• Nieuwsbrief Kerst 2024

    This annual news letter has been published in Dutch only. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

  • Mexico 2024

    On October 28, 2024 we jumped on a plane to fly down to Cancun for a 3 weeks vacation at Luxury Gran Bahia Príncipe Akumal. It was time to celebrate this special year where were reflecting back to our 25th anniversary, Marieke’s 60th birthday and her retirement. Many milestones! And why not hang out and…

  • Retirement Marieke

    Even though Marieke’s official retirement date will be October 1, 2024, she already enjoyed a number of weeks of freedom during the month of September 2024 just to take all her vacation that she was still entitled to. On September 18, the staff of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Vancouver…

  • Marieke’s 60th Birthday

    On August 17, 2024 we celebrated Marieke’s birthday with friends and neighbours. It was 29 degrees Celcius, so fantastic to be outside in the backyard! Here is an impression of the day!!

  • Fall 2023

    Just a page with one shot take during a walk alongside the Fraser River in Fort Langley.

  • Netherlands Oct 2023

  • Late Evening-Midnight Snow

    Severe snow was expected starting Feb 25, 2023. That evening we were catching up on a late Christmas dinner with our friends and this snow really helped to set the atmosphere! No Christmas trees in the house anymore, but we only had to look outside to find one..! The pictures taken at the bottom were…

  • My Retirement

    After 42 years of careers with the Royal Netherlands Army, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Praxisdata S.A. de C.V., Omnilogic, PwC Consulting, IBM Business Consulting Services, BC Gas, Terasen Gas, Kinder Morgan and FortisBC Energy Inc., I decided to officially retire on November 1, 2022. It was an honor for me to have been able…

  • Abbotsford International Airshow 2021

    The pandemic halted the Abbortsford International Airshow in 2020, but in 2021 we were able to go back to the airfield for some spectacular flying. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t all that good and we had to wait quite a while before it was safe enough to start the show.

  • Hummingbirds and flowers

    Here is an impression of a wonderful and sunny July afternoon whereby the flowers were at their best and the hummingbirds were really picking up on that.