A Red CUBIFA III

A Red CUBIFA II
A Red CUBIFA I

If Ceduna was full of Vampires, we would´ve been fairly safe back then in 1995.
Some hundred km before Ceduna we stopped at a rest area. Ingo did the cooking, corned beef with baked beans, this first time he added a new spice, we got minced garlic.
Tasting was a bit tricky, we both didn´t know it takes the garlic a little time to develop it´s taste…

Later in the night a roadtrain passed us and BANG! A stone left a little hole in the windscreen.

Next stop next day: Windscreen ‘O Broken in said Ceduna – really, what a perfect name, despite being angry upon the damage in the screen, I had to smile.

That poor man who fixed our windscreen! Ingo was very interested in how it all works and came very near.
My, I don´t wanna know how bad we smelled of minced garlic. The guy was tough and kept a professional face ;-)

In Broken Hill (yes, I know, Broken Hill was first, my mind was wandering around in my Panama) we got a tour for free.
I remember as if it was just yesterday (clichée, I know, but true).
We asked an elderly man for the way and he told us he´s got a little museum, if we´d like to see it?
Sure we did!
It was an old house from mining days - not much to see, but all the stories he told us - awesome!
And priceless - he refused any money.
And we both had the feeling he could need some...

Port Augusta... from there we went inlands.

Well.
Australia.
Is my Panama, I guess.
You really should read this book:

I bought it ages ago, before Amazon & co (see the title? English) - it has a price-tag in DM, not Euro, that old it is!

So, when Wednesday I saw this cup in Bro´s shop:

I exclaimed, "awwwwww...!!!"

And Bro: "Well, take it, it´s yours :-)"

It has a little damage. He sold it along with cutlery (back in our parent´s days this belonged to the category "Jewlery" and hence he still has stuff like that).
The customer came back and wanted a replacement and now the old one is mine :-)

Guess it´s for left-handed people, no?

Bro... just for the record, Bro said to me on Wednesday:
"Let me make you another pair of glasses, now that your eyesight has changed (a bit)!"

And he´s serious, too!
Am I spoiled? He never lets me pay for it (Niece will get some great pressies, I tell ya).

Ok, to be fair... one he couldn´t sell, one is an old one of his. The oldest is 12 years old.
But, hey... I do have a choice of glasses, huh?

I am some happy person, huh? Maybe my Panama is here after all.
I have the best Bro in the world!
And look at my balcony:

Maybe the sunflowers even make it to something:

If not... I still have some great flowers outside!

What did I do today? I mopped so hard I nearly fell three times.
Super-clean condo.
I should really go outside and read a book now - I´m on "holiday" after all!

Happy Friday (already!)!