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Kinderdijk, the Netherlands

Typical dutch scenery in Kinderdjik, The Netherlands

A selection of my windmill motif 💕 my most recent painting next to my early embroidered work, I love the nostalgia of the windmill, a symbol of the idealized past, of medievalism, of care for the environment and the community, powered by wind & water, a multi use & eye catching beacon of hope & resilience. A great energy to bring into the new year.

Zonsopkomst #silhouet #molen #twente (bij Wissinks Möl) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cms6SyEsb2k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Leumolen of St. Ursulamolen. by Wim Jacobs Via Flickr: Wandeling Leudal. Bruggenroute door het Leudal – 9.7 km (12,2 km met bonus). Leumolen of St. Ursulamolen.

Kinderdijk, the Netherlands (Holland)

Henk Dijkstra

If you have ever heard me tell the story about the Dutch cousin who contacted me in 2006 about genealogy ... in 2008 his wife, a linguist, wrote to invite us to Nederlands to "to take me 'back to the roots'" ... in 2011, he called one Sunday to urge us to come ... in 2012, we went! Dr. Hendrik Jan Dijkstra was the kindest person & his wife Kirsti opened her home to strangers for 9 days. Henk took us all on a grand tour, to tromp cemeteries in the spring drizzle, tour a castle built in the year 900, climb inside "molen" to see how windmills work, walk to the top of the dike holding back the North Sea. It was soul-building to stand on a corner where ancestors had lived, to walk brick streets they had walked. I found the "lost" uncle that Henk had begun genealogy to find - Wiebren was the grandfather of my mother's father. If you've ever heard me tell this story, you'll know how heavy my heart is ... having learned today that Henk died last week. He gave me as a gift my roots. Dear Henk. Rest in peace.

Typical dutch scenery in Kinderdjik, The Netherlands