HODGEPODGE MAY 7

 

1. What's something you may do this month?

Definitely my new hobby! I have discovered how to completely remake very old photographs. The pictures are from the 70s, and the photo of me as a 3-year-old girl, is  from 1946, all in black and white. It took me a long time at first, but then it went quickly, and here they are.

What I don't understand that even the colors of our clothes are right !  

 

Rick and I 1968 

 

me at three 

New Year 1976

 A birthday, my son and I 

2. Hola! Hodgepodge Day lands just after Cinco de Mayo... how do you feel about Mexican food? What's your favorite dish? Do you make it at home or is it a strictly dine out option? 

I like Mexican food and we have 2 or 3 restaurants here in our little Waterloo. Besides Chili con carne, I have never cooked Mexican food. 

 

3. When the children of today grow up what do you think they'll say about this time period? What do you most hope they remember? 

Probably the same thing my parents told me about their childhood and youth, except that they experienced the Second World War, and those were truly not pleasant memories. I hope he remembers a happy childhood and a crazy, cheerful mother and a loving father who always played with him and his friends.

4. What advice would you give a new mother? 

None at all, I still remember the ones I got and that was enough for me to never give an advice unless I am asked. 

5. What's a phrase your mother often said to you? If you're a mom do you say it to your own children?

I don't remember her saying anything specific to me, and if she did, It no longer fits into today's times. 

I remember more what my grandma told me although she was born in 1894(!) she was more modern then her daughter, my mother.   

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Nr. 5 made me think of my grandma. I spent most of my childhood with her. From 0 to 6 years. My parents visited me from time to time. And I am very thankful for that. Without her I would have been a completely other woman. I always remember when she told me to never depend on a man, because if I had enough I could leave him and not stay because of money. I see it here in my castle, the few couples we have and are forced to share one (although big room) hate each other ! There is only one couple who are still kind and friendly to each other. The two other couples would have divorced long ago, but as women didn't work they had to stay married. My grandma was one of the first women who worked, and only stopped when my aunt was born. I was married 54 years, and would have stayed longer, but unfortunately, he passed away before me. 

AWWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND MAY 2

 

Linking to AWWW MONDAYS 

 

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WEEKEND 

Saturday was the last sunny day as Sunday morning I woke up with a grey sky and it had rained. 

We had gathered on the terrace on Saturday and played a game which was really funny, It was called "the exact price" ! Most of the residents had no idea about today's prices, so it got really funny. A car, for example, a VW Golf, cost as much as a Ferrari or a tiny Fiat. We were supposed to guess the average price. Washing machines, refrigerators, TVs, etc., which used to be very expensive in the past, sometimes cost less than half the price today. The women were able to guess these fairly accurately, but it was a disaster for the men. We couldn't guess gas prices because they change every day. It's a real lottery.

I discovered a new hobby and worked on it all morning until I finally figured out how the program worked. And then I was proud of my result!

From a very old album I choose my grandma and me when I was 3 years old ! 

and this is me 80 years ago !

Until 3 pm I worked on these programs to learn what I could do with old pictures. This was the easiest way. You can also change the background or add another person. Time flew by and I had to join the others for an interesting game. From A until Z we had to find a country, a town or village, and a famous person. To find a town starting with Z was quite difficult, finally we had to look it up, none existed. We played in French of course.

 

After our coffee it started to rain, first a bit, but then buckets of water. And just at this time my friend Isabel came to say hello, and when she arrived home she called me that she was wet from head to toe, she had nothing with her to protect her from the rain.  

 

FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

We had a nice week ! The weather was wonderful and we could sit outside almost the whole week. 

 The games were nice, as this one, but I forgot the name.

 

 

That was an interesting game; we had to pull out the wooden blocks without the whole tower collapsing. We managed it and were very proud because it wasn't easy! After that we got little cakes and coffee.

This is André, who reminds me of my grandpa,  he is licking his fingers. His belly looks like he has swallowed a football (soccer).

On Wednesday we celebrated the birthday of all those who were born in April. This time, our housekeeper's 13-year-old daughter sang. At first, I was a little skeptical, but it turned out that the girl sang better than all the older singers we had had before, and because of them I didn't always attend the birthday parties. They sang ancient songs and seemed to have forgotten that our generation was the same as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis, etc.

 

She even sang Amy Whinehouse which was not easy at all ! 

 

 

and then we ate the birthday cakes which tasted delicious.

 

 

I didn't go out at all this week and found something new ! My son had sent me our old Wedding picture in black and white, colored and it looked like new. I googled how I could do that too. It took me some time until I found the right AI program and here are my results. I don't know how the AI found the right colors I hadn't given any instructions but my blouse had exactly these colors ! I have to admit that I was quite proud of the result. 

 

As Friday was the first of May we had a day off. I mean the people who work, it was a holiday. The use in Belgium and France is, that you offer a Lilly of the Valley to your friends, neighbors, family etc. 

We all got one, and as I had no vase, I just put it in a beer bottle, that's modern art ! 

 

 

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