Conservatoire Brussels – Friday 26th March 2010

We went to see the European Union choir singing various things. I liked the Brahms best, this is a picture of the Charpentier (never heard of before) story of Peter denying Jesus. The guy on the right is the Evangelist. Then we went to eat at the Grande Porte. Came back too late for the lift and had to walk up the slope at the Palais de Justice.

Moorhens in Parc Tenbosch – 25th March 2010

In the park this morning I saw the moorhens for the first time this year. One of them was out on the path 5 metres or so from the pond, you don’t usually see that. Trod back when B and I appeared. There are a couple of them there on the pond and also a couple of ducks. The reeds have been cut down; has this to do with a lack of food or of cover and them going further afield. But in any event the pond was frozen for a good part of the winter and the Holden Caulfield question remains.

I suppose there is a contest between the moorhens and ducks. In past years the moorhens have won.