Categorie: family

  • just some photos

    just some photos

    life goes on, even though I take fewer photos and not all experiences are suitable for this blog and I have much less energy and enthusiasm to cycle regularly … But to give a sign of life, I’m just posting some pictures from recent times. There is already so much misery and sadness in the…

  • euthanasia

    euthanasia

    Hitch could hardly walk because his back legs failed. That was due to degenerative myelopathy. Our house has lost its soul, our garden is empty without him, and we are mourning. I’ll always remember him

  • 67

    67

    I mounted my camera on a tripod and waited to see what happened. .

  • International Women’s day 2022

    International Women’s day 2022

    For me there’s no escaping it with so many female close relatives… today is International Women’s Day! Listen to Coco ! Every year on March 8, this music is played by my wife….. and this old LP is played …

  • A new offspring is born!

    A new offspring is born!

    She was born at the time of the year 2022 when the blossom in the almond tree is blooming as a sign that spring has begun… 03-03-2022 . Her name is Coco. In a time of viruses, wars, climate disasters and economic crises, her birth is a bright spot in our family. Let the world…

  • Start early in passing on an understanding of the natural environment

    Start early in passing on an understanding of the natural environment

    Grandmothers are incredibly important in this …

  • Vlissingen, 1984.

    Vlissingen, 1984.

    In 1984, the year in which George Orwell foresaw a totally different world, the Vereniging Nederlandse Loodsen Sociëteit existed for 100 years and that fact was celebrated exuberantly with all kinds of festivities. At the moment I am digitizing my old negatives from that year 1984, because our society has now come to resemble the…

  • one of the simplest photo stories of all times …

    one of the simplest photo stories of all times …

    The well-known story about grandchildren and their grandparents, but also vice versa … about grandparents and their grandchildren. The story seems the same, but seen from old to young is a very different storyline than from young to old. Physically only holding hands is the same … The story of living and passing on ……

  • Have a nice X-mas and a better New Year

    Have a nice X-mas and a better New Year

    These old friends of ours always cheer us up at this time of the year with their singing and conviviality, despite the cold, despite the darkness and despite the illnesses.

  • old family documents

    old family documents

    It’s December, … that time of year when the days are short and the evenings are long and dark … when there’s time to go through all kinds of old stuff to decide whether its fit to throw away or to keep … as being a member of the Harwig family I can’t throw away…

  • 19 months on her way to the crossroads

    19 months on her way to the crossroads
  • One of the best things life can offer …

    One of the best things life can offer …

    … is walking with your granddaughter in an autumn forest. We also found the tree where I carved the name of Hera’s mother 33 years ago

  • walking the dog on Sunday

    walking the dog on Sunday

    Today was the day that Marjan turned 65 …

  • 33 years ago our youngest was born …

    33 years ago our youngest was born …

    From the start, she worked fabulously well in our family and she also enjoyed the adventurous holidays in small tents to the full. She learned a lot from her slightly older sister. Congratulations ! and we are glad that you are there and that you just stayed the way you are. Meanwhile, the mother of…

  • 120 years ago …

    120 years ago …

    This man was born 120 years ago . the third October 1900. My father.