TO see
in Writing
to be in beauty
in Photographs
nature garden
The garden gives me colors, but above all, she gives me food if I work very hard. That is what I wanted after living outside for 5 years (with a bicycle touring the world): I desired partly self-sufficiency, using the earth for what it is for and learning new things that are part of such a lifestyle. Forming a team with my husband was another of my most desirable wishes. Now, together with the need to feel alive, the garden is combined with exploring.
House-sitting in Italy II
September 2025 – January 2026: House-sitting is more than just watching someone else’s home and pet. It is also swaying away from the comforts and convictions that made it’s way into your life. A fire to warm yourself, being outside as much as possible, consuming own vegetables, an outhouse toilet and compost heap, sourdough bread and a functioning kitchen. The counterweight are undeniably the dogs we may care for: what we all do for a dog is quite something remarkable. Post 2
House-sitting in Italy I
Driving in our van to Sicily we have a few house-sits, a way of travel where we combine other people’s need with our desire to explore Italy from another perspective. My ultra light backpack is at hand for any unforeseen and exciting drop off by Geo. Post 1
Challenges of integration in rural Hungary
August 2025: A person living in exile is also someone who does not conform to the social norm. Who has a different perspective, lifestyle and relationship to the world. But isn’t that the very definition of an artist? View post
Double rooted
Late summer 2024: A short gathering of summer thoughts where Hungary and the Netherlands reign. Not opposing, rather complimenting. Both not ideal, together having a source of necessity. View post
The price to pay for comfort
Spring 2024: As you embrace a self sustainable lifestyle longer, leaving its abundance becomes more difficult. Going away from it means suddenly altered and questionable food. Why would anyone want that? View post
Winter and what to do when the land doesn’t need much care? The forest looks dark, and the Hungarian home does not allow any sunlight in.
It is SAD II
SAD stands for seasonal affective disorder. I wasn’t aware I suffer from this. As I either worked to save money for travel or I traveled/cycled somewhere warm and sunny. Except when I cycled in Patagonia, it hit me hard. I only discovered SAD now while being in Hungary. Post 2
It is SAD I
January 2024: The travel compromises become steeper the longer a home becomes your base. Once a long term cyclist, certain aspects were inferior. With the learning curve inclining, the desire to let go the newly learned becomes difficult. Or differently said: to avoid Seasonal Affective Disorder, it has to be worth the effort. Post 1
The Ascetic Isolated Summer Retreat Club
Summer 2023: a stunning overview of how a garden and home in the countryside of Hungary looks and feels: amazing. View post
Forest Clarification
July 2023: The pull to be in no man’s land. Where images narrate the passage. Trees viewed differently. View post
Winter Reset
Winter 2022/23: I retain the soil connection: the transition from a cyclist to something totally different might have gone slow but spectacular. View post
The Little Dutch Farmer
2021: Starting anew, not just passing through in the best season, but staying, growing and nurturing in ways new to me (us). How is it to learn that what our grandparents did on a daily basis? View post
Travel & Food: a happy marriage
Nov. 2021: The beauty of growing (part of) your own food is more than just healthy, it is beauty to the eye and rapture to the senses. It is hard work too. A visual reconnection with travelling the world because food is life. Read more
“I can imagine that it’s lonesome at your home, I couldn’t stand it”
June 2023: Claudia, this one is for you because living beyond the broken fence, at a far corner of the earth, is not for everyone. View post
On how we served Corona-time
2020: The time has come to learn new practises, to find out how to grow, how to sustain and how to keep living the outdoor lifestyle. View post
2021 It’s all about food
