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 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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HODGEPODGE SEPTEMBER 10

1. ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?  On a scale of 1-10 how much of a fan are you? (10 is never miss a game and 1 is I'm just here for the snacks). Who's your team? If you're playing along today, but live outside the US feel free to sub your feelings about futbol for the more American sport of football.

I give a triple 0, I don't like this sport not the European football and not the American. If I see "football" I change channel immediately. Fortunately Rick and son Dario don't like football either, only my grandson watches and then his father sacrifices himself and watches with him. My son had done almost all sports in his life, except football! Tennis, horse riding, judo, basketball, diving, and golf. I always wonder how we the parents don't like any sport!

 

Father and son make Judo

2. What's something you currently have a game plan for managing? 

To slowly organize the misunderstandings between nurses and caretakers, often the right hand doesn't know what the left hand does ! 

3. Do you like chicken wings? Hot, mild, or some other flavor? What's a must have food for you on a tailgate menu? I know tailgating isn't as big of a thing outside the US of A as it is inside the US of A, but you can also answer the question this way-what's a must have food for you at a sporting event viewing party? 

Chicken wings are not the favorite part for me from a chicken, I prefer legs, roasted with a bit of rosemary. I have no idea what a tailgate means, the all knowing AI explains a party on a parking lot. (why not) I suppose it is a big get together where everybody brings something special to eat.  

4. Teams typically have strict playbooks they follow. What is one unwritten rule or piece of advice in your 'life playbook' you think everyone should know?

I have no idea about team rules. I have never been in a team other than with my husband, we were a team. As for advice, I can only offer my own motto: Don’t be a sheep, and don’t let people push you around. 

5. This is the week we remember and mourn all that was lost and changed on September 11, 2001. I always include a spot for bloggers to share anything they'd like to share about 9/11. Share as much or as little as you like. 

I think I felt the same way as everyone else; I simply couldn't believe what I was seeing on television. Gradually, I learned from friends or acquaintances that this person or that person had lost their lives in the towers. After all, it wasn't just Americans, but people from all over the world. The New York skyline looks completely different now. I saw the Twin Towers, but I haven't seen what it looks like now in real, only on photos, this one below I like the most. 

 

6.Insert your own random thought here. 

The whole month when I wasn't feeling well I thought of our couple or rather the "Team" we were

 

 The beginning

and 54 years later, the last picture of our Team when Rick lived his last days

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

 

 

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What does she whisper in his ears ?

What happens ???? 

 

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