Today's Flowers,Friesland

 
 
 

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
- Emma Goldman
( in this case begonias!)

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Camera Critters Friesland

 
 
 
 

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Apart from the rooster of my friends there were the many cows we saw . Even on our cycle tour we had to cycle behind a herd of cows, which were taken to other fields. We also saw a herd of Dutch Land Goats which had almost become extinct, had it not been for a group of biologists who succeeded to breed them back.

This group of Canadian geese in the distance, and a cormorant were worth seeing as well.

 

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ABC Wednesday D of Jelle Dam and Damshûs

Jelle Dam was born in a sod or turf hut, in 1857.The family was very poor. In 1885 he married and he and his wife got 6 children, three of them died young.
At first Jelle Dam worked as day labourer, lateron he became a carpenter. In 1892 he
set up his own carpenter business. He was very active in the Socialist Party. Jelle was appointed to investigate the housing conditions of the labourers. His report was as plain as day; eventually his advice was taken on and the small dwellings and sod huts were broken down and replaced by bigger stone houses.
Jelle Dam created a better, though not an easy life, for the labourers. They still were poor but the new houses were palaces compared to the sod and straw huts they used to live in.


Sod or turf hut for 13 persons.See also the 13 pair of wooden shoes or clogs. The parents had been married for 35 years!

 
 
 

This house is one of the better houses, thanks to Jelle Dam. It is situated at the Open Air Museum "It Damshûs"( the Dam's house).

 
 
 

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If a boat was in such a bad condition that it couldn't be used for transport of peat, the village carpenter built a small house on it.


 
 
 

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that's My World, Friesland

Last week I was in Friesland, near Drachten, and stayed with Frisian friends. Friesland is one of our 12 provinces and apart from Dutch, the Frisians speak Frisian. We can regard the Frisians as our aboriginals. They are the original inhabitants of our country. Their language dates from the 8th century A.D.The period of the peat workers in Friesland started in the 18th century A.D.They were poor people with often large families. Their houses consisted of one room and a place to cook. They were often forced to spend their wages in the shop and the pub, which were owned by their boss, who also lived in the same building. To get them attending church, they got a cup of pea soup after the service on Sundays.
Peat was used as fuel in houses and factories, even after WWII.
In one of the photos you can see a lawei. That's a basket on a long pole. Is the basket high, it means: Work! Horizontal: lunch! Low: You can go home!



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