FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

 

Another week went by and in a few days we will be in July ! So far at least until Thursday the weather was very nice and we could sit outside and play our games. 

This week little pupils from various schools were practicing singing and dancing for the Flower Festivalin our town and one or two classes came here to practice in our large park. Of course, almost all of the grandmas were watching, including me, but only from my window. I had washed my hair and looked like a witch.

After the rehearsal they were free to run around in our park and had a lot of fun ! In the background you see a round ring, workers are busy to clean and restore this nice mini golf, which hat been neglected the last years.  

 

  Here they are running around and playing

I went with one of my roommates, with whom I'd become friends, buying a fan for her and then we treated ourselves to some delicious ice cream before driving home. I still have my car and feel safe driving, I am not sitting stressed behind the steering wheel !

We have played ping pong outside and it was a catastrophe, because nobody caught the ball, it flew around into the flowers and shrubs, and even into the back of a nurse. After all, we had a lot to laugh about and made more noise than an entire school class.

The only one who wasn't happy was Mimi, once Belgium's best ping-pong player, who had won many matches. She didn't understand that her arm no longer worked as well as it used to and that she was now in a wheelchair. She scolded herself and ended up throwing the racket. Luckily, it missed a head and landed in a flowerpot.

 

 

Little Rosie had celebrated her 19th birthday and nearly the whole staff came to wish a happy birthday. Here she sleeps as usual the whole day and when I sleep in the night, she plays !

 

This morning I saw again 6 bottles of red wine, which my neighbors, a couple who remain in their room except for the meals and are fighting all the time. There are 6 bottles of very strong beer missing, which usually stand also there in the morning. And of course they also drink wine in the restaurant. Nobody says anything, because at their age it's better to die happy then sad. 

On the other side of my room lives Gen who told everybody that she is alcoholic since her husband died and cheerfully drinks I don't know how many liters of wine per day and sometimes she comes to me to open a bottle of Champagne at 9 am, because she has not enough strength in her hands. But she is a nice 86 year old girl, very friendly, helpful and also cheerful. 

I also visited an ancient friend, her cat had 3 kitten, and I absolutely had to see them before they move into other homes.  

 

 

 

Rosie perfectly fits in this home she is over 90 ! (19 yrs)

 

 

 

 

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