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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Thursday, April 4, 2013

{1899 Windmill 'Eendracht Maakt Macht' in my City of Birth}


  • Guess for lots of people, all over the world, the Dutch symbols are: windmills, tulips, wooden shoes...
  • Okay, let me show you at least one of those; Windmill 'Eendracht Maakt Macht' Unity is Strength in Horst, my City of Birth. 
  • As a matter of fact, the windmill is located in the little hamlet of Meterik, that belongs under Horst aan de Maas. 
  • This is the largest municipality in the Province of Limburg in the deep south of The Kingdom of The Netherlands. 
  • By the way, on April 30, it will indeed become a Kingdom again as Queen Beatrix will pass the crown to Prince Willem-Alexander.
  • This photo is taken on Saturday, September 26 of 1987, when we went to The Netherlands with our American friends, Hank & Doylene. Funny is that here I do wear a plaid Burberry skirt and below I also wear plaids...
  • Here I am 8 years old (l) with brothers Martin and Piet and sister Diny.
  • Walking on a Sunday and Dad making pictures with his Agfa camera...
  • Mom always did iron those hair bows for us girls to wear with a special barrette.
  • Did any of you get to wear such hair bows?
  • And again, all four of us...

  Hope you enjoyed this trip into the past of my childhood area! 

26 comments:

  1. Your childhood and that of your siblings is adorable. Also, you must have been talk of the town in your teens.
    Thanks for sharing the pics od windmills. I am always fascinated by them even to this day.

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  2. you were so cute. i really like the windmill!

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  3. Bonsoir Dearest Mariette. Thank you for sharing your family memories and photos with us. I think I would have guessed this was Holland even if you had not mentioned it :-) Lovely little children, and I also like the big bow in your hair. Mine was never long enough (and I was too much of a tomboy...) to style my hair that way. Hugs to you, Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)

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  4. liebe Mariette,
    ach wie schön... ich liebe diese alten Bilder - süß seht ihr mit den Haarschleifen aus - klar, hatten wir Mädchen so was fast alle - lächel -
    Windmühlen sind immer ein wunderschönes Motiv - ich mag sie sehr -

    ich wünsche dir eine schöne Zeit -

    liebe Grüße - Ruth

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  5. Dearest Mariette,
    wonderful pictures from your childhood area! I love windmills :O)
    Have a lovely week,
    Love and hugs
    Claudia

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  6. Liebe Mariette,

    diese Fotos gefallen mir besonders gut.

    In Liebe

    Elisabeth

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  7. Dearest Mariette,
    You have a wonderful American friends and your Dad making pictures and your mum has special iron with has bows for girls to wear with a special barrette.
    You having a lovely time when you has with parents.
    Thank you for all ways coming to see help in my place.
    Hugs and live to you always!
    Michiko

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  8. Ja we krijgen een koning ...ben benieuwd hoor....wel raar.....zonder Beatrix.....alles word oranje in Nederland denk ik zo rond 30 april.....liefs van mij...xxx..!

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  9. Cara Mariette non ho mai visto dal vero un mulino a vento!Mi hanno sempre affascinata!Che belle foto!Che carini che siete!Un abbraccio!Rosetta

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  10. Oh my goodness! I love seeing the picture of you as a child. Especially wearing the plaid as in the 1987 photo. Those are very special photos indeed. Thanks for sharing and have a lovely day. Tammy

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  11. Are you testing out headers? All of a sudden I notice a change. I do like the pretty purple. Best wishes, Tammy

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  12. It is nice that you saw us photos of your childhood !
    I like very nuch the wildmills !
    Have a nice day !

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  13. Wat een leuke post over de Hollandse molens. Hier in ons dorp staat ook nog een oude molen.
    Wat leuk ook de foto's uit de oude doos.
    Ik wens je een fijne avond Mariëtte.
    Lieve groet, Mea

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  14. It's a beautiful windmill and nice with the old photos.

    Hugs

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  15. Ontzettend leuk die oude foto's Mariette! Wat sta je er prachtig op :-) Vlak bij onze tuin staat een prachtige oude molen. Het leuke is dat de molen ook nog werkt. Zo nu en dan hebben ze een open dag. Erg de moeite waard om te bekijken.

    Fijne dag!

    Madelief x

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  16. How exciting to have lived where there were wonderful windmills.

    My mother after she milked four cows and cooked breakfast, tediously brushed each of my black 'Shirley Temple' style curls around her finger as I sat on a high stool. She tied a freshly pressed silk ribbon into a bow that held the topmost curl in place. How I hated it! When I was 8, I talked Daddy into cutting off the curls. After that I had bangs, no bows.

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  17. Hi Mariette,
    Love the pics from your childhood. The windmill is beautiful. I love these old pics from the past. Looks like such special memories forever with your siblings. The hair bows are too cute.
    Wishing you a great weekend.
    Hugs, Celestina Marie

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  18. Liebe Mariette,
    eine tolle Blogveränderung. Das freundliche gelb von Oster ist dem herrlichen Blau der Veilchen gewichen.
    Deine Kindheitsbilder und die Windmühlen sind wunderschön.
    Liebe Grüße
    Irmi

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  19. Hej Mariëtte, leuke foto's. Als we nog eens naar Horst gaan zal ik uitkijken naar deze molen, die zal toch makkelijk te vinden zijn. Fijn weekend, lieve groet

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  20. First thing comes to my mind as Dutch symbol is always tulip...I think it's because I love tulip :-) But windmill, of course! Your photos are beautiful. I love the ones of you when you were a little girl. The hair bow is very cute! It's so sweet that your mom ironed them for you :-)

    I am so sorry your Spooky ran away. Did he come back? If not maybe you can leave his favorite food or catnip outside of your house to attract him. I hope he is back home safely!

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  21. Dear Mariette,
    What sweet photos of you as a child with your sister and brothers! The windmills are wonderful and to me that is what I think of when I think of the Dutch. We have many relocated Dutch here in WA state from the time of WWII and there are beautiful tulip and daffodil fields and lovely nurseries from their expertise. I did wear little plaid dresses and hair bows in my hair as a child. Mostly the bows were at the ends of my braids or around my pony tail, which was always a mess because I was a tom-boy!
    Hugs, xoxo

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  22. Loved the old photos of you and your siblings and the photo of the windmil is awesome............

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  23. Dearest Mariette,
    Oh Yes, tulips represent your birth country; and they are one of favorite flowers. I REALLY miss planting them in my small back yard which we used to have... I remeber posting for 'green day'.
    You and your sweet siblings look really adorable with windmill♡♡♡

    Sending you lots of love and hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*

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  24. THANKS for all your visits and comments; this post was fun for going back into childhood again. So many fond memories to share. That's the book of life...
    Happy weekend to all of you.
    Mariette

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  25. Hello Mariette, It sure is interesting to see these historic windmills, especially since today we are going back to that technology. Unfortunately, the text to this post came out garbled, so I could not read your description.
    --Road to Parnassus

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  26. hoi Mariette,

    Ik was aan het googlen op oude foto's van de molen waarop ik molenaar ben. en kwam uit bij jouw blog. Geweldig leuk die foto's te zien!

    Ik heb ook fb van de molen aangemaakt:

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Molen-Eendracht-maakt-Macht-in-Meterik/551785334843632?fref=ts

    En vroeg me af of ik je blogpost

    http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.nl/2013/04/1899-windmill-eendracht-maakt-macht-in.html#axzz2muXuqDVj

    Zou mogen posten op de facebook van de molen of misschien dat je zelf een linkje zou willen plaatsen?

    Groetjes. Sef Coppers

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