Al Mal Tiempo, Buena Cara

 2003 we went to Cancún, Mexico for a three-weeks holiday.

Beautiful, but with mixed feelings.

In the city security with rifles. For our safety, I know, but it was frightening. 

I peeked at the man - he did not look back.

I bet he "hated" the white, lille lady, the "rich" one. Our place was icky, but we were there for the outside, right?

Well....

Our bodies work it out, theirs... not so much.

Yet...

I´ve seen a lot. We´ve seen a lot.

Not always good.

And yes. We´ve been there, too. Look, in long clothes - it was hot but the beautiful sun, he tends to hurt me... Yet we certainly were having...

And we took our crew with us!

Henry... 🦁... He says: No beer at Tulum.

Take the multi-bus, cheap and OK 😀

 

And... Take part in Sami´s COLOURFULWORLD Monday Murals.

 

Oh, the title? I don´t speak the language but it means:

"To bad times a good face" - don´t we need this right now, especially?

 

Out of context (!!!)

Happy Anniversary!

 

 

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Santa Is Back!

 Uh-oh. Shut your mouth, you (talking to myself)! 

I said, "awwww, cute!" - and here she is!

My sweet lady!

Guarding the door from the wind!

Really. I keep my mouth shut, this man seems to think I´m a princess - which I am not (just the Emperor, and only by name, LOL).

No, really.

But isn´t she too cute???

I said, "I started sewing with your machine, but have no idea how to do this!"

And certainly Hubby is right - the material alone (sold in metres) would be more expensive anyways...

First pic... Where is she "standing" on?

On pepper????

Santa thought of Ingo, too...

 

No more stupid beeping! And it looks yummy, too!

And if you think Ingo is a lazy Santa... 🎅

 

Ingo claims I wanted the clock, no, it was him, but Henry 🦁 can´t get cozy enough, brrrr, it´s cold.

Happy Sunday to you - do you have the spontaneous Santa, too? 🎅❤

Colors (Of Italy And Sun)

Looook! LUCKILY this new, lille shop was closed, OH BOY!

IF we had the space ...  Aren´t they just beautiful???

Likely totally uncomphy, but - OH! - sooo beautiful!

 

Don´t care about the color red?

No worries, here goes:

No one says "Studentenwohnheim", ask for that in Braunschweig and people just shrug and move on.

Students live in Affenfelsen, monkey-mountain.

This is the yellow part, more to come.

 

Yellow brightens up the day, right?

 

Oh, you do prefer red after all? 

Again, not a problem!

Found at the bakery. A horse with wheels, kinda, huh.

More Italian-likes come Tuesday.

Ohhh, these guys don´t talk, they sing!

I loved traveling Tuscany and listen... sorry, no, I cannot listen, of course... hearing them in this language, so beautiful.

One of my - ever and especially now - fav songs of Adriano Celentano:

 

            

Find the lyrics here.

"If you don't vote, you hurt yourself"... true words, and who does not love thunder - pluviophiles, admit! ⛈🧡

(Oh, .. My Dad´d be the same age. He passed 2002)

Henry 🦁...

Henry, he remembers the very heavy rain in Lucca 🧡❤❤

 

(Hopefully NOT) Next Generation

Ingo was so cheery, ahh, new neighbors, YOUNG peeps, three kids! Cute!

 

No.

 

DUMB. Not the kids. But.

See. ... little L was ringing the bell at her parent´s when I came to the house.

I asked, "no one there?" - "hmmm, no one opening, but I come in with you 😀".

I checked mail and that formerly shy girl (gosh, they grow up so quickly!!) cheered a big "BY-HYY!"

Sweet girl.

Other... young parent´s kid painted 400 times (yes, you read that correctly - four-hundred-times) "0" with chalk on the ground, marking each 20 zeros. 

Creative.

Not.

Crescendo: RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE - what a DUMB Mum is that?!!!

 

A colourful something of ... ALL colours.

I can make my way around it - we live ground level, do I want all the colorful chalk in the condo???? "Colorful" footprints all over.

What about older persons, persons with bikes etc, etc - NOT A CHANCE.

 

 

 

It takes her 30 minutes PLUS to get her kids going - every time!!!, the eldest bumping with his elbows on the glass from the outside (I understand his frustration)  - I hope it breaks and she learns a lesson.

We have our joy hearing it every day (we were never allowed being loud).

Why I don´t pass by?

STRESS!!!

Boys won´t let me, if I simply go they  scream bloody murder, calling me intruder, not once, twice... Balls get shot onto our balcony, more than three times already - do not leave laptop etc outside.

So. Is this generation of young parents on a 70´s/80´s trip repeating anti-authoritarian education?!

How about your place?

Is there also a massive  bust of thoughtlessness and lack of respect towards others?

Henry 🦁 - he loves kids in general and says: Rant over!

Here you see him enjoying...

Braunschweig Play Mile - not this year of course... - but he turns his back to parents who just don´t care to teach their kids.

Will the mother get the "hint"? Reckon not so much.

Maybe next time I brave up and tell her not everybody can jump around or wants to clean up their chalk in one own´s apartment...

Care For Some Coziness?

Temps in the morning are down to 3C, brrr 🥶 and come evening the same, daytime 6-8.

Isn´t that a tad early for our region?

 

The more welcoming is that most Braunschweig people don´t have to hide anything and you can see some cozy lights 🥰.

My neighbor who has his Christmas-star out sure sees my small light (and me at the PC), also - if he dares to step onto the cold balcony, that is. 

 

But also in summer I love such light, like here:

 

 When craft beer bars where still open... I wonder if the place still exists or is ruined, like so many others...?

 

"Corinna" did a lot of damage - not only to economy, but also to some people, look at this young man in his workplace in cozy light:

 

 He sits in a bigger office - all by himself. This was on the way to the bakery - over 30 minutes later this was the same scene and look...

 

 Dumb boss or dumb employee - there is no reason to torture yourself like that  when no one else is around...

 

Crazy thing, I (maybe hence) dreamed I had a new job. The boss was speaking of masks and distance yet no one wore one and people came way too near - at least the light was rather dim. Weird times.

 

Let´s say good-bye to these sad scenes by looking at another (missed) invitation... 

 

 

Especially when it´s grey and cold outside this looks tempting to me - how about you, does a cozy light warm your soul, too?

 

And especially those who would celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends today, I send you a cozy light...

Henry 🦁 - last year he...

... in cozy light - I deeply hope it was a bratwurst FOR lions not OF lions!

Henry, please! Well, Ingo smiles on, so reckon... FOR lions!

I Have Your Heart, City

It´s the time of the year again. 

Go into the city, buy a gingerbread-heart and help the Transportation-club. The money goes to projects for kids, teens and seniors. 

 

Reckon this year will be a bit difficult and since I don´t eat sweets anyways, I still have mine:

 

 Must´ve bought it 2017. I remember I bought three, two to give away to family and they likely were munched down 😁

  

This is for "Tom´s Signs 2".

And our Henry 🦁... he stands proud in the cold:

He is sad. No Christmas Markets this year.

Darn you, "Corinna".

T STands For ... A FirsT

You might laugh, shake your head, but to me this is a huge milestone!

With the extra-long glovies I finally really braved up and made Lasagna from scratch, aka... I also put it in the pre-heated, ergo HOT oven!

This is the recipe.

Here, see?

Me!!

Let me explain, my Dad´s mother as a girl cleaned the windows. Her mother said, take care you don´t cut yourself. As a result she fainted, the pure thought of blood was enough.

To me the pure thought of burning myself once nearly made me faint, too!

I was not allowed in the kitchen, never taught how to cook and each time Ingo wanted to involve me I refused.

Over 20 years!

So... this was a huge step for me! (Once I tried some chicken in bacon, put it in the cold oven, and nearly forgot so it HAD to get out AT ONCE! I ran up and called my neighbour for help... that was maybe 3 years ago. He didn´t say anything nasty but grinned...)

Well, and guess what?! When doing the dishes I saw... the form I baked the Lasagna in...

Call that fate, huh!

Art-wise I tried to copy a fellow member of the gang, Erika, and played along as long we still have the material.

Sadly, after taking pics I got distracted and the material was dry, ups...

I gave it a sad lille go anyways because the background was ready.

 

Well, it was fun at least, my hands thought so...

 

To join you at Elizabeth and Bleubeard´s "T Stands For Tuesday" I happily tried something new, I mean, come on, doesn´t this look tempting?

Our fridge was wide awake each and every time it was opened to show the drink!

Yes. I fall for stuff like that!

 

Oh, come on, one "must" know how lavender tastes like, no? ("No", I hear you say...)

Aaaaaand... yay, the star is out! To my left, as I type here.

Henry 🦁 - he stayed calm and endured our weight without crying...

 

 

Can you believe she is ten years old already?!!

 

JUMP!

 

(Sorry if I gave you an earworm - I don´t even like that song...)

Mural taken at Phils, no idea if they still exist, I´ll be in the "hood" in a couple of hours to get Ingo´s bread and will check.

Fun about this one is actually this to me:

 

 ... because that´s how you enter our home 😃

 

 

We used  to have one each, but when Ingo´s apartment (finally!!) flooded (again), one was gone, as in ruined. So now we only hop here.

More to come, but first I take care about said bread... and pay Henry 🦁 a visit there:

Taking part again in Sami´s COLOURFULWORLD Monday Murals.