Guus Bosman

There was a man on the news yesterday who is always making pictures from his window. He lives at the river Amstel in Amsterdam, and now there was an exposition of some of his best photos. He made pictures of many events such as the Gayparade and the marriage of Willem-Alexander and Maxima.

He is a really good photographer and made very nice pictures, so that's not comparable to my 'work'. But I recognized that you can see much about the world from your own window.<

In the past we saw the flag on the Adriaan on the day of the funeral of HRH Prince Claus, Sinterklaas arriving in Haarlem or the prison that was being cleaned.

In the morning when I just woke up this was the view from our window:

The fire brigade went into the number 8, two houses further. Luckily enough nobody seemed to be hurt, and there wasn't a big fire.

In the Haarlems Dagblad today:

"De bewoners van een appartementencomplex aan de Hooimarkt moesten dinsdagochtend hun woningen verlaten bij een korte binnenbrand in het pand. De Haarlemmers werden door de brandweer geëvacueerd. Niemand raakte gewond. Hoe de brand is ontstaan, is nog onduidelijk."

("The tenants of an apartmentcomplex at the Hooimarkt had to leave their house because of a small fire in the building. They were evacuated by the fire brigade. Nobody got hurt. How the fire started is not clear yet.")

Of course this reminds of the situation 23 years ago when a big part of our house burned down.