This past year, Martijn, you've taught me patience where I was failing, acknowledgement of where I am succeeding and to receive with humble acceptance when offered help that I genuinly need. I am very grateful. My hope for you and all of your audience is a new year of beautiful and awe inspired insight.
Aging is a challenge that best be met by creativity, perseverance and patience with self. These are lessons you teach each week. They seem to stimulate an awareness of how I can look at each circumstance as an opportunity to adapt and celebrate the journey. Thank you for the past years and the ones to come.
Beautiful sentiments! If I were just 30 years younger I would love to do what Martijn is doing. (I’m almost 62- with raging osteoarthritis and other chronic pain issues) I get my fill of this by watching all sorts of UA-cam channels that renovate old homes/structures. But Martijn is my favorite!! 😊 I pray your new year is happy, healthy and prosperous.
I’m drawn to UA-cam videos involving nature & cinematography; unique restorations & renovations of old buildings, particularly stone; natural or holistic building methods and so forth. Though I follow several UA-cam channels in this genre, if I could follow only one channel, it would be yours. I’m intrigued by so many things: Your meticulous building skills; the style with which you craft everything from a lean-to to protect your wood supplies, greenhouse to grow plants, the incredibly beautiful stone fireplace & stairs, crafting of furniture; your cinematographic style, design esthetic, drawing & painting skills, to the life you’ve created in the mountains. Your videos are interesting and always peaceful. I gain knowledge from every video. You inspire me to dream of what can be. That is why I’d choose your channel over all others. Thanks for sharing everything with all of us. Blessings to you, Martijn. ~ Elle, Missouri, USA
Happy New Year Martijin!! I have watched your videos from the very start. I never miss a week. I am 69, live on my own in a small village in Nova Scotia. I am renovating a 170 year old house with extremely little experience but luckily with help now and again. You have inspired me on this journey of not only the work you are doing, but of the solitary life. I weave, spin, knit, play violin and piano and have found that living this way suits me. I enjoy being involved in the community but my home is my sanctuary. Stay safe and inspired. All the best to you in 2025!!
I went to Sydney, NS on a cruise in October & it was lovely. I thought I could live there except for the cold-I live in the South & I prefer mild winters.
I, too, am a “mature” lady who spends her time spinning, knitting, weaving, gardening and generally making, mending and building but I do it in the U.K. Wherever we are, these mindful, hands-on activities connect us to the earth and to the seasons, and we are in tune with Martijin’s way of life. Mx
I am truly jealous of your lifestyle. I am 58, live in Ont, knit and still work full time. I dream about buying a home exactly like you’ve described. I think I’m too old to buy now. I wish you the very best of luck with all that you do!! 🇨🇦😍👍
@@margaretbrooker9744I love this lifestyle for you!! As a Canadian, I dream about getting the chance to spend some time in Britain. I ONLY watch British shows on UA-cam, or a streaming service. I don’t even bother with North American programming. Your countryside is outstanding and what a treat to be able to do what you do!
Happy New Year, Martijn. Today is my 80th birthday and i am spending it in quiet contemplation with my animal friends. I have been watching your show more than a year now and have enjoyed watching you create your homestead with a commitment and devotion to the quality of you work that is a pleasure to observe. For much of the past year your show helped me get through health issues that forced me to rest but now i am getting well enough to care for my own homestead again here in Hawaii. Your life is a blessing and an example to us all. Sharing it with the world is not simply an income, but truly an act of generosity. Blessings and love to you in 2025 and beyond...
So many sweet and heartfelt comments! Martin you are a true gifted and kind man. I hope you can feel all the love coming your way from all over the world, your videos inspire so many, May God bless you and your family this new year and always. Sincerely, from me in Alabama .
happy new year martijn. i hope 2025 is a good year for you and a very big thank you for the adventure you gave us in 2024. looking forward to following you in this years journey xxx
At 80 years of experience, I am unable, physically, to experience life as you live it and embrace it. I so enjoy living it vicariously through your videos! I hope that your Christmas holiday with your family was happy and blessed. It is obvious how much you enjoyed the museums you visited. I have to say that I agree about the Cubist "art!" It is very "jarring" to me. Not restful at all! We are all happy to have you back! Have a happy, healthy, blessed 2025!
Do a bit and rest a bit - and look after those feet, they keep you upright and balanced. Two plastic dishes from the hardware store with hot then cold water to get your circulation going and a good rub with a rough old towel, and if you can't get down there to rub them - they can rub each other with the towel, because people can paint with their feet, so you can do this.
I miss Europe. I miss the proximity of each country. I miss the culture, the history, the museums. That feeling of walking through a museum filled with art from the past - there is such a great energy held within each brush stroke.
It is a strange thing to me, that your content seems to appeal to all ages...the comments are always well thought out and expressed, your volunteers are definitely a younger group, but seem to be equally excited about this lifestyle. Thank you for sharing your life and work! Cheers!
What a spectacular view of the fireworks atop “Doolaard Rock” as I like to call it! 😂 the glorious morning sunrise and Mr Rooster still loud and proud as ever! 😊back to the grind, lovely to see you home, we missed ya! ‘Til next week Mr D 😊
I look forward to seeing you every Sunday. I am amazed at all your talents. A true Renaissance Man. An artist as well. May you’re joy in you’re talents bloom in 2025.
When you have been away for a week and your glad to be back home , speaks volumes about your attachment to your mountain abode and well it should. Only you can appreciate to the fullest , the work and dedication, the cold , the snow all the things that can dissuade you you, you have endured. We have been faithful friends and have encouraged you but the endurance was yours alone. May the new year bring you health, happiness and prosperity dear friend.
You are looking and sounding like you've had a much-needed and well-earned break, with plenty of good company and inspirational art! Be kind to yourself in 2025
Happy New Year Martin! I'll be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers for health, peace, joy and happiness through 2025. I want you to know that I am 79 tomorrow and I look forward every week to following your progress in the Italian alps. Thank you for sharing with us... nothing that you post is mundane or uninteresting in my eyes ...you are an inspiration to even an old person like me. Thank you again for just being you. What you give is pure life and I for one really love that. May God richly bless you! Barbara
I have so appreciated coming to your channel, and have now gone to he beginning. Around #13 now. It is interesting how your way of being encourages me to be steady and forward on my own cabin in America. And not to get discouraged. Thank you!
I genuinely love that midway through working on the roof, you decided to hand-build a wooden mallet, and when you returned to the roof, it was basically dark! I know that impulse!
One of the many gifts that nature offers us is to truly feel alive. I can imagine that the mountains, presently covered with snow and the sharp edge of frost in the air, do just that. What a beautiful scenery. Every episode I watch I am reminded of the conversation you had with two visitors a while ago whereby you asked yourselves; 'what is the purpose?' I gather you meant, what is the purpose of this huge project, all your endeavours to restore these buildings and create something of beauty. The question has stayed with me as I was not able to answer it, but maybe this is what it is; to feel truly alive. It its so lovely to see you work and live in that beautiful landscape. Thank you.
Aren't we lucky to have Musee de Orsay on this earth. It is my favorite museum too. I love the impressionist as well as pre-raphelites. Glad you are home safe and producing more videos. Thank you for all your attention to detail.
Happy healthy and prosperous New Year. Martijn, I have a request: Whenever you hitch your wagon and drive away going somewhere I am thinking; “take us along”. I am sure many of us want to see the scenes along the drive into town and see the archetecture, shops, and supply places. Welcome back. Sounds like you had a great trip.
Happy New Year Martijn. I love going to the museums in Paris. My daughter, her husband and little boys were in Paris during Christmas week and they felt it was far more crowded with tourists this year than years before. I’m happy you enjoyed your holiday and happy to be home again. The scene from the ledge of the fireworks at midnight were truly beautiful. ❤
yes, art makes us human. Especially when you see originals. In Vienna you can see the pictures by Klimt and Schiele, which have a much greater impact in the original with their three-dimensional surface than in the catalog... I would like to wish everyone here a Happy New Year! Greetings from the Schaalsee Reserve!
Thank you Matthias. Happy New Year to you as well. Klimt paintings must be outstanding, they are so beautiful and imitated in many variations forms. Each country has it's treasures to discover.
Man, I've slung a hammer more than most, so... 😊 damn a nail. The last two big projects I've done here solo used T25 screws and an impact driver. It's like a gift straight from Heavan for the soloist.
Martijn, I admire your attention to detail & beauty in even the smallest details of work. Just passing each structure every day brings visual pleasure & a sense of contentment. Happy New Year!
The best angle and distance It looks like a modest sparkler you hold in your hand, and it makes a celebration sounds 😌🎶 It's a simple and modest way to enjoy it 😸 I became an adult
Hey Martijin, I've been with you thru the years, the good and the bad! You've astonished me in your abilities and perseverance, the place is finally taking on the look of a true home, and it looks great. I'm 79, and recently broke my leg in a fall, and am now confined to a Rehab Nursing home until I can walk again! Please light a candle for me to light my way to recovery. Happy New Year 🎊, Tom in Pennsylvania,USA
Gelukkig nieuw jaar Martijn. Ik kijk uit naar alle mooie video's die je dit jaar weer gaat maken. Daar op je rots, het vuurwerk en de champagne, de rust en de energy...Gezegend ben je. Dank voor de afgelopen jaren en ik ben er iedere zondag avond.
Idk how I found your channel but it has fast become my favorite UA-cam channel I watch. God bless man, I hope God brings you good things in 2025, keep up the content!
Highlight of the weekend, been watching for 3 years nearly now and never miss an episode. After every watch I try and find Martjins homestead on Google earth but still no luck. Looking forward to this year’s projects.
Hi Martijn, I'm 78 and very conscious of my own safety so watching you navigate the rather perilous slope down from your drive @ 7:58, makes me want to suggest some stone steps there might be a worthwhile small winter project, both for your safety and that of visitors. Greetings from Australia
WHAT A PERCH...to watch the New Year ring in! Kinda like lookin' down and saying; 'Bin there, done that.' After a time...,you come, by grace...to realize the 'finer things' that bring True Joy! I am happy you had some lovely fam time together and viewed masterful pieces of art that inspire. You have established such a warm home for yourself that it becomes something almost magnetic drawing you back, 'cuz really there is; 'no place like home'. Thanks 4 sharing Martijn, Health and abundant blessings in '25! :)
Martijn, thank you for the great video of the New Year's fireworks! Drinking champagne while looking at all this splendor from above is something very special, it's a great gift to yourself... Happy New Year! 😍🎆🥂
I would be so dazzled by the stars at night that there would be no work being done in the dark. The views and the calmness would be meditative. Happy New Year!
Take care Martijn on "look out rock" - especially with your Champagne :) It's going to be a good year for your projects - and for 100K of us watchers enjoying every episode.
Hi M. You were missed. You look good. Healthy rested and inspired. Your weather is so much like mine at the same time. I’m in the Coast range of NorthernCalifornia at 4000’ also off grid for more than 30 years. I love how you hand shape your wood and how you have brought your outside in. Almost like you can’t get enough outside.
Happiest of New Years to you too mate. Absolutely one of the best story tellers on the Tube. Watching your videos really is therapeutic for me. Looking forward to 2025. Thank you Martijn 🙏🏻👍🏻👌🏻
Happy New Year from North Carolina. Very glad to hear your holiday travels were enjoyable. It is good to have you back as i selfishly have been waiting for another video from you. The chickens are glad to have you home. Loved how they made you smile. Very sweet moment. It is in the 30s F and today it is grey with snow showers. So i could watch the snow i decided to sit on the back porch...enclosed but no central heating so i have a little space heater running which takes off 30:31 just a bit of the cold. My kitty Ivy is under a blanket with me and then we are topped off with an Icelandic wool sweater i am knitting. I actually like it out here as it makes me know it is winter. Just staying inside does not stimulate the senses. Looking forward to the shingles being added to the roofs. I know it will look great. Stay safe and healthy. Best regards.
In the quiet of the night, your hammering creates echoes through the valley. I wonder if all the neighbors know when Martijn is working 😅 It seems a lot of trial and error went into that roof. Its intriguing to watch your process.
Happy New Year Martijn!!!. Thank you for every thing I learned through your videos. I enjoy each one of them and give thanks to God. Blessings, love and peace for you.
I once saw a Lucien Freud exhibition (about 28 years ago in London) and from nowhere I started to cry… nothing compares to seeing these creations live.
"It's so nice to be back!" To us; to me, That is music to my ears. I can;t imagine the Italian Alps without Martijn ///doolaard, there making it a nicer place EVERY SINGLE DAY! ///BTW, it sounds like an ideal trip! Thanks for sharing your life with us.
Glad you had some time off and seeing your folks in Holland and seeing you sitting on the rock and watching all the fireworks and drinking the New Year in was beautiful. Proost to you Martijn and I hope this year will be a blessed. healthy, prosperous 2025 and look forward to the new projects that you have in store. Happy New Year to you Martijn and all your viewers (fans).
Heerlijk zeg daar waar je zit en rust Ik woon in het centrum van Amsterdam en kom er ook vandaan maar heb er niks meer mee. Ik hou meer van offgrid, natuur, dieren en rust.....terug naar de kern. Dat is wel mijn doel en kijken waar ik dat kan waarmaken. Gelukkig nieuw jaar nog
Good morning Martijn, much like the museums you visit to Admire their works and gain Inspiration from, the love and Dedication they put into the piece to bring it to life is why I can’t wait for the doors to open every Sunday to the Masterpiece you’re creating. Thank you and Happy New Year
Ein glückliches und friedliches neues Jahr lieber Martijn. Was mich am allermeisten beeindruckt hat war deine Silhouette die beinahe der monumentale Christusstatue im Süden Rio de Janeiros glich. In der Nacht und ganz klein aber unglaublich schön. Wou die hat mich nachhaltig beeindruckt. 💫🙏💫
It never gets stale, your life every week is like a rebirth. I no longer think twice about praising your exquisite life, as each episode is a masterpiece. Thank you Martijn. The museums you visit are a mere reflection and echo of what you as an artist show us. The Museum of Martijn Doolaard reaches weekly every corner of the world.
Mi commuove sempre il tuo prenderti cura delle tue galline. Da questi piccoli gesti si vede un grande uomo che lavora, nel freddo della sera, tra le Alpi.
Hi Martijn.It's Raquel welcome back I Pray you had a Wonderful Christmas 🎄.And New Year 2025.🥳. With your Dad,Mom.And with your Brother's and their family's to.And a Nice Trip to Paris and also Visiting your Friends's.And thank you for the Video you Show in the being it was good.I think you were on the Cliff Showing Us the Lights's that was So, So, So Cool.And I Pray you in joy being back Home and that was nice that Johannes Watch your Chicken's for you.Well you have a great day Martijn and again welcome back.Raquel.See you Next Sunday.
I love your point about how much more we appreciate art as we get older. I'm lucky enough to live about an hour away from the Dali in St.Petersburg, Florida. I try to visit at least once a year, as I adore his artwork. Happy new years!
Holy heck I've enjoyed all of it. 81 yes young stumbled on your channel. I'm a shit kicking cowgirl. In Idaho USA. I'VE crocheted a whole bedspread watching your channel. Thank you. Keep it coming
When plastic roofing displeases one, one immediately turns to shingles and a more intellectual approach to rain and snow, lol. Each little detail that you add to your homestead brings calmness and peace to this old timer's life. Little touches of beauty, symmetry, design, and care speak volumes about the person who built (in this case: added to what was) the dwelling. Thanks for bringing us this weekly bit----and welcome back and Happy New Year, Martijn.
Happy New Year, Martijn!! Great to see you back, happy to see your cute chicken are well, too, and a big thank you to Johannes for taking care of them during your absence. You and your friend are a gift to the world. Blessings from Japan
oh, merci de nous avoir "fait" une vidéo pour aujourd'jui! la poulette blanche a une crête rouge absolument magnifique! elle a retrouvé sa queue d'avant l'attaque ! vous avez de la chance que Johannes puisse s'occuper de la basse cour en votre absence! je regarde vos vlogs comme une méditation! vous nous partagez votre vie méditative! disciplinée, libre, concentrée, et infinie! vos coup de marteaux sont comme les coups de kosazu que le maitre ZEN fait sur un point précis de l'épaule du discile, qui l'a demandé, afin qu'il puisse retrouver sa posture legère, et de supprimer ses tensions! bien sur qu'en altitude l'air est tellement plus sain(t) qu'en bas! j'ai choisi d'habiter en provence, en campagne, région un peu balayée par le vent quelques fois, non loin du "géant du midi": le Ventoux!! les musées parisiens sont nos racines! tellment d'oeuvres disponibles à regarder! notre nourriture "céleste".......!
Happy New Year, Martijn. It was a pleasure to watch this week's video as always. Fun to watch the fireworks below from above. What a lovely way to spend the evening in silence and peace. God bless you. Thank you for giving all of us such joy watching you live your beautiful life.
Thanks for sharing the fireworks with your loyal followers. I like how even your wood storage is something esthetically pleasing. Some UA-camrs throw together ramshackle chicken coups that fall apart after a few months, but you care about continuing to improve their habitat. Best wishes for a stellar 2025, filled with more creativity.
What a magnificent spot to sit and watch all the fireworks! Happy new year Martijn and everyone else watching🥳🎉
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Glad you found Lowercase Noises. That particular album you chose this song from is one of the most beautiful post-rock music humankind have ever written!
This past year, Martijn, you've taught me patience where I was failing, acknowledgement of where I am succeeding and to receive with humble acceptance when offered help that I genuinly need. I am very grateful. My hope for you and all of your audience is a new year of beautiful and awe inspired insight.
Aging is a challenge that best be met by creativity, perseverance and patience with self. These are lessons you teach each week. They seem to stimulate an awareness of how I can look at each circumstance as an opportunity to adapt and celebrate the journey. Thank you for the past years and the ones to come.
Herzlichen Dank aus Bavaria Germany
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Beautiful sentiments! If I were just 30 years younger I would love to do what Martijn is doing. (I’m almost 62- with raging osteoarthritis and other chronic pain issues) I get my fill of this by watching all sorts of UA-cam channels that renovate old homes/structures. But Martijn is my favorite!! 😊 I pray your new year is happy, healthy and prosperous.
I’m drawn to UA-cam videos involving nature & cinematography; unique restorations & renovations of old buildings, particularly stone; natural or holistic building methods and so forth. Though I follow several UA-cam channels in this genre, if I could follow only one channel, it would be yours. I’m intrigued by so many things:
Your meticulous building skills; the style with which you craft everything from a lean-to to protect your wood supplies, greenhouse to grow plants, the incredibly beautiful stone fireplace & stairs, crafting of furniture; your cinematographic style, design esthetic, drawing & painting skills, to the life you’ve created in the mountains. Your videos are interesting and always peaceful. I gain knowledge from every video. You inspire me to dream of what can be. That is why I’d choose your channel over all others. Thanks for sharing everything with all of us.
Blessings to you, Martijn.
~ Elle, Missouri, USA
Happy New Year Martijin!! I have watched your videos from the very start. I never miss a week. I am 69, live on my own in a small village in Nova Scotia. I am renovating a 170 year old house with extremely little experience but luckily with help now and again. You have inspired me on this journey of not only the work you are doing, but of the solitary life. I weave, spin, knit, play violin and piano and have found that living this way suits me. I enjoy being involved in the community but my home is my sanctuary. Stay safe and inspired. All the best to you in 2025!!
I went to Sydney, NS on a cruise in October & it was lovely. I thought I could live there except for the cold-I live in the South & I prefer mild winters.
I, too, am a “mature” lady who spends her time spinning, knitting, weaving, gardening and generally making, mending and building but I do it in the U.K. Wherever we are, these mindful, hands-on activities connect us to the earth and to the seasons, and we are in tune with Martijin’s way of life. Mx
I am 69 also, I just love watching Martijins videos. Very informative and relaxing ❗️🙏🏻🥰🤩
I am truly jealous of your lifestyle. I am 58, live in Ont, knit and still work full time. I dream about buying a home exactly like you’ve described. I think I’m too old to buy now.
I wish you the very best of luck with all that you do!! 🇨🇦😍👍
@@margaretbrooker9744I love this lifestyle for you!! As a Canadian, I dream about getting the chance to spend some time in Britain. I ONLY watch British shows on UA-cam, or a streaming service. I don’t even bother with North American programming. Your countryside is outstanding and what a treat to be able to do what you do!
Happy New Year, Martijn. Today is my 80th birthday and i am spending it in quiet contemplation with my animal friends. I have been watching your show more than a year now and have enjoyed watching you create your homestead with a commitment and devotion to the quality of you work that is a pleasure to observe. For much of the past year your show helped me get through health issues that forced me to rest but now i am getting well enough to care for my own homestead again here in Hawaii. Your life is a blessing and an example to us all. Sharing it with the world is not simply an income, but truly an act of generosity. Blessings and love to you in 2025 and beyond...
Liebe Sigrid, herzlichen und segensreichen Glückwunsch. Gesundheit, Kraft und Frieden wünsche ich Ihnen mit herzlichen Grüßen aus Germany🌟👏💞🎉🎊🍀
I wish you a very happy birthday! Good health and happiness!
Wow what a view of all of the fireworks! Is this the first year you caught them from your place?
Happy Birthday🥰❣️I turned 80 in December- Great to Be Alive🥰♥️❣️
Happy Birthday and Happy New Year! Here's wishing you a healthy 2025.
So many sweet and heartfelt comments! Martin you are a true gifted and kind man. I hope you can feel all the love coming your way from all over the world, your videos inspire so many, May God bless you and your family this new year and always. Sincerely, from me in Alabama .
I second that, from the Emerald Isle of Ireland.
Me too. Roll Tide!
happy new year martijn. i hope 2025 is a good year for you and a very big thank you for the adventure you gave us in 2024. looking forward to following you in this years journey xxx
I second that comment ✨
WOW so fun to see the whole city lightning off fireworks
Martijn had the best seat in the house to watch those fireworks!
Hi, is it Turino in the valley under Martjn's rock?
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At 80 years of experience, I am unable, physically, to experience life as you live it and embrace it. I so enjoy living it vicariously through your videos! I hope that your Christmas holiday with your family was happy and blessed. It is obvious how much you enjoyed the museums you visited. I have to say that I agree about the Cubist "art!" It is very "jarring" to me. Not restful at all! We are all happy to have you back! Have a happy, healthy, blessed 2025!
Do a bit and rest a bit - and look after those feet, they keep you upright and balanced. Two plastic dishes from the hardware store with hot then cold water to get your circulation going and a good rub with a rough old towel, and if you can't get down there to rub them - they can rub each other with the towel, because people can paint with their feet, so you can do this.
I miss Europe. I miss the proximity of each country. I miss the culture, the history, the museums. That feeling of walking through a museum filled with art from the past - there is such a great energy held within each brush stroke.
It is a strange thing to me, that your content seems to appeal to all ages...the comments are always well thought out and expressed, your volunteers are definitely a younger group, but seem to be equally excited about this lifestyle. Thank you for sharing your life and work! Cheers!
What a spectacular view of the fireworks atop “Doolaard Rock” as I like to call it! 😂 the glorious morning sunrise and Mr Rooster still loud and proud as ever! 😊back to the grind, lovely to see you home, we missed ya! ‘Til next week Mr D 😊
Agree with you. When you get older you have stronger feelings towards things and people matter.
I agree too! Was great to hear that others believe great art to be hopeful! Indeed it is!
when you get older 😂than your older… people matter very little, while your stronger feelings are directed more toward knowledge. ❤
Have been in tech all my career and just before Christmas bought a watercolour paint set. Who knows I could have been an artist all this time.
@ you could be, future tense… it is OK, it is perfectly normal to be multitalented, change your profession, enjoy your life!
Sadly, it doesn't always work out that way. Most people become more of who they are as they get older and it's not always a good thing.
I look forward to seeing you every Sunday. I am amazed at all your talents. A true Renaissance Man. An artist as well. May you’re joy in you’re talents bloom in 2025.
Happy New Year to everyone!
Dankeschön 💞
Happy New Year ! MMXXV 💥
So good, Martijn, to see you safely home. We missed you. Wishing you and the community here every blessing in 2025. Bring it on.
When you have been away for a week and your glad to be back home , speaks volumes about your attachment to your mountain abode and well it should. Only you can appreciate to the fullest , the work and dedication, the cold , the snow all the things that can dissuade you you, you have endured. We have been faithful friends and have encouraged you but the endurance was yours alone. May the new year bring you health, happiness and prosperity dear friend.
you’re* glad to be back home…❤
Thankyou Mr . Doolaard . This past year was fine , all the best to you Sir .
You are looking and sounding like you've had a much-needed and well-earned break, with plenty of good company and inspirational art! Be kind to yourself in 2025
Happy New Year Martin!
I'll be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers for health, peace, joy and happiness through 2025. I want you to know that I am 79 tomorrow and I look forward every week to following your progress in the Italian alps. Thank you for sharing with us...
nothing that you post is mundane or uninteresting in my eyes ...you are an inspiration to even an old person like me. Thank you again for just being you. What you give is pure life and I for one really love that. May God richly bless you! Barbara
@BarbaraMcHale - very best wishes for your birthday! I turned 79 on 3rd, and also thoroughly enjoy the life I wish I had lived!!
please don't ever use the word "old" to describe yourself, it's enough to say you're "older". Gives you a different feeling! 🙂
Happy Birthday Barbara!
Feliz cumpleaños Barbara! 👏👏👏
Barbara happy belated birthday 🎉🎉🎉
I have so appreciated coming to your channel, and have now gone to he beginning. Around #13 now. It is interesting how your way of being encourages me to be steady and forward on my own cabin in America. And not to get discouraged. Thank you!
I genuinely love that midway through working on the roof, you decided to hand-build a wooden mallet, and when you returned to the roof, it was basically dark! I know that impulse!
wow that opening shot is incredible, what a view!!!!
Happy 2025 Martjin.
Good to have you back!
I totally agree with what you said about appreciating art more as you grow older.
True of many things as we get older.
The film that Martijn is watching while making dinner if the Powell & Pressburger 1947 classic "Black Narcissus" .
Thank you so much! I so wish Martjin would say what the film was in the episode.
Black narcissus… 😮
Well done you - my husband and I could remember the movie but not the title - Kerr and Sabu - great movie.
Thank you! I was going to ask and sure enough you were kind enough to post this.
One of my favorite old movies!
Martijn you look wonderful. Life isn’t normal with you gone. Thanks for coming back home! Your audience loves you. ❤
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Thank you for reminding to fly and dream and believe 🎉
We're all pleased to have you back. Your rooster, especially!
One of the many gifts that nature offers us is to truly feel alive. I can imagine that the mountains, presently covered with snow and the sharp edge of frost in the air, do just that. What a beautiful scenery. Every episode I watch I am reminded of the conversation you had with two visitors a while ago whereby you asked yourselves; 'what is the purpose?' I gather you meant, what is the purpose of this huge project, all your endeavours to restore these buildings and create something of beauty. The question has stayed with me as I was not able to answer it, but maybe this is what it is; to feel truly alive. It its so lovely to see you work and live in that beautiful landscape. Thank you.
I do really appreciate the effort you use for your house with providing the weekly updates.👌
What an amazing front-row seat!
Alles hat einen Wert: das Holz, das Sägemehl, die Aschen. So hat das Leben Bedeutung.
I'm so glad you're back. Missed you last week. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year.❤
Aren't we lucky to have Musee de Orsay on this earth. It is my favorite museum too. I love the impressionist as well as pre-raphelites. Glad you are home safe and producing more videos. Thank you for all your attention to detail.
Good to have you back! On with 2025
Happy healthy and prosperous New Year. Martijn, I have a request: Whenever you hitch your wagon and drive away going somewhere I am thinking; “take us along”. I am sure many of us want to see the scenes along the drive into town and see the archetecture, shops, and supply places. Welcome back. Sounds like you had a great trip.
Hi! I’m sooo glad you’re back. We miss you.
I liked hearing the rooster in the background - just lovely.
And the squeak of your leather footwear you care so well for longevity.
When one is older you enjoy art in a different way...How true Martin.
Absolutely.
Happy New Year Martijn. I love going to the museums in Paris. My daughter, her husband and little boys were in Paris during Christmas week and they felt it was far more crowded with tourists this year than years before. I’m happy you enjoyed your holiday and happy to be home again. The scene from the ledge of the fireworks at midnight were truly beautiful. ❤
yes, art makes us human. Especially when you see originals. In Vienna you can see the pictures by Klimt and Schiele, which have a much greater impact in the original with their three-dimensional surface than in the catalog... I would like to wish everyone here a Happy New Year! Greetings from the Schaalsee Reserve!
Everything about this channel, the art, the appreciation of nature, of openness to the cosmos - it's all right hemisphere material. 💚
Thank you Matthias. Happy New Year to you as well. Klimt paintings must be outstanding, they are so beautiful and imitated in many variations forms. Each country has it's treasures to discover.
Happy New Year, Sir, from Oklahoma USA 🎉
Man, I've slung a hammer more than most, so... 😊 damn a nail. The last two big projects I've done here solo used T25 screws and an impact driver. It's like a gift straight from Heavan for the soloist.
Fantastic view of the city at night. And the stars are gorgeous..........
Martijn, I admire your attention to detail & beauty in even the smallest details of work. Just passing each structure every day brings visual pleasure & a sense of contentment. Happy New Year!
Огромное спасибо Вам за такую красоту, это просто невероятно, начало Нового года👍👍👍аж дух захватывает♥️♥️♥️
It's a different experience looking down on fireworks rather than up at them.
The best angle and distance It looks like a modest sparkler you hold in your hand, and it makes a celebration sounds 😌🎶
It's a simple and modest way to enjoy it 😸
I became an adult
Hey Martijin, I've been with you thru the years, the good and the bad! You've astonished me in your abilities and perseverance, the place is finally taking on the look of a true home, and it looks great. I'm 79, and recently broke my leg in a fall, and am now confined to a Rehab Nursing home until I can walk again! Please light a candle for me to light my way to recovery. Happy New Year 🎊, Tom in Pennsylvania,USA
Wishing you a speedy recovery..from Pacific northwest rain forest
Hoş geldin özledik kardeşim 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍👍❤🌹
Gelukkig nieuw jaar Martijn. Ik kijk uit naar alle mooie video's die je dit jaar weer gaat maken. Daar op je rots, het vuurwerk en de champagne, de rust en de energy...Gezegend ben je. Dank voor de afgelopen jaren en ik ben er iedere zondag avond.
The ashes from the wood burning stove are great for the ice too. Looking forward to seeing your projects this new year.
It seemed odd, that after apparently sprinkling ashes on the ice, Martijn commented that sawdust makes it less slippery. Maybe he meant to say ashes?
Art, the expressions of simple humans that moves the soul of another simple human. I want to stay simple. Your art moves me.
Great view of the fireworks from a distance! Welcome home, Martijn, we missed you! Such a pleasure to gather with you this new year.
Idk how I found your channel but it has fast become my favorite UA-cam channel I watch. God bless man, I hope God brings you good things in 2025, keep up the content!
Highlight of the weekend, been watching for 3 years nearly now and never miss an episode.
After every watch I try and find Martjins homestead on Google earth but still no luck.
Looking forward to this year’s projects.
Hi Martijn, I'm 78 and very conscious of my own safety so watching you navigate the rather perilous slope down from your drive @ 7:58, makes me want to suggest some stone steps there might be a worthwhile small winter project, both for your safety and that of visitors. Greetings from Australia
WHAT A PERCH...to watch the New Year ring in! Kinda like lookin' down and saying; 'Bin there, done that.' After a time...,you come, by grace...to realize the 'finer things' that bring True Joy! I am happy you had some lovely fam time together and viewed masterful pieces of art that inspire. You have established such a warm home for yourself that it becomes something almost magnetic drawing you back, 'cuz really there is; 'no place like home'. Thanks 4 sharing Martijn, Health and abundant blessings in '25! :)
Martijn, thank you for the great video of the New Year's fireworks! Drinking champagne while looking at all this splendor from above is something very special, it's a great gift to yourself... Happy New Year! 😍🎆🥂
I would be so dazzled by the stars at night that there would be no work being done in the dark. The views and the calmness would be meditative. Happy New Year!
Take care Martijn on "look out rock" - especially with your Champagne :) It's going to be a good year for your projects - and for 100K of us watchers enjoying every episode.
Hi M. You were missed. You look good. Healthy rested and inspired.
Your weather is so much like mine at the same time. I’m in the Coast range of NorthernCalifornia at 4000’ also off grid for more than 30 years.
I love how you hand shape your wood and how you have brought your outside in. Almost like you can’t get enough outside.
New Year from the "rock" was just awesome and mystical. Thank you for giving us that moment. It was lovely.
Happiest of New Years to you too mate. Absolutely one of the best story tellers on the Tube. Watching your videos really is therapeutic for me. Looking forward to 2025. Thank you Martijn 🙏🏻👍🏻👌🏻
Happy New Year from North Carolina. Very glad to hear your holiday travels were enjoyable. It is good to have you back as i selfishly have been waiting for another video from you. The chickens are glad to have you home. Loved how they made you smile. Very sweet moment. It is in the 30s F and today it is grey with snow showers. So i could watch the snow i decided to sit on the back porch...enclosed but no central heating so i have a little space heater running which takes off 30:31 just a bit of the cold. My kitty Ivy is under a blanket with me and then we are topped off with an Icelandic wool sweater i am knitting. I actually like it out here as it makes me know it is winter. Just staying inside does not stimulate the senses. Looking forward to the shingles being added to the roofs. I know it will look great. Stay safe and healthy. Best regards.
In the quiet of the night, your hammering creates echoes through the valley. I wonder if all the neighbors know when Martijn is working 😅 It seems a lot of trial and error went into that roof. Its intriguing to watch your process.
I thought exactly the same. How far sound travels, echoing off the mountainwalls into the valley below. Yes, the neighbours know he is home. 🙂
So lovely to share your New Year’s Eve! Thankyou
Les arts, la nature, la musique, au plus je vieilli au plus je les apprécie comme ce soir au coin du feu. Bonne et heureuse année Martijn ❤
Simply breathtaking way of life
The Black Narcissus, a powerful movie with fantastic cinematography. Great choice! Happy new year and thanks. 🙂
Thanks! I'll be watching it this week on MAX.
I always love exploring the films we see Martijn watching! Thanks for identifying it!
Buon Anno 2025 Martijn !!!! Scusa ma purtroppo non parlo l'inglese ma ti seguo sempre con ammirazione ed affetto .👏👏🥂🥂
Thanks for such a positive start to our 2025 ! I pray heaps of blessing for you this year 🙏 Love from Texas❤
Thank you. The town was so beautiful on new years. I loved the orange red mountain. Just a pretty place
Happy New Year Martijn!!!. Thank you for every thing I learned through your videos. I enjoy each one of them and give thanks to God. Blessings, love and peace for you.
I once saw a Lucien Freud exhibition (about 28 years ago in London) and from nowhere I started to cry… nothing compares to seeing these creations live.
Sehr beeindruckender Portraitmaler👏👏👏
SAME! sat in my space and was grateful!...Not back to work yet...LOL...THANK YOU FOR SHARING Martijn BEDANKT VOOR HET DELEN 🤗
Thank you for your extra efforts to setup the camera for us on that icy ground. Happy New Year, wishing you a wonderful 2025.
So glad I saved your video for the end of my day! It's like dessert after a mediocre meal. Your chickens look great by the way!
"It's so nice to be back!" To us; to me, That is music to my ears. I can;t imagine the Italian Alps without Martijn ///doolaard, there making it a nicer place EVERY SINGLE DAY! ///BTW, it sounds like an ideal trip! Thanks for sharing your life with us.
The place where you are, Martijn, your work and your way of life are also art, just like the one you talk about! ❤
Got the notification, left everything to watch the new video. Happy new year :)
Glad you had some time off and seeing your folks in Holland and seeing you sitting on the rock and watching all the fireworks and drinking the New Year in was beautiful. Proost to you Martijn and I hope this year will be a blessed. healthy, prosperous 2025 and look forward to the new projects that you have in store. Happy New Year to you Martijn and all your viewers (fans).
Heerlijk zeg daar waar je zit en rust
Ik woon in het centrum van Amsterdam en kom er ook vandaan maar heb er niks meer mee.
Ik hou meer van offgrid, natuur, dieren en rust.....terug naar de kern.
Dat is wel mijn doel en kijken waar ik dat kan waarmaken.
Gelukkig nieuw jaar nog
Good morning Martijn, much like the museums you visit to Admire their works and gain Inspiration from, the love and Dedication they put into the piece to bring it to life is why I can’t wait for the doors to open every Sunday to the Masterpiece you’re creating. Thank you and Happy New Year
Ja też wzięłam kieliszek wina do ręki i wypiłam za Twoje zdrowie i pomyślną realizację zadań, których się podjąłeś.
Happy New Year🍷
Ein glückliches und friedliches neues Jahr lieber Martijn. Was mich am allermeisten beeindruckt hat war deine Silhouette die beinahe der monumentale Christusstatue im Süden Rio de Janeiros glich. In der Nacht und ganz klein aber unglaublich schön. Wou die hat mich nachhaltig beeindruckt. 💫🙏💫
Elephants could stand on that woodpile roof! So incredibly sturdy!
Ja, wenn Hannibal über die Alpen mit seinen Elephanten wieder kommt
It never gets stale, your life every week is like a rebirth. I no longer think twice about praising your exquisite life, as each episode is a masterpiece. Thank you Martijn. The museums you visit are a mere reflection and echo of what you as an artist show us. The Museum of Martijn Doolaard reaches weekly every corner of the world.
Mi commuove sempre il tuo prenderti cura delle tue galline. Da questi piccoli gesti si vede un grande uomo che lavora, nel freddo della sera, tra le Alpi.
Hi Martijn.It's Raquel welcome back I Pray you had a Wonderful Christmas 🎄.And New Year 2025.🥳. With your Dad,Mom.And with your Brother's and their family's to.And a Nice Trip to Paris and also Visiting your Friends's.And thank you for the Video you Show in the being it was good.I think you were on the Cliff Showing Us the Lights's that was So, So, So Cool.And I Pray you in joy being back Home and that was nice that Johannes Watch your Chicken's for you.Well you have a great day Martijn and again welcome back.Raquel.See you Next Sunday.
Hi Martijn! Welcome back! Many wishes for a happy new year!
Frohes neues jahr Martijn!
I love your point about how much more we appreciate art as we get older. I'm lucky enough to live about an hour away from the Dali in St.Petersburg, Florida. I try to visit at least once a year, as I adore his artwork. Happy new years!
Holy heck I've enjoyed all of it. 81 yes young stumbled on your channel. I'm a shit kicking cowgirl. In Idaho USA. I'VE crocheted a whole bedspread watching your channel. Thank you. Keep it coming
When plastic roofing displeases one, one immediately turns to shingles and a more intellectual approach to rain and snow, lol. Each little detail that you add to your homestead brings calmness and peace to this old timer's life. Little touches of beauty, symmetry, design, and care speak volumes about the person who built (in this case: added to what was) the dwelling. Thanks for bringing us this weekly bit----and welcome back and Happy New Year, Martijn.
Happy New Year, Martijn!! Great to see you back, happy to see your cute chicken are well, too, and a big thank you to Johannes for taking care of them during your absence. You and your friend are a gift to the world. Blessings from Japan
oh, merci de nous avoir "fait" une vidéo pour aujourd'jui!
la poulette blanche a une crête rouge absolument magnifique! elle a retrouvé sa queue d'avant l'attaque ! vous avez de la chance que Johannes puisse s'occuper de la basse cour en votre absence!
je regarde vos vlogs comme une méditation! vous nous partagez votre vie méditative! disciplinée, libre, concentrée, et infinie!
vos coup de marteaux sont comme les coups de kosazu que le maitre ZEN fait sur un point précis de l'épaule du discile, qui l'a demandé, afin qu'il puisse retrouver sa posture legère, et de supprimer ses tensions!
bien sur qu'en altitude l'air est tellement plus sain(t) qu'en bas! j'ai choisi d'habiter en provence, en campagne, région un peu balayée par le vent quelques fois, non loin du "géant du midi": le Ventoux!!
les musées parisiens sont nos racines! tellment d'oeuvres disponibles à regarder! notre nourriture "céleste".......!
Happy New Year, Martijn. It was a pleasure to watch this week's video as always. Fun to watch the fireworks below from above. What a lovely way to spend the evening in silence and peace. God bless you. Thank you for giving all of us such joy watching you live your beautiful life.
frohes neues jahr. mögen sich alle deine wünsche und träume erfüllen
Thanks!
Happy New Year Martijn! 🥳 wishing you a wonderful year ahead for 2025!
Thanks for sharing the fireworks with your loyal followers. I like how even your wood storage is something esthetically pleasing. Some UA-camrs throw together ramshackle chicken coups that fall apart after a few months, but you care about continuing to improve their habitat. Best wishes for a stellar 2025, filled with more creativity.
Happy Newyear Martijn. Fantastisch om elke week je vlog,s te kunnen kijken.
What a magnificent spot to sit and watch all the fireworks! Happy new year Martijn and everyone else watching🥳🎉
Glad you found Lowercase Noises. That particular album you chose this song from is one of the most beautiful post-rock music humankind have ever written!