From the garden - Friday 12th of September

From the garden today... 

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The childhood drawing of Annelies - 11th of September 2017

Today I tell the story of the childhood drawing of Annelies that pictured the garden of her grandparents in Breda. A drawing that Annelies threw, and later remembered, a few days after telling me of her love for the first time. She then told me she would try to redrew it, and when we met again and she invited me for dinner, she gifted me this drawing, the most precious memory of her childhood. I did not take it, because I wanted her to keep it. I however took the white roses she gifted me. 

And I do hope to see again that very precious drawing of her soon, very soon.

Proving to you this is all real

Dear Red-Oak,

Dear Green-Rose,

I recorded for you this video from inside the living room this evening. Through very simple words and acts, I show you how ridiculous are your fears and your prejudices! I show you that we are human beings, just as you are, and not strange creatures coming from a far away galaxy as you wrongly believed!

Just watch this video, and let me know what you think, Green-Rose, Red-Oak...

Also, I believe that Annelies has been very clear in her silences, and in her words, to you. If you want to be honest, it's time to set your pride aside, and act in the best interest of your daughter, to help her heal from the childhood trauma you have caused in her.

Do not forget that Annelies is your victim. Only you, both of you, as her parents, can correct and repair what you did. You may think that the word "victim" is too strong, yet it is not. 

When a person hides as Annelies is hiding, when a person becomes so convinced she doesn't deserve to be loved, then, it means that her trauma is really a bad one. 

You've not been fair to her, Red-Oak, Green-Rose, and it's time to recognize this. 

From the rooftop of the barnhouse - 9th of September

From the rooftop of the barnhouse today... 

Celebating the Birthday of Annelies

Celebrating the Birthday of Annelies from the rooftop of the barnhouse... 

Happy Birthday Annelies!

Today I recorded my daily video for you, Red-Oak, from our family property by the sea, in the orchard I plant... 

And as we are past midnight, it's already the 8th of September!

A very special date... The birthday of Annelies!

Also, the Wiseman-by-the-Sea recorded a short video of me running along the sea:

And those are a few of my daily harvests: olives, figs (also passion fruits and salads, not visible on the pictures), and me with Amaranto...

There are many more pictures, with my family, also at the marathon of Beirut that took place on Sunday 7th of September to which my father and my brother participated, but those pictures are private, and I share them solely with the family of Annelies. I don't have the time to write a secret post about them, otherwise I would.

Close to the sea at sunset - 6th of September

This is the Google Drive link toward the video I recorded for you today, close to the sea at sunset: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o2MvSoVLmAsilgA7t4rC3gj17T3KlSQb/view?usp=drive_link

It was too large to be uploaded here, as it's above 100 MB. 

Also, I've shared with you a few pictures taken with the Wiseman-of-the-Sea on this private, password-protected blog post: https://amchitdordrecht.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/with-the-wiseman-of-the-sea/

The password to open it is the same as usual.

And those are a couple of public pictures, taken by the Wiseman-of-the-Sea, while picking olives (I picked around 2 kgs of olives today), and while jogging.

 

From the rooftop of the barnhouse - 5th of September

From the rooftop of the barnhouse at the end of this afternoon...  

From the garden - 4th of September

From the garden today... 

Using a system of ropes to make passion fruits climb

Today I explained how I used a system of ropes to make passion fruits climb, and how it reminds me of the sails of ancient Phoenician ships. I also introduced the notion of the "5Ps" I came up with...  

From the garden below a passion fruit - 2nd of September

From the garden below a passion fruit that started yielding fruits recently...  

From the garden in the evening - 1st of September

From the garden this evening...  

From the garden by the sea - 31st of August

Today I recorded my video for you from the garden by the sea, in the orchard I plant myself and take care of. The size of the video was too large to upload here, so you can watch it on this Google Drive link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iw42WHFrsgXW5FCBw4JoLLTXdLSp8S5R/view?usp=drive_link