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I love my dog, Farah. She's a Dutch Shepherd dog, a Dutchie as they

say in the USA. Not a German Shepherd or a Malinois, but a separate

and rare breed. There are only about 2000 truebred Dutchies in the

Netherlands and a couple more in other countries, mostly in the USA.

Dutchies are very intelligent and agile, very loyal though a bit

opiniated and they have a good sense of humour.

As they're frequently mistaken for wolves, hyenas or crossbreds

thereoff, they make great protection dogs. No problem to send your

16 year old daughter out for a dogwalk through the park at night.

Here's her portrait. I think it nicely reflects her character: proud

and selfassured, alert and fierce (nothing that shows how chicken

she hides under the bed with thunder and lightning ;-)

The last rays of the setting sun manage to set the tops of the

mountains on fire from underneath an ominous thunderstorm. From my

vacation in Villars, Switzerland.

Taken yesterday. Finally an evening without rain! Thanks for your

comments and rating. Regards, Huub

Villars, Switzerland. Taken last week. Sunset light from a sky just

clearing from a thunderstorm. I have another photo from this series

in my portfolio. Thanks for your critique.

Taken a few days ago in the Swiss Alps. Finally the clouds cleared

just enough to allow the last sunrays to paint the mountains with

warm sunset light.

Canon EF 17-40 L

I invite you to rate my portfolio.

...Long live the miller.

The blades of the windmill are set in mourning position (with the

top blade at 5 min to 12). The miller died two months ago. At the

same time the reflection shows the mill with the blades in "Joy"

setting (5 min past 12). Perhaps to welcome its new miller. There

seems to be a new one as I've seen the mill working about a week

ago.

Another photo of the same mill I uploaded some weeks ago shows the

blades in the same position. I thought it was to mourn the death of

our previous queen, but it appeared to be for the miller instead.

There are several other photos of this subject in my portfolio. I

like this one for the framing silhouette and the sky.

All Dutch windmills are set with their wings in this way to

communicate the death of our previous queen Juliana.