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The first tulips are blooming in Holland!

After a very cold period in Holland finally tulips are blooming in Holland.

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Photos taken at the bulb fields in Noordwijk, Holland on April 20, 2013


More tulip photos from a different perspective on my website: www.tulips.tk
(Photos taken in 2011 at the Keukenhof in Lisse and at the bulb fields in Noordwijk, Holland)
Enjoy!!

More flower photos to come, so feel free to subscribe to this blog

The 250th radio show Purple Haze


AJ and the Wildgrooves live recordings for the radio show Purple Haze on RTV Katwijk

On March 12 the radio show Purple Haze #250 was broadcasted with unique recordings of Eric Steckel, Ori Naftaly & Eleanor Tsaig and AJ and the Wildgrooves from Katwijk. Also there was an interview with AJ (vocalist of AJ and the Wildgrooves). Read more at: http://purplehaze.rtvkatwijk.nl/?p=1470 (in Dutch as well).

You can still listen the radio show Purple Haze #250 (until March 25). Just select “Uitzending gemist / Missed Shows” at http://purplehaze.rtvkatwijk.nl/?page_id=36

Fantastic performance!

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AJ of AJ and The Wildgrooves (Foto / Photo: Jan Marius Franzen)

Fantastic performance of the band AJ and the Wildgrooves from Katwijk at The Box Studio’s in Katwijk aan de Rijn, Holland on February 15, 2013.
During this performance recordings were made for the radio show Purple Haze as well.
You can hear these recordings soon on the radio show Purple Haze soon.
Passionately the band played songs of amongst others Koko Taylor, Janis Joplin, Etta James and Robert Johnson.


Hipshake – AJ and the Wildgrooves (Live in Katwijk)

Purple Haze: Every Tuesday night 23:00 – 24:00 (CET)
To listen to this show via the internet please select “Livestream”
Also you can hear at ’uitzending gemist‘ the 2 most recent broadcasts

Rusty colors

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from dark until light
rusty colors remind of
the shifting of fate

Photography and poetry by Jan Marius Franzen
© All Rights Reserved

Climb down

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to see new colors
you must climb down the ladder
and open your eyes

Warm colors

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Dunes near Wassenaar in Holland. January 30, 2013


dark clouds fade away
the low sun highlights the earth
warm colors emerge

Photography and poetry by Jan Marius Franzen
© All Rights Reserved

Afternoon delight

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afternoon delight
as the sun drowns in the sky
lovers become one

Photography and poetry by Jan Marius Franzen
© All Rights Reserved

Four new jingles for the radio show Purple Haze


Erja Lyytinen, Finland


Bart Walker, Nashville, USA


Eric Steckel, North Carolina, USA


Laura Long from 3am, UK

Purple Haze Radio Show
Every Tuesday night 23:00 — 24:00 (CET)
Music selection, presentation and production by Jan Marius Franzen
http://purplehaze.rtvkatwijk.nl/

You may like the Radio Show Purple Haze facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/RadioShowPurpleHaze

New! My poetry in haiku form on Twitter


My first tweet! A poem by me in haiku form…..


dead wood on the beach
the horizon disappeared
when they lost their dream


More poetry to come on Twitter from @janmariusf
http://www.twitter.com/janmariusf

Winter and decay

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winter and decay
sun showing us colors, we
did not see before

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winter and decay
old buidings will be torn down
for new emptiness

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winter and decay
warm colors must disappear
the spring will be cold

Photos taken in Katwijk, Holland
Photography and poetry by Jan Marius Franzen
© All Rights Reserved

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