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@Wolfgang Prigge: Thanks Wolfgang, it's not a fence but a construction to moor boats, in Dutch we call it "dukdalf" a word referring to the "Duke of Alva", a very cruel Spanish general in our 80-year war with the Spaniards in the 17th century, I still have to investigate why this person is brought into connection with a mooring construction for boats.

@milot: Thanks very much I always appreciate such comments by photographers of your level! By the way I tried to comment on your p-blog in my best French but it failed with the Paris picture and the St. Lawrence river picture, only the ducks picture succeeded. Maybe a little error on your blog software? I 'm sure I filled in everything correctly.

@Jose: Jose, muchas gracias!

@Wolfgang Prigge: No, I don't think he was because his name was pronounced the English way, and I cannot ask my parents anymore because they passed away recently. It's anyway a tragedy all those killings for uncertain reasons. In Europe the Canadians were welcomed as liberators but Afghanistan? I don't want to elaborate further because there are other places on the Internet to discuss these matters.

@HorseRotorVator: Honestly, I didn't! Maybe someone else who wanted to have a picture from the same place. But the wind had been very strong (almost storm) during a couple of days, and I saw many more broken stems of this kind of plant around (they have to function only half a year, next year the plant makes new stems) so it could very well be nature itself.