FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE APRIL 3

 

From Monday til Friday we had a very moody weather,  just like the wannabe orange king of the USA. The days were always the same, except one day I met our new female manager. To me she  made a very friendly impression. I greeted her, and we exchanged a few words. She looks very young and is very tall, I am 1.70 m (5'7") and she's easily half a head taller. 

Then came April 1st. Nobody made a joke with me, and I didn't even realize it was April 1st, but then in the restaurant, I saw several people with a fish stuck on their backs. In Belgium, people call it "Poisson d'Avril," meaning "April Fish," which is why they try to sneakily stick a fish on someone.

Here is grandpa André who got a fish and hadn't realized ! Of course nobody told him !

On Thursday we went to an exhibition at the farm belonging to La Hulpe Castle. Unfortunately, it was the rainiest day of the week. Nevertheless, it was very nice and we had a great time.

 

 the farm   

In one part of the farm is the restaurant in the other the exhibition of the painter  Jean-Michel Folon, a Belgian painter and sculptor, who showed in his exhibition about 500 paintings and sculpture in the Ferme du Château de La Hulpe.  He was born on March 1, 1934 in Brussels and died in Monaco at 71 years. 

When we went years ago, he didn't have an own exhibition, he just had his atelier in one part of the farm.

We went through the exposition, after one hour I gave up and walked over to the Restaurant,  I was thirsty and honestly I didn't like his paintings very much. I preferred his sculptures.                                             

 

This was a bird

 

Here we were in a room made of mirrors, and I took a picture of the ceiling so we were upside own, it was really funny. 

 

After a drink in the restaurant, we drove back home.  

 

I had been often in this park, when my son was little and later with friends. The farm had been converted to a very nice restaurant with a large terrace outside and in summer it is always full. The view over the fields and woods are gorgeous and there are also two little lakes where children feed the ducks and swans

Unfortunately, we couldn't sit outside because it was far too cold and wet.

Our animator should have scheduled this trip for a few month later. 

The week ended as usual, I was a little tired from the excursion and didn't participate in the game, which was a kind of bowling. Tomorrow Easter starts ! 

to all of you !

more participants at Susanne at Living to tell the Story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HODGEPODGE APRIL 2

 1. March is rolling on out of here. Sum up your March in ten words or less. 

 March was extremely capricious! Sometimes winter, sometimes spring, sometimes autumn.

2. Are you afraid of heights? When was the last time you found yourself dealing with a height, and did it make you nervous.

Yes, I have a fear of heights. For example, I can't stand on a balcony if it's on the 5th floor. But I can look out of a window on the 50th floor or higher if it's closed. In an enclosed space, I can go as high as I want; I only get dizzy when everything around me is open. 

3. What's a word you struggle to spell on a regular basis, and sometimes need to double check before writing it down? Use the word in a sentence that tells us something about your April calendar.  

Since English is not my native language, I sometimes have to look up the spelling of certain words in the dictionary, or  I don't find the right word in English . But I can't think of a single word that I constantly need to check. 

 

Therefore I translated the most famous German quote for April.

April, April it does what it wants 

4. Love 'em or hate 'em, with Easter comes the sweet treat known as Peeps. So... do you love 'em or hate 'em? Speaking of peeps,

I couldn't understand what Peeps have to do with Easter and sweet treat, as for me "peeps" means people. But .... the AI  explained me that peeps are marshmallows. We have other sweets and although you find marshmallows here, I don't like them and kids prefer Easter eggs in chocolate. 

 

My favorite way to have (or eat) chicken is a roasted chicken, even at Easter, in case it's a chocolate or marshmallow chicken at Eastern.

5. This week's Hodgepodge lands on the first day of April, which happens to be National Poetry Month. Do you like poetry?  Share a favorite line or two from one of your favorite poems. What makes this one a favorite? 

I am not a fan of poetry, I prefer a romantic book. But I have one I still remember since  Rick died and that is : 

You might be gone from my arms, but you’ll never leave my heart.

/ 

6. Insert your own random thought here.  

I have always decorated our home for Eastern, even last year, but this year I have no energy for nothing, the days just go by ....

 In the past

 

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

These are Belgian mussels, commonly served as moules-frites (mussels with fries), are a cornerstone of Belgian cuisine and a defining culinary tradition of Brussels. Despite their close association with the capital, the mussels traditionally used are largely sourced from the nearby Zeeland region in the Netherlands. 

When I was young, there were chip stalls on almost every corner, and I often bought a paper cone of chips. Unfortunately, they gradually disappeared, and now you really have to search for one. In Brussels dialect, they are called "Frittekot." In Waterloo we had one at the station, one in the center, one at the Lion. I think most of them disappeared during the Corona lock in !

more participants here