"Painting: De Huisman windmill, Zaanse Schans, Zaandam, Holland"

Painted by Jacob Poulain 1967

This windmill is called De Huisman located in the Zaanse Schans, Zaandam, Holland 2 kms from my home. I would row in a boat and swim in the river. The windmill is over 300 years old, and to this day they still make mustard, at the time of writing I hold in my hand a jar from my fridge, I bought and imported by a local shop called The Dutch Shop, Havelock North, Hastings, New Zealand.

"MaoriLand"

My best collection from Saturdays garage sale-ing: A hand painted Royal Winton, Grimwades Ltd, England called "MaoriLand". Depicts a scene of an old fortified Maori pa (17-1800's), with a pallisade fence erected for defence against the enemy, note the sharp points to discourage attackers from entering the Pa (Maori village), a carved waharoa or gateway, 2 pou (poles), the carvings are in honour of ancestors, in the background is a geyser gushing natural steam from the ground and an old favourite a native cabbage tree stands in the foreground.