I pass this tree every day. This oak tree is about 125 years old. Can you imagine, the events it has experienced? Two world wars, the first car, plane, radio, television, telephone, three queens an one

Wonders of nature. Amazing if you see the structure of these flowers! Pictures taken with my iPhone xs. Enjoy

The price of copper is an indicator of the status of the global economy and therefore tells us a lot of the prediction of economic growth. Although Copper is recovering a little bit, it is still on a very

Today I received my 2019 Golden Ducats from the Royal Dutch Mint. Two wonderful coins added to my golden coin collection. A single Ducat with a weight of 3.494 grams. There are 798 pieces minted of this

To everybody’s surprise, Feyenoord managed to win from Dynamo Tbilisi from Georgia in the Europa League. Great atmosphere, nice match! Enjoyed it! I remember when I was 16, in 1981 I saw Feyenoord playing

Out of professional reasons, I am interested in the price of copper! Copper is a commodity, used in a huge variety of electrical equipment and devices. In my company we use copper rods and bars to manufacture

Looking at the present change in the silver to gold ratio; are we perhaps looking at a change in the upward trend since 2011? The silver to gold ratio has been in an increasing trend from 2011, moving

Looking at the price of gold during this year, we see an increase of 13.6%. This makes gold an excellent investment this year, compared to other investment opportunities. More and more Government bonds

To all my ssg friends! It has been quite some time since I have posted something on Steemit, but I did not forget y’all. I kept paying my monthly contribution for the copper tier because I keep on believing

Well it took some time, but finally I was able to “refresh” my garden pond. Due to a broken filter system, the water looked like some kind of dirty smelling pea-soup. This week it was restored to its original

A couple of nice pictures showing the sunset at the coast of The Netherlands at the village of Wijk aan Zee. Pictures made last Thursday. Enjoy!

After the second World War, the great sculpting artist Zadkine, made this wonderful statue. “The Man without a heart” It emphasizes the city of Rotterdam, which lost its heart (city centre) after the bombing

Just some pictures made on Saturday on the beach and harbor area near the Tata steel mill and factory. Enjoy!

Today I was looking in some storage boxes on my attic which remained unopened after moving into our house, now more than 10 years ago. To my surprise I found this lost treasure, a nice piece of amethyst,

From a European perspective we see gold moving to the highest level over the last year. The main driver of this increase are the inflationary actions made by the central banks and more specifically the

With some careful signs that a deal can be made between the US and China regarding the trade tariffs, we see copper increasing in price. As copper is a metal which is floating on the waves of the global

I would like to get your attention on this article on gold.org, related to the subject if crypto currencies could be considered as as safe haven. According to this article they are not. Crypto currencies

This year started somewhat strange for me due to various circumstances. Also I seemed to have lost my spirit and enthusiasm to write my stories on Steemit. Basically I took a month sabbatical on Steemit.

First of all I would like to wish everybody on steemit and my special friends at the @ssg-community all the best for the New Year. If we look back at 2018 we, silver and goldbugs, made quite a roller coasters

During the last days of the year, we see all kinds of predictions published on how the price of gold will behave in 2019. Specially the Bulls see the price evolve to levels of around $ 1,500 an ounce.