{"id":48110,"date":"2021-03-01T12:55:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T12:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/xvii-godfried-and-mia-have-three-children\/"},"modified":"2021-03-01T12:55:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T12:55:12","slug":"xvii-godfried-and-mia-have-three-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/xvii-godfried-and-mia-have-three-children\/","title":{"rendered":"XVII  Godfried and Mia have three children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&lt;&lt; XVI    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/xvi-clement-and-colette-jamar-swerts\/\">Cl\u00e9ment and Colette<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Special news for Godfried Van Kerckhoven (37).  The notary let it be known at his office that he and his wife Mia (27) are expecting their first child.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2013-2k-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2013-2k-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2013-2k-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2013-2k-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2013-2k-1536x980.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2013-2k-973x621.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2013-2k-508x324.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2013-2k.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-47-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28429\" style=\"width:524px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-47-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-47-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-47-508x677.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-47.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-78-1024x689.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29254\" style=\"width:521px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-78-1024x689.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-78-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-78-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-78-973x655.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-78-508x342.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-78.png 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-79-680x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29257\" style=\"width:520px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-79-680x1024.png 680w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-79-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-79-768x1156.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-79-508x765.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-79.png 875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Mia writes the christening party menu cards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Voil\u00e0 (Remasteris\u00e9 en 2016)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c1mDUrexTKo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>from the year Ilse was born<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-139.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-139.png 712w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-139-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-139-508x731.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0970-2k-712x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0970-2k-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0970-2k-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0970-2k-768x1104.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0970-2k-1068x1536.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0970-2k-1425x2048.jpg 1425w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0970-2k-973x1399.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0970-2k-508x730.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0970-2k.jpg 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-138-1024x505.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-138-1024x505.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-138-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-138-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-138-973x480.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-138-508x251.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-138.png 1319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Mia often performs this little tune.  Ilse then immediately starts to cry.  Much to her dismay, Ilse receives a large birdcage as a gift for her First Communion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1.png 723w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-508x719.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>for Ilse by Tineke Sas <\/strong>(2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-141.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-141.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-141-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-141-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-141-973x648.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-141-508x338.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Godfried blows out 70 candles today.  To celebrate that happy moment, Ilse arranges<strong> <\/strong>a surprise with a balloon flight, a big dream of her father&#8217;s. (photo: 2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7-758x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7-758x1024.png 758w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7-768x1038.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7-508x686.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-7.png 888w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>&#8220;Self-portrait with her daughter Julie&#8221; <\/strong>&#8211; <strong>\u00c9lisabeth Vig\u00e9e-Le Brun<\/strong> <strong>(1755-1842) was a painter and a friend of Marie-Antoinette.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">The self-portrait with her daughter was a way of showing her rare situation, in a society not very receptive to the liberation of women: the fact that she was both a loving mother and a female painter whose success (thanks to the support of Queen Marie-Antoinette) allowed her to live from her art. She was one of the few women of her time to practise a profession traditionally reserved for men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-8.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-8-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-8-768x524.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-8-973x664.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-8-508x347.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-9\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>&#8220;Maternal tenderness&#8221; <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2.png 719w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-508x723.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>The little dancer  <\/strong>(photo: 1973)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;For a short period, Frie brought Ilse to me every Saturday morning for a private ballet lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">That little walk, hand in hand with his little daughter, gave Frie not only some fresh air but clearly also an excellent mood to dive into the paperwork afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">He was always extremely worried: is Ilse doing everything right and is she making progress?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Ilse was very attentive and copied all the exercises carefully, but whether ballet really captivated her at the time&#8230; I was not so sure about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-15 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Still, it was always lovely, just the two of us.  Teaching the little blonde girl the right posture was something I did with great pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-16 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">To my delight, in the little film I see Ilse dancing with elegance and exuberant movement, and with hidden pride I suspect that the lessons ultimately led to the necessary inspiration!&#8221; &#8211; Tineke Sas (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6547-1k9-687x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6547-1k9-687x1024.jpeg 687w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6547-1k9-201x300.jpeg 201w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6547-1k9-768x1144.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6547-1k9-1031x1536.jpeg 1031w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6547-1k9-973x1449.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6547-1k9-508x757.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6547-1k9.jpeg 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-17 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>With Ilse it all comes out frank and free <\/strong>(photo: 2002)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6538-1k9-1024x686.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6538-1k9-1024x686.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6538-1k9-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6538-1k9-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6538-1k9-1536x1029.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6538-1k9-973x652.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6538-1k9-508x340.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6538-1k9.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Ilse and Frie <\/strong>(photo: 2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6595-1k9-1024x691.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6595-1k9-1024x691.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6595-1k9-300x203.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6595-1k9-768x518.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6595-1k9-1536x1037.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6595-1k9-973x657.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6595-1k9-508x343.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6595-1k9.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-19 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Ilse and Mia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"352\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 352;\" width=\"640\" controls poster=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ilse-dancing-movie-2021-image-placement.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ilse-dancing-movie-2021.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Ilse: that is delightful escape through laughter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>&#8220;Je vous le dis:  il faut porter encore en soi un chaos, pour pouvoir mettre au monde une \u00e9toile qui danse.&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; Nietzsche<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-7-1024x688.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-7-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-7-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-7-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-7-1536x1032.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-7-973x654.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-7-508x341.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-7.png 1654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Little Brother and Little Sister<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-77-698x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-77-698x1024.png 698w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-77-204x300.png 204w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-77-768x1127.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-77-508x746.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-77.png 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-23 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Ilse dances through life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-24 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-6-714x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-6-714x1024.png 714w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-6-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-6-768x1102.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-6-508x729.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-6.png 892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-25 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Ilse <\/strong>(photo: 1992)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-26 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Surprise in Aarschot: Mia and Godfried are expecting another child<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0983-2k-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7742\" style=\"width:580px;height:374px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0983-2k-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0983-2k-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0983-2k-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0983-2k-1536x993.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0983-2k-2048x1325.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0983-2k-973x629.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSCF0983-2k-508x329.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-27 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">It is a freezing cold Sunday night, 2 February 1969, when under a full moon the Aquarius is born.  Godfried wants to call him Hans, but Mia wants a Pieter Van Kerckhoven because that sounds like Prince Pieter van Vollenhoven.   Alarmed, Mia remarks: &#8220;The scrawny one looks like a skinned rabbit!&#8221;  It turns out to be a dark and chilly day without sun.  The sky is heavily overcast, with stormy gusts of wind.  &#8220;Von nun an ging&#8217;s bergab.&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-40.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-40-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-40-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-40-768x766.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-40-88x88.png 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-40-973x970.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-40-508x507.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Candlemas is a feast celebrated on 2 February.  On it, every firstborn boy is dedicated to God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_7488.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">At the birth, Frie counts whether they have ten fingers and ten toes and whether or not they have red hair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-12.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-12.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-12-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-12-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-12-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-12-88x88.jpeg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-12-973x973.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-12-508x508.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-30 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">The babies end up in a Silver Cross. Godfried is known for giving colossal maternity and wedding gifts. The bookshelf in the office is full of wedding and birth announcements. Secretary Paula is instructed to type a generous transfer and Frie writes in large letters by his own hand on the faire-part &#8220;paid&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/creche-noel-1974.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/creche-noel-1974.jpeg 934w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/creche-noel-1974-274x300.jpeg 274w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/creche-noel-1974-768x842.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/creche-noel-1974-508x557.jpeg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-31 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Langdorp (1974) At the Christmas special with Jesus, nobody can dent the aura of &#8216;angel Pieter&#8217;.  No talk here of festive children&#8217;s fun:  an unbearable smell hangs in the tasteless youth centre &#8216;Kabouterhoeve&#8217;.  The twittering of the assembled mob makes Pieter afterwards spit out the nibbled marzipan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vitruvian Man\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NVahgdX8VWc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-32 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;<strong>Constant dripping wears away the stone<\/strong>&#8221; Mia repeats to Pieter.  It means that perseverance often produces a better result than a single attempt.  A drop of water alone cannot damage a stone.  But if it drips on a rock for a long time, a hollow gradually forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1024x948.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1024x948.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-300x278.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-768x711.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1536x1422.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-973x901.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-508x470.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4.png 1862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-33 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Mark Rothko &#8211; Untitled, 1969<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La Piscine (1969) En Fran\u00e7ais Streaming\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c6fu6tX0SVg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-normal-font-size wp-elements-34 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>announcement of cult film<\/strong> &#8220;<strong>La piscine&#8221; (The Swimming Pool) from 1969 with Romy Schneider and Alain Delon <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-35 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>The Aarschot family of<\/strong> <strong>Godfried is growing again this autumn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_4123-1-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is IMG_4123-1-1024x670.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-36 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;Dies ist ein Herbsttag, wie ich keinen sah!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-37 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Die Luft ist still, als atmete man kaum,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-38 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Und dennoch fallen raschelnd, fern und nah,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-39 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Die sch\u00f6nsten Fr\u00fcchte ab von jedem Baum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-40 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">O st\u00f6rt sie nicht, die Feier der Natur!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-41 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Dies ist die Lese, die sie selber h\u00e4lt,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-42 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Denn heute l\u00f6st sich von den Zweigen nur,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-43 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Was vor dem milden Strahl der Sonne f\u00e4llt.&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">poem by Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1047-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1047-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1047-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1047-508x678.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1047.jpg 887w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-45 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>In this photo from November 1972 we see the prince on the lap of his godmother Geertje<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-46 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Frie (41) has become a father for the third time, of little son Gert.  &#8216;Son Gert and Mia are doing well&#8217;, says Frie at the office.  The couple welcomed their son on Wednesday afternoon.  Son, mother and father are all in top form. And very, very happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSCF2062-2k-851x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is DSCF2062-2k-851x1024.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-47 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Gert <\/strong>(photo: 1976)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"994\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-167.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-167.png 994w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-167-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-167-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-167-973x564.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-167-508x294.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-48 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Ilse, Gert and Pieter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-768x1151.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-508x761.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-49 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Frie and Gert in Knossos<\/strong> (photo: 1977)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-50 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;C&#8217;est la gloire qui fut la Gr\u00e8ce et la grandeur qui fut Rome \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-151.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-151.png 792w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-151-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-151-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-151-508x381.png 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-51 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">A client of Frie from Ramsel is stationed as a soldier in <strong> Souda Bay <\/strong>on<strong> Crete<\/strong>.  Godfried takes Pieter along to the NATO base for a military operation launching SAM surface-to-air missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF8602_2k8-864x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6543\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF8602_2k8-864x1024.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF8602_2k8-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF8602_2k8-768x910.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF8602_2k8-973x1153.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCF8602_2k8-508x602.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-52 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">Ilse and Gert are brother and sister, and thus part of the wonderful, enigmatic bond in which thoughts are guessed and words predicted. (photo: Zermatt, 1984)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Godfried-und-Gert-V.K.jpg\" alt=\"Deze afbeelding heeft een leeg alt-attribuut; de bestandsnaam is Godfried-und-Gert-V.K.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-53 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Gert and Godfried<\/strong> (photo: 1987)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-54 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">We catch Godfried here in unalloyed happiness!  How proud he is of the handsome son Gert beside him, and vice versa.  Mia provides the backdrop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-55 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;Have you ever counted how many lampposts are burning here?  What electricity they burn here?  It&#8217;s just like a bumper-car fair.&#8221; &#8211; Frie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6582-1k9-1024x696.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6582-1k9-1024x696.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6582-1k9-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6582-1k9-768x522.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6582-1k9-1536x1044.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6582-1k9-973x661.jpeg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6582-1k9-508x345.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/godfried-dscf6582-1k9.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Pieter and sister-in-law Joke <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-57 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\">&#8220;Your mum always tidied up and threw a lot away in the process.  Your father said about it: &#8216;If she could, she would throw me on the tip too.'&#8221; &#8211; Joke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/XT4S1899-1000x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/XT4S1899-1000x1024.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/XT4S1899-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/XT4S1899-768x786.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/XT4S1899-1500x1536.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/XT4S1899-973x996.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/XT4S1899-508x520.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/XT4S1899.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-58 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#4f1677\"><strong>Pieter, Frie, Joke,  Gert and Mia<\/strong> (photo: Scherpenheuvel Loboshoeve, 1999)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">XVIII <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/xviii-in-the-averbode-region\/\">Steenheuvels<\/a> &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;&lt; XVI Cl\u00e9ment and Colette Special news for Godfried Van Kerckhoven (37). 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