8 Jan 2016

FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

1. My friend and neighbor Dominique had disappeared when we came back from Amsterdam. After two days I called her and she told me that she was with her fiancé who had fallen from a ladder and had a spine surgery. Now he is at home and she takes care of him there. They just had announced their engagement and then that, just 3 days before Christmas. She came on Monday to say hello and updated us and also showed us her engagement ring. He is a widow and she is divorced so at 61/65 they will start a new life, hopefully he recovers completely. At least he can walk around.

2. The weather is dreadful and the only places to go are museums or shopping malls.



I decided for a shopping mall, walked a little around, found nothing despite the Sales, had a sandwich, watched people and then returned home.



Just before I left I found this cute little case for my camera, I had lost the one which had a panda face ! Arthur is two headed now.

3. I should have gone to aqua gym on Monday, but I thought there were still school holidays and stayed home. Then a friend asked me why I haven't come, and told me that the holidays were over since Monday ! So I went on Wednesday and had a young man as teacher. Apparently I was tired because I fell asleep in front of the TV !

4. Coming back from shopping an inner voice told me to make a tour at the Waterloo Lion and just check if there were tourists there.



When I arrived I was happy to sit in my car, because otherwise I would have fainted ! The last old building had been demolished and now it really looks like "La morne plaine" (the dreary plain) as Victor Hugo the poet had described this place ! All the old  charm of the site is gone, it looks sad and dull and is now the ideal place for people who want to get depressive !

5. We started the new year in our painting course by celebrating the Epiphany which is called "Fête des rois" in French. The use is to eat a special cake called galette des Rois (puffed pastry generally filled with almond paste), surrounded with a golden paper crown.



We had three to eat, but managed only one. There is always a fève in the cake and the one who gets it becomes Queen.



For the first time in my life I got it, bit on a plastic crown and became queen ! Here I am as "Her majesty" for one day ! We had a lot of fun of course and talked about our year's end festivities.




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8 comments:

  1. come linking my dear your interesting posts to:
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    herzlich P.

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  2. The Lion area does look a bit of a mess at the moment. Its fun to see inside your shopping malls. You make a nice Queen.

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  3. Hi Gattina .. glad Dominque is happy ... but the destruction looks awful - hope the new build is worth it. Well done for being the Queen = cheers Hilary

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  4. Congratulations your Majesty! The same kind of thing happened to Bill once , he became King of the Mardis Gras celebration at the RV Resort where we were spending the Winter...we had a lot of fun with it!

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  5. Wonderful mix of photos and accompanying comments! I enjoyed visiting your blog. :-)

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  6. Your Majesty, I enjoyed reading about your five. Your camera case is cute. Hope Arthur lets you use it.
    The View from the Top of the Ladder

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  7. Congratulations on your Royalty for a day! What a cute camera case! I hope something wonderful is built at the demolition site.

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  8. Well that was a nice thing to happen for the new year. May you reign as Queen for years to come.

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