Yesterday was my birthday. It was nice and quiet with a lovely dinner, shared with a friendly couple. How weird that moms turn birthdays into this amazing event that the whole world should at least know about and one should be laden with presents of all sorts. And of course the question : "What will you be doing extra special today???!?" What does that mean, anyway?
Juggle five balls whilst standing on one leg singing a happy song or something?
Danny and I do things like that anyway... .
Practice dancing rhumba, chacha, quickstep etcetera whilst out in a forest somewhere?
Did it twice in two weeks... .
How extra special should it be on birthdays? Hm...

I am using "birthday" as an excuse to throw a small party for some friends this year though. Probably in the garden. A big camp fire, some drinks, snacks and good music! I like that idea a lot. Maybe next week or so... . No rush.
Anyway...found out recently that "Sugarcane" made it to South-Africa!!!  It's in a radio chart at number 4! That's quite exciting. I'm going to do an interview with them soon. That will be so awesome because they speak Dutch like I do. Except it's slightly different. The way South-Africans speak it is way cool!
Nice news... . Hopefully I'll get to go there one day. That's a place I have often thought of going to. If I could perform there, maybe do a small tour and just hang there for a couple of weeks...wow! (wishful thinking here for a minute or so)

What else? Oh yeah! I started to work on some new songs. Things went slow, you know, inspiration was running scarse until I made something beautiful. I'm very pleased indeed. A ballad with a twist... .

In the meantime remixes for "To the Limit" are pouring in and it's fun checking them out! We didn't expect so many of you would respond to it and are pleasantly surprised.

On a different note ; today, as Danny and I were out in the forest (dancing away) I smelled spring in the air and I love it!!!! The birds are out looking for mates, tchirping all day long. While I think it's all romantic, they're probably shouting : "Yo! Over here!", and the females sing back : "Where?".
"Here!"
"Where?"
"Here, you dozy bird, come on ; I'm horny!"
"Where?"
"Heeeeere! Fifth tree on the left from where you are, see? Handsome little pecker...!"
This goes on and on and on, until finally they can get on with their business... .

The bitch next door got our dog all horny too and kept begging us to let him out to play. Sure. I know those tricks! Poor Quibes didn't know what to do with himself for about two weeks. His nose constantly in the air, picking up her scent, driving him (and us) up the wall!

Yep, spring is in the air.
I'm so ready for that sunshine ; my whole being is yearning for it.
Bring it on... .
Nikkie