HODGEPODGE NOVEMBER 20

 1. What was your favorite part about growing up in your hometown ?  

I grew up in Bonn which had been the capital of Germany from 1949 until 1990 when after the fall of the wall Berlin became the capital again. What I loved ? My freedom, we could ran around outside the whole day, inspect the ruins (Bonn was to 80 % destroyed) and the basements, found old toys and nobody payed attention, the parents had enough to do to find food and built up their houses.

 2. Do you prefer 'material' gifts or 'experience' gifts? If you answered experience, tell us about one you've received and truly enjoyed. 

Without hesitation I prefer experience gifts ! I prefer a contribution to a long travel or a beauty salon, or a musical everything which is adventurous. 

3. Is brown a color featured prominently in your home decor? Your wardrobe? What's a favorite brown thing you own? Of the brown foods listed here which one is your favorite and/or most often consumed... brown sugar, brown rice, pretzels, coffee, dates, cloves, German chocolate cake, whole wheat bread?

Brown is a boring color and refers to not very clean things. I never would wear brown, furniture has to have a natural color and not dark. As food I would prefer pretzels and coffee but black one. 

4. Which 'Charlie Brown' character do you relate to most? If you're not sure, you can take a fun quick quiz by clicking here-Which Charlie Brown Character Are You?  or the one found here-Charlie Brown Quiz. I got the same answer on both. 

I only know the name "Charlie Brown" but have never read something and don't know at all its personality. But the result of the Quiz was quite right 

5. What's a favorite item you've purchased this year? 

I had to buy so many things for my room and for my life here in "my" castle that I really don't know what. First I had to buy clothes because the ones I had were far too warm, the rooms are all heated to at least 24°C which in a normal household would be far too much and cost a fortune. I was not angry, that I had to change my clothes, I enjoyed the fact to have new feathers ! 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I have one thought which makes me really angry and allergic against Christmas ! We are just in the middle of November and lots of shops and shopping malls are already decorated for Christmas ! I am sure that when Christmas is finally there, I can't rock around the Christmas tree anymore. I will start with Easter bunnies, when I put the Christmas decoration away !

 

AWWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND NOVEMBER 16

 

 In contrast to the human race, the males of ducks are more beautiful than the females! This is scientifically decided ! The last picture must be a men's outing.

Linking to AWWW MONDAYS

 

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WEEKEND

I had taken an appointment at a car wash because I wanted a clean car to go through the technical control, we have to make all two years and now that I have to change the license plate still on Rick's name to my name ! Again tons of paper. As my car was not white anymore but rather grey and looked like a bin, I thought it's better to go there with a clean car. Of course with my catastrophic sense of orientation I landed on the other end of the city despite the fact that had looked on Google map and also had my GPS on in my car. My appointment was at 2 pm and I was on time and went through the car wash, which was a very modern one and made a new car out of my old ! When I got out a man was standing there and asked me if it was not me who had taken an appointment at 2 pm ? I said yes and added that I had already told that I had changed my mind and the inside was not needed. 

 It turned out that it was the man from the car wash besides the one where I went through, I hadn't seen it and went through the wrong one. What an idea to built two car wash side by side ! The guy was not very happy but I told him he should have given me the name of his car wash and then I hurried home.

I just arrived in time when they started a bowling game with soft keys and balls. I missed all keys, I couldn't get used to these foam balls and keys ! Fortunately they are soft, otherwise I would have killed some people ! 

On Sunday morning I was in war with my new bank account. I wanted to order food for little Rosie, but couldn't pay with a QR code. Before I exploded, I gave up and will call my bank on Monday and ask what happened.

Starving Rosie

In the afternoon we did something for our health .... Tai Chi ! For once I was the best thanks to my daily Yoga. And while we did our exercises the pedicure came and took care of the feet of one resident. That was really funny ! Especially with the oriental music ! 

FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

Monday was again a funeral weather, humid, grey, cold ! My lung complained about the humidity and told me to stay inside, which I did. In the afternoon we played a nice game, to find the capitals from all countries outside Europe. That wasn't easy at all especially concerning the African countries and South American's too. 

From time to time I found a capital, but maybe only three, while our nearly 100 year old and André a man of 98, they found them ALL ! Amazing, we had to make an effort to keep our mouths closed. Or did you know that the capital of Belize is Belmopan ?? If I could be like that if ever I reach the 100 years, but that's impossible, because I didn't like Geography and mostly dozed during the class.

The next day too, we made an interesting game, it was to test our memory. Cards were laying on  the table and we had to pick out one put it back and the next had to try to find the same design. Here I was a bit better. One of our classmates had found her husband dead in his bed at 4 am, he had been a doctor and had given his body to science, so he was immediately picked up and taken to the hospital. The family never saw him again because the organs were removed immediately. 

Solange his wife took it easy, he was 97 years old and not at all anymore the man she was married to for 70 years. She was happy with us and participated in the game. Her two daughters were relieved to see her like that and thanked us that we made her laugh ! 

I managed to do my shopping when I had no breathing problems, fortunately, because the next day it was terrible I hardly could dress myself and walk a few steps. But I managed to join the others in the afternoon, slowly, slowly and then I fell on a chair and only moved my brain and tried to find out the opposite word of for example "high"-"deep" etc.

One of our group was a farmer's wife and was not very much in a school, 

and while we played she had found a job she likes when it is too rainy outside, she folds mountains of napkins and is happy with that !

Now it goes quick, the trees loose their leaves and the view becomes sad each day a bit more.

 

more participants at Susanne at Living to tell the Story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HODGEPODGE NOVEMBER 14

1. What's something you think is under appreciated. Explain. 

I would say some artists, some are real good but don't know the right people.

2. As winter approaches how do you stay productive? 

 I don't want to stay productive, I just let it go and wait for better times.

3. What's a popular food you don't like?

 Peanut butter, already the smell disturb me

4. What do you think is more interesting-art or history? Elaborate. 

 I think you can't compare art with history. Art needs creativity, which some people have others not. Art also has its history. 

 The other History is the past made by humans, and you can't change it.  I like both. I used to paint and loved to read history books.

5. What advice would you give to someone half your age?

To enjoy life as much as you can, but honestly I don't like to give advises unless somebody asks me for one.

 6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I had believed that the paper mountain concerning Rick's passing had disappeared as it is now more then two years ago, but no, the police had checked my license plate and stated that it still was on Rick's name ! it almost seemed to me as if he had been my chauffeur! What had happened ? The car was in my name, I paid the insurance and taxes, but the sleeping busy officials forgot to put the license plate in my name too.

In Belgium, the wife keeps her maiden name from birth to death, so I have to get a new license plate now, otherwise I have to pay a fine and all that because everything went haywire during the Corona period. Of course that made me very furious and upset. Now I can drive my car around to hand in the papers to the different services ! Why make things easy if you can make them complicated ???