Through Our Eyes // 08

- We’re so glad to have our bikes back.
- This little owl stole my heart. It’s so fluffy!
- We made our own Pho from scratch and these were some of the spices. Recipe coming soon!
- This gorgeous island with its blue skies
- Fence covered in wool. There are so many sheep here.
- Ice at the local ‘ice cream-farm’.
- A tiny manual sluice.
- All of the ice cream is made from cows milked on site.
This last week, we’ve been riding our bikes around the island, discovering little treasures like the tiny manual sluice (this does sound really Dutch doesn’t it? Who else has a sluice near his house?). These last day of summer are filled with bright days and cold nights. I hope they last forever.
Before we left home to travel, we sold everything we owned. We only kept a few boxes of really important stuff and our bikes.
It’s so weird when you have nothing, no possessions. In a way it is total freedom. There is nothing crowding our rooms and minds. I never have to worry about what I’m going to wear. I only have one pair of shoes. We own nothing except for some clothes, the few souvenirs we bought and some boxes with pictures and such.
It does make it difficult for us to really feel at home. When nothing is yours, it’s hard to make a place feel like home, even though we’re there. We were really looking forward to feeling at home again, something we never really felt while traveling. Don’t be mistaken, there were plenty of places where we felt awesome. But we were always looking for a home, and it seems we’re going to have to stick it out a little while longer. Or at least until we’ve got a place we can give the love and fill with the stuff a life needs.
How are you enjoying your last weeks of summer?
15 Comments
Colleen // // //
The ice cream looks great. I’m enjoying the final days of summer in Holland as well! What beautiful weather we’ve been having! Where are you? Send a msg. Would be fun to say hi!
Angela // // //
I just send you an email! We’re on one of the islands on top of Hollannd (look on a map, it will make sense)
Rika | Cubicle Throwdown // // //
Ohhhh! Little owl! So cute!
Angela // // //
It was too cute! It kept blinking his eyes and hopping around its cage
Colleen Brynn // // //
Such a cute owl! Love the shot of the spices too. I have always found the most unburdened by things when I travel. I love the feeling of living out of a backpack and not worrying about projects or tidying or that sort of thing. Life is already tidy on the road. Hope you feel at home soon. x
Angela // // //
I really loved living out of a backpack, it feels really free. I never want to have as many things again as I did before we left, it feels like a burden to have so much stuff.
Alli Campbell // // //
Oh I know what you mean about the freedom of owning nothing. Love this collection of shots – and the little fluffy owl! I’ve been too lazy to consider making my own pho – we have three pho places within 500m of our house. A good and bad thing!
Angela // // //
Making pho is a lot of work, it takes like 5 hours and your kitchen will be a mess. But it’s worth it!
Franca // // //
Needless to say that the owl is making me melting for its cuteness.
I know what you mean about not really feeling at home when you are at home. Since we started our nomadic life we feel stuck anytime we stop for too long and suddenly we feel the need to move again n search of the perfect place.
Angela // // //
Not to be the millionth to ask you, but…WHERE ARE YOU GOING NEXT?
Joki // // //
Finally a picture of you Angie, and what a lovely one! You are getting more and more prettier, the older the better & wiser, like an owl 😉 love to see you guys in Dutch scenery, it suits you….
Angela // // //
JOKI! I love you!
Joki // // //
btw…your hair is loooooong!!
(Nice!)
Aubrey // // //
Oh my goodness, that owl is absolutely beautiful! Owls really are quite magical.
Angela // // //
Best bird there is!