The story of the gold dog..

Dear Blog... 

This time an old memory..

This story even had some digging in the past! My mother couldn't help me out, but I figured it out with the help of other familymembers.. 

Back in the day.. my grandparents moved to Brugge (West - Flanders) a not so typical choice cos the needed to move away from the East - Flanders.. they found a nice little house not to far from Boudewijn SeaPark..  Somewhere between 1989 and 1994 (a little me between 4 to 9 yo... I definitely still has some memories about going to see my grandparents Bomma and Bompa... I even remember the house, the street and lots of other things!! 

Wait for it.. maybe some little googlin' wil bring back... 

When I was cleaning the attic.. I came across this... GOLDEN DOG. and it immediately got me back to somewhere between 1989 and 1994.. a flea market near the house of my grandparents in Brugge.. (me age 7 to 9) 

What do I remember of the house in Brugge?

- the big livingroom - the small kitchen with a burner that had a big flame for hot water..

- the green dishwasher bottle from Dreft..

- the old biketrainer in the hallway

- the stairs that led to a couple of rooms upstairs from my aunt and uncle .. a rubiks cube in one of the rooms..

- the bathroom..

- a little room with another tv and a turning chair in wicker I think it was..

- my first trauma when watching ET.. ( I still don't like it, but can tolerate it when seeing)

- the small garden with a couple of skateboards that eventually moved to their other house, when moving back to Deinze..

- te piano in the garage (from my other aunt)

THE GOLD DOG STORY:

I am not sure I was wandering alone - or that I was in close distance to dad or mom.. I'm not even sure.. but this gold dog statuette got me back (just like a premonition) to an old memory.. I'm absolutly trying to crack the code.. but it's not in that great shape anymore and it has a lot of holes in it too.. just like a moth has been around.. I can't remember how much it costs.. I think about 50 bef (belgian franks) about 2.50 euro... but i didn't had the money and i think i needed to beg for it with someone.. i don't know who anymore.. but i got the little statuette neverthelesse :D

So.. here it is!! It's not really that much of a big deal it's not even real gold.. it's just a lassie dog.. (at that time my aunt got one - and I really like dogs) . but I will think with fond memories back to the days when visiting my grandparents in Brugge.. somewhere between 4 and 9...

Now they are allready long gone..

My grandmother Bomma died in 1998 - and my grandfather Bompa died in 2005..

They are still missed...

Thank you both.. for still the best memories I had ... and forgetting the bad and nasty ones.. 

that is truly precious..

xxxxx

#Nostalgic

#growingupwasthebest

#grandparents...