SKYWATCH FRIDAY

From our new home being on the 4th floor, I often have beautiful views on the sky. These pictures are from summer now I will watch fall and winter. We are again locked in and only can go out for food shopping walk a dog which I don't have I would have to walk my cat who is on strike.

 

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Skywatch Friday

MY WAY HOME

My world doesn't look like May at all, neither the weather nor personal. It's cold even frost in some areas and during the day not more than 8°. And of course it rains sometimes mixed with snow. This and the personal situation let me see the world in dark clouds as on the photos.



That's the rehabilitation center where Mr.G. stays, on a sunny day, after he fell out of his bed and broke his hip.

I visited him today to bring him fresh laundry and entertain him a bit, but his mood was like the weather outside nothing was good. So finally I returned.



The clinic is about 20 km far and the whole area was the Waterloo battle field where Napoleon fought against Wellington.



Some blooming bushes along the road



flat fields for miles



Finally I saw the Lion's mount from far, in memory of the battle



all along the road where old houses or farms which stood already there when the bloody battle took place.



Arrived in the city I noticed this Chinese massage salon, probably not there yet when Napoleon's soldiers crossed the city.



Somebody from the council had named the "Nouvelle Galerie" "WHAT" I wonder why what ?? He or she probably don't even know what "what"  means, anyway to me it doesn't sound like a name for a Gallery with boutiques, jewelries etc.



approaching home I saw the Tourist office which is beautiful building and fortunately not (yet) demolished !



Finally I arrived home and felt worn out. This photo too was taken on a sunny day !

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SNOW THE BELGIAN WAY

Snow is something rare in Belgium, but not so in the last 3 years we always had a bit. But as we are not equipped for snow, only few people clean their sidewalks and when it's cleaned it becomes an ice rink due to the humidity, and then everybody walks on the dirty road where a little snow lays along the street.

In the little streets and gardens of Waterloo, snow even only a few cm can be very pretty.



When it starts to snow and the green grass becomes white











I took the pictures out of the different windows of our house because i didn't want to go out, snow is not at all my cup of tea !



And then when it starts to melt, it becomes really dirty ! Not so much in our street or the little streets around but the main streets are a catastrophe. Mountains of dirt and snow are laying besides the roads.



Now it has started to rain again, no snow anymore, but just an awful wet weather



A real inviting day to go out for a walk !



At least we had Myriam's birthday to celebrate which we did forgetting the bad weather and leaving our dirty boots outside and changed shoes ! It had been a very cheerful birthday, now except one we are all in the 70th and two already 80.



and in her garden the snow was still there

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The last day of my holidays in Eastbourne, I spent at home. I layed in the garden and enjoyed the sunshine and the seagulls sitting on the chimneys of the houses. Fortunately I did, because in the afternoon it started to rain ! My friend had to go to the hospital in Brighton for a check up. I packed my suitcase hoped that I didn't forget something as I usually do, but everything went well.

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I took my train to London in this cute little train station and had a last glance on the beautiful English countryside.

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When I arrived in London I spent the whole day with visiting and hopping on and off the bus. (see post below)

4. My Eurostar train was on time, but unfortunately just  before Brussels it stopped because an other train had blocked the rails and we had to wait for nearly an hour until the rails were free again. I started to chat with two Belgian ladies who had visited their daughters living in the UK.

Mr. G. picked me up at the station, everything had went well, he even had tidied the cupboards in the kitchen,  which had been in  a total mess ! I appreciated very much of course !



I was so tired that I just put down my suitcase which Pookie then used as bed during the night and went immediately to bed.

5. The routine life has me back, I went to my painting class, but we were only four and therefore didn't paint because we had too many things to tell about holidays, worries with our "children" (some of them are 50 ! but that doesn't matter) etc. After that I went shopping to fill in the empty fridge and then I was busy with sorting out my pictures and suddenly the day was gone.