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Poem About the Loss of Asking After Death
This poem is about my my feelings when my aunt Greet passed away in 2005 and I had to clean up her house.
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How to Make Easy Stewed Cucumbers in White Sauce
Stewed cucumbers with white sauce is a refreshing and easy-to-make dish. While you might not think of serving cucumbers warm as a side or main dish, you should certainly try it. It's delicious.
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Leek, Bacon and Egg Hotchpotch: A Traditional Dutch Recipe
This local winter stew recipe is known only in some parts of the southern Netherlands. It's a specialty in Sealandic Flanders (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen). It's easy to make, as well as being nutritious and delicious.
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How to Make the Best Mulled Wine for New Year's Eve
Mulled wine or Bishop's wine is easy to make. The sweet and spicy flavor of homemade mulled wine goes very well with home-baked New Year's Eve doughnut balls.
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Poem - The Raven - Inspired by Edgar Allen Poe
I used in this poem the rhyming scheme which Edgar Allen Poe used in his famous poem 'The Raven' which was partly inspired by the pet raven of Charles Dickens.
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Poem - Childhood Memories
You're privileged if you can fall back on happy memories of your youth. I had the luck to be one of those and I thank my parents for that.
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Poem - Sonnets From My Heart
Sonnets are a beautiful form of poetry. Shakespeare wrote a lot of them.
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Poem - The Silence Rhapsody
Living in open country land is something I cherish very much. One can really feel each season passing by and sometimes silence can be heard.
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Poems - With a Bit of Humor
Poetry doesn't have to be serious all the time, sometimes poetry can make you smile .
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Poem - Spiders In My Head
Living in the country means living with spider webs all over the place inside and outside the house.
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Poem - Sestina - Seasons
I love all seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each has its own specific beauty.
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Poem - Turning 18 - You're Beautiful Like a Wakening Bud
Turning 18 is the first big step when growing into adulthood. Overnigt you are held responsible for your own actions. Scary but also exiting.
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Poem - Nurture for My Soul
The beauty of nature is nurture for my soul. Nature inspires me and makes me happy
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Poem - Pollard Willows
Pollard willows are beautiful trees and very inspiring to write about.
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Lambing Season 2016
Lambing season 2016 shows all the lambs of my old and rare Dutch native sheepbreed called Drenthe Heath Sheep born in 2016.
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Lambing Season 2015
Lambing season 2015 is about the birth of the lambs of my very rare and oldest Dutch sheep breed called Drenthe Heath Sheep. Spring is in the air when lambs are being born.
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Best Ever Rich and Nutritious Banana Walnut Cake Recipe
A rich, nutritious banana walnut cake that will taste delicious at any time of the day. Quick and easy recipe.
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Lambing Season 2014
I raise an old an rare multi colored sheep breed called Drenthe Heath Sheep, the only horned sheep native to The Netherlands. In this article you'll find the newborn lambs of 2014.
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Did You Know That Sheep Can Swim?
Maybe not everybody knows that sheep can swim, it's only when they get stuck in the mud or can't climb the bank again that they will drown.
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My Dad Was a Soldier in Indonesia - 1946-1949
My Dad, who was an artist, served in the Dutch Army during the Indonesian Independance War from 1946-1949 . He never spoke about this war, but we got an impression through his drawings.
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How to Prepare Your Roses for Winter
Most roses need a bit of protection to survive the sometimes harsh winters. Most of the time they make it through, but sometimes they need a bit more caring. This guide will provide tips and tricks for preparing your roses for cold weather.
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Camping in the Fall Season 4o Years Ago
The Belgium Ardennes are beautiful, specially in the Fall season, when all the trees on the mountains are turning to yellow. We used to go camping with the kids in the Fall in the early 1980's.
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Dutch Peppernuts and Christmas Cookies
It is a Dutch tradition to eat peppernuts at December 5th, the traditional birthday celebration of Saint Nicolas. I found this 18th century recipe and I'm sure you most likely will do a better job than I did, so I turned them into Christmas cookies
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Thanksgiving and the Turkey Who Survived
Thanksgiving: an American family celebration and a long term tradition.
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How to Make Delicious Applesauce With Cinnamon and Raisins
A delicious applesauce recipe with cinnamon and raisins, plus additional variations (including cranberries, prunes, and quinces). I just love the process of making and eating applesauce; I find it calms the nerves and soothes the tongue.
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Nightfall Bedtime Story-The Adventures of Omar and Oddy
This story was written and drawn by my dad some 70 years ago after he gave my mom a little dog as a weddinggift . N
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How We Manage to Live Below Sea Level in the Netherlands
One third of the Netherlands lies below sea level. The lowest point at -23 ft (-7m). We've learned to live with it, thanks to the dykes and a smart anti flooding system.
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Photo Project Idea - Oddities
Oddities, everbody knows them, have seen them one way or other. This article is about the 'out of place' or 'weird' natural things you come across sometimes.
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Surviving the 1944 Dutch Famine
This article is about my mom and dad surviving World War II with three kids and sheltering Jewish people in their home. Swapping Dad's paintings for some potatoes. It wasn't easy, but we all survived.
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10 Nutritious Plants in Your Garden and How to Use Them
You really don't need a special vegetable garden to grow nutritious food. A lot of plants, commonly known as weeds, can be eaten as a vegetable or can be used otherwise.
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A Tribute to the Best Mom Ever
My mom's motto was: "Think positive and remember that every dark cloud has a silver lining". In this tribute I captured my mom's life through summery photos.
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Photo Project Idea - Circles
Photography is my hobby and specifically nature and landscape photography. In this article I'll show you a collection of photos I made, all related to circles.
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Fashion - Furniture - Architecture in 1930
My mom was a young woman in 1930, she was born in 1911. Through her pictures and those of my aunt Greet, I show you the way young women dressed back in the 1930's. My mom made most of her own clothes.
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Trout - How to Smoke Your Trout in a Wood Burned Smoker
Smoking your own trout is what this article is about. I do like to fish and catch trout and smoked trout is the best thing to eat.
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Abstraction in Photography
Abstraction in photos has been described in many ways. There is not one and only commonly used definition available. Abstraction can either be made while shooting photos or by a photo editing program
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The Love Story of My Mom and Dad
My mom and dad Geertje (Muys) Meijst and Synco Schram de Jong, got married just before WW2, this is their love story.
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Lambing Season 2013
Lambing Season 2013 will show you all the new lambs of my old and rare Dutch sheep breed Drenthen Heath Sheep. They're named after my internet writer friends.
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Dutch Native Sheep Breed: Drenthe Heath Sheep (Drents Heideschaap)
The Drenthe Heath Sheep (Dutch: Drents Heideschaap) is the oldest sheep breed of the Netherlands. Both ewes and rams wear horns. I've raised these sheep for over 30 years now, and they're beautiful.
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Remembrance Day - Red Poppies in Flanders Fields
"In Flanders Fields the poppies blow'. Who doesn't know the first line of this beautiful, though sad poem by John McCray. A soldier - who fought in the 1st World War - who wrote down his feelings after the death of his friend Lieutenant Alex Helmer.
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What Tools Can I Use Best to Trim My Roses in Spring
You have to trim roses occasionally if you want them to bloom, but don't overdo it. I've grown many roses over the years, until deep winter frost in 2011 took most of them away.
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Chocolate - All the Facts You Need to Know
Chocolate has been around for quite a while and is loved by many, but do you know how it's made and where it comes from?
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Fleas and Lice and a Bedtime Story
My dad, Synco Schram de Jong, used to make little books for us and illustrated them with his lovely drawings. They often had a message of some kind. This one 's about listening to your parents.
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Photographing The Wind - Flying in the Wind
We - humans - have always been fascinated by using the wind in many different ways, but how do you photograph the wind.
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How About I Make You Love Interesting Spider Webs
I've always been fascinated by spiders and specially their webs. I love to photograph them. We have enough of them on the old farm we live in.
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How to Make the Best Critter Friendly Garden
You can benefit from making your garden the best critter friendly garden, because those small annimals clean up a lot of organic garbage and harmful insects.
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What Is Giant Hogweed - How to Handle the Plant
Giant hogweed: dangerous or acceptable? I think it's both. It's beautiful, but you certainly have to handle it with care. It's an invasive plant which spreads rapidly, so you have to control it.
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Pencil Drawings of France by Synco Schram de Jong
My dad, Synco Schram de Jong, was an artist who never went on vacation without his pencils and scetchbooks. In this article you'll find some of the drawings he made in France in 1960s.
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Lambing Season 2012
Lambing season 2012 was a good season. Beautiful lambs of the Dutch old and rare sheep breed Drenthen Heath Sheep (Drents Heideschaap) were born and named after my internet writing friends.
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4 Easy Ways to Feed the Birds in Winter
Bird feeders: Who doesn't love to feed the birds in winter when most of the natural resources are not available to them. You don't even have to have a garden to feed the birds. There are feeders you can stick to your window.
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Poems on Christmas for Kids
Kids love poetry and once upon a time when I was a kid, my dad made a little booklet with poems and drawings about a collission between St. Nicolas and Santa Claus.
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How to Make the Best Rosette Cookies
Rosette cookies are easy to make and very tasty. Most people make these cookies for Christmas, but my family traditionally makes them for New Year's Eve, along with dough balls and apple fritters. These cookies are crunchy and sweet, and all the kids love them.
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Vintage Fisher Price Toys for Toddlers
The Vintage Fisher Price pulling toys were and still are one of the best invented toys I've ever seen. Kids love(d) them. They're unpretentious, safe and honest toys. They're collectables now.
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Interesting Facts about the Rain
Rain has always been fascinating for me, like everything else in nature actually. But...what is rain and where does the rain come from. I'll give you some short interesting facts about the rain.
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The Best Way to Make Your Van Into a Simple Camper
I turn my van into a temporary camper within 30 minutes whenever I have to go away for more than one day. I have a standard set of equipment which covers all that I need on my many trips through my country.
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The Best Way to Take Care of a Rejected Lamb
Taking care of lambs that have been rejected by their moms is a time-consuming job. Here are some signs of maternal rejection to look out for and detailed directions to bottle-feeding lambs.
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Lambing Season 2011
The old and rare sheep breed I'm raising - the Drenthen Heath Sheep - is what we call a multi colored breed. It means that we never know what color the lambs will have. Meet the lambs born in 2011.
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How to Enjoy Your Visit to Zeelandic Flanders the Best Way
Zeelandic Flanders is part of the province Zeeland in the Netherlands. It has history, nature, the sea, agriculture and a beautiful landscape.
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Poems to My Mom
I wrote many poems to my mom as a tribute to my Mom, Muys Schram de Jong-Meijst, who reached the age of 100 years on August 24, 2011
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You Can Make a Doll out of Old Raggs
Dolls made out of old raggs are the most precious gift a kid can get and they don't demand great sewing skills either.
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Creepy Crawly Insect Infested Lollipops
Will insects become part of our normal daily nourishment?
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How to Combine Photography and Poetry - Rhyming Images
Poetry and Photography - two arts I love to express myself in and I often combine both into Rhyming Images. Images trigger feelings and I've always expressed my feelings through writing poetry.