A VINTAGE MODEL

I had never thought that at my young age of 75 I was asked to be a model for the tourist brochure of the Belgian province Brabant-Wallon. But it happened and I had an appointment with the fotographer
and the director (a young woman) at the La Hulpe castle.

Punctually at 10 am I was there and the other models arrived too. I thought that 10 am is not such a good choice as we look better in the afternoon, and not when we are just climbing out of the bed.



We had to walk around and pretend that we were tourists. We also had to visit the museum and show interest in the paintings, sculptures, and other creations of an Belgian artist named Folon. I was (nearly) ashamed not to know him ! But his permanent exhibition was quite interesting. We also admired his workshop.












These were all the places were the photo shooting took place



Some of his creations. A fisherman with a high hat, holding fishes which spat water, was one sculpture and the other showed the usual Belgian climate "Rain" There was also a mirror room, where I could admire myself from all sides !



I wouldn't know where to put this creation in my house, it was a man climbing up a ladder and then when the door opened did some gymnastic.



And this sculpture sat in real sand of the Belgian sea and was looking at a painting of the sea. I think I would need a bigger house for all that.

It was fun we all got very well together and after the shooting spent some time on the terrace of the restaurant there and we were offered a drink from the Tourist Federation !!

What a nice day, because it lasted until 2 pm and after that from all this walking around and posing I felt a bit exhausted. Yes, at 20 it was easier !!


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APPLE FESTIVAL

To really take advantage of the last warm and sunny days, Nicole and I went to an "Apple festival" nearby which took place in the huge park of the castle Chateau de la Hulpe.



The castle from far



In the orchards, children and adults picked up the apples from the tree for free. There had been so many apples this year, that instead of throwing them away, we were allowed to take them, which I found an excellent idea.





Many, many people had the same idea as we, walking around in the sunshine.



besides the old farm which is now a restaurant, several stalls were installed and showed everything about apple trees.



Of course there were also apples for sale, for those who were too lazy to pick them up themselves. Charlie inspected the apples but would have preferred a cow festival with steaks.





of course there was also apple juice, cider and sparkling apple wine which you could taste.



This was a wheel barrow, containing the left overs of the pressed apples. I asked what they are doing with it, but they didn't know yet. I suppose it will end up as pig food or something.



Children could paint plaster apples which they loved !



Here you could get a plate with  sausages and apple puree. Unfortunately I just had had lunch.



The terrace of the restaurant was full and we even had to wait to get a place. From there we had a nice view on the whole event !

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