My friend fK sent me this from a visit home.
Zoni-Henry looks a bit grumpy and I cannot give an artist.
Many call former "DDR"-people "Ossis", I grew up quite near the "border" and there was a "zone" you could enter but didn´t want to!
Ingo went through there a couple of times, having had family, and meep... I could tell stories.
I went through once and .. never again!
We called them "Zonies"... when the border, the wall fell... mixed feelings, it was too fast.
But I have friends I love by heart from there!
As said fK says, "there are friends for a reason, friends for a season and friends for a lifetime".
Two T´s I lost contact to, sadly.
With this Henry 🦁 and I join Sami´s Monday Murals.
My Nieces already have "one Germany" - we are united now, yipeeee! (are we?)
Clocks
Today we often have more than one clock in our homes, but before their invention and before they were widespread and could be used as alarm clocks, clockless workers paid so-called "wake-up men" a small fee to knock on the windows in the morning."
Recon more to come!
My Dad, amongst other, was a watch-maker and the ticking in our living room drives fK nuts.
So we usually sit in the kitchen with atomic clocks - no noise and the time made by "us", by the PTB in Braunschweig! For all in Europe! (I am a bit proud living in this City of Science)
As kid I hated the noise of ticking clocks, now... I miss my Dad so much I have clocks everywhere.
When not on teams tick-tick-tick is all I have, and I am happy with that!
Have a happy new week!
22 comments:
Dear friend Iris, Henry has beautiful colours. As always, great post.
Sending you warm hugs 🫂 🤗 and much love.
Thank you, dear friend Linda - warm hugs and much love back on the way 🥰
Gosh, reminds me. In days of old (aka., my childhood) you could pay for "wake up calls" on the phone. It was quite expensive, and people only used it when they had to catch an early plane or something.
Henry doesn't look grumpy to me. He does look very serious. Afterall, it is Monday morning. I like fK's quote about friendship. Your ticking clocks remind me when I collected music boxes. Once in awhile, I would wind them all up and play them at the same time. Enjoy your week.
Wow! In hotels it´s for free, as far as I know.
Well, you are right, this must be his Monday-face! Yes, the quote is helpful when someone turns away.... Glad I´m not your neighbor, bet you drove them nuts with all the music-boxes ;-)
Love this Henry art -my parents brought home a piece of that wall rock as they visited at the time. -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
We have lots of clocks in or place, Iris.
It is only 2˚C here today.!
Wow. One is standing here in Braunschweig, too.
Brrr, RedPat! We had an icy wind today! To clocks! Sad so mans are silent these days...
I am glad Germany is unified and wish the same for Korea.
Beautiful and colourful Henry! I like your friend's quote about friendship. I remember the Cuckoo clocks and their annoying noise...to me anyway :). Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Iris.
...I remember seeing on the nightly news, people trying to escape to the west!
Henry Henry over Monday Monday
Be Well ,
Cheers
I have "normal" ticking clocks, Sami :-) And the quote sure helped me get by when two friends left for some reason I only have an idea about....
Oh, yes, I wish for that for you, too, Gigi!
Yes, Tom, so long ago and the wall is still in our "old heads"!
Cheers to that - Monday is mastered, nearly!
I like that. I don't think he looks grumpy. I think he looks sad.
I think Henry looks great ... so colourful.
All the best Jan
I love multicolored Henry, He looks like he's contemplating what he thinks about being such a colorful guy. hugs-Erika
I have only three clocks and all are silent. I remember going to visit mum when I was 8 and there was no spare bed so a "bed" was made on the floor of the living room and I fell asleep to the ticking of the "grandmother" clock on the mantelpiece.
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