FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

This week really wasn't good for me! After a spell of rather cool, damp weather, the temperature suddenly jumped up to over 30, without any sunshine, and the air remained quite humid. The result was that I had trouble breathing, especially when walking; just a few steps left me breathless, as if I’d been running to catch a train. I also didn't take part in every activity, since some were held in our restaurant which was freezing cold.

The problem is that no one knows how to manage the climate control properly; it’s far too cold, they leave the window doors open and by now, almost everyone has caught a cold. 

I made a picture and AI added icicles ! 

 In fact as it was so hard for me to move, I restored photos and made paintings all with AI. I love to do that. 

  My son during carnival, 1978, today there is even a grandma amongst them. The photo was like the others looking old a fade, now it looks like new

 

and beneath they are playing in our garden

 

 

This is my first marriage, unfortunately I don't remember the name of my "husband"

Then I tried out making photos without a photo just in writing !

Sea, sailing boat, sunset

 

girl with a cold
 

It's raining cats and dogs !

grass, flock of sheep, mountains behind 

I had never made landscape pictures without using a camera and just writing what I want. 

and here I am dreaming of holidays, this is a real photo from at least 40 years ago in Egypt ! Looks like new !

 

I hope that next week the air is better and the humidity gone ! 

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FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

It was a terrible week; it got hot again, and just as I was feeling better, I suffered a relapse, this time with a head cold! I was sneezing as if someone had scattered sneezing powder around and right in the middle of the night. 

The next morning, I immediately started taking the antibiotics again; perhaps five days hadn't been enough. So, I spent the time from Monday to Thursday in my room, working on old photos either restoring them to look young again or completely transforming them. 

On Thursday, it was "only" 29°C; since I was feeling better, I made a quick shopping trip and appreciated the cool air in my car and the store. In the afternoon, I sat on the terrace playing Scrabble while the others played a game inside the air-conditioned restaurant. I’m convinced the A/C unit is so old that, while it still cools the air, the fan sprays cold air onto people and turns into a spreader of germs. Some people don't know what an A/C is, turn it on and open the windows and doors ! I have explained already several times but it just doesn't get in their brain. So, I prefer to stay outside, somewhere warm but in the shade, where the breeze is actually pleasant. In any case, I have no desire to catch another illness. Six members of our group are currently in the hospital, and one is even in the intensive care unit.

 It’s all because of the heat. Over 1,000 people have died in Wallonia alone, hospitals are bursting at the seams, and the government has finally decided to do something about it.

On Friday, almost all the men on our staff showed up wearing "Red Devils" T-shirts because Spain was playing Belgium that evening. Belgian flags were hanging in windows everywhere, and the kids were dressed up as "Devils." Our parking lot was full of cars decked out with all sorts of soccer-related gear. You couldn't hear anything else on TV, either.

Tomorrow I’ll find out who won! After all, there’s no Trump here who can interfere with the results. Poor guy, people just laugh at him now. He wanted to make America great again, but it seems he didn't have the expected success.

Let me show you a few pictures I created using AI!

My grandson, the original photo was him sitting on a chair in the living room playing on his phone !

My son as Superman, the original photo was one taken during a wedding 

 

and as Devil

That's me with Rosie who was sitting more to the right

 

I added this antique stone and dressed myself in Jeans

 

Rick as a young Dad, the photo was in black and white

The original photo was me in black trousers, visiting an exposition. I changed the trousers, the background and added our white cat Arthur. It's unbelievable what you can do ! 

 

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FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

The heatwave last week and then the terrible thunderstorm with flooding has caused not only a lot of damages but also human victims, we had nothing, most of the residents slept peacefully as they didn't hear anything, the hearing aids were laying on the bedside table. Only a few thick branches of trees broke and lay on the grass.

On Monday the temperature has dropped to half and of course I had caught a cold. After a few days of thinking that my cold had moved to somebody else, it started yesterday night a new one.

I was sneezing as if I were getting paid for it and felt lousy when I got up. Armed with nasal drops and flu pills, I dragged myself from the bed to the sofa to occupy myself with my computer. It’s a good distraction.

I’ve already mentioned that I’m having fun with AI, restoring old, faded, or black-and-white photos. It’s fun when I see the result. 

To create the above picture I just wrote, mountains, grass a sheep, a white cat and a Tuxi cat. And this was the result !

Then I took a picture of my son dressed for a wedding and asked to transform him into Superman !
 

Me as a young mother with my baby. It looks now as if the photo was taken yesterday !

 

I love this photo which came out real good, it shows Rick as he really was ! Before he got Parkinson.  

 

Rosie bit me in my nose

my oldest friend, we knew each other since 1957 ! Meanwhile we are grandmas and she even grand grand grandma 4 times !

My friends in Bonn (Germany) besides my friend (third from the left ) with her little sister, I lost contact with the others.

My first wedding ! I don't even know the name of my "husband" anymore, this photo was quite damaged 

The original, Toby my grandson playing with his dog. I replaced the dog with our cat Arthur as he used to play with our cat when he was a little boy !

That was a really bad photo; I simply wrote down what needed changing and added the tissues right away. Now it's right—this is how I look like today!

Besides the food which changed every day, there was nothing special happening. I remained in my room I  didn't feel like taking part in the games. My friend and neighbor was also locked in her room, she had some leg troubles. Others reported me news. We got 3 nurses more and 2 air conditioned rooms were made in the 2nd and 3rd floor. And they are NEW and not such an old thing as in our restaurant. When the weather gets hot again next week, I go to the second floor, otherwise I will spent the summer with a running nose ! 

 

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