Sunset at Meme's house
Same sunset at our house
I took this photo standing on the roof above our bathroom. Neighbors probably think I'm a nut.
View from top floor of McDonald's
Christmas market is winding down
St. Waudru
rue Bertaimont
Narrow ruelle in
Mons
'Tintin in America' by Hergé
...in hot pursuit of gangster Bobby Smiles
Double vision
View from our back window. Most of the light is coming from a massive light tower at the nearby train station (see below):
Cheers!
Double-Decker train passing thru Diegem
Tunnel at Gare Centrale
(yes, I spend a lot of time waiting at train stations)
Sloppy Santa - Trop de bière
Found on a window of a pub, of course
(Have a safe holiday)
Another Santa - This time on the window of a local Shisha Bar
L'École d'Ursulines
Dropping off Alexine on a cold and dark winter morning
Hautmont France
Christmas market with the usual vin chaud, greasy french fries, hot chocolat, fireworks and glacially cold weather
Belgian Seaside is normally kept spotless...
Except on garbage day when the seagulls rip apart the garbage sacs and have a party
Me and my dad
Digue de Cuesmes
Where I walk our dogs. (The dogs' toilet is on the right)
Leonardo and Donatello
Sunset on the Pietonnier
finally starting some xmas shopping
Hotel de Ville - Mons
(minus 3º C = super froid)
St. Waudru
Rue Godfroid
Mons
Gare Nord
Plan de Charbonnage
How Marie and I feel at the end of the week
Coal mining equipment
Vintage Photo
Gaillette
A lump of the 'best' coal, very dense, containing
less ash and with more heating power
Raining colored balls at ImagiPark
Pewter / Étain
Marie and I celebrated our 10th anniversary
of marriage this past June.
Lille - Autumn
Nounou's artwork
14th Century Crypt
This crypt includes bats flying about freely (see upper-left corner of first photo). Bats are supposed to have good echolocation (sound-radar) but they were often crashing into me in the darkness. The children did not care to come in.
Don't feed the monkeys.
At least that's what the signs all say...
Gare
Nord
Wabbit Stew
Marinating before cooking. The head is somewhere at the bottom of the bowl
Alexine and constant companion Mimi
Painting inside St. Waudru
Playing with mud
Come on mommy, give me a kiss!
Some of Marie's nail work
More to come...
Horse (fresh)...
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mons
Place du parc
Nimy
At sunrise
Light a candle
and make a prayer
Sunday morning PJ photo shoot
Talk to the French Fry!
An old favorite of ours
Parc Paradisio - The Well
Cooking up some nature
Lille
Nicolas did not enjoy the small (but too fast) roller coaster ride.
Hooray! Sushi in Belgium!
They make us wait forever and then finally serve us an empty plate!
Alexine's cat, Tara
Nicolas at school
Peek-a-boo!
Old Gare Centrale getting a face-lift
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Toiling Tots
Nicolas' first time on the double-decker train
Alexine helping lay some
tile
Me and Mini-Me
Mystery Cars
Old horse stables
in Enghien Park