© Gaia Son
© Gaia Son
Lowlands Correspondent
James Ensor exhibit in the Gemeentemuseum – The Hague, NL – 2011
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© Gaia Son
© Gaia Son
Courtesy of Gaia Son
The Despair of Pierrot (Jealous Pierrot) 1892
James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX. – Wikipedia
Handelshuis Hilvaria – Hilvaria Trading – Hilvarenbeek, NL – Lowlands Correspondent, Gaia Son
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© Gaia Son
In the early twentieth century….came Kees Schijvens’ Hilvaria bicycle factory to Diessenweg. Besides bicycles Kees also sold Wertheim sewing machines. – Tilburg Regional Archive
Brides in the Eucharistic procession, followed by the St. Sebastian’s Guild.In the background Handelshuis Hilvaria, owned by the Schijvens family. 1948 – Tilburg Regional Archive
Electr. Lasschen – Electric Welding – Amsterdam, Centrum – Lowlands Correspondent, Gaia Son
Nieuwe Ridderstraat & Montelbaanstraat © Gaia Son
Lasschen is the old-fashioned way of writing ‘lassen’, which means ‘welding’. So ‘Electr. lasschen’ is electric welding.
I am rather overwhelmed with the fact that you are featuring me on your blog so many times in a row. Happy that you like my photos, honored to be your guest blogger! – Gaia Son
It is my pleasure to feature your outstanding photographs!
Feb 8, 2008 – TypoTrip © Wojtek Mejor
Koffie Rombouts – Antwerpen, BE – Lowlands Correspondent, Gaia Son
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ANTWERP (Belgium). Bogie motor car type 7000 (1908-1975). With publicity of “Koffie Rombouts”. Postcard of VETRAMU/AMUTRA No. 39. Photo E. Keutgens. – The Traveler’s Drawer
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Alles begint in Antwerpen, waar Frans Rombouts op een dag besluit een brandtrommel te huren om zijn eigen koffie te branden. – It all began in Antwerp, where Frans Rombouts decided one day to rent a coffee roasting drum to roast his own coffee. – Rombouts Website History
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Gaia Son in the Ghardaïa Province- Algeria, March 2007
El Goléa – oasis town and commune – capital of El Ménia District, in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. © Gaia Son
This summer I spent a week with my friends Gaia Son (FAB’s Lowlands Correspondent) and her husband Bob Kovel (artiste extraordinaire) in Amersfoort, NL. One night Gaia showed me some of her photographs and I insisted on her curating some virtual exhibitions for the Fading Ad Blog. This first slideshow is of Son’s trip through the Ghardaïa Province in Algeria- located in The M’Zab Valley (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) in the Sahara Desert and ending in Outoul in the south of Algeria.
Gaia Son with her Touareg Berber guides – photo by Louis Cador
Alsa – Entremets Flan – Bulgnéville, FR – Lowlands Correspondent, Gaia Son
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© Gaia Son
http://natifs50-graulhet.wifeo.com/toujours-des-buvards-.php
An entremet (or entremets, from Old French, literally meaning “between servings”) is in modern French cuisine a small dish served between courses or simply a dessert. – Wikipedia
Early entremets usually consisted of nothing more complicated than frumenty, a type of grain porridge, colored with saffron or egg yolk. – Wikipedia – Uploaded by Peter Isotalo
