FRIDAYS FAVE FIVE

 On Saturday I really didn't feel well and I had to ask Isabel to do some shopping for me, as I didn't have any fruits anymore. But I was afraid to go outside and walk. Driving is no problem because I don't move and don't become breathless. I didn't participate in the activity, as it was light gymnastic, but I just didn't have the strength. So I sat outside, it was apparently the last warm day and scrabbled. Then we had our coffee together and shared the last gossips of the castle.

I had always thought that old people in their 90th have no more sex life but rather friendship. But one of us had the honor to suddenly find a naked man at her bedside who obviously wanted to rape her !  Unfortunately, he picked the wrong person; although she is in a wheelchair, she is still quite strong, whereas he is tall and thin, looking as though a strong gust of wind would knock him over. 

She started screaming for help, grabbed the crutch standing next to her bed, and struck him with it. Help arrived quickly, and he was led away. She filed a formal complaint, and the police came the next morning and took him away (fully dressed :)). We haven't seen him since; he is now in a specialized clinic. The man was a doctor and used to play chess with Toby (my grandson). Perhaps he just wanted to play doctor with Vivianne?  Apparently she was not the only one who he visited during night, but these poor women didn't dare to file a complaint. Sad ! Yes, it's never dull here ! 

Now the renovation of the castle have arrived here and from mornings 8 am until 4 pm there is hammering, drilling, and sawing going on, so that we all have a head like a pumpkin !

I continued my experiences with AI and it is amazing what it can do ! I found a picture I had taken in Turkey and wanted to create paintings from it, one in an Impressionist style and another in an Expressionist style. And that was the result! Amazing!

 

The original 

Impressionism 

 

 

Expressionism

The week ended cool, but we still could sit outside for our quiz. There was drilling and hammering going on inside, and everything was full of dust, so we decided to put on jackets and play on the terrace.

 

 

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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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FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

This week wasn't boring, but I didn't feel like doing anything. Fortunately there is always a friend who comes and convinces you to participate in the afternoon activities. That's nice because if I would be alone, I would hide myself behind the television and escape the real world. 

So I went along, and it was really fun, we played a funny word game.

 

Behind her sits Gilberte who is 103 years old !

Taysir, our new occupational therapist, is a Moroccan girl, and that's why she has a name that seems strange to us ! She is very devoted to her job. 

We are usually around 20 residents and have now 2 girls and one boy as animation team which is very nice, as otherwise during weekends people would hang around and complain that their family doesn't come every day. I always tell them that when they were young, with children and jobs, they didn't visit their parents every day either. Most of them understand this.

We have three new ones; one has Parkinson's and can't participate in all the games because she's shaking so much. The second is so shy, it's as if she's apologizing for being in this world. She's getting better, though; we're trying to get her out of her shell.

Jacqueline who has arrived at the same time as me had told me that she is only here for a month because she has fallen and broken her arm. But then, when it was time for her to go home, she didn't want to leave because she loved it here so much. Since then, she's fallen at least four more times, and yesterday she came to coffee time with a black eye and a blue part of her face. Naturally, we made fun of her black/blue face, and one of us asked if her husband had hit her. But he's been in his grave for 20 years, Jacqueline answered with a smile. 

Unfortunately Mimmi has joined us too, she is a very old lady and very funny. The only thing which disturbs us, is that she sings all the time and we call her nightingale. Although she has a very nice voice for her 90 years, after a while we all have enough and then we ask her to shut up, but she thinks she has to sing more, until we told her we will close her mouth with a patch.

We are 5 "girls" who fit together well. The youngest is 75 and the oldest 90. But everyone is as cheerful as if we were 20. 

They've forecast 30°C for the weekend! We want to play mini golf. The golf course has been repainted, repaired, and has a fake green carpet. It surely will be fun.

 

 

 

 

 

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