House-sitting II

House-sitting is more than just watching someone else’s home and pet. It is also swaying away from the comforts and convictions that made it’s way into your life. A fire to warm yourself, being outside as much as possible, consuming own vegetables, an outhouse toilet and compost heap, sourdough bread and a functioning kitchen. Besides the refreshing feeling to be away from the known, the best is undeniably the dogs we may care for: what we all do for a dog is quite something remarkable.

In hindsight, I only needed to be with cats and dogs. So when Jacqueline, who wanted to reassure our home-sit, informed us: ‘Our Keesje Jack Russell got unexpectedly 7 puppies, would you still want to come?’, my ‘yes’ could not have been bigger! To be in someone else’s house is not immediately a wish of mine, but for these dogs and cats! Read more…

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By Cindy

Years of traveling brought me many different insights, philosophies and countries I needed to be (over 90 in total). I lived in Pakistan, went over 15 times to India and when I stopped cycling the world, that was after 50.000 kilometer through 45 countries, I met Geo. Together we now try to be more self-sustainable, grow our own food and live off-grid. I now juggle with the logistics of being an old-fashioned housewife, cook and creative artist loving the outdoors. The pouches I create are for sale on www.cindyneedleart.com

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