27 May 2026

HODGEPODGE MAY 28

 1. Do you like your name? Are you named after someone (grandparent, etc)? If you have children how did you choose their names? 

When I went to school in Germany I didn't like my name, because there were so many Ingrid s I think we were 6 in our class. This was probably due to the fact that Mr. Hitler loved everything which came from Northern countries like Ingrid Bergman.

But when I moved with my parents to Belgium Ingrid was a very rare name. I often had to repeat it or even spell it out. That's when I started to like my first name. With our son, it was a bit complicated. I wanted a name that couldn't be translated into another language. Besides, it had to be short because the last name was so long. Finally, we settled on "Dario," which can't be translated. We added the names of his two grandfathers, Paul and Gorgio. Rick initially wanted to name him Gorgio after his father, but in French, that's George, and it sounds awful! He finally agreed to that, he didn't like George either. .

2.  A piece of red velvet cake, a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a slice of blueberry pie? You can only have one...which will you choose? If you could pick any red, white, or blue dessert other than those listed here, what would you choose? 

If it's hot I would choose an ice cream, but otherwise I prefer blueberry pie ! I would choose Strawberry cake. But on both I would add whipped cream !! 

3.  What's a job you'd like to try for just one day? 

Working in a zoo 

4. Any patriotic decor in your home currently or coming up this summer? 

Patriotic ? We are 4 nationalities in our family ! Italian, German, German/Italian, Dutch, Dutch/German. Therefore the answer is No 

5. It's the end of May, so let's exercise our brains. Sum up your month with an acrostic using the word MAY. We can do it!! 

Many flowers start to bloom
After a lot of rain
You finally can enjoy spring   

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Besides the hot weather, the moody Trump, the dangerous Putin I only hear about AI in the News. As there is no age to be curious I started to put my nose into AI. first with pictures, my wedding in new, my 2 m long son as a little Baby etc. Then I wanted to try if it is really possible that AI is able to write my last will, which I don't need, but it did !  

Very good indeed. How wonderful that AI can write such impeccable letters for authorities administration etc. 

But for personal things, like writing a book or my blog I would prefer to use OI for that, because I doubt AI can be romantic. You are probably wondering what OI is. I have discovered that besides AI (English), there is IA (French and Italian) and also KI (German), and they explain and answer in those languages.

That's really great, of course; you don't need a psychiatrist or psychologist anymore, just ask AI, IA, or KI. Personally, for private things, such as my blog or letters, I use OI, which stands for OWN INTELLIGENCE. I don't need Psy or Psy yet ! 

 

From this Side of the Pond

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY






My car was really dirty, so I drove through the car wash. While I was sitting in my car, I thought I could take some "modern art" photos, because what I saw was very abstract. I took the following pictures and found them rather"special."


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25 May 2026

AWWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND MAY 23





 Dogs from my friends !

Linking to AWWW MONDAYS 

 

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 WEEKEND 

 Heatwave | The Week

 Maxine-This heat wave is brutal! Not only is it hot enough to fry an egg on  the sidewalk,but you can use your mailbox as a toaster oven.

 Sharing some July Runfessions

 

we are melting, since 3 days we have 31-32 °C and it will continue the next week too ! We poor souls are not used to such a heat and are not equipped for that. Fortunately in the restaurant which has the size of a ball room there is air conditioning Probably also on the 4th floor, which had just been renovated and where the severe cases are accommodated.

There is nothing to add, except that we played Bingo on Sunday on Saturday we were all hanging around. We got ice cream and water, because some of the very old forget to drink ! 

That was my hot weekend which I really enjoyed ! 

It's hot ! my ceramic pillow keeps my head cool !