Sunday 1 July 2012

kastl

view, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
street, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
she does not belong to my family. not even close. i do not know her since i am young. i never spend time with her. but i know her for a while.

the owner of the place. it is a woman. she is over 50, lived at the farm for all her life. with her husband.

husband, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
bench, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
i got to know her because of my aunt and because of a project.

i documented my home and place. places which where left over. old places, which are or were significant for an old life. past life. my aunti said i should come here.

living room, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
clothes, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012

we talked a lot. those days most of the talking did my aunti do. about the farm, her past, her interest forcomputers.

she has a a computer, she loves internet. sometimes she sends e mails away with funny stories she finds on the internet. sometimes with holiday wishes for christmas, easter.

except from that she takes care of too many uncountable cats, the cows, the house. with her husband.


newspaper, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
floor, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
clock, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
i cannot remember when she said it, how. but i remember. she married because she did not have a drivers license, with 19. she said. i think.

wood, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
window, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
phone, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
looking at her she looks old, grey hair, lot of wrinkles. she smiles, loves a lot. when she talks she talks quick, full of energy, enthusiasm. she is excited, realises it sometimes and then draws back, looks shy somehwere else as she would withdraw her words.

wall, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
shelve, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
clothes, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
those days i used to love looking at her place. it is old. nothing changed since the last half a century, at least. she has a lot of watches, she loves them, because there are so many different, she says.

house, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
area, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
yesterday it rained heavily, she said. so much, that water ran through one of her stalls. her house is next to a forest, a bit outside the next village. nobody lives next to her, just a few more houses, which belong to her farm.

one house is for the old ones. the ausstand house, it is called. when the younger come and overtake the business. the place which is them granted.

they do not have any kids. her sister left. still there are them and the animals.

cows, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
corner, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
working area, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
at the moment they have a couple of milk cows. they get the milk in the morning. after the milkman comes and picks the one from yesterday up. that is ok. he milk is more than good.

they also have sheeps and goats and cats. the goats smell, she says. the sheeps are fine. the cats make a lot of work, but she loves them.

flowers, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
legs, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
i love being at her place. since my first visit i visited her every time i am coming at home. because it is my auntis friend. every time i think i do not have time for that, every time it got proven it is worth it. more than that.

the place is quiet, withdrawn, from a different world. but then not. and then it does not even matter. she has an incredible good heart. seems it stayed clean and untouched by being at this place.

it is not naiv and romantic. some places i have been in my area make me sad. this not.

goat, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
view, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012
at the end she tells us she needs a new lap top. her computer is old. so old that the internet does not work anymore or slow or irrational. even so they have dsl. it takes ages to get it started.

i told her to help her. get some money and we go shopping. i am glad, one thing i am better than her. at least.

satelite tv, kastl's place, lohberg, june 2012

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