Double-Half or One Ten without ham: September 2020

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

He Cracks Me Up

Let´s resume the little walk through Braunschweig, shall we? I´m really sorry, I don´t even know what they sell, but a "to" would make more sense to me than an "&", what do you think?

I tend to try and be naive and not think of cheating on your partner but rather...

Did you dance, made a step to the right?💃🕺

This pic just cracks me up, so much so I could not edit it, LOL!

That man IS the "EVOLUTION OF THE REVOLUTION", he just WANTED to be in it! 🤣

I can assure you: He was wearing clothes!

I went in there once, saw the prices, turned and walked straight out. The shop has closed down by now, you get all sorts of fries there instead.

Henry? 🦁

He sports up with Tom´s Signs 2.

Sporting up btw!

I am THE master of Procrastination. Taxes are due today. The program is for free and horrible.

Error popped up yesterday (when I finally took to it). Called hotline on the spot, guy was not able to help. Solved the problem myself.

Opened program this morno, error was back and I could not re-find the solution!

Called Hotline - a guy. Boy, he had a pulse of 150 already. Today EVERYBODY has to be done. The poor man nearly was in tears of dumb questions, I guess.

I stayed friendly and even made him stay on the phone when I had to reboot cause that darn program was not content with restarting the browser. He gave me tips, we laughed... well from one master of Procrastination to another 🤣

Lets see what happens. He agreed to my thought they cut off my head if I´m not in time.

"Next year I will do this earlier!" - he laughed, "you really think so?!!"

To top it: He was from former GDR with a Saxon accent. Reminded me of the holiday we took with a bus-load of these guys to Tuscany - one of the best holidays ever!

If you don´t hear from me again.... I lost my head to taxes.

Addendum: Problem solved, taxes are ON THE WAY!

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

T STands For...

As said I wanted to buy an Eierkranz when visiting my family and I was right, the bakery is no more.

But! My Brother said there is a new bakery where you can get it, "bring two, one for the kids".

We had Doner, so I was too stuffed to even try and took it home for the next day.

I never throw away food. But this time.

You expect a hearty, yummy Eierkranz and... YIKES!!! It is sweet! YIKES. Even Ingo refused.

So sad. Times are a changing, let me tell you, this:

So yummy back then. Now the breadrolls seem to be a week old.

But! I found a real fisherman, and he has real yum!

Not as good as the ones my Mum made, but yummy, too. Fish-patties, hmmm...

Art-wise? Let´s stay at the scene, huh?

The ocean is waiting! (Oh, I wish it was!)

From... I think it was the flow-magazine. And some arty paper.

And to join Elizabeth for T-day?

But Henry 🦁 ... coffee, yes but not a fish-guy. He for a full stomach, he goes for...

See, no reason to be afraid of this Lion! 🧡

Or Germans in general, see here:

Funny find! And weeeee. I once, ONCE was late two minutes in Perth. Got told off ;-)

P.S. You can do overtime and hence we had 6 weeks for Perth every two years. In a row.

Thank you, Corinna, not this time...

Monday, September 28, 2020

All Eyes On You

This is an awfully old mural, reckon the artist is VERMONKT?

I took it in Braunschweig at the old market hall, that back then offered free parking.

Now all murals are destroyed with stupid, ugly, mindless graffiti and parking is for a good expensive euros (thankfully we can walk to the city).

Pixels, the cam did not give that many, that´s how old this mural is!

Taking part again in Sami´s COLOURFULWORLD Monday Murals.

Sunday, September 27, 2020

The Barn Collective.

For once I can join Tom with the barns!

We grew up in a small city, but my Brother now lives in a village (where Ingo grew up).

I asked... "are there barns around here?"

"You are standing in front of one!... and... why do you take a pic of that ole thing?"

"For Tom."

"???"

He does not get the concept of blogging but - being the Dad of two girls... - was willing to point out others on the way to their new HOUSE - a whole HOUSE!!!

Well, here are some more barns, or, as they are called in German, Scheunen:

They look so different to Tom´s! So boring.

I thought Bro was kidding, but, noooo. This is a barn!

Big Niece told me this is NOT a barn:

"And what is IN those barns???", I asked.

I owe you a dollar for the right answer!

Niece: "Cars. Caravans. Sometimes even animals!!! Mostly some stuff... People rent the space..."

Well. Reckon the (G)olden times when Ingo got milk from the farmer straight away are gone.

I remember one farm. One. In Heide, some 100 kms away, a friend of my Mum. They had a huge kitchen, they had a barn with hay where we played, they had cows, pigs and a horse and you wore rainboots a lot.

Oh, and once I left my car at a farm in Calais, France. We wanted to travel England by bike and I left my car and the keys with it . TRUST. And I was rewarded.

They also had a huge kitchen, and a barn.

These days we get milk from South Germany even. And there they get it from us "fish-heads", I assume.

Henry 🦁? He does not know this village. Has never seen a barn. So ... just a lille hi...

Saturday, September 26, 2020

And Another Year Added

Happy, happy Birthday Hubby. Says Henry 🦁, also!

He eats normal now, btw, mouth closed, we can even eat out like that! 😁🎂

Friday, September 25, 2020

I´ll Miss You

The laterns are on already, even in daylight, summer said good-bye...

So far, Autumn-colors are in stores only, though.

Clever idea with those cables, huh?

But let´s face it, over here... the dark half of the year started.

We still have colors outside!

Hop on and "go"! Enjoy the colors cause soon all will be...

... colorless or naked (as in trees and such, HA, what did you think?!)

Henry? 🦁 ...

And´ll show you soon what Henry was "up to"!

And Ingo - he has Friday AND Monday off!!!

Thursday, September 24, 2020

A (Crazy) Walk In The Park

Today I´d like to take you on a crazy walk. What happened to Kermit? Was "Corinna" in the mask in this car and knocked him out for a second?

Or did he have a vision of my old hard drive that made him faint?

Sorry, Kermit, I took care of that!

You can get up again.

Did he party, was he hungry and thirsty? I passed by this in the park:

And then maybe...

Did he meet a lady and...?

Maybe they got into a fight about an innocent toy...

Then he maybe dressed up, so no one knows it´s him and...

Just a small suitcase, maybe he´ll be back soon?

Do you have such crazy finds in your city, too?

I´ll leave you with this to let it go 😁

And Henry? 🦁 He´s had it, too!

I´ll show you soon where he went and what that thing in his paw is (you know, he´s a scientist at heart).

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

A Day At The Family

Tuesday I made my way to my family in Seesen, or the village nearby.

Looked the tram up on the Braunschweig Bahn website, as usual, #2 it says goes via main train station.

I hopped in.

All as usual. Until.... that darn thing keeps driving on straight, not left to the main train station.... PANIC!!!! If I have to run I miss the train!

Luckily this guy, looking a tad tough but wearing a Henry turned out to be friendly and knew what to, so, oh boy!

The train gave a different destination on the panel. Hmmm. Right one? I asked a lady, she "assumed" yes. I thought so, too and went inside. Another woman came in... "does this train go to Seesen?" - I said, "I very much hope so!" and another guy, "yes 😊", phew!

The lady took the place opposite me, a muslima of another kind. No headscarf, telling me she kicked out her husband, and the doc she goes is "sooo hot". But, to Mecca she goes. Times are a changing!

As expected my Brother tortured me.

Optometrist-glasses on he kept and kept and kept changing and asking "better or worse?" - and not just letters and numbers, noooo. circles with dots and all that whole program.

Reckon it was a check on the instruments as as siblings we click and I can answer fast - he said:

"Finally someone who decides quickly!!"

I kept the old glasses as it ain´t that worse so far, but have a new frame.

Then off to get Wee One. Or... the younger Niece?

Wee One (nearly 5) is not wee anymore - loud, and honestly, if she didn´t look like my Brother and myself I might assume Ingo is the Father.

How can such a small body - still and again - produce SO.MUCH.NOISE?! She is LOUD.

But she is still wee. She grabbed my hand all the time, but expected me to hold it tight, why is that, she just laid her hand in mine without grabbing tight herself, parents, explain?

And time JUST WITH ME - alone!!!! , she wanted. No Daddy, no big Sis!

And "the Big Sis"... always understanding.

With rolling eyes, of course.

They showed me the new house and the kids ran their energy off:

Big Niece is so mature (reckon due to dealing with diabetis 1), she gets frustrated often, though - I could help saying, "yes, that´s being the big Sis", or, when Wee One misbehaves and gets everything I point to my Bro and say, "guess how it was like back then" and she laughs again.

Big One was brought to her sports place by Daddy and Wee One finally had time just with (a very stressed) me.

You cannot leave me alone with a child!!!

She grabbed a glass and I thought she wants sweets again, asked me to open it - STRESS! Can I allow her to have even MORE sweets?!

It WAS indeed sweet - without the "s", it was a jar from their last holiday and she picked the best she could to take home for me:

What a dumb Auntie am I?!

She wanted to come with us to the train station in Seesen and even though she became bored to the brim as the train was again late she gave me felt 100 air-kisses for good-bye 🧡💛💚

It was horrible again to travel with the mask on, I was soooo tired and cold when I was finally home (having taken tram #1!).

Divers and Sundry had this bitter sweet comedy, have a look here.

What has this to do with this post?

Whilst my SIL was working 50 km away my Brother, as often, took care of the kids. Times luckily became a changing in this sector (I don´t think she beats him up 😉).

Seesen. Huh. No Henry for that place? Ha, today I give you two:

Henry has a Sibling there!

P.S. Blogger again. Today I´m actually with Tom´s Signs 2, but blogger had another opinion.