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WEEKEND
As usual the weather got on my nerves, it was too hot in the sunshine (which disappeared all five minutes) and far to cold to sit outside. We tried both but had to go inside as it was too cold outside, with these moody clouds.
We played a very interesting game (again) we had to find out the meaning of jobs that no longer exist, and that we have long forgotten! These jobs were a little strange to us : lamplighters, human bowling pinsetters, knocker-uppers (who woke people up), switchboard operators, ice cutter, body snapper, etc
As the jobs were different in French, please find out by yourselves what these jobs mean ! Body snapper I learned in the Edinburgh cemetery. In earlier times, there were no bodies available for medical students to study. So, they would sneak into the cemetery at night and dig up the recently deceased! That's why many graves were protected with thick iron bars to prevent the theft of the deceased.
I don't know if this existed also in Belgium. I don't think so, here the graves are just surrounded with stones and sometimes there is a marble cover on it.
Sunday was Mother's day. I got a phone call from Isabel and later from my son. I was a bit disappointed that he hadn't sent flowers, but I should have been used to it by now, that at some point he stopped giving me little gifts. Probably when he became a father. I don't remember. I only hope that Toby doesn't copy him and my DIL will also be disappointed.
There weren't many of us today, most had gone to a restaurant with their children or had visitors. We "orphan" mothers played bingo with two grandfathers who kept arguing because each wanted to be right.
Finally, we firmly told them to shut up and concentrate on the game. We women made fun of the two quarreling men, and so the afternoon passed quickly, and we had a good time.
B I N G O !!!
Dear Ingrid, your photos are beautiful. I am sorry your son didn't send you any flowers.
ReplyDeleteYour image with the two men arguing and your description of the incident made me laugh.
I am not a mother, but I want to wish you a Happy Mother's Day.
I hope you have a lovely week ahead. 💗
I too wish you a Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteYou certainly have found a great thing with the AI and your old images. I use AI sometimes, too...
I would have loved to be nearby when you were having that Bingo game, teehee!
Body snappers here are called Body Snatchers I think, at least they are in novels I read of early days when bodies were dug up to aid medical trainees learning anatomy or surgery.
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult to know what to do and where to go when the weather keeps changing, but finally you settled and had fun.
ReplyDeleteAwww on the kitties. Yikes on the weather. Today it's going to cook here. Not looking forward to that. We had lots of cool weather and rain which we enjoyed. We live in a desert and the rain is always welcome.
ReplyDeleteI laughed at the arguing men. It just happens doesn't it? Yes it does.
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Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Scritches to Rosie. ♥
It is sad you had no flowers, maybe another day they will get you double to make up.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun you had, and really the men should just 'man up' and not argue at all for the sake of the game.... but it sounds like fun anyways for all their antics 😉
Does Rosie have enough cushions????
Erin