Monday, January 25, 2021

What Kind Of A World

 

That´s all I can give you as my world falls apart as I´m accused again for not finding a job in hard lockdown.

To all of you who have one: Yay.

I loose... love... respect.
Like maybe many of you.

Henry 🦁.
Henry...


He´s mad at the world.
Of all the lies the politicians give us and make our world collide. Making jobs unavailable.

He´s mad at the ... not understanding how bad it is to have no job and hence... what is the reason to get up at 06-something a.m. (I do!!!! - in the dark and cold).

Since darn March LAST year we´re stuck and I have to carry bad consequences.

 
Another bad day, as maybe many have. Let´s smile, if quirky.
 
And... Ella is right, " Life is life"! - Turn on the sound here goes (No idea why they start with "live" - do you?)!
 
 
                      
 
What would we do without friends and... music. 
This song is from an Austrian band, from 1984 - can you believe this - could be from today...
 

 

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Moviestar, Moviestar...

So, shortly after 07:00 am I started off in hopes the market-guy was right and inofficially they open at 07:-ish.
 
No aliens, luckily, just...
 

 Though...?
 
 
Well, I found a message... likely not from Outer Space... just scratched into the coat of ice.
 

Saturday. The traffic-lights were off still, how nice.
 
 
And guess!!! I became a moviestar!!!
 
Well, "I thought I´m a moviestar" as in...

Oh, sorry, here we go, certainly.... 

                      

P.S. When Ingo saw this he laughed (he´s 7+ years older than me). This song was #1 in Germany because people didn´t understand the text. Ouch 😉

Creepy now! I was a moviestar in Alfred Hitchcock´s "The Birds"!!!

                       

OK, just German (boring) ravens, but what the heck?!!!! A riot!!!
 
Well, the market was already open indeed, near to no stands, though, Corinna, I hate you truly. But I got alI I wanted. 


On to the White Horse SC...
 

No snow, 1C, long underwear makes it bearable. And walking fast.
Mind you!!!!! At dm I asked for the from Monday on mandatory "professional" masks and the staff was running around in a t-shirt!!!!!

I was/am wearing a t-shirt, also. And a thick jacket and over that my Gurri (coat), wolly scarf and happy-hat. 
Why the heck can´t we meet in the middle, temp-wise?

Inside 25, outside 1C, NOT funny and I don´t even complain about the foggy glasses (OK, I do...).


With that... poor Henry 🦁...

 
Gave him a good wash but from Monday on you´re out, my sweet guy....
Hope the "pro´s" fit, Henry had a kid´s-size option! (For my "very small head").
 


Saturday, January 23, 2021

I´m In Love A Bit, Black Or White?

As told before my Sony died. I have insurance for 5 years for it and will check if I can give it in for repair. The SECOND TIME! Last time they were open, let´s see, Corinna.

Meanwhile ... cheers to amazon!
Please meet a new brand!
 

 A Canon it is now. OK, a cheapy, not even €95! Only 8X optical zoom, the Sony has 20, but how often did I use that anyways?


Black is boring, I know, but the cam even talks to me, LOL.
Turn off flash and it lets you know when targeting something "Flash will not fire".
Why, thank you for reassuring me!


The material feels "richer", better, too. 
Hmmm, some first snaps:


Pic taken by Ingo, yupp, new toy, men´s stuff, eh?

I played a bit, also:


Oh, come on, for it being very dark in the kitchen and I turned off flash, this ain´t that bad - apart from... can you?!


And the neighbor, of course!



This was with zoom, and in daylight the cam is OK, don´t you think?
Plus... I´m no pro and for under 100 bucks that´s fine for me.
 
How I took the pics? Golden, I tell ya:
 

 Seems I´m the only one who uses this (in emergency only).
This one taken with the Canon, of course.

Henry 🦁...?
 

 Yes, Henry-dude, I got an insurance for this one, also.
Toys, toys, toys!
 
Off to the market soon. And to the grocery and trying to get "professional" masks - mandatory from Monday on, what nonensense, our Henry-masks (bought in a store, too!) are as good - Ingo tried to buy some certainly anyway, but ... the shelves were empty.
And a sign: One per person / each family member only. 
That´s a way to make money, huh (and how do they want to control that?).
 
And one more thing, I nearly fell off my chair laughing in wonder!
I never knew, Elizabeth, modern freezers don´t need defrosting anymore! I want a new one, this one is maybe 20+ years old (we got it from the pre-owners, and, my, time runs, we moved in here 2011!!!)... 🥶😜



Friday, January 22, 2021

Hot - Ice-Ice-Baby

 


 I needed our good ole Willow the other day.

 
(We have two Eskies at home from our travels throughout Australia, we still cannot buy proper ones here)

.. I needed to  "park" our frozen food cause ...

 
... because I was so naive to think I´ll have a job by now.
Bought 1000 ingredients to make brekkie/lunch for work... nada (hear me cry?).
 
Then saw, YIKES freezer is frozen.
I have to bake all the stuff and where put it?!
 
Yes, I also eat at home.
But I was planning for weeks, stupid me.
 
So I had to... On one day.. defrost that ole thing and meanwhile....

 
Most frozen now. Yep, I ate one Pizza-muffin right away, yummmm....
And yes, thank you for the tip: I mixed in that darn hemp flour with others, that´s why this bread looks "green". Not tasted yet. But reckon it´ll be good.
 
It´s the BEST BREAD EVER. Bro wanted the recipe, can´t wait if he tries how he thinks it´s like. Big Niece has diabetes 1  and it would be great for her.

How.
My Brother called me and when I told him what I did he said, "YOU?! I NEVER thought you´d dare the oven ever!!"

Really, it´s SO easy!!!
SO.DARN.EASY.!!!

First semester at uni and that stupid girl showed me her wounds from touching the hot oven and off I was.
Loose your job and grow.

Today: Making Jalapeno Cheddar cookies to use up all the butter I bought.
Oh. And vacuuming, mopping....

Please. I want a "real" job!!!
 
Oh, and, sorry, here goes:
 
                       

DANCE along! 💃🕺
Henry 🦁?


He says the oven, that was so unused over decades needs a break soon!
 
Oh, in case someone else wants the recipe, I translated it for a fellow blogger anyways, so here goes:
 
Onion cake:

The onion cake is easy, you need:

- ca 350 g onions (of course, LOL)
- 200 g almond flour (or any other, I guess)
- 3 eggs
- 1 TS psyllium (don´t think it´s essential)
- 100 g
(shredded) ham/Prosciutto (whatever you like)
- 150 g curd cheese (20%)
- 150g Crème fraîche
- 100 g (shredded) cheese (cheddar or such)
- Salt/Pepper/oil/butter.

Here is a video on how to make it.

First the dough (well, ACTUALLY... because I´m slow I cut all the other stuff first and frying the onions took more than 10 minutes, too, and you don´t want to waste energy on the oven, right?):
Mix the almond flour (I took less, some 150g)  with 2 of the eggs (in the video they show one, you will need two), the psyllium and salt, mix well, then fill it in a buttered form and bake for 10 minutes at 180C.
And to be really honest: Next time I´ll just bake it without dough!!! Not worth it for me.

Cut the onions (half and then just  slices), cook in a pan with oil till golden. I also added white wine. Because I had it... add salt and pepper, of course, just choose when.
Add the cut meat.
Then... well I mixed it first, the curd cheese and Crème fraîche, add.
Next 80 g or such of the shredded cheese.
Mix all that and put it in the form.
Top it with the rest of the shredded cheese and bake for another 20 minutes at 180C.

Let it cool down a bit (essential for the taste of the onions).
Enjoy :-)

I think most people have a white wine with it (I just need that for cooking and have  a beer).
 

P.S. "Funny" coincidence... Facebook reminded me... two years ago TODAY we were off to Frankfurt and then on the way to Perth. I could cry for real now, darn Corinna, you!!!




Thursday, January 21, 2021

Snow In January????


 
So. We had snow. For one day. In January!!!! Usually it is February the darn White comes down!
 
 
Anyhows. Nice (as I don´t have to drive, just walked to the market And yes. Since Ingo gets up around 04:00 am on weekdays I let him sleep in on Saturdays and walk to the market by myself).
 
Turn the sound on to hear the crunch 😁
 
 
                      
 
Nice also: On Tuesday the phone rang and on my "K?" - I am that old I am trained to answer with my surname... and end with a question mark - ...
 

I heard two kids, my Nieces, in fact, singing  - in English!!! - also the Wee one - "Happy Birthday" to me!
 


Cuuute. So sweet. They pronounced my name in German, though, was a tad weird.
Why not start a new year in life a tad weird, eh? A mix-up. 
(I actually hate that! Decide on ONE language! "Kaffee to go" makes me sick!)
 

In case you wonder.
In German my name is pronounced like "ear-is". In French more like "ear-iiiis". So it was a "mess up" singing English and using that "ear", LOL. But their giggling made up for that. Bro then chewed my ear... haha, see a pattern?!...  he chewed my ear off again. 
 

That poor man sits at home in lockdown with two girls, the younger one louder than Ingo!
 
Loud, btw, turn on the sound, if you like, I´m on the way to the market, still, near the park (too dangerous these days to take that route, sadly, you get robbed, likely): 
 
                      
 
 
This is on the way to the White Horse SC:
 

 I screamed I want breasts there, post to come, LOL.


Hmmm, I once had a white Seat Leon TDI as substitute when a lady crashed my parked poor Polo, this one, The Leon,  was a "bomb", too cool, I visited my Bro just for the fun of driving back then!
 
Still before the "I-want-breast-incident"... getting light, day is coming!


On the way home. With breasts.

 
And at home I could see, uh-oh....
 


He found nothing in front of the door... Hups, the raven fell on it´s side (or Peanut was angry again).
 
Peanut wasn´t pleased!

 
See the neighbour´s rose in the background, with a blob of snow on it´s head?
Henry 🦁... He is no snow-lion!

He stomps like an...


They look forward to SPRING!!!!
Pic taken at KIK before lockdown, KIK, as all other non-foods is closed now. 
 
At some places you can order via phone/internet and get your stuff behind a plastic-wall later, these years sure will leave a mark in our minds....
And certainly my cam had to die RIGHT NOW! Hope to get my new one today, give this one for repair (maybe) and meanwhile have Ingo´s. 

In case you wonder, my HUAWEI is OLD and SLOW. I actually only have it to use WhatsApp with my T or Bro and MIL, not for taking pics.



Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Young, Old, Yum

 
This is where I should´ve gone when I had my ear tested!
Clever sign, too, huh?
 
No matter what your age...
 

 


And also...

Henry 🦁...


This is for Tom´s Signs 2, of course!