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The Demise of the Traveling Dutch Kids

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Real Estate Agent with Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado CRE# 40005863

If you have looked at my blog this week, you would have seen some silly and wacky blogs from me about a neighbors' kissing Dutch kid statues.  

 

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Sadly, the adventures of the traveling Dutch kids has come to a close today.

 

The "Kids" made their debut at the entry of our neighborhood yesterday.  Watermelon Lady lives at that corner and has enjoyed watching the faces of our neighbors as they pull into the neighborhood.  

 

The original owner of the "Kids" said it was time for them to move on to greener pastures.  So Watermelon Lady and I planned to haul them to a couple of trash cans this afternoon.

 

In the meantime, I got a call from another neighbor who was out walking her dogs and about had a heart attack when she came upon the pair.  She started to tell me about her discovery and I couldn't help but start laughing and laughing.  She said "I am guessing you know something about this".  I told her about the adventures of the Dutch Kids and she thought I was nuts!

 

It is with heavy heart that I say goodbye to the Dutch Kids. 

 

They were good for many laughs and hours of entertainment. 

 

They will be gone but never forgotten.

 

 

 

Comments(49)

Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

I love these - but I don't understand why they left by way of the trash bin -they are so cute

Aug 02, 2017 07:04 PM
Stavrula "Sam" Crafa, RNC,GRI, CDPE, PSA
Future Home Realty - Seminole, FL
Providing the integrity and service you deserve.

Put them om EBay. People will buy anything. 

Aug 02, 2017 10:31 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Good morning Belinda Spillman ,

Well you certainly have gotten some mileage with these two traveling dutch kids! I do feel it would be funny to keep them alive and traveling...are they really ready to retired to the dump?

Aug 03, 2017 04:00 AM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

It would be funny if someone took them out of the trash and stuck them on her back stoop, looking in her back door. 

Aug 03, 2017 04:17 AM
Belinda Spillman

I thought the same thing!!!

Aug 03, 2017 08:16 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

NOOOOOO! Say it ain't so!

I would have taken them and repainted them. Poor little dutch kids.

I wonder if they were actually worth something???? They are probably really old.

Aug 03, 2017 05:39 AM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

They served well...

Aug 03, 2017 06:19 AM
Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty
Waves Realty - Melbourne, FL
Florida Space Coast Homes

You should have put them in another neighborhood to see what happens from a distance.

Aug 03, 2017 08:12 AM
Sandy Williams
eXp Realty, sandy@sandywilliams.com - Sarasota, FL

Tot Ziens Kinderen! (Good bye Children) in Dutch.  Hey, I lived in Rotterdam for a year. :)

Aug 03, 2017 09:28 AM
Belinda Spillman

Oh thanks.  I bet you recognize these statues then.

Aug 03, 2017 09:52 AM
John Wiley
Fort Myers, FL
Lee County, FL, ECO Broker, GRI, SRES,GREEN,PSA

Belinda Spillman      I have just gotten off the phone with the Figurine Protection Agency-FPA to report this serious case of abuse and neglect.

They told me to get a life.

Thanks for making my day.

Aug 03, 2017 10:59 AM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten

OH no! John Wiley say it isn't so!! 

Aug 03, 2017 11:56 AM
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

OK I missed the adventures...kind of like seeing the season finale before any of the other shows!

Aug 03, 2017 11:19 AM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

ActiveRaniers........

                                                                UNITE!!!!!!

                   SAVE THE DUTCH KIDS GOFUND US!! PLEASE HELP US!

Aug 03, 2017 11:55 AM
Dorte Engel
RE/MAX Leading Edge - Bowie, MD
ABC - Annapolis, Bowie, Crofton & rest of Maryland

Dear Belinda,

Too bad. I bet some other neighborhoods would have fun with them too.

Aug 03, 2017 05:24 PM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

I really didn't know much about this subject until this actual blog post here told me more about it. Interesting. :)

Aug 03, 2017 11:09 PM
Peter den Boer
Atlanta Communities - Woodstock, GA
MBA,GRI, Associate Broker, Realtor

Ok, I say rise up Dutch people! I think we should at least be a protected class! I'm gonna go call the feds and see what I can do. Where are those pesky wooden shoes of mine?

Aug 04, 2017 04:54 AM
Belinda Spillman
Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

You guys are cracking me up.  I told my neighbors about all of your comments and they are just in awe.

Aug 04, 2017 07:13 AM
Belinda Spillman
Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

Aug 04, 2017 09:04 AM
Belinda Spillman
Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

The Dutch girl lost her head and it appeared on my neighbor's table.

Aug 04, 2017 09:05 AM
Marte Cliff

Your neighbor deserved that.

Aug 06, 2017 12:07 PM
John Van Hogen
Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Hillsboro, OR
Serving Sellers / Buyers / Investors 503-680-9390

I'm with Peter...feeling in need of protection, especially after that recent decapitation.

Aug 04, 2017 01:59 PM
Marte Cliff
Marte Cliff Copywriting - Priest River, ID
Your real estate writer

Awww... sending them to the dump was really a shame. Someone would have loved to have them.

Aug 06, 2017 12:06 PM
Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED
RETIRED / State License is Inactive - Portland, OR

What ever happened to repurpose, reuse?  Waste not, want not?  

Aug 31, 2017 02:32 PM