Vrouwenhanden

en paardentanden mogen nooit stilstaan.

Women’s hands and horses’ teeth should never stop moving.

(old flemish saying used by my grandmother more than once)

Lassies and lads

Hush, little baby,

don’t say a word
Mama’s gonna buy you a mockin’bird.

What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice,
And everything nice,
That’s what little girls are made of.

What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails,
And puppy dog tails,
That’s what little boys are made of.

Teutonic Order in Gruitrode

The Teutonic Order

was one of the three major knightly or military orders that originated and evolved during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. A lot of knights later became monks but instead of being in monasteries they were found in military fortifications.In the small belgian village of Gruitrode the bailiwick of Biesen had a commandery. It is privately owned and being restored. Each year the middle ages take over for a weekend.

             

Colors of summer

 charm my eyes

Naughty little boys

at the Kröller-Müller museum

     Baby, baby, naughty baby,
     Hush, you squalling thing, I say.
     Peace this moment, peace, or maybe
     Bonaparte will pass this way.

     Baby, baby, he’s a giant,
     Tall and black as Rouen steeple,
     And he breakfasts, dines, rely on’t,
     Every day on naughty people.

     Baby, baby, if he hears you,
     As he gallops past the house,
     Limb from limb at once he’ll tear you,
     Just as pussy tears a mouse.

     And he’ll beat you, beat you, beat you,
     And he’ll beat you all to pap,
     And he’ll eat you, eat you, eat you        

Old nursery rhyme

(note : Bonaparte was used as a bogey-man )

Liefde zeg je

Liefde zeg je

liefje later

liggen wij in lagen van verlangen

spiegelend naast elkaar

raadselend naar verhullende verten

rollen wij over en uit elkaar

later zeg je

liefje

sla ik mijn vleugels om je heen.

uit de bundel : ’Als vrouwen beminnen’ van  claire vanden abbeele

 (met toestemming van de auteur)

Park Hoge Veluwe

This National Park is my kind of place : wandering dunes , woods and heathland .

What I think of politicians

A bit more of this could help

And even more of this :

Schipper mag ik over varen, ja of nee ?

Boatsman, may I cross the water? refers to an old nursery rhyme song in the Low Countries. Harsh reality for thousands of boat people.
 

Harley treffen 2007

The full set : http://picasaweb.google.com/PicVallalar/HDTreffen2007