A fairy tale place … That is what we often hear from people visiting our atelier and store, in the Dutch countryside, surrounded by green meadows. And then I answer, yes thank you, we do realize we are very fortunate to live in a place…
A huge step for a farmer … 73 Cows is an award-winning short documentary about the journey and personal conflict of Jay Wilde a beef farmer and vegetarian. Jay is the first farmer in the UK to embark upon transitioning from beef farming to entirely…
Already since 2002 The Netherlands have a political party for animal rights. Anyone who knows me just a little bit, understands that I am voting for this political party. Not only do I endorse their position on animal rights, but I also agree with their…
Not all of the photos are up-to-date, but it does give a glimpse into our recent lives. This is our lazy dog Fons in between the chickens. The dogwood was just magnificent this year. Waiting for the dinner guest to arrive … Since 2 years we…
Rubia the dog we adopted only 5 weeks ago is doing great. In only a short time she went from a frightened, trembling little creature, to a happy dog wagging her tail all the time. Here she is in front of our house. Since one…
Said enough I have lost contact with a number of people. That’s because we are no longer on FaceBook. Recently we joined Instagram. It surprises me that this platform brings us totally different contacts as on FaceBook. On Instagram I post not only about our…
Rubia our new dog has arrived! She came straight from Granada and landed at Eindoven airport. Here I just managed to get her out of the bench. Fons our other dog was with us and their first meeting went well. Then the long drive back…
This is Rubia our new (adoptive) dog. This photo is the only thing we have seen of her because Rubia is still in Spain. Rubia has been abandoned or found, in any case she ended up in a shelter in the neighborhood of Granada. Because…
This is Beethoven. Its a small old chicken that has a hard time keeping up with the other chickens. Yesterday at the end of the afternoon I found her in the coop, she was sitting weirdly skewed and could not walk anymore. I put her…
Following my last post on my weblog (view from our studio), I was approached on FaceBook by an imker. He asked me where the picture was taken and whether there was more giant balsemien in our garden. Well to make a long story short, this…
