Wim Harwig

Categorie: Hitch

  • Bo has become part of our family

    Bo has become part of our family

    Bo has become a permanent member of our family. After Hitch’s euthanasia, I was completely out of my mind. The house was no longer my home and the garden was empty and dead without the unconscious presence of a dog. That’s why I started fantasizing about an older shepherd dog who would undoubtedly feel at…

  • 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

  • A winter walk on the island of Neeltje Jans

    A winter walk on the island of Neeltje Jans

    Despite the fact that it is midwinter in the Netherlands, it was 13 degrees Celsius with a warm sun in the province of Zeeland.Everything was covered with a green layer of moss and many of the blackberry bushes had been mowed away by “Natuurmonumenten” with large heavy machines.Way too much nitrogen… Purslane grows very well…

  • Snow

    Snow

    Our German Shepherd likes the snow to clean his coat. Every now and then it is good to take pictures in the snow again. It makes me aware of how easy digital technology has made it. In the old days, it used to require a lot more craftsmanship from the photographers … Stay safe &…

  • mills and color

    mills and color

    yesterday the sky burst with color … and the windmills can no longer be ignored in the Zeeland landscape during golden hour everything is a bit redder and more beautiful

  • walking the dog on Sunday

    walking the dog on Sunday

    Today was the day that Marjan turned 65 …

  • walking the dog

    walking the dog

    always beautiful, just walking the dog on the island of Neeltje Jans with this kind of music in your head …

  • de Achterhoek

    de Achterhoek

    We spent a few days in the Achterhoek, the region where I was born and raised. Memories, memories, memories and beautiful nature! Eating “halve Haantjes” at Hotel Bakker … In between we also went to Ermelo to visit the grave of my brother Johan. and to Winterswijk to visit my sister … and also to…

  • Hitch's birthday !

    Hitch's birthday !

    He is seven years old! Our dog Hitch … named after Christopher Hitchins. And just like Christopher Hitchens, he allows me to see the relativity of social human society on a daily basis.Hitch communicates it in the typical dog way … a friendly lick in my face, an attentive look in his eyes, lying quietly…

  • My Sandwalk …

    My Sandwalk …

    Charles had his Sandwalk near his house … mine is on the former work-island Neeltje Jans. I always walk in the company of my dog Hitch, named after Christopher Hitchens. My Sandwalk Away from the screaming advertising, the ever-present social obligations, the populists demanding political attention, the ignorant demanding people, the talk shows, the opinion-makers,…

  • 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 …

  • fall approaching

    fall approaching

    Autumn comes with a lot of colors …

  • in today’s light

    in today’s light

  • observations @ Neeltje Jans

    observations @ Neeltje Jans

  • playing with the dog

    playing with the dog

    The last few days it is so hot in the Netherlands that our dog is lying inside in the shade as much as possible. Tonight Marjan gave him a shower with the garden hose …