Ohh... Obama And A Hole

Speaking of presidents:

And to laugh

 

We adapt to the Aussie weather and temps and are off with friends to a pool party!

Bare with me  ... I´m not 20 anymore... tired, so tired... and it is (wonderfully) hot.

Got bitten by an ant, oh, the joy of being in Australia ;-) 

 

 

A Day With My Cat

 

This is from FB, I do not have a cat.

It was my dream always but, see... now we´re away from home for 5 1/2 weeks - the cat(s) would not understand... And travel with them would be too stressy for them (in my dream I have two so they can play with one another).

 We´ve safely arrived in Madeley/Perth and I enjoy the kookaburras, ravens and magpies. 

I´ll try to get them on video - so far they hide and I only hear them.

Anyways this is for...

Eileen. 

 

I enjoy the heat on the porch, after a rather unpleasant start all fine now!

The maintenance guys did  a great job!

I could not be happier!!! 

 

Henry 🦁 ,,, I stayed in Braunschweig. Meet my opposite...

 

 The black swan!

 

 

 

 

FFO Bookstore-Faces And Mailbox

 

 

I´m on holiday  and still jet-lagged, I am sorry, dear Nicole, this is all I can come up for for  your challenge! From freezeing temps to the heat of summer in one sec is a bit tough on me, plus I could not sleep on the bus, planes or inbetween and I am not 20 anymore, this is the best I could do.

 

 I was 5 months in the making, you didn´d see me and Mom was actually pretty...

 

So, this is for  Nicole´s FFO,,, I am a bit limited, so just this and then some funnies, I try to get my brain together...

 

 

A few:

 

 

I´ll get myself together soon, I promise, so far have a great Friday... it is Friday, right? And I am 8 hours ahead from Germany, right?

I drove Ingo nuts on the planes cause I could not eat, my body is out of it´s body.

 To help you understand and yes, say "you chose this", Monday we got up early, via Uber to the Flixbus station as there was too much snow to drag the luggage to the tram. 

8 hours to Frankfurt main train station then blablabla (Ingo managed it all) in the frickin`cold to the hotel.

A stale beer, the robot.servers learned not much in the two years.

Next morno to the airport via... dragging the luggage through the icy cold and then shuttle bus.... 

Waiting, waiting, on the plane - Ingo got the best seats, just the two of us at the back of the plane - and, since the plane was rather empty we got asked if we want "better" seats - heck, no!

After boarding 15 hours to Singapore, then after 3 hours 5 hours to Perth, then run to Transperth (handy!!!) run to Perth CBD, run through the train station to catch the train to Warwick, run, catch the bus to Madeley - find the new, not so great Cabin and be WIDE AWAKE.

 

So sorry, not myself yet. 

 

Internet only now... The Caravan Park has no WiFi and it was some act to get internet on Ingo´s phone as hotspot because... German. We have 3G - Australia has 5G.... Germany... behind the rock.  

Have a great Friday,,,

 

 

This Man Cracks Me Up

 

Love him, too: 

 

The internet series

"These mathematicians changed the world 

Hipparchus (190–120 BC)

Hipparchus is best known for his astronomy. In mathematics, he developed trigonometry, created trigonometric tables, and solved problems in spherical trigonometry. "

 

 

 
 

T STands For Pizza

... which is my ticket to Elizabeth´s T. Wine with bread??? Just read on....

The journal:

 

Monday: Weee... "serenade" by Bro and Nieces via What´sApp, T via What´sApp and then teeth cleaning by hand. Doc came in. "My fav patient", she grinned and was done in: under one minute!!! All good! Under.one.minute! Birthday call from fK, What´sApp  and otherwise a quiet, sunny, cold day.

 

Ordered Truffle-Pizza!! Something went wrong, money came back - I had a "Birthday-bread" instead... see pic above.

 

 

Tuesday: Found all gear for Perth, suitcases smell like cellar but thanks to AI I will hopefully get rid of that.
Parcel for Ingo. I was to sign with my finger on a smartphone. Ummm.  But she was content with it - even if you can never track that back to me! 

Truffle-Pizza!!! Certainly I got an accident-one. But... YUMMY! "The code, please". "There was no code submitted..." - "last two numbers of your phone?".... thinking, thinking.... getting old! I had to get the whole number through my brain.

 

 

Wednesday: When the day starts with, "good morning, my love", then it must become a good day, right? My fav check-out woman. After I got rid of paper/cartons after preparing them, did laundry... Reckon I´m fully recovered. Did banking - additional tax payment that high I could not transfer in one piece! Did employment office stuff, more recycling paper, dishes, suitcase#1 is covered in baking soda - it funnily even has my surname:

 

 

Thursday: HELP!!! I am to give all documents for tax return (I give that away again) till March 02nd. I thought I have more time!!!! Asked back.. "Oh, sorry, I thought you wanted to have it done earlier... we need to have it ready March 2nd 2027"...  Do.Not.Think!

My bank has humor. When  you do nothing for a longer while you do something... "Logout. You have successfully logged out." 

 

 

Friday: Puzzling about. It is stupid but... I hate travel, so much can go wrong. Beaming???

But then... I´d have no job in railway... 

Railway... got my "certificate" for the training. I am "exemplary, constructive, collegial, recognized, competent, valued... active, successful." I Hope that means they take me back, I so hope!!!! Or is this too much sugar and means good-bye?

 

Weekend: Saturday: Bad news:

 

 

Reckon those strawberries are gone. Glad I have some more and hope they made it. First time I see this.

 

Other ... last stuff for holiday bought. I hate traveling. So much can go wrong. I hope when this publishes we have arrived.

 

Weekend: Sunday: Die Maus, the beginning is in German, followed with the same in another language, which is revealed when done. It was...: Austrian! See!!! I DID struggle with the Vienna-team! It counts as foreign language! I so had to laugh! Because by now I understand. ... more or less.

Ingo insisted on going to the Steak House. And there was the CUTEST waiter ever! He looked Italian/French and was in such a GREAT mood! 

Let my tenant know via What´s App I´ll be gone to Perth and if something´s on.... she called me on the dot and we had a nice, long chat. Nice as in.... her Hubby has passed. Oh. She is 77 and still so positive. I need to meet her some time (I inherited the apartment from my Mom).

Munchy: Better late than never and now the little wine Ingo got for Christmas 2024 (!) is finally empty -  I added truffle oil -  I will do this always maybe now?

 

The internet series - I spare you the boring ones...

"These mathematicians changed the world 

 

Isaac Newton (1643–1727)

 

Isaac Newton, one of history's most famous polymaths, discovered calculus. He also developed a method for approximating the roots of a function and classified most cubic curves of the plane."

 

As still written in Braunschweig... 

Henry 🦁

 

 Hope all went well. We´re on the way to Perth. I am offline...

 

 

 

All Fed Up?

Chalk-mural on the way to the "castle" - the artist is "Helmut". Too much power is never good... 

With this I join Sami´s COLOURFULWORLD Monday Murals.    

And on The Padre´s request a good-bye now. We´re off to Frankfurt and then Singapore and... PERTH!

 

 

I´m sorry, I really need to learn to manage to film! But you get an idea of Henry´s surroundings and yes... cobble stone and stairs... 

And of course I said, "Henry, this was a wonderful year", as you´re supposed to do all through January and SEE? A secret smile came out and it´s for all of you! 

 

See you soon. Next post(s) are sceduled.

I expect there is no WiFi at the Caravan Park, and yes, Sami... we stay there again!

It´s our home away from home since 1999... Magpies, Kookaburras... "home".

 

AAAAND!!!! Oh! Today is AUSTRALIA DAY!!!!  Flash-back to 2019:

 

 

 

 It was a great evening.

 

We will need to get phone cards and manage WiFi on our own again, hence I´ll be off for some days.

 

If we make it to Frankfurt, that is.

Snow again. Chaos on the roads. Frozen rain. And we go by bus. Wish us luck. I am afraid.

 

 

 

Sweet: Brüderchen (aka my Brother), fK and my T called via What´sApp to say good bye and wish us a good journey and fun in Perth, awww... I sure feel loved.

 

The internet series: 

 

"These mathematicians changed the world  

 

 

Fibonacci (1170–1240)

 

Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician from the Republic of Pisa, who was credited with introducing the Hindu-Arabic numeral system to Europe, which is still used today."

 

Henry 🦁 

 

 

Let us hope all madness stops!

 

 

 

 

Blooming Art

 

This is my workplace (at home). 

 

 

Last year I bought two NO WATER FLOWERS with Santa as motive and gave one to fK - after all she is not only my friend but helped me with the presentation etc etc. 

I got the last two, one Santa is a bit crooked, I kept that one.

Hers after three weeks: 

 

 Mine after five weeks...

 

 Then, finally:

 

 

 

What you see on my "laptop" - we will see for real soon again! It´s "our" Shopping Center!

 

And now we are done with Christmas.

This   is for...

... Nicole.

The internet series

"These mathematicians changed the world 

Al-Khwarizmi (780–850)

Al-Khwarizmi was a renowned Persian scholar who made numerous contributions to mathematical thought. The word "algorithm" is derived from Al-Khwarizmi's name, as he is credited with introducing algebraic concepts to the West."

 Henry 🦁

Have a great Sunday!