Saturday, August 03, 2024

Crittery Time-Warp

 
Let me take you back in time as this time a visit to Perth Zoo made no sense, being the hottest summer since recording. The animals can and DO hide in hot weather, this was 2016/17.
This fella lay unmoving like this forever and you wondered  if it´s but a toy...

Pop in coming Wednesday for details, if you like.

 
The zoo  is a creative one, here you find:
 



There were so many flies, you had a hard time to change your camera lens!
 
 



Ingo is wearing a net cause... there are flies that come back to your lips over and over again, you blow them away, hence the name "Blowie". Others attack your eyes or your nose, some your ear.
So, if you see an Aussie waving he´s likely not greeting you but shooing those darn flies away!
 
Zoo:






Again, Wednesday more to come at Toms´s Signs2!



With all these I join...


Henry's 🦁  alter Perth-ego, the Black Swan 🐣:
 

 Have a happy Saturday!



Friday, August 02, 2024

FFO And Smiles In Summer

Limpy, the Lion, crocheted by my friend fK, who did this the first time and by accident had his right arm hanging, just like mine, hence the name... Limpy joined me on the balcony yesterday and worked as model.
His tail is upright, too, cause it took my friend so long to make him and he was pressed down on it, poor guy...
 
With this face and this...
 

 ...I join Nicole´s FFO.
I have the day off, yet woke before 05:00 a.m. and got up and used this:
 
 
Once my Aussie-friend H asked, "Let´s meet this Arvo?" and I thought, boy, what did I miss???? I don´t know anyone by that name!!! Who the heck is Arvo????
 
Aussies (Australians) abbreviate everything - arvo means "afternoon" and an avocado sure is an avo. So, let´s have an avo this arvo? 🥑
With which I join Gillena :-)
 
And for Annie´s Smiles, how about this from yesterday late arvo:
 

 We went to the Jürgens Brewery yesterday again. Because... finally it´s summer here in Germany! A reason to smile, right!
 
And some funnies:
 
 
 

 

I hope for wise choices...


Yips, I love math....



And of course...


Why put such socks in the laundry???

Henry 🦁 ... blogger. Deletes your stuff 😡
So a try again:
 
Let me take you back to...
 

 Can you believe this was 9 years ago???

And another thing you find at Hillarys:



 

Blogger, get your stuff together!




Thursday, August 01, 2024

When There Were People - Hello August

 
Summer just started - how can it be August already?
Here is another wise  tale to welcome a new month:
 

 

 

 

Other this month: 
 
 
Made me think  of Magnum, P.I. and Higgie-Baby´s dogs, LOL.
 


 
 "... all you need is courage to catch them!"



"... until it´s done." - Nelson Mandela


And never forget:


Just like Henry 🦁´s mini-cousins.

For a yummy recipe just scroll down! Ideal to make in summer outside!
Potato-pancakes!



Bakery And Potato Pancake

 
Today I join Rain with her Art and Dinner-date "Bakery".
Likely today we go  again to Jürgens Brewery  where you find a great bread, too!
Edible art, so to say.
 

 Bread with Brunswick Mum.
 
And for the dinner-part:
 
River asked about the potato-pancake recipe à la Ingo´s late Grandma. 
For 2 portions - well, define 2, we had one each and then I had 4 more over the week - either way to see the quantities that make the cake you need:
 
  • 6 big potatoes
  • 1 big onion
  • 4 ts flour
  • 1 egg
  • optional (Ingo´s Grandma always added this, we didn´t this time): 1-2 carrots
  • salt, pepper 
  • oil for swimming ... ummmm... frying
 
Grate the potatoes 2/3 with a rough grater, 1/3 with the fine one, like with one of these:
 

 
 Or, if lazy (like Ingo) take a NINJA:

 
If you add carrots take care you produce long stripes.
Dice the onion,  crack the egg, mix with salt and pepper and the flour and then go  for a swim with the mixture, ideally outside cause it SMELLS!
Flip, so they get golden from both sides.
 

 Do it in batches and make sure to drain on kitchen paper.
Best have applesauce as side dish like this:


Leftovers: NOT in the microwave, gets ickily wobbly.
Use the pan and maybe try this:


Friday I visited my Brother and there is a farm ... we were in a hurry, other I´d taken pics:
You can see the chicken roam around, there is a fridge and a cash-cassette.
Take your eggs, put your money  into the cassette and my - these eggs are much better than those from the supermarket and your soul feels better, too.

Life in the village... there is trust!

Sadly all munched up now.

Dunno if you really need the carrot(s), I loved it the way it was!

Henry 🦁
 
 
Yes, Henry, yummy! Very.
 
More to come as it´s already August 1st - another Aborigine-dream-story is to follow! Oh, help, stop the time  from running!!!!