WORDLESS WEDNESDAY - IMAGE-IN-ING

 

In the region along the Rhine from Bonn to Koblenz, in Germany, I saw these beautiful half timbered houses. I have also seen a lot in some regions in the UK. 

 

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AWWWW MONDAY FEBRUARY 28

 

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WEEKEND 

Saturday was a strange day, as usual in the mornings the rooms are made and I looked for pictures in my computer.

In the afternoon we were without entertainer but that didn't bother us  I asked our group if they wanted to play Bingo or Uno, because everybody loves these games, they are so easy and you don't have to break your brain. We choose Bingo. Everybody was talking about Gilberte who had left us forever. It had happened in the afternoon and as always when somebody passes away the deceased were very discreetly taken away immediately by a funeral service. Only one person had just seen her being taken away from out of his window. Then we concentrated on the game again.

Mimmi sang her love songs of Julio again and made us laugh. So the afternoon passed quite cheerfully after all. Outside it was raining again.

On Sunday afternoon my friend Laure came to visit me, I've known her for a very long time. She was the wife of my Indian colleague. Our sons were both born in August, four days apart. Of course, we had a lot to talk about. She had visited her son in London and was delighted by the friendliness of the neighbors; and I told her that's one of the reasons I went to Eastbourne every year. She returned home at 5 pm, and I was pleased to discover that it now stays light until 5 pm!

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

On Monday we all went to a restaurant in Waterloo, which I know at least for 40 years. Meanwhile it has renovated and is bigger, but what has not changed is the cozy atmosphere and the excellent food. They have excellent steaks and each time when son and grandson are coming we go there because the steaks are big for the two little ones. 

We had a choice of three set menus, red and white wine, and for dessert a "Café Gourmand"—it was really very good.

 

Café Gourmand gives the opportunity to eat several different desserts in one go, without feeling guilty for the calories as the quantity of each dessert is supposed to be tiny.

When we got back to the hotel, we had another coffee and then went to our rooms. I only ate a few grapes for dinner! I didn't have room for anything else.

and here we are, waiting for our meal. 

 

 

The next day I watched  the photographer who built up his material for a photoshooting of all residents. 

As mother of a professional photographer who's already taken countless photos of the residents, including me, I politely declined, explaining why. Besides, I thought the price he was asking for a photo was a bit to expensive.

 

The result was real nice, he had done a good job !

On Thursday the weather was again springlike and I finally could do my walk, unfortunately only half of the park then I had to sit down. While I scrabbled on my phone, the photographer who had taken pictures of me and my room, appeared and asked me if he asked if I would allow him to take pictures of me on the bench and pretend he wasn't there. I continued scrabbling, occasionally glancing up at the sky or to the side while he hopped around the bench. After half an hour, he was finished, thanked me, and left. Now I am curious about the result. 

and while I "worked" our staff enjoyed the lunch break in the sunshine. 

The next day, a man came to show us a presentation and a film about his vacation in Croatia. I thought it was going to be a documentary, not his own photos and videos, and I was incredibly bored. I'd already been to that country on my last trip through Eastern Europe (formerly Yugoslavia), and besides, he said a lot of things that weren't true at all. I could tell he hadn't traveled much in his life. Many people fell asleep. Luckily, André, who is always interested in everything and really knows a lot, kept interrupting him and      asking questions that I found quite amusing, like whether people have electricity.

Our 103 year old Gilberte passed away this night. I had visited her in the afternoon and had chosen a bad moment. The whole family was there and looking at her face I thought she won't make it this night, and I was right. But passing away at 103 without being sick and just fall asleep is the best for her what could happen. 

 

        

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