Bart and Peter

your father and his brother... The brothers were posing for the camera and pulling crazy faces... this is one of the few pictures I took that afternoon where they both look presentable...

Prettige Feestdagen

The winter has so far been very mild.
Our roses continued producing occasional buds and flowers. The light snowfall in the Christmas week covers the red roses with a layer of delicate "frosting". Though our Christmas cards were already posted this was sufficient inducement to create a digital Christmas greetings card as well.

Vrolijk Kerstfeest

The Salutation of the dawn

Listen to the salutation to the dawn,
Look to this day for it is life, the very life of life,
In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of our existence.
The bliss of growth, the splendour of beauty,

For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well spent makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day.

Such is the salutation to the dawn.

From the Sanskrit

A picture for the famiiy album

This picture was taken for my parents in December when my father turned 70. (Yes, also in the Zahren family 2007 was a year of celebration). You might have the opportunity to meet my parents too when you are coming to visit with Carolina in June 2008