (Serena went to The Hague to get them)
17-May-2013. Very angry cats early this morning: we had ran out of catfood...
16-May-2013. Serena getting a shot for our trip to Cambodia and Vietnam. A few minutes later she almost fainted...
15-May-2013. Raffaella on her way to the NAC in Belgium
13-May-2013. Checkup for Luca at the hospital, all ok
12-May-2013. The garden is getting into shape, after the long winter
11-May-2013. Luca played two matches today (lost both but he did score a goal)
10-May-2013. No school for Luca, so he joined us at the institute
9-May-2013. Luca earning some pocket money by cutting the gras
8-May-2013. Very quiet day today. Watching a movie on TV was the most exciting thing that happened
7-May-2013. Field of tulips on my way to work.
6-May-2013. The 'krentebloesem' in front of my office
5-May-2013. At Schiphol in the lounge of the parking, getting ready to drive home
4-May-2013. Serena in front of the hospital (now closed) in Via d'Azeglio where she was born (and Raffaella and the Nonna as well)
3-May-2013. At the Museum of the History of Bologna
2-May-2013. Picking up Serena at Bologna airport, after her first 'solo flight'.
1-May-2013. Foggy morning at the beach of Bellaria
30-Apr-2013. Watching the new king from Bologna
29-Apr-2013. In the plane to Bologna
28-Apr-2013. Beautiful day at the Superbike races
27-Apr-2013. Suspected a flat tire...
26-Apr-2013. Which 'nose' is more beautiful: mine of the one of the Brera????
25-Apr-2013. Spring really has started now: the intense yellow of the marigold in our pond
24-Apr-2013. Saw a young roebuck during my usual lunch walk
23-Apr-2013. Serena and Raffaella at work in the evening, in the serra
22-Apr-2013. Printed the 2nd and 3rd poster of Limbecille Del Giorno
21-Apr-2013. Fixing the pots on our terrace
20-Apr-2013. Today, when I saw this, I was very tempted to buy an aquarium...
19-Apr-2013. Picked up Raffaella at the station late in the evening
18-Apr-2013. Luca is not feeling well, and is comforted by Valentino
17-Apr-2013. Putting Raffaella on the train for her trip to Brighton
16-Apr-2013. Removing the frogspawn from the pond (otherwise we get invested with frogs)
15-Apr-2013. The weather is a bit warmer now, so the frogs came back to life for their annual orgy
14-Apr-2013. Working in the garden, the first time it was warm enough to do this
13-Apr-2013. Luca scored in today's match. We always celebrate with 'soesjes'
12-Apr-2013. Bradley Frank (Cape Town) entering my office to be shown how to calibrate the WSRT
11-Apr-2013. Finally some rain... (see 27-Mar-2013)
10-Apr-2013. Putting back the focusbox on the dish (note my image of Dwingeloo 1 & 2 bottom right)
9-Apr-2013. Bluedisk meeting in Dwingeloo
7-Apr-2013. At the infinite beach of Schier
6-Apr-2013. We celebrated my birthday at Schiermonnikoog
5-Apr-2013. At the Big Data meeting in Groningen
4-Apr-2013. Finally, after 5 months of silence, MotoGP, my great passion, has started again...
3-Apr-3012. Raffaella giving a talk at the AstroLunch
2-Apr-2013. During my daily lunchwalk in the forrest, finally a nice sunny day
1-Apr-2013. First day warm enough to sit in the garden (just warm enough...)
31-Mar-2013. Luca (fourth yellow from left) playing a Danish team (Rishøj BK), 0-0
30-Mar-2013. Luca bought a new toy
29-Mar-2013. At the hairdresser
28-Mar-2013. Luca late for his first training after his injury
27-Mar-2013. 'Bushfire' right next to the house
25-Mar-2013. The Panda is leaking something...
24-Mar-2013. Shops were open on sunday
23-Mar-2013. Vale is fed up with the cold weather
21-Mar-2013. The Ducati collection I keep in my office
20-Mar-2013. My new mug arrived
19-Mar-2013. Luca had to stay longer at school, had to do detention work....
17-Mar-2013. Formula 1 started again (with the dutchman finishing last...)
16-Mar-2013. Luca injured his ankle with football
15-Mar-2013. Beautiful snowflakes
14-Mar-2013. Happy familiy
13-Mar-2013. Waiting for the new Pope
12-Mar-2013. We went out to see comet Panstarrs, but we failed
11-Mar-2013. A thousand starlings flying about the house
10-Mar-2013. Making the photo album of our trip to the Dolomiti
9-Mar-2013. Our antipasto
8-Mar-2013. Luca got two free tickets from FC Groningen for what turned out to be a nice match
7-Mar-2013. Stuck behind the 'caravan' of the Ronde van Drenthe
6-Mar-2013. The first day with nice weather, so the adders woke up from hybernation. Spotted five.
4-Mar-2013. Serena turning 20...
3-Mar-2013. At the old Waterburgt, near Eelde
2-Mar-2013. Luca warming up for the game in Stadskanaal (a 4-2 loss, despite playing a good game)
1-Mar-2013. At IKEA again, always exhausting
28-Feb-2013. Last time Serena is at home as a teen...
27-Feb-2013. With Romeo at the veterinarian (he's allergic to flees...)
26-Feb-2013. Raffaella is travelling, so the men eat McDonalds in front of the TV
25-Feb-2013. Raffaella leaving for Bologna
24-Feb-2013. Walking to the airport of Innsbruck to fly back to Eelde
23-Feb-2013. We rodelled a lot, even in the evening through the dark forest. Scary...
22-Feb-2013. Luca racing... (2nd place!!)
21-Feb-2013. My first attempt ever on skis
20-Feb-2013. After ski party...
19-Feb-2013. We did cross-country skiing....
18-Feb-2013. The view of the Dolomiti in San Candido
17-Feb-2013. A first: leaving from Eelde airport direct to Innsbruck (the only flight scheduled from Eelde that day)
16-Feb-2013. Packing for the trip to the Dolomiti
15-Feb-2013. Serena deciding who to vote
14-Feb-2013. Cold...
13-Feb-2013. Raffaella watching her favourite program: Sponge Bob
12-Feb-2013. Frozen pond in the forrest near the institute
11-Feb-2013. Waiting with Luca in the hospital
9-Feb-2013. Having breakfast together with Valentino, same thing every day...
8-Feb-2013. Astron is drilling a bore near the institute: it flooded the forrest
7-Feb-2013. Si vota!!!!
5-Feb-2013. Setting up for a PhD interview through Skype, with George and Thijs
4-Feb2013. Luca playing with 'knalerwten'
3-Feb-2013. Shopping in Groningen
2-Feb-2013. Romeo enjoying the winter sun
1-Feb-2013. Forty years Hans Terlouw (Mr Gipsy) at the Kapteyn Institute
30-Jan-2013. Luca doing homework
27-Jan-2013. Not sure what to say.....
26-Jan-2013. Shopping in icy Groningen
25-Jan-2013. Preparing the mosaic files for M101... Make no mistakes
23-Jan-2013. Skating on the Smitsveen, near the institute
22-Jan-2013. Luca cleaning up the snow
21-Jan-2013. Raffaella's car in the snow
20-Jan-2013. Skating at Kloosterveen
19-Jan-2013. These will get us through the cold in the Dolomiti
17-Jan-2013. The 1980 wing of the institute...
15-Jan-2013. Luca had his regular visit of the Podoloog
14-Jan-2013. Dwingelderveld in the winter
13-Jan-2013. We went for a walk along the canal
12-Jan-2013. Football in the cold
11-Jan-2013. Serena still uses her teddybear....
10-Jan-2013. Football training
8-Jan-2013. Today we had Beef Teryaki
6-Jan-2013. Shopping for our trip to the Dolomiti in february
5-Jan-2013. Our latest addition in Assen
4-Jan-2013. Putting the Mostri on the train to Schiphol
3-Jan-2013. Small problem with the balance of the winter tyres of the alfa. I am very picky with this
2-Jan-2013. Visiting Serena in Zwolle
1-Jan-2013. Family visit of the institute
31-Dec-2012. Happy New Year!
30-Dec-2012. Queueing with Serena at IKEA
29-Dec-2012. Shopping in one of the megastores in Groningen
28-Dec-2012. Discussions, discussions....
27-Dec-2012. Shopping with Luca
26-Dec-2012. Visiting the russian exhibition in the Drents Museum
25-Dec-2012. Luca absorbed in one of his christmass presents (a software manual...)
24-Dec-2012. For the sixth time we visited the Kröller Müller, and Meneer Jacques, with Serena
23-Dec-2012. Luca messing around with music on his computer
22-Dec-2012. Luca refereeing for the first time
21-Dec-2012. Shopping for christmass lights
20-Dec-2012. Unpacking the 'kerstpakket' from Astron
18-Dec-2012. Putting the lights in the christmass tree
17-Dec-2012. Luca started music lessons
16-Dec-2012. Making the christmass tree
15-Dec-2012. Browsing cars with Luca
14-Dec-2012. Both in toga today at Bregman's thesis defence
13-Dec-2012. Assen moves forward
12-Dec-2012. A belated Sinterklaas present for Luca
10-Dec-2012. In the train with Serena
9-Dec-2012. Taxi back to JFK
8-Dec-2012. Deep VLA HI meeting in the attic of the institute at Columbia
7-Dec-2012. The view from Jacqueline's office (Columbia University, NY)
6-Dec-2012. Early morning winter landscape in the garden
5-Dec-2012. Pakjesavond
4-Dec-2012. Atlas3D meeting in Leiden
3-Dec-2012. With Raffaella in the train to Leiden
1-Dec-2012. Sinterklaas going to watch the football
30-Nov-2012. Roberta & Kids visiting from Brazil
29-Nov-2012. Lofar PC meeting
28-Nov-2012. Watching Star Trek
27-Nov-2012. Luca doing homework
24-Nov-2012. Foggy football of Luca (a 3-1 win)
22-Nov-2012. Wonderful walk in the forrest for lunch
20-Nov-2012. Giving a talk at the Apertif EoI meeting
19-Nov-2012. Lifting back the Dwingeloo dish, watched by some old hands
17-Nov-2012. Luca went to see James Bond
16-Nov-2012. Picking up Serena at the station
15-Nov-2012. Luca getting ready for soccer training
14-Nov-2012. Raffaella in her office
12-Nov-2012. Waiting for the chat with Luca's school mentor
11-Nov-2012. Autumn colours in the garden
10-11-12. St. Maarten
9-Nov-2012. We hired a 'mannetje' to fix a number of things at the house
8-Nov-2012. Picking up Raffaella from her trip to Bonn
7-Nov-2012. Luca at the fysio for his groin injury (turned out to be ok, finally)
6-Nov-2012. Walking back to Astron from the Bospub, after lunch with Michele Cappellari
5-Nov-2012. First training of Luca (the one in the white shorts) after a long injury
4-Nov-2012. Watching Formula 1 (to the annoyance of Raffaella)
2-Nov-2012. Back at Schiphol from Munich
1-Nov-2012. BlueDisk meeting at the MPA in Garching
31-Oct-2012. My hotel room at Schiphol
30-Oct-2012. Serena home today
29-Oct-2012. Luca and Romeo
28-Oct-2012. We took an early plane home
27-Oct-2012. Luca working in the laboratorio of Liliana
26-Oct-2012. In Bologna
25-Oct-2012. Luca in a fancy shop in Bologna
24-Oct-2012. At schiphol on our way to Bologna
23-Oct-2012. Raffaella shaking hands with President Napolitano. Later, at the state banquet, we spoke with the Queen, the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister
22-Oct-2012. Luca inspecting the model he made of the Hall of Supreme Harmony of the Forbidden City
21-Oct-2012. Making pizza, like every sunday
20-Oct-2012. Dry run for the state banquet with the Queen and the President
17-Oct-2012. Raffaella's grant even made the newspaper
15-Oct-2012. Cakes at the institute to celebrate Raffaella's ERC grant
14-Oct-2012. Luca pestering Valentino
13-Oct-2012. Making spaghetti allo scoglio (spaghetti on the rocks!)
12-Oct-2012. The official letter that Raffaella got 2.5 million from the ERC
6-Oct-2012. Hedgehog in the garden
5-Oct-2012. Picking up Raffaella from her trip to Chile
3-Oct-2012. With Luca at the hairdressers
2-Oct-2012. Serena at home (exhausted as usual...)
1-Oct-2012. Waiting at the hospital with Luca for an Xray of his hip
30-Sep-2012. Luca cutting the grass
29-Sep-2012. With Luca at the pocketbike races
28-Sep-2012. Raffaella is travelling. Luca and me home alone
27-Sep-2012. Echoscopy of Luca's hip
26-Sep-2012. Raffaella leaving for Chile
25-Sep-2012. Nova meeting in Amsterdam
24-Sep-2012. Serena's drawings of Valentino and Romeo (note the noses)
22-Sep-2012. Raffa always at work...
21-Sep-2012. The cats caught a rat...
20-Sep-2012. Showing Apertif to the Italian Ambassador, Dr Francesco Azzarello
19-Sep-2012. Raffa's birthday!!!
18-Sep-2012. Luca and the cats
17-Sep-2012. Watching MotoGP (first time since 2 months!!!)
15-Sep-2012. Reason to celebrate....
13-Sep-2012. Perhaps the last waterlelie of the season (see 27-May-2012 and 29-Aug-2011)
12-Sep-2012. Serena voting for the first time!!!!
10-Sep-2012. Serena home today
9-Sep-2012. Washing the glass roof of the serra
8-Sep-2012. Bought a new lawn mower
7-Sep-2012. A very boring meeting... (PAFSKA)
6-Sep-2012. At the University of Cape Town
5-Sep-2012. In the taxi to the University of Cape Town
4-Sep-2012. The view from the elevator of the hotel in Cape Town
3-Sep-2012. Luca's first day at highschool (Raffaella took this one)
2-Sep-2012. On the way to Cape Town, flying over the Sahara
1-Sep-2012. Kick-off of the new season
31-Aug-2012. Back home again, doing the normal things
30-Aug-2012. On the flight back from Peking, we flew straight over Assen (you can see the TT circuit)
29-Aug-2012. Visited the Temple of Heaven
28-Aug-2012. Luca buying a cheap fake watch
27-Aug-2012. Visited a food market...
26-Aug-2012. We had a long, long (5 hours!!!) walk on the Great Wall
25-Aug-2012. Reception at the Dutch embassy in Peking
24-Aug-2012. Dinner at our favourite restaurant in Peking (italian!!!)
23-Aug-2012. Getting ready for the banquet in the olypmic stadium
22-Aug-2012. In the subway of Peking
21-Aug-2012. Attending the speech of China's Vice-President Xi JinPing at the opening ceremony of the General Assembly
20-Aug-2012. At Tienamen Square (the Chinese found us so weird, they wanted a picture of us...)
19-Aug-2012. At the Olympic Stadium in Peking
18-Aug-2012. Raffaella in the rice paddies in the mountains near Ping An (100 km north of Guilin)
17-Aug-2012. Floating on the river near Yangshuo, with the famous karst mountains
16-Aug-2012. Near our hotel near Yangshuo in China
15-Aug-2012. Dinner in the courtyard of the hotel near Yangshuo (75 km south of Guilin)
14-Aug-2012. Icecream in Hong Kong
13-Aug-2012. Waiting to fly to Hong Kong
12-Aug-2012. Packing for China
11-Aug-2012. I cut the grass. Takes me an hour, but very satisfying...
10-Aug-12. Luca with the cupboard he made
9-Aug-2012. Celebrating our wedding aniversary
8-Aug-2012. Meeting on gas around galaxies in Leiden.
7-Aug-2012. At a meeting in Leiden
6-Aug-2012. Watching Usain Bolt win, in a hotel in Leiden
5-Aug-2012. At the Gamma Racing Day at Assen (Formula 3)
4-Aug-2012. Visiting Serena in Zwolle
3-Aug-2012. Picking up Raffaella in 't Harde (no trains at Zwolle) from her trip to the USA
2-Aug-2012. Preparing for the golden olympic race of Ramoni Kromowidjojo
1-Aug-2012. We bought new soccer boots for Luca (again, see 16-Aug-2011, this time size 40 2/3), and swim goggles
31-Jul-2012. Serena buying her first pair of glasses. Fortunately she did not buy these...
30-Jul-2012. Schoolholiday. Luca doing DJ
29-Jul-2012. Farewell party for the Kuisjes who move to Brazil (again, see also 22-Jul-2011)
28-Jul-12. Visiting Serena in Zwolle (after we brought Raffaella to 't Harde for traveling to the US; no trains at Zwolle)
27-Jul-12. Luca setting up his new phone.
26-Jul-2012. Big balloon flew over the house..
25-Jul-2012. The Cats suffered from the warm weather (so they hid in the shade)
24-Jul-2012. Luca relaxing in the garden (warm day...)
23-Jul-2012 Luca is getting strong...
22-Jul-2012. We went biking and passed one of the most beautiful spots in the world: Deurze and the Deurzerdiep (including two storks)
21-Jul-2012. We worked a lot in the garden today
20-Jul-2012. Luca goes to primary school for the last time (later we had Luca's birthday party).
18-Jul-12. At the Podoloog again for a check up
17-Jul-12. Luca in the school musical
16-Jul-12. Celebrating Serena will go to university
15-Jul-12. Raffa preparing for the Scientific Advisory Committee meeting
14-Jul-12. Bought some plants for vases in the garden
13-Jul-12. It keeps on raining... The mud of the lawn of the Astronomy shack
12-Jul-12. House warming party of the Astronomy Group
11-Jul-12. Jean-Mathias Griessmeier visiting and he brought, as he always does, wonderful cookies from Nancay
10-Jul-12. It was raining, so Raffaella picked up Luca from school
9-Jul-2012. Back at the institute after the trip
8-Jul-12. Luca found four-leaf clovers in the garden
7-Jul-12. Relaxing day after the trip to Italy
6-Jul-12. Luca on his new skateboard in the parking at Schiphol
5-Jul-12. After a dip in the sea at Bellaria
4-Jul-12. In the train to Rimini
3-Jul-12. In the Aula Magna, clearly Pontificia
2-Jul-12. Last preparations for the meeting at the Pontificia Università Lateranense
1-Jul-12. Watching the final in Rome
30-Jun-12. With Luca at the TT. Number 58, gone but not forgotten
29-Jun-12. At the TT nacht
28-Jun-12. Italy beat Germany...
26-Jun-2012. Luca's birthday
24-Jun-2012. Italy beat England
23-Jun-2012. Vismarkt, Groningen
22-Jun-2012. Nonna visiting
21-Jun-2012. Lazy at home
18-Jun-2012. Ball in tree
17-Jun-2012. Smokin' ....
16-Jun-2012. Shopping in Groningen
14-Jun-2012. Nini after a wisdom tooth was taken out
12-Jun-2012. Lazy kids (again)
9-Jun-2012. The first 'gele plomp'
8-Jun-2012. EVLA deep filed meeting in Dwingeloo
7-Jun-2012. Luca's last Avondvierdaagse
6-Jun-2012. The naked Dwingeloo dish
5-Jun-2012. Lifting of the Dwingeloo dish
4-Jun-2012. On the way back from the reception at the Italian ambassador
3-Jun-2012. MacDonalds today (Luca only)
2-Jun-2012. Tribute to the champions!
1-Jun-2012. Preparing to remove the Dwingeloo dish
31-May-2012. A great tit (!) feeding
29-May-2012. Serena working hard to earn some extra money
28-May-2012. One of the many damselflies (waterjuffers) near our pond
27-May-2012. The first waterlelie of this year
26-May-2012. BBQ
25-May-2012. Serena recovered (see 23-May-12)
24-May-2012. One of my favourites in the garden: Iris Siberica Snow Prince
23-May-2012. Serena got very wet in a thunderstorm...
22-May-2012. After the last match of a good season: 23 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses, and 30 goals by Luca
21-May-2012. First time we had dinner outside. Finally....
20-May-2012. Our first biking tour of the year
19-May-2012. Serena made a wonderful dinner
18-May-2012. Third price at tournament in Deventer (beating a German team!!!!)
15-May-2012. Dinner with only the two of us.....
14-May-2012. Luca leaving for school camp
13-May-2012. Luca not feeling well.....
12-May-2012. Valentino having lunch
11-May-2012. Raffaella working in the garden
10-May-2012. Raffaella's new office (much bigger than mine..)
9-May-2012. Celebrating the good news on Raffaella's brain
8-May-2012. Get-together of staff, postdocs and students
7-May-2012. My new office
6-May-2012. Watching MotoGP
5-May-2012. Back at Schiphol
4-May-2012. The Nonna making tortellini
3-May-2012. At the Iridium anomaly near Gubbio
2-May-2012. Relaxing at the hotel in Umbria
1-May-2012. The hotel in Umbria (Torre di Moravola)
30-Apr-2012. The first nice day of the year!!!!
29-Apr-2012. Working in the garden in my Ducati Suit
28-Apr-2012. One of our favourite movies
27-Apr-2012. Serena was supposed to have a wisdomtooth removed, but it didn't happen so she can still eat...
26-Apr-2012. This digger did Bonk Bonk all morning in front of my office.....
25-Apr-2012. Picking up Raffaella at the station. 35 minutes late...
24-Apr-2012. Small problem for Luca...
23-Apr-2012. Terrible drone all day at the office.... Drove me mad.
22-Apr-2012. On Holy Ground: on the track just before the start of the Superbike race.
21-Apr-2012. Champions!
20-Apr-2012. Pitlane of the Superbikes (with Luca, Michele, Tommaso)
19-Apr-2012. Sister et al arrived....
18-Apr-2012. Romeo eyeing a bird....
15-Apr-2012. Luca baking cookies with the Nonna
14-Apr-2012. The Nonna at Luca's match (with a wonderful goal of Luca)
13-Apr-2012. Out for dinner
12-Apr-2012. Luca's last day at the after school care
11-Apr-2012. The Nonna in the serra
10-Apr-2012. Back in the office after almost 2 weeks (Oh Joy!)
9-Apr-2012. Luca working hard
8-Apr-2012. Luca in the 'hunebed' in Borger
7-Apr-2012. In the garden in the sun, with a glass of bolli
6-Apr-2012. Family & birthday cake
5-Apr-2012. In the train from Schiphol
4-Apr-2012. On the way back to Dulles on Route 66
3-Apr-2012. The PAF in Greenbank
2-Apr-2012. Brent Tully with the plaque to commemorate 35 years of TFR
1-Apr-2012. 35 years of Tully-Fisher relation
31-Mar-2012. In Greenbank. Later I went to the top of it.... 115 m high
30-Mar-2012: Bought two Einsteins at the Smithsonian in Washington
25-Mar-2012. Zillions of frog eggs in our pond
24-Mar-2012. Our new painting
23-Mar-2012. Dinner with the Kuis
21-Mar-2012. Luca flying
15-Mar-2012. Fixing Serena's bike
11-Mar-2012. Luca's collection of bottle caps
10-Mar-2012. Father and son fixing a lamp
9-Mar-2012. Shopping fancy chairs at IKEA
6-Mar-2012. Perfect silence today at the Dwingelerveld
5-Mar-2012. Re-united with the Cats after the holiday
4-Mar-2012. Serena turned 19 today
3-Mar-2012. In Berlin we saw a Bugatti Veyron, in the flesh
2-Mar-2012. Pizza in Berlin
1-Mar-2012. Taking 3D picture of myself in the Sony Centre in Berlin
29-Feb-2012. Luca polishing his shoes in the parking at Schiphol
27-Feb-2012. My last Daily Image
26-Feb-2012. Venus, the Moon and Jupiter
25-Feb-2012. Our fish (Moby Dick) woke up from his 'wintersleep'
22-Feb-2012. This is how science is done nowadays (BlueDisk meeting Dwingeloo)
20-Feb-2012. VIDI meeting in Utrecht
18-Feb-2012. Lazy evening on the couch
17-Feb-2012. Picking up Luca from Roberta & Marco
15-Feb-2012. Is this because of safety, or because they cannot park? (Bielefeld University; gave lecture there)
12-Feb-2012. The medal of the skating trip of yesterday
11-Feb-2012. Kratje klimmen. 17 high!!!!
9-Feb-2012. I can now see the old Dwingeloo dish from my office
8-Feb-2012. Cutting the trees in front of my office
7-Feb-2012. Skating with all Astron, on the Smitsveen near the institute
6-Feb-2012. Work to extend the Astron building has finally started (with cutting trees)
5-Feb-2012. Skating on the canal behind our house
4-Feb-2012. All skating at Kloosterveen
3-Feb-2012. Went to the skating rink with two left skates....
2-Feb-2012. Kloosterveen is open!!!!
31-Jan-2012. Waiting for the doctor
30-Jan-2012. Winter has arrived. Bubbles in the pond to prevent freezing over
29-Jan-2012. Very cold, so the brothers stayed in all day
28-Jan-2012. Serena at home for the weekend, dinner with the whole family
27-Jan-2012. At the symposium for Stuart Pottasch's 80th birthday
25-Jan-2012. Open day at the one of the highschools in Assen
24-Jan-2012. Luca again at the podoloog
23-Jan-2012. Luca in the Box of Shame...
22-Jan-2012. Luca making an apple pie
21-Jan-2012. The first match of the year (terrible weather)
20-Jan-2012. Crossing the IJssel on my way to NAC meeting in Utrecht
18-Jan-2012. Luca 2nd prize with school volleybal
17-Jan-2012. Assemblng the new exercise bike
16-Jan-2012. Frozen Dwingelderveld. Beautiful day
15-Jan-2012. Making pizza, like every sunday
14-Jan-2012. Shopping with Serena and Luca
13-Jan-2012. Raffaella at work at home
12-Jan-2012. Luca exhausted after the first training of 2012
11-Jan-2012. L'uccellino
9-Jan-2012. First day at the office of 2012
8-Jan-2012. Raffaella taking down the christmas lights from the garden
7-Jan-2012. Luca making spatulas for the Pizza Machine, Serena back from Zwolle for the weekend
6-Jan-2012. Tulay cutting Luca's hair
5-Jan-2012. Sitting in on a telecon with Jacqueline et al on the EVLA deep field
4-Jan-2012. Have to renew my passport and my driving license, so new pictures...
3-Jan-2012. Terrible storm. Stuck at home
2-Jan-2012. The first pizza from the "Pizza Machine"
1-Jan-2012. Cleaning up after the fireworks
31-Dec-2011. Fireworks!!!!
30-Dec-2011. Shopping for a couch for Serena (we did not find one) and a cupboard for Luca (we did)
29-Dec-2011. Stuck in the plane at the platform at Schiphol (thunderstorm...)
28-Dec-2011. Visiting La Lilia & Michele for lunch
27-Dec-2011. Luca returns for the first time to Faenza, the town where he was born
26-Dec-2011. View from San Marino
25-Dec-2011. Natale at the Nonna in Bologna
24-Dec-2011. Found this picture of Raffaella on the web (at a meeting in Hamburg). CHE BELLA DONNA!!!
23-Dec-2011. Last day before christmas at the Kapteyn Institute: deserted....
22-Dec-2011. Luca cooking for the school christmas dinner (Lasagne!)
21-Dec-2011. On the road back from Zwolle (bought a mattress with Nini)
20-Dec-2011. Waiting with Luca for Raffaella at the station
19-Dec-2011. Working at home
18-Dec-2011. At the Drents Museum
17-Dec-2011. Another day of shopping in Groningen
16-Dec-2011. Shopping for christmas presents
15-Dec-2011. Luca does not like David Bowie (one of my Heroes...)
14-Dec-2011. Luca relaxing at home
13-Dec-2011. Serena buying an IPhone. Writing her last Ping on the Blackberry
12-Dec-2011. Checking on the GPS sats at home (note the latitude!!)
11-Dec-2011. Luca preparing the christmas tree
10-Dec-2011. Luca and Per on the bench during the footbal match
8-Dec-2011. Raffaella in the Serra
7-dec-2011. Moon through trees at Astron, when going home
5-Dec-2011. Getting ready for Sinterklaas
4-Dec-2011. Raffaella's invitation to the farewell of the Italian ambassador
3-Dec-2011. Vale & Romeo
2-Dec-2011. Sinterklaas surprise is ready
1-Dec-2011. First time Raffaella in toga (Utrecht)
30-Nov-2011. Sheep in the forest next to the institute
29-Nov-2011. Luca making Sinterklaas surprise for school
28-Nov-2011. Luca dancing with the Xbox
26-Nov-2011. Dragon in Assen
24-Nov-2011. Doing the daily shopping in Kloosterveen
23-Nov-2011. Foggy day at the Dwingelderveld
22-Nov-2011. In the train again. Colloquium Nijmegen
21-Nov-2011 Again at the podoloog, picking up the 'zooltjes'
20-Nov-2011. Perfectly still weather
19-Nov-2011. Luca warming up with Jesse. An 11-0 win, 3 goals Luca
18-Nov-2011. With Mariano Mendez in the train back from the NWO VIDI meeting in Utrecht
17-Nov-2011. With Filippo and Antonino visiting Joop Schaye's group in Leiden
15-Nov-2011. Luca at the Podoloog
14-Nov-2011. Mysterious reflection of the Dwingeloo dish
13-Nov-2011. Waiting for the train home at Schiphol
12-Nov-2011. In the taxi to Sydney Airport
11-11-11. I saw the Chequerboard today
10-Nov-11. Walking along Epping Road to the ATNF. As in the old days.
9-Nov-2011. Among the nicer things in Sydney are the Jacaranda
8-Nov-2011. Arrived in Sydney, leaving the plane. Not even too tired.
7-Nov-2011. Waiting at Schiphol to board the flight to Kuala Lumpur (and on to Sydney)
5-Nov-2011. Fast action of Luca (a 10-4 win; 1 goal Luca)
3-Nov-2011. During my daily lunchtime walk at the Dwingelderveld.
1-Nov-2011. Training in the cold
29-Oct-2011. Raffaella cleaning the roof of the serra
28-Oct-2011. The garden in the evening
27-Oct-2011. The first 100,000 km with the Alfa!!!!
26-Oct-2011. Luca at the 'schoolvoetbal'. They did very bad (but Luca scored all the goals...)
25-Oct-2011. At home again
24-Oct-2011. Waiting for the bus ("Il quattordici") in Via Rizzoli, Bologna
23-Oct-2011. At the Biennale (Hungarian pavillion in the Giardini)
22-Oct-2011. Buying the tickets for the Biennale at the Arsenale in Venice, our 2-yearly treat
21-Oct-2011. In our house in Bologna
20-Oct-2011. Waiting for the bags at Bologna Airport. Raffaella just heard that Astron got the maximum result in the evaluation: world leading (a 5!!)
19-Oct-2011. Visit of the Evaluation Committee of Digestif. Despite the weather, they thought it was wonderful
18-Oct-2011. Terrible weather today....
16-Oct-2011. Daily ritual: the cats waiting to lick the yoghurt bowl of Raffaella...
15-Oct-2011. Luca getting ready for this weeks match (a 3-2 win)
14-Oct-2011. Luca at home (...)
12-Oct-2011. Men at work at home
11-Oct-2011. Serena upset because Ping doesn't work on the Blackberry (worldwide...)
10-Oct-2011. Luca being nice to Romeo
9-10-11. Serena at home
8-Oct-2011. Serena dancing in town
3-Oct-2011. Egeltje in the garden
30-Sep-2011. Farewell to Harry Muskee
27-Sep-2011. Luca's new haircut
26-Sep-2011. Dinner
25-Sep-2011. A very nice day in the garden
24-Sep-2011. Ball on the roof....
23-Sep-2011. Stacking detection of Hydrogen in the distant Universe!!!
22-Sep-2010. Last day at the Atlas3D meeting
21-Sep-2011. The Sacre Coeur through a window of the dome of the old Observatoir de Paris
20-Sep-2011. Walking to the dinner of the meeting, passing the Notre Dame
19-Sep-2011. Arriving by train in Paris for a meeting at the observatory. Sacre Coeur in the back
18-Sep-2011. Dinner to celebrate Raffaella's birthday
17-Sep-2011. Romeo with mouse
13-Sep-2011. DJLuka
11-Sep-2011. Watching TV on 9-11 with Luca
10-Sep-2011. Romeo tryng to catch a mouse who is hiding behind the fridge
8-Sep-2011. Luca got a new bike
3-Sep-2011. The first time my dear Alfa let me down: it did not start... (battery died....)
2-Sep-2011. Serena back home already, wearing a Tshirt I bought 30 years ago...
1-Sep-2011. Serena moves to Zwolle...
31-Aug-2011. The new bed of Luca constructed
30-Aug-2011. Luca after the first match of the season (a 6-2 win; 1 Luca)
29-Aug-2011. The last waterlelie of the season
28-Aug-2011. Watching Formula 1
26-Aug-2011. Getting a missing part at IKEA
25-Aug-2011. At home
24-Aug-2011. Buying a new bed for Luca
23-Aug-2011. Luca started training again....
22-Aug-2011. Serena returned from Lowlands. Exhausted...
21-Aug-2011. Luca's travels...
20-Aug-2011. Finally a nice day. So firing up the barbie...
19-Aug-2011. Surprise pickup of Raffaella at Schiphol, returning from Chile
18-Aug-2011. Serena leaving for Lowlands... The men are at home alone now...
17-Aug-2011. Skyping from the office with Raffaella in Santiago, with Serena on the speakerphone...
16-Aug-2011. New football boots for Luca. Size 39!!!!
15-Aug-2011. Cut the grass for the first time after the holidays. Always a battle....
14-Aug-2011. The four 'schatjes'. Happy to be together again....
13-Aug-2011. The day after returning from South-East Asia, Raffaella left for Chile....
12-Aug-2011. In the train from Schiphol to home. What would the world be without internet?
11-Aug-2011. Serena finds new use for the reading lamp
10-Aug-2011. In the swimmingpool in Singapore
9-Aug-2011. In Singapore, getting ready for the F1
8-Aug-2011. On the way from Phuket to Singapore (via Kuala Lumpur)
7-Aug-2011. The beach at the resort at Racha Island
6-Aug-2011. We moved to the Racha Island.
5-Aug-2011. Today we relaxed. At the beach and in the pool of the Twin Palms Resort
4-Aug-2011. Landing in Phuket from the east. James Bond Island is in the top right
3-Aug-2011. I took a cooking class in the morning. Later we travelled back to Chiang Mai
2-Aug-2011. Speeding on the MeaKhong. We also visited Laos and Birma
1-Aug-2011. The mighty MeaKhong with the real Golden Triangle: Laos (in the distance), Birma (foreground) and Thailand (with the Buddha)
31-Jul-2011. We rode elephants in the jungle
30-Jul-2011. Arrived in the Golden Triangle (Birma, Laos, Thailand)
29-Jul-2011. At a waterfall in Doi Inthanon national park
28-Jul-2011. Liftoff at the dinner of the APRIM2011
26-Jul-2011. During dinner at the Night Market in Chiang Mai
25-Jul-2011. In the tuk-tuk in Chiang Mai
24-Jul-2011. Arriving in Chiang Mai, almost 24 hours later
23-Jul-2011. Waiting at the station in Assen, on our way to Thailand
22-Jul-2011. Luca dancing at the farewell party of the Kuisjes (moving to Brazil...)
21-Jul-2011. Luca on his way to school, one of the last days before school holiday
20-Jul-2011. And today I picked her up again (short trip...)
19-Jul-2011. Brought Raffaella to the train (she is leaving for Manchester)
18-Jul-2011. Made Nasi Goreng today
17-Jul-2011. Me at the garden party of DaBoss (Mike Garrett)
16-Jul-2011. The Brothers slept all day because it rained all the time... (and they had been out all night)
15-Jul-2011. Luca with friends having fun on Luca's birthday party
14-Jul-2011. In the train to Zwolle with Serena, to arrange a place to live for her (she will move out after the summer...)
13-Jul-2011. My dear friend Valentino asking for some affection
12-Jul-2011. Meeting of senior staff of Astron on strategy...
11-Jul-2011. We tried out Serena's new tent. Packing it turned out to be more difficult than building it...
10-Jul-2011. Warm day
9-Jul-2011. Watching the Formula 1 qualification. La Ferrari did very well!!! (and actually won the next day)
8-Jul-2011. Raffaella back home from Russia, with souvenirs
7-Jul-2011. Serena's laptop has been fixed!!!! (see 21-Jun-2011)
6-Jul-2011. Skyping with Raffaella. We swapped: she is in St Petersburg now (I returned yesterday...)
5-Jul-2011. Plenary session of the Jenam (St Petersburg)
4-Jul-2011. In the Isaac Cathedral, St Petersburg. Been here before in 1976.
3-Jul-2011. Endless queue for passport control at St Petersburg airport
2-Jul-2011. Should cut the grass......
1-Jul-2011. We took a day off (and worked at home...)
30-Jun-2011. In a meeting with Raffaella (and others...)
29-Jun-2011. Visiting the Lofar SuperTerp with the AstroFest
28-Jun-2011. Working on an ALMA proposal on IC 5063
27-Jun-2011. A hot day; Serena studying in the garden
26-Jun-2011. Luca's 12th birthday!!!!
25-Jun-2011. Tommaso and Luca after a long day at the TT. Glorious day!!!
24-Jun-2011. At the qualification of the TT, with Michele, and Valentino
23-Jun-2011. Sister and Co have arrived for the TT
22-Jun-2011. Went into town to see how Assen is getting ready for the TT
21-Jun-2011. Serena using Luca's computer because hers is broken...
20-Jun-2011. Luca doing a wheelie at the TT circuit
19-Jun-2011. Working on the fence in the rain
18-Jun-2011. Digging for building the fence
17-Jun-2011. Waiting at Munich airport for flight home
16-Jun-2011. The view from my room in Seeon
15-Jun-2011. The meeting room in Seeon
14-Jun-2011. Kloster Seeon. The venue of the meeting on gas and galaxies
13-Jun-2011. In the bus from Munich airport to Kloster Seeon for a meeting
12-Jun-2011. Cleaning the wall after taking away the Hedera
11-Jun-2011. Preparing the talk for the Seeon meeting of next week
10-Jun-2011. Fixing the front garden and killing the Hedera (by 'mannetjes')
09-Jun-2011. Visit of the WSRT of the ASTRON Science Advisory Committee (of which Jacqueline van Gorkom and Justin Jonas)
08-Jun-2011. KNVB championship of North Netherlands (3rd price)
07-Jun-2011. Raffaella exhausted at home after a day of NWO meetings
06-Jun-2011. Serena voting for the first time in her life (Italian referendum)
05-Jun-2011. Another day at the races
04-Jun-2011. Luca among the cars in the paddock at the track (formula Renault 2000)
03-Jun-2011. David, friend of Luca, visiting. (and other people)
02-Jun-2011. Raffaella working on a day off....
01-Jun-2011. The first waterlelie of 2011
31-May-2011. Party at the Italian Ambassador's residence
30-May-2011. Luca (and Dorjani) after a 5-2 win with the regional selection of the KNVB
29-May-2011. Worked a lot in the garden
28-May-2011. Luca toernooi at FC Assen
27-May-2011. Raffaella in my office
26-May-2011. Luca avondvierdaagse
25-May-2011. Very nice day in the garden
24-May-2011. Home alone at night (Raffaella travelling)
23-May-2011. First time in toga
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