Wim Harwig

Categorie: family

  • Christmas-eve

    First maintenance on my Quest. And on Christmas Eve all around the kitchen table…….

  • What clothes do I need ?

    “What clothes do I need for cycling in the snow ? “, she asked ; I didn’t answer but just took my camera and waited for the result …………

  • copper & brass

    A lot of work to polish all the copper and brass “inheritance”. copper & brass, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

  • Mike & Jelle

    Just came by for a nice Dutch dinner (nasi) and a chat.

  • spanish language

    Marjan is trying to learn some Spanish.  She decorated our toilet with a lot of reminder-notes. spanisch language, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

  • “Wat veurbi’j geet en wat blif”

    This painting is 109 years old. It was in our family a very long time. I recognised it immediately when I saw it hanging on the wall in my brothers appartement. It is signed by Joh. D. Holmer 1900. When I visited my brother, he gave me an old book; Wat veurbi’j geet en wat…

  • harwig family

      harwig family, originally uploaded by wim harwig. I think it was made 100 years ago

  • old family stuff

    I inherited two old granades. So two more brass things to clean once a year with Brasso 😉 old grenades, fired by the German Army from the backyard of “de Haar” in the direction of Zutphen. My brother lived there at that time (undercover with his grandparents) and took the empty shells.

  • Jazz is already 2 years old

    We were at the birthday party of Jazz. Kim did a hell of a job, organising all the eating, drinking, playing, talking, caring, cleaning and everything else that needed to be done …… Especially the birthday cake was successfully ! Remember the days he was just a few weeks old ? Here’s the video again…

  • A painting of Mo

    Hetty made a painting of Mo. We asked her to make one, to give it as a birthday present for Rea. So now we have a real HETTY EGGINK painting in da house ……. She used the next photo from another blog-post as an example.

  • family

    Hetty, my cousin, and Wim visited us and we had some nice conversations. She took some books with her to read and to get inspiration for her website. All written in the dialect of the “Achterhoek”. So if you’re interested ; keep an eye on her blog ! They travelled together with their son Rik,…

  • Camping “de Boomgaard”.

    We’ve been on this camping for three days. The camping is owned and managed by a cousin of mine. The Eggink-family ! Our camper hasn’t been on a camping since 7 years now, so it was quite an adventure for us. The camping itself is only 3 years old now, so everything is new and…

  • camping “de Boomgaard”.

    We’ve been walking in the forests around this camping. It’s the area were I was born and grew up, called “de Achterhoek”. More photos will follow on my Flickr-stream soon …….

  • diner for 4

    We had a nice diner with the four of us. Because we are married 25 years …..

  • 6 days in Normandy

    We’ve been walking around in Normandy. The part that they call “Little Switzerland”, near Falaise. The first day of this vacation, I found out that the glow-plugs of my old mobile-home didn’t work properly. “Doesn’t matter” I thought, “a Mercedes never lets you down !” And in my memory I went back in time to…