Showing posts with label fields. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fields. Show all posts

15 Mar 2016

FIELDS NOT FOR LONG ANYMORE

When we moved from Brussels to Waterloo in 1975 it was to escape the busy city and live in a small town, without even a supermarket. It was surrounded by farms and fields.

After 30 years of peace, at least in our corner, the city expanded and expanded and has now become a town with all stores, supermarkets, boutiques and shops the same you find in Brussels.  The fields started to be decorated with houses, the farms were sold and we have got the impression that everybody wants to live in Waterloo.

Driving home I discovered that in our area other fields have probably being sold to promoters and they prepare already the prolongation of a street called "Drève de 10 mètres" which means a way of 10 m, it certainly has to change the street name ! 



an abandoned farm house






the country lanes will soon become streets for cars



An old farm, now a beautiful house



Still a little corner



but not for long





and at the end of my way I discovered this big house, which seemed to me had grown like  a mushroom. I had never noticed it before, normal it is brand new.



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17 May 2009

WEEKLY WINNERS - Waterloo, green fields


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When we moved to Waterloo it was a tiny little town, more a big village without any supermarkets, and a lot of fields around. There probably were more cows than people.

33 years later it has changed tremendously. All big shops are now also settled in Waterloo, only Ikea is missing, there are supermarkets en masse and boutiques and shops for everything.

So when I walked our neighbor's dog Yanouk, he pulled me in a direction where I haven't been since at least 30 years and was happily surprised that this area hadn't changed a bit. While the field with the cows behind our house has disappeared and we now have human neighbors, here the time stood still.

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my guide

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different greens and yellow

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my beloved cows

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and even the bridge over the railway hasn't changed and is still the same
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It was a real pleasure to see all these variations of green. This only happens in spring.

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After one hour of walk, my guide needed rest and I too !