The fact that the floors in my new flat aren’t good enough to just get painted is a bit of a disappointment to me actually, because I’ve dreamt of painted floors for a long time, you know, some of those you see in magazines all the time. Now you know what I mean (not […]
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It looks like keeping the Sussex rooster is a success. No more crowing at 1:30 AM, no more bullying, no more bad behavior all in all. It’s nice to see how friendly and well behaved poultry can be towards each other. Since we slaughtered all the faverolles the other day our rooster has become new […]
Today was a bright and sunny, but rather cold day. It also was the last day in the lives of our 5 Faverolles roosters. My daughter and son in law got 6 small faverolles and 2 small Sussex chickens this spring and had hoped that a few of them would turn out to be hens, […]
Today my diet is still on track, and since there are no interesting news to tell about it, I thought I would like to show you a few pictures of my new home and of a few of my new friends here. This young lady, who looks like a fox, is Maggie. And […]
The lectures you – dear Alma – gave at meal times opened my eyes. One soon notices that everything you say is said in great love and care for your fellow man. N.Z., Göteborg, Sweden Your care and love towards us has been the most important thing in our lives. E.C., Ocean City, USA It’s […]
At Keizersgracht 384 there isa gate with ionic pilasters, which once was the entrance to a theater. During a performance on May 11th 1772 a fire broke loose in the theater and 17 people died in the flames. Bicker Raye described what happened on the last pages of his diary: ”On May 11th at half […]
(1596 – 1657) was a painter from the Dutch golden era He came from a wealthy family and spent his youth in Haarlem, where he was born. Van Campen was royal and painted mostly as a hobby. After a stay in Italy from 1617 – 1624 van Campen returned to the Netherlands, where he combined […]
Originally I come from the northern part of Germany near the North Sea, and in the olden days, when I was a child, there were lots of small fishing boats going out to fish for shrimps, the small brown kind, near the shore. Back then you could have it as a job to take the […]
My writers block 