RDP Friday: Achievement

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Every year my wonderful neighbour presents me with a Poinsettia at Christmas. This year it lost all the leaves a week later, but I did not give up and I noticed one by one little leaves were again arriving. Today in March it is on its was to recovery.

Otherwise I have had a few achievements today. My weekly online order for groceries will be arriving this evening. I usually have quite a stress, putting the groceries away in the fridge and sorting them in their various places as well as cooking the evening meal, but today no problem. My No. 1 son will not be here this evening, there is a concert in his local restaurant and I will be alone this evening. I have already cooked my midday meal and this evening there will be no rush, and I can take my time.

I was also busy sorting keys to my appartment. Our section of the estate will be getting new locks on the door and we must give up our keys on a certain date, and will have new keys for the new lock. I managed to gather all six keys which will be replaced. My No. 2 son will send his key in time, so no problem. I had no problem with my keys, but some of the appartments were having touble as they no longer fitted in the lock so well. I have noted it in my iPhone diary so that I do not forget.

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Keeping in Touch – daily thoughts.

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For a while I was absent. Left my writing and just read a book instead usually. One day I realised I needed this opportuity to write something, anything, just to give me something to think about and so I have returned. I missed my contacts here, and so here I am again.

I am glad I have returned, even if I only write. I have spent my life doing something, working, bringing up the kids, just keeping myself busy. Now I have realised that I needed this, filling up the void that is left when you no longer have a driving force to get something done.

And so now I make sure I have something to do, although housework is not the answer and so I write again. Perhaps rubbish, perhaps a purpose in my age, who knows, Even the radio plays an important part in my daily efforts I no longer watch the television, somhow it bores me with a false fabrication of life, but a radio. It brings me news, even if it does have a Swiss influence. We are a neutral country, our wars are mainly with each other, various political parties who never agree, a small degree of world politics. Countries rarely agree with each other, but I keep in touch. Hear what happens over the pond, get annoyed with various political leaders (not to mention names) I am a Biritish refugeee, no longer visit the country of my origin, and honestly speaking do not want to.

I am now 99,99% Swiss, although a few percent is probably still British, even if it only my mother tongue. I think Swiss, talk Swiss, and vote Swiss (when I bother to vote). In the background I hear the radio – the Swiss station. My husband is Swiss, although sometimes I think I am more Swiss than he is. He is now in a golden oldie home so I am left alone in my own four walls – with one of my sons, who is actually autistic, but he alwas surprises me with his logic with a difference.

And now enough for the day, tomorrow comes soon enough with hopefully no snow, we had enough today.

RDP Thursday: Egregious

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And another word that is not in my vocabulary, thank goodness for Internet. However, today is an egregious day, so much so that even my photo of the falling snow this morning became egregegious. I must have been shaking from the cold that everything became blurred. There was snow on this early Spring morning already on the ground and then it stopped to begin again a few minutes later and so has been the day. Luckily tempereatures are above 0° C, and it melted quick quckly.

I managed to visit Mr. Swiss this afternoon for half an hour during a pause in the snow and afterwards the rain. Mr. Swiss was convinced I had told him I was going to Lausanne yesterday. I can be glad when I manage to visit him in his golden oldie home which is just along the road. Sometimes he seems to live in another world, but it is a nice world full of imagination. Lausanne would be at least 2 hours away from where I live by train. It is a nice town, I have been there now and again, but am now too old and immobile for such journeys.

Here is a clearer photo of the garden showing some snow drops falling. My daffodils did not like them so much and began to hang their heads with the weight of the snow. Now the sun is shining, so I have no idea what the weather is doing. I suppose it is typical April weather.

RDP Wednesday: Blousy

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How’s that for a shirt (blouse) collection. They all now belong to my No. 1 son, who likes to wear a shirt. It is quite a selection, but mostly inherited from Mr. Swiss. Mr. Swiss is no longer size XL, but now M. having lost almost 20 Kilo in weight in his golden oldie age and so the shirts no longer fit. However, son No. 1 has inherited his size from me, and so the shirts fit perfectectly, me being on the taller side as son No. 1.

The positive from Mr. Swiss is that he always has good taste and bought good quality. His shirts have good names and good quality, although I do not think that No. 1 Son realises that so much. He likes to wear them and has enough to last for many years. They look a bit pushed together, but his clothes cupboard was not made for so many and I do not like to fold them after ironing – too much work.

Otherwise a busy day today. Word Press decided to give me work as I got the message to change my background picture to something different as it will no longer be supported. Luckily it was not such a complicated work and was done in a few minutes. I was not so fussy what type of background, and there was a selection from some nice bright colours.

Our little village also now has its own web site, something that many villages are now getting, where we can post any ideas we might have and even photos. I am at the moment just having a look. I might one day also post something – who knows?

It is a cold rainy day today, no weather for going anywhere and I am glad to be at home.

RDP Tuesday: Fecund

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The garden is a paradise of fecund moments. There are buds everywhere, especially in the tulip department. In a few days, nest week, there will be flowers and the fecund promise will be resolved. I have never used this word and had no idea that it actually existed. However, my garden seemes to know its meaning and I am sure I will not be disappointed.

Some of the new arrivals have already shown what they have. This hyacinth is one of my favourites, probably beause I grew it from seed. I once planted a few côrms, or bulbs, as they are also known. The first year it was just leaves, and a year later a few weak flower stalks. Now after about ten years they flower every year, bigger and better constantly. Now I have my accual hyacinth flower show. More and more fecund arrivals. Now the crocus are finished and in another corner of the garden the daffodils are in full bloom.

My first little garden was in a back yard of our old house in England. It was nothing special but everything grew. We even had yellow iris planted by my grandfather many years ago. My mum and I tried everything, we even had an aspidestra in a pot – a what? Yes, one of the original flowers from British Victorian times, probably no longer so many, belonging to history, but we both enjoyed our small flower efforts. I just discovered that even Amazon have aspidestra.

So that is my fecund experiment for today.

RDP Monday: Restore

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At last it looks that Spring is thinking about restoring itself. Our Japaese cherry tree is at last in full flower, actualy since last week. I only managed to brave the chilly weather to take a photo today. It is the only such tree next to our estate and I celebrate its blossoms every year. They do not last very long, so I take my photo when I have the chance.

I noticed that the Spring flowers are now also springing up in my garden.

Î must have planted my daffodils at last ten years ago, but they return every year, and even multiply. They have returned, it is now Spring. We could also call it Restoration I suppose.The sun is shining outside, although not as warm as it should be, it can only get better.

I am now relaxing indoors in my comfort zone – too cold to sit outside. Now to continue reading my book and perhaps make a snack to eat. It is late afternoon and in an hour I will think about cooking somthint for the evening meal for me and my son, In the background my radio is playing some soothing music.

RDP Monday: RESTORE

RDP Sunday: Pewter

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I have no pewter pots, dishes or other such objects at home, so here is a photo of the local decorations along the main road. Pewter is a cheap metal in comparison to others, so I am sure that our local authorities do not spend to much money on local necessities. The local railway runs through everything with its various metal objects on the way.



RDP Saturday: Book Club

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Books were always part of my life, or I could say our life. I quickly discovered that Mr. Swiss enjoyed books and found that our tastes were very similar. He mainly had German language books, I had English books, but after getting together I discovered that many of his books were the same as mine, just in another language. After our many years together the book collection grew and I must admit I gave many away as we just did not have the room for the collection. He no longer reads so much, just the newspaper. However since the wonderful development of Kindle my problem of knowing where to put more books has been solved and I mainly now collect them on the Kindle.

I now upload my reading material on this electronic device. I seem to have room to infinity on my device, although I dare say one day it will have no room for more. I am a constant customer of Amazon, they have a wonderful choice.

What do I read? I do not belong to a book club, although it would interest me if I found one. I have read most of the classics, from my collection and also from Mr. Swiss collection. The German classics I can now read in the original language, have even read the complete Thomas Mann books Also Joseph Roth and Siegfried Lenz to mention a few German authors, in the original German and naturally most of the classic english books.

Today my taste is more in criminal fiction. At the moment I am reading through a criminal series written by an english authoress, Angela Parsons. I like the suspense build up in criminal stories.

I do not want to be an advertisement for Amazon, but they do have an extensive choice of books and at reasonable prices. Books can be quite expensive especially if you want something special leather bound with exceptional print. With my Kindle I can alter the text size and type and I also have illumination when it would get darker: especially useful when reading in bed, although not something I often do. I am not a person that prefers the smell and form of a book, especially as I get older. Books can get quite heavy.

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RDP Friday: Voyage

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Alas my voyages now are only local view from my appartment. At least the Jura mountains are watching over our area and they are always interesting. They line the local main road in the distance and when I walk to the home where Mr. Swiss now lives they line my way. Sometimes there are heavy clouds, but during the Summer mainly blue skies. I love this view. There were times when Mr. Swiss and I would take the loccal cable car and travel to the heights with a view of our little village and nearby town of Solothurn, but they were days gone by.

There are seven chains of these mountains, and if you cross the seven you would arrive in the town of Basel on the borders of Switzerland: an interesting town meeting Germany and France by travelling across the border. We speak Swiss German in our ares but over the mountain French is the language and ober the next mountain you will probably be speaking Swiss German again, although a different dialect to what I am used to. We Swiss understand them all mostly and can tell usually the area where people live.

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Ragtag Daily Prompt, RDP: Diabolical

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Amazing what creeps around in our garden sometimes. As long as he stays outside, it is OK. I just do not want him to invade my private space.

We have had some strange accidents in Switzerland since the new Year. It all began in a club in Montreux where there was a fire during the night. The were many casualties, mostly young people – some were fatal and many were in hospital afterwards.

The next problem was one of our post busses used to transport pasengers, mainly in the mountainous areas or in isolated villages. One of the passengers had suicidal intentions with fire. The inflammable liquid not only ended his own life but the complete bus was destroyed by the fire again with many fatal casualties.

The next disaster was this week when one of the cable cars in the mountains fell from the wire. It was almost empty but one lady was in it, another fatal accident.

I wish I could give more positive news. We are a small country and it is strange that we suddently have so many fatal events.

Otherwise everything under control in my area.