after a few years suspension:

It had been a while, but we met up in the Coloma Gardens at St. Pieters Leeuw where the first challenge met us… finding the perfume (fragrance) on a strip of cotton that matched a rose in the collection… an impossible feat though i’m sure it was the Mantuko of Japan rather than the Weleda perfume proported to be the origin of the smell…

The walk to the ‘Domaine T’ Art à Rattendael went smoothly and we were welcomed by Annick’s cool wine dispenser with alternate hats, fore and aft, according to the fancy of the drinker… then the fire which was illegal and so dubbed BBQ was lit and a small visit to the varius features of the domaine was organised but fell apart somewhat – the Paëlla went well even though not quite the richt dish or ingredients, and the highlight came into view : DK’s ‘Gänsemarsch’ into the forest, where we were presented with the inauguration of the first avenue in a clearing at the fork of five roads… thus we were the first to cheer the ‘Gänseallee’ on it’s way to a bright future…

(sundown on the southern trampoline)