tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493790269692906423.post4042350412195725247..comments2023-08-26T09:32:09.012-07:00Comments on Hagaki Mawari: Texel, NetherlandsMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936766515979376371noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493790269692906423.post-53390178014828813202012-09-23T11:59:12.330-07:002012-09-23T11:59:12.330-07:00Thanks Bertjan!! My guess is I'll be back at S...Thanks Bertjan!! My guess is I'll be back at Sogenji a lot sooner than I'll make it to Texel, but you never know. ;)Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00936766515979376371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493790269692906423.post-58464122817327273982012-09-23T09:31:05.017-07:002012-09-23T09:31:05.017-07:00Hi Maggie! Looking for Sogenji-photo's and rec...Hi Maggie! Looking for Sogenji-photo's and recognizing the takuhatsu-picture I ended up on your blog site! I looked some things up for you.<br /><br />The stamp ont het right is from 1982 (! - collectors item) and shows the groundplan of a dutch fortress town called 'Coevorden'. The star-shape is very common in Dutch fortresses for the 16th to the 19th century. The stamp is from a 'Europe'-series, which means that in a certain year all european countries made their own national stamp on a certain common theme; that year supposedly something like 'history'. (I do not collect stamps - to my big surprise it took me less than 30 seconds to find this info on the internet!)<br /><br />The seals fed at Ecomare on Texel are actually captured wild seals; mostly sick or injured or babies that lost their mothers (called 'screamers' - in dutch 'huilers' because they make a lot of noise calling for their mums). The are released back in the wild as soon as they have recoverd or have matured. The reason for this was that back in the 70-ies/80-ies there were very few seals left because of a viral disease. Nowadays the population has recovered. <br /><br />Most Dutch people come to Texel to enjoy the beaches, so that probably explains why 'the ugly picture' is biggest. (And it probably was a rare occasion, because it was not raining ;-)<br /><br />Hope to meet you again soon, in Sogenji, Hokuozan or... maybe Texel?<br /><br />Bertjan<br />Bertjan Oosterbeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03424305772052515890noreply@blogger.com