Vijlen Spring 2021At the end of March and the beginning of April Laura and I spend two weeks in South Limburg. We rent a home on a farm in Vijlen, near Epen, as the crow flies circa two kilometres from Belgium (we are not allowed to enter Belgium because of the covid-pandemic).
View from our house.
The farm we stay at.
The cows are in the stable still, but in just over a week they will be out in the field again.
Split tree.
View of Epen from our house.
The Wingbergermolen, a water mill in Epen.
The river Kleine Geul, near the Wingbergermolen.
Scenery.
Laura on a hiking trail.
Half-timbered house.
Blossom.
Hiking trail.
Sheep (possibly Shropshire sheep).
Scenery.
Hiking trail.
Laura during a rest on a walk.
Hiking trail.
Mistletoe.
Mistletoe up close.
Sunset over Epen.
Railway yard in Simpelveld.
Faded plants in a field.
Laura during a break on a bike ride.
The bike ride unexpectedly leads us for a little bit through Belgium. Laura gets off her bike and I photograph her from the Netherlands.
View from the Vaalserberg, the highest mountain in the European part of the Netherlands!
Tower on the Vaalserberg (with Laura).
The sign reads: "watch out for the bull".
Paard.
Half-timbered buildings.
Laura on a bike.
Scenery.
Cat.
A cat on the roof of the barn next to our house.
Scenery.
Hiking path.
Sheep in a pasture.
Lambs.
Volmolen, another water mill in Epen.
The river Kleine Geul.
Paddle wheel.
Wall of the Volmolen.
Kleine Geul.
Laura.
Laura.
Scenery.
Frogs.
View.
Sleeping calf.
Scenery.
Hiking trail.
Tree.
Scenery.
It is the first day of the year that the cows are allowed back into the pasture, but the gate has not yet been closed. The cows are happy (and possibly slightly confused) and run on our terrace.
Happy cows.
Happy cow.
The farmer sends the cows back to the pasture.
Now the cows are on the other side of the hedge.
Laura rides a bike.
Scenery.
Deer.
Laura bikes.
Wall.
Donkeys in a garden, on my birthday.
Flooded road.
River.
