Wim Harwig

Categorie: family

  • Sinterklaas

    Sinterklaas

    An old Dutch tradition is the celebration of Sinterklaas. That includes eating a tasty gingerbread cake … homemade …

  • The best in the category “stuff on the kitchen table”

    The best in the category “stuff on the kitchen table”

    In the “category stuff on the kitchen table”, this is a very special blog post. It is not often that your granddaughter shows her skills right in front of you on the table. For that reason alone it was a special day for me. The temperature of the ice cream was a new experience for…

  • These eyes will witness the world I’ll leave behind …

    These eyes will witness the world I’ll leave behind …

    Especially now, in the year 2019, in which the Dutch politics (by becoming aware of a rapidly changing climate) reluctantly published the much-needed choices, these eyes for me have become a motivation to live environmentally conscious too. Of course, the measures are not nearly as effective as necessary. And of course, the plans are based…

  • babysitting by grandma and grandpa

    babysitting by grandma and grandpa

    I admit immediately: Grandma did all the important things! And Hitch and took care of the entertainment …

  • J.W. Minnaard.

    J.W. Minnaard.

    My wife wanted to see a young Dutch musician, a singer-songwriter, named J.W. Minnaard. He would perform at a festival in remembrance of the famous Woodstock festival in Middelburg. So we went there and of course, I took my camera with me to see if I could catch some of the Woodstock-ambiance… My musical taste…

  • modern parenting

    modern parenting

    I had to take a photo of this situation in our living room …

  • something special on our kitchen table

    something special on our kitchen table

    how are we going to explain this? our future on an ever warmer earth Some people ask me: How does that feel now that you have become a grandfather … and then I think of the book written by Jelmer Mommers … How am I going to explain it to Hera if I ever get…

  • Black&White

    Black&White

    Sometimes I am amazed at what happens when I print an original color photo in Black & White … I used to mess around with red, blue and green filters on my lenses … now I achieve the same result by operating a digital slider … That is the beauty of photography as a hobby…

  • Hera

    Hera

    A newborn granddaughter … she still has to recover from her birth

  • l’histoire se répète

    l’histoire se répète

    history repeats itself The girl in this belly now has the same belly herself …

  • belly

    belly

    Then there is the moment that you can make this photo … unposed, spontaneous, honest and telling thousands of words … Not only the life of my youngest daughter is entering a new phase … mine too!

  • practise, practise, practice …

    practise, practise, practice …

    this is the only way to learn how to photograph

  • after the climate march

    after the climate march

    Marjan participated in the climate march in Middelburg (in the pouring rain)   March 15, 2019 photo GeTe

  • Havendorp

    Havendorp

    Havendorp good food, friendly atmosphere, poor acoustics Be prepared; for a cup of tea you are expected to pay 3 euros …

  • my ancestors

    my ancestors

    occasionally I visit them, even if it is only for myself …