I spotted this picturesque house in Willemstad, Curaçao.
Another one of those cases where I can’t stop thinking of who lives there. Maybe it’s not even lived in, it could be used as an office or be some kind of a museum. It looks like it could even be part of a school which continues behind the fence, where I can’t see from here. Or it might just be empty.
For some reason, it looks like a happy house to me. Nothing bad could happen there. Maybe there’s a lush, well-tended garden with mango trees and hummingbirds, where an old couple sip a local version of lemonade in the quiet shade of the trees.
The old man’s friends come over each day at noon to play some checkers. Meanwhile, his wife slips off to the hairdressing salon, not because she needs her hair done, but for the catching up.
In the evenings, they sit in the garden together and listen to the red and green parrots. They have an ongoing little competition of who can spot the most birds. Usually she leads – her trick is to spot the colorful ones. What she doesn’t know is that he lets her win, just to see her smile.
32 replies on “Cute House in the Shade”
A nice picture and story. We have Dutch friends living permanently in Curacao. The have a business renting out bicycles to tourists. Perhaps you met them?
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Thanks Gerard! We only spent a couple of days in Curacao, jetlagged, then flew to Aruba where we spent a month. Would love to go back and next time explore Curacao more, and Bonaire which we skipped. But the Dutch influence was very apparent, it was also something that made hanging out in Aruba so easy. It was exotic but it also felt like Europe, like home 🙂
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Very sweet…
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Thanks 😉 Old couples can be adorable so the ones in my story have to be that, too
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Fabulous photo! And story to go along with it! I could be happy there! 😉
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Me too 🙂 Maybe it’s a vision into the future?
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That would be nice!
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I love this story, such a happy and peaceful image.
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Thanks you very much, happy to hear you liked it!
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I like the scene you imagined!
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Thanks for telling me 😉 Nice comments make my day!
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I like how you added characters to that little house and made us see through the windows of something possible. Thank you!
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Thanks! 🙂 I felt that it needed something. Posted just as a photo it wouldn’t have gotten the attention it deserved
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You did just right! It definitely caught our attention!
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I love the image and the imagination 😀
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Thanks! 🙂
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Amazing picture! Very inviting & bright & cheery. Love your choice of words to go with it. Certainly invites one’s imagination to run away, doesn’t it?
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It does 🙂 Thanks so much! Now that I’ve written this, this house will forever be the home of that couple, in my mind 😉
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Such a heartwarming story Snow 😍 I wish I was that couple when I’m old. xx
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Thanks, Suvi 🙂 I’m sure they exist
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like ahouse from hansel and greteL!
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Straight from the fairytale! 🙂
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Such a beautiful story 🙂 And yes the house is the perfect setting for the same ❤
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Thanks for the sweet comment 🙂
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Such a sweet post. I’m glad you highlighted it on the anniversary post 🙂 Such a pretty house too.
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Thanks so much for checking it out! The people who click on links recommending other posts are quite rare! 😊 Happy you liked it – enjoy your day!!
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Ooh that story is so warming 🙂 I wish it were true for anyone who lives in that cute house.
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I’m sure this couple exists somewhere (sometime) 💕 Thanks, Pooja, for reading this story!
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