Charlotte and Donald

A song in progress.

G’Day Mate D
Ring of Fire D
Steal My Kisses A
Parachute G
Pluto E F#
Walk & Don’t Look Back A
Lunatics Cm
Take Me To the River D
Come Together Dm
In Control B
Lay Down Sally A

Louis René Harman,

Born 1.58 am Monday 14/02/2011. A Valentines Day baby.

Thanks Charlotte for another beautiful son. I am full of love and admiration.

To all of you generous folk out there, thanks so much for your wishes and presents.

 Leon is happy to arrive!

Ok so you're not my Mum then who are you?

I was looking forward to this day. A chance for me to see where Charlotte "comes from". Simonne had been slaving for days making all the food. Joost, Sophie, Isobel, Judith, Charlotte and myself helped some too. The 21st of July was apporaching rapidly. This day was to celebrate 40 years of marriage of Joost and Simonne . Simonnes birthday 60th I think, (hope I got that right.). A welcome of the impending arrival of Leon into the family and also a congrats to Charlotte and myself to the Belgium family.

Song for Charlotte.

I wrote the lyrics and Gavin came up with the tune one night when it was only us two at band practice.

V1

I think I’m walking but really only standing waiting for the bus.

Maybe running but I’m only coming to the place I started.

You take me to a place I’ve never been.

Down a road that I don’t want to, get back off again.

This road I won’t get off again.

This road I won’t get off again.

Back to the place I wanna be.

CHORUS

So I think I’d better get myself on home to you.

Day 1

Up at 5 am and we plan to leave at 6 am. The pigeons are warbling in the trees already. Previously over 2 nights Charlotte and Joost have worked out instructions to get to our destination. Instructions in dutch and ready to go we are on the road at 5.45 am. We need to get on the ring around Antwerp.

The Child That....

The name of the play that we saw on Sunday. Judith had got tickets for us all. Judith, Tanguy, Charlotte, Donald, Victor, Claire and Tamesi.

First of all Victor and Claire spent the afternoon with Oma and Opa.

The rest of us took a walk through central Antwerp. Very old buildings and streets, bustling with people everywhere, there seemed to be no ¨space¨ at all. The Cathedral is huge but you can't get back from it at all.

Today is Victor and Claire´s birthday, the 5th of July.

We had to get up early today to catch the train to Gent. Here we met up with Judith, Sophie, Isobel and the kids Ortencia, Alberi and Tereza.

En masse we trammed through this ancient city to visit the Castle built around 11th C. Very amazing indeed. Lots of armour swords, torture chamber, just an incredible building, underneath is the original ¨house¨ and stone that this massive place was built around.

So we left home on time and fill of excitement for the journey. 10 hours to Singapore.
All the kids were in game and movie heaven, plus ordering things from the staff was a thrill indeed.

The trip was fun. However Tamesi got travel sickness perhaps so was very crook when we arrived. Donald did not sleep. Keeping watch on Tamesi. The Sky train was cool ....

5 hours later we board a 13 hour flight to Amsterdam. Victor, Claire and Charlotte sleep well. Tamesi is still sick and Donald keeps watch on him, keeping awake with movies. Such a long night.

An anthem and mourning the loss of Pluto's status as a planet and also a comment for other status lost by mankind.

Thanks to all at the Harbour Light for a great night and to the band The Crystal Set.

Luckily  Simonne was released from the arms of the law to enjoy the evening.

Thanks to everyone for a perfect day.

Wished we had more time to catch up with all of you. Talk about being in the spotlight.

As I figure out this site more and more photos will be posted.