Hester Keijser
@hkeijser.bsky.social
Recovering photography curator, green fingered dog person, can’t help thinking along and probing where the ice gets thin. Because we are all just skating on the surface.
If I don’t follow you, you might be on one of my lists, where I still 🔭 you.
If I don’t follow you, you might be on one of my lists, where I still 🔭 you.
Worked hard today turning an eyesore street garden covered in litter into a future paradise for bees and plants. Besides the 50+ plants, we planted dozens of bulbs and sowed locally sourced wild seeds. Can’t wait til spring arrives! All plants donated by the city 😍 & seeds by me.
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Worked hard today turning an eyesore street garden covered in litter into a future paradise for bees and plants. Besides the 50+ plants, we planted dozens of bulbs and sowed locally sourced wild seeds. Can’t wait til spring arrives! All plants donated by the city 😍 & seeds by me.
Love of my life sunbathing on the couch right after she threw up her breakfast and ate it up again. Ahh the joys of dogs! 😬
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Love of my life sunbathing on the couch right after she threw up her breakfast and ate it up again. Ahh the joys of dogs! 😬
My latest fix up job: restoring the blade on these large pruning shears. Taking them apart took some persuading, putting them back together took some puzzling, but they work smooth and very silently again. Ready for the next horror movie!
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My latest fix up job: restoring the blade on these large pruning shears. Taking them apart took some persuading, putting them back together took some puzzling, but they work smooth and very silently again. Ready for the next horror movie!
Are you making your own lemonade yet? Such fun to try new flavors and work with what falls in my hands. Today it was mint (too good to go) with oranges and ginger (both found outside), bay leaves (foraged) and lemon. Now the whole house smells like peppermint. 🤤😋
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Are you making your own lemonade yet? Such fun to try new flavors and work with what falls in my hands. Today it was mint (too good to go) with oranges and ginger (both found outside), bay leaves (foraged) and lemon. Now the whole house smells like peppermint. 🤤😋
When you have a terrier, people say you can make their food more interesting by wrapping it in layers of stuff. This will mean it takes them a whopping …. 2 minutes extra to destroy a treat. Oh well, I guess it was fun.
October 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
When you have a terrier, people say you can make their food more interesting by wrapping it in layers of stuff. This will mean it takes them a whopping …. 2 minutes extra to destroy a treat. Oh well, I guess it was fun.
One of the paintings we saw was The Bull by Potter, who incorporated the view from his window that looked on the fields on the right of the composition. The photo from a few days ago was taken in the area where once the cows grazed. - Image provided by Mauritshuis. So yes, another world altogether.
October 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the paintings we saw was The Bull by Potter, who incorporated the view from his window that looked on the fields on the right of the composition. The photo from a few days ago was taken in the area where once the cows grazed. - Image provided by Mauritshuis. So yes, another world altogether.
This afternoon I spent several hours in monumental houses hearing about the lives of old master painters and looking at what The Hague looked like 400 years ago. But this 📷 shows the reality of the cityscape today. We need new stories for that, but too many people are still so wound up in our past.
October 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This afternoon I spent several hours in monumental houses hearing about the lives of old master painters and looking at what The Hague looked like 400 years ago. But this 📷 shows the reality of the cityscape today. We need new stories for that, but too many people are still so wound up in our past.
I was glad to receive a copy of The Museum is Not Enough, which not only features a text I wrote on a Henry Payne photograph, but which also showcases some of the results of the critical cataloging group I led while working at the CCA. Not wholly surprised was the erasure of people who contributed
October 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I was glad to receive a copy of The Museum is Not Enough, which not only features a text I wrote on a Henry Payne photograph, but which also showcases some of the results of the critical cataloging group I led while working at the CCA. Not wholly surprised was the erasure of people who contributed
Newly spotted scruffy bastard!
October 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Newly spotted scruffy bastard!
The one thing my dog is truly passionate about: napping with abandon. She could sell beds like no other.
October 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The one thing my dog is truly passionate about: napping with abandon. She could sell beds like no other.
A monumental weeping ash in my neighborhood has been given new life support (literally) just in time before the storm could have taken it down. The metal tripod with a brace was custom built. Lovely to see such care for our veteran trees.
October 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A monumental weeping ash in my neighborhood has been given new life support (literally) just in time before the storm could have taken it down. The metal tripod with a brace was custom built. Lovely to see such care for our veteran trees.
Ever tried photographing a bat foraging during twilight?
October 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ever tried photographing a bat foraging during twilight?
Nothing says autumn cheer like these.
September 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Nothing says autumn cheer like these.
My friends’ baby daughter and my dog have a special friendship. They just naturally gravitate towards each other and it’s the cutest thing to see them interact. I hope the kid will remember this for the rest of her life.
September 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My friends’ baby daughter and my dog have a special friendship. They just naturally gravitate towards each other and it’s the cutest thing to see them interact. I hope the kid will remember this for the rest of her life.
Today I thought I saw a trailer parked in a pedestrian area, but then I discovered it was the biggest meanest cargo e-bike I’ve ever seen in 🇳🇱. You don’t want to get hit by this beast.
September 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today I thought I saw a trailer parked in a pedestrian area, but then I discovered it was the biggest meanest cargo e-bike I’ve ever seen in 🇳🇱. You don’t want to get hit by this beast.
Each time I harvest wild seeds I am struck by the generosity of plants, and wonder if this has contributed to mankind’s greed. The one tree in the garden of Eden wasn’t the culprit, it was the abundance of the others that gave the idea that everything in nature is there for the taking.
September 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Each time I harvest wild seeds I am struck by the generosity of plants, and wonder if this has contributed to mankind’s greed. The one tree in the garden of Eden wasn’t the culprit, it was the abundance of the others that gave the idea that everything in nature is there for the taking.
A good tool is one that is not only built well but can be repaired at home and for which you can still find parts after decades. The cost is not in the materials alone, but in a stable and lasting infrastructure for maintenance and repair. However, it seems this approach is from an era now bygone.
August 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A good tool is one that is not only built well but can be repaired at home and for which you can still find parts after decades. The cost is not in the materials alone, but in a stable and lasting infrastructure for maintenance and repair. However, it seems this approach is from an era now bygone.
This video still of a wolf expertly jumping a fence to get to a herd of sheep was shared on public news today. The fence was 120cm high. Clearly not sufficient, yet somehow the wolf is the one to pay with his life. Time to bring back proper guard dogs to protect the sheep!
August 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This video still of a wolf expertly jumping a fence to get to a herd of sheep was shared on public news today. The fence was 120cm high. Clearly not sufficient, yet somehow the wolf is the one to pay with his life. Time to bring back proper guard dogs to protect the sheep!
I definitely have a type.
August 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I definitely have a type.
How about starting a collection of pictures of good dogs on bad TV?
August 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
How about starting a collection of pictures of good dogs on bad TV?
Here’s a daily dose of dog. So happy that the weather cooled down a bit.
August 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Here’s a daily dose of dog. So happy that the weather cooled down a bit.
Here’s a striking Tripartite Sea Holly as an amulet for the meeting about the tripartite dealings on Monday between the US, Russia and Ukraine. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!
August 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Here’s a striking Tripartite Sea Holly as an amulet for the meeting about the tripartite dealings on Monday between the US, Russia and Ukraine. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!
My current obsession with lemons continues with these preserved lemon peels, boiled and covered in olive oil and sea salt, with pink peppercorns and fresh bay leaves. Recommended!
August 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My current obsession with lemons continues with these preserved lemon peels, boiled and covered in olive oil and sea salt, with pink peppercorns and fresh bay leaves. Recommended!
I think that we’ve reached peak sunflower in my street garden. They grew up under police surveillance cameras mounted on the pole on the right. I wonder if I can request footage for a timelapse video.
August 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I think that we’ve reached peak sunflower in my street garden. They grew up under police surveillance cameras mounted on the pole on the right. I wonder if I can request footage for a timelapse video.
Next week will be hot again. Time to make lemonade. And marmelade with the leftover peels. From store-bought organic lemons, not the kind life gives you. My secret ingredient is fresh bay leaves from a nearby tree, and extra juniper berries in the jam for added interest. Like gin but alcohol free 😋.
August 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Next week will be hot again. Time to make lemonade. And marmelade with the leftover peels. From store-bought organic lemons, not the kind life gives you. My secret ingredient is fresh bay leaves from a nearby tree, and extra juniper berries in the jam for added interest. Like gin but alcohol free 😋.