RDP Sunday: Silhouette

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It is a hobby of some in Switzerland to create such wonderful silhouettes with paper and scissors. They are very talented and the results are often excellent.

Mr. Swiss and I were once on a journey in the Swiss Kanton of Bern. It was in his working days and we were all staying for a few days in the area. One of the excursions we made was to one of those talented people that created their own silhouttes. Mainly the subjects were from the local folklore. This one was of a Swiss folkmusic group which were were given and many years later I still have it framed in my appartment.

I remember the artist asked if we had a special wish for a subject. Mr. Swiss was then engaged by the Volvo group in the section dealing with heavy trucks, so one of our colleagues made the request for a Truck cut out. The woman dealing with the results said she had never had a request for a truck and it definitely was not something that you would find on such a silhoutte, which caused quite a lot of laughter.

Yes those were the happy days of my past life but I still have the memories and souvenirs.

RDP Saturday: Engine

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Living in a farming area, the main engines we see here belong to agricultural machines. They sow the goods, reap them and collect the finished results. In this case the machine was on its way across the field gathering what had grown and collecting the finished goods in a truck container. During the Winter months there is not so much action but during the Summer they are everywhere.

Spending my younger days in London I never saw such machines in action, but now I am enjoying this relative new experience: the smells, noise and even the dirt of the results of the farming. Sometimes I think I should have married a farmer.

I have returned

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Yes I have renewed after some convincing from a few colleagues, who I have never met in my life and only online. I do not have a lot to say at the moment. but I will return.

After being absent for some time, I have almost forgotten how this blogging exercise functions, so pleas bear with me. As you can see I am still alive and typing.

My Absecence

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Some may have noticed that I am no longer here so much. I am not getting any younger, and my health is no longer as it was. I will not be writing so much, if at all. It was great to meet you all and I enjoyed my time here, but all good things come to an end.

I am now in the process of transferring to a senior home, although it will take time and my son will be assisting me in my change. I am still registered with Word Press but will no longer be renewing my mambership when the time comes.

RDP Friday: Global

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A selection of various radio developments shown at an exhibition. Radio has definitely made advances. I remember the little radio my dad had which was mainl held together by string on the controls. Toay we have so many various developments. I still think of the old days where it was a discovery changing stations and getting news from all over the world in various languages.

RDP Tuesday: Optimism

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Optimism is really something I need at the moment. My illness is no longer under control as it was. MS can be very upredictable, and it is a matter of adjusting your daily living conditions. However, I do not want to go on about this, I am not alone with this problem, and we all have to conquer our trials.

Today my houshold angel was here who helps me with various household tasks. Frist of all she managed to repair my kitchen drawers which had lost a few screws and were no longer so stable. With her usual talent, she found the necessary screws removed the drawers and began her maintentenance work. She has a talent for such work, and within an hour I again had a pefect result with everything working perfectly again. I must say the drawers were 30 years old, but they are now as perfect as the day when we moved into our appartment. I am so glad.

An then we moved onto the living room. For some time I was not so happy, especially as the Winter is now here, and me living room was a little depressing. However, there was a solution and together with Lucia we reorganised the room.. I had various alterations in the living room that I no longer used. Together we deided to raise the blinds, which were casting a dim light into the room and again organised the curtain stripes. Mr. Swiss and I had bought these some years ago but for some stupid reason I stopped using them. We have now organised them and I must say the room does look much better, more light during the day and in the evening I can just close them if necessary. Everything is in perfet working order.

I am so pleased with the result. It is the same furniture, but with the curtain strips now activated again, it makes a good differrence. at least I think so.

I live alone since a few years, Mr Swiss in his golden oldie home, and my son works during the day. It certainly has improved my living space. Life is fairly boring or me and I appreciate every improvement. Sometimes you just need a new idea. Shake yourself and look at the world surrounding you.