A Farmhouse

Big farmhouses are everywhere here in the North of Groningen.
The rich farmers
The poor farmworkers.
In a way depending on eachother.
High class and low class.
Memories are everywhere here..

 I have always voted left.

 On my way to Hornhuizen is a big farmhouse.
It seems that no one is living there anymore.
So I stopped the car and took my camera.

 The roof seems broken...
ZUIDEMAHEERD is the name...
Beautiful stonework...
A stone with a horse...
Moss grows on the roof...
A big tree in front of the house...
The little gardenpavillion was empty...
Lace curtains...
A room filled with furniture...
The big wooden frontdoor...

 Who has been living there?

 When I passed the window next to the frontdoor I noticed someone was living there.
A table with a binocular, books and a comfortable chair. 
He or she must be pleased to live there.
Than, I noticed a neatly planted vegetablegarden next to the house.

 The hands of a human did all that.
And made a little paradise around that house.










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  1. MoniqueB.19 augustus 2012 om 10:00

    Ik vind het bijna alsof ik bij je op bezoek ben, en in jullie fotoboek mag bladeren..
    Een prachtige bijna ingetogen vakantie en met geweldige mensen.

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  2. Overstap19 augustus 2012 om 10:21

    P.s. Ik krijg de foto's niet goed op de plek, maar ga dat veranderen zodra ik thuis ben..

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  3. aly19 augustus 2012 om 10:34

    grappig Jan,

    Ik heb daar ook vele malen stil gestaan, foto's gemaakt en me dezelfde soort vragen gesteld en ook geconcludeerd dat er iemand huisde. Maar om dan aan te kloppen, dat durfde/wou ik niet.
    Ik zet een foto bij mijn status
    Aly

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