February 2012 wallpaper
The February 2012 wallpaper has Norwegian origin. The photo was taken within the arctic circle at the island Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The small airport of Longyearbyen can be seen at the bottom of the photo. When I was visiting Svalbard a few years back in the month of March temperatures were at -25C (-13F) and the [...]
January 2012 wallpaper
The photo for the January 2012 wallpaper was taken in the village Volendam in the province Noord-Holland in the Netherlands. A traditional Dutch windmill is marking one of the entry roads to the old fishing village. Volendam is not only well known for its eel fishing, but also for a long line of successful and [...]
December 2011 wallpaper
After the vivid colors of the November 2011 wallpaper I have chosen a neutral photo for the December 2011 wallpaper. This photo was taken mid December last year in the Nacka nature reserve in Stockholm after a heavy snowstorm. Click on the image above to get the small version (1280x853px). Click here if you want [...]
November 2011 wallpaper
The free desktop wallpaper for November 2011 is posted a few days earlier than usual, for a good reason. Tomorrow my family and I will be traveling to Aruba, part of the former Dutch Antilles or ABC islands, in the Caribbean for a 10 day holiday. Therefor the November 2011 wallpaper is a photo I [...]
October 2011 wallpaper
Finally it is here, the October 2011 wallpaper. Apologies for the delay, but I have been occupied with the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk during the weekend. More about that later this week on this blog. It is kind of inevitable that the October wallpaper reflects the autumn colors. Here in Stockholm we already experience [...]
September 2011 wallpaper
For the September 2011 wallpaper I have chosen a monotone image displaying a warm paper tone color. The photo was taken during summer a few years back in the center of Stockholm and shows details of a large sail ship. Click on the image above to get the small version (1280x853px). Click here if you [...]
August 2011 wallpaper
Getting back to work today after having had a wonderful holiday with some beach time? Well, here is an opportunity to extend that beach time while being back at work, the August 2011 wallpaper! Four months ago I let you choose the April 2011 wallpaper among various alternatives. The above photo came up as #2 [...]
July 2011 wallpaper
The month of July is upon us and the summer has started. Therefore for the July 2011 wallpaper I have chosen one of my images of a Dandelion visualizing the transition of spring to summer. The photo was taken early in June this year. It is a close-up / macro photo taken under simple circumstances. [...]
June 2011 wallpaper
Wow… another month has passed and it is already the 1st of June, so I owe you a new wallpaper. Here it is! Last week I spent a few days on the east-coast of Sweden, 150km north of Stockholm. I visited the fishing village Grisslehamn and the neighboring island Singö. In front of Singö lies [...]
May 2011 wallpaper
As I am still spending time in the Netherlands I have the opportunity to celebrate Queen’s Day here today. Queen’s Day celebrates the birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands and is supposed to be a day of national unity and “togetherness”. Originally it was Queen Juliana (the mother of our current Queen Beatrix) who [...]
April 2011 wallpaper – “Pathway to Infinity”
The April 2011 wallpaper is dedicated to my beloved mother, Yvonne Timmermans-Regeer. She passed away last week after a two year fight against cancer. With her passing away I loose the biggest fan of my photography. She loved the sea, so may her soul find rest and peace on this pathway to infinity. Following a [...]
March 2011 wallpaper
Today it is the 1st of March already, thus time to post the new free calendar wallpaper for this month. The chosen photo was taken during the last February storm on the west coast of the Netherlands, near the village of Petten. It was hard to walk on a straight line due to the enormous [...]
February 2011 wallpaper
In these days of darkness, snow, rain and low temperatures it is good to be reminded of the warm summer season to come. Therefor my February 2011 wallpaper is dedicated to a summer seaside beach view of a palm leaf parasol. The image was taken on Aruba, the “Happy Island” in the Caribbean, during an [...]
January 2011 wallpaper
The photo for the wallpaper of the first month of 2011 was recently taken north of Stockholm during a wonderful crispy cold afternoon with beautiful sunset colors in the sky. At this point I would like to give a special thanks to the people at Photoshelter, WordPress.org and Graph Paper Press who made it possible [...]
December 2010 wallpaper
After having skipped the November 2010 wallpaper due to some technical difficulties here is the December 2010 wallpaper. The photo for the December 2010 wallpaper was taken at the beach on the east coast of India. I was traveling in Orissa and stayed a week in Puri, a city well known for the Jagannath Temple. [...]
October 2010 wallpaper
It is almost the first of the month and thus time for a new wallpaper. The chosen photo for the October 2010 wallpaper comes from the Sweden: Farstanäs series. I took this photo while I was camping south of Södertalje, close to Järna in an area known as Farstanäs. A long exposure time (20sec) was [...]
September 2010 wallpaper
The photo for the free September 2010 wallpaper was taken near Falkenberg in an area known as Hansagård, as you might recall from my blog post Summer at the west coast of Sweden. Click on the image above to get the small version (1280x853px). Click here if you want to get the large version (1920x1200px). [...]
