Wieder ein Geburtstagskind!

August 11/06

Dieser kleine Mann ist nun schon 9 Jahre gross! Happy Birthday, Timm! ..und bleib so,wie Du bist (wachsen darfst Du natürlich). Gee, time flies!

Dissatisfaction all the Way

Honeymoon over
The devil, it is said, finds work for idle hands. And with the German Bundestag in recess this month -- and a number of politicians taking a bit of time off -- the devil seems to have a busy schedule in Berlin these days. The result has been a minor implosion within Chancellor Angela Merkel's party the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
One answer may be the discomfort many in the CDU have long felt with Angela Merkel's leadership. During the post-election honeymoon when Merkel's triumphant tour through world capitals resulted in sky-high approval ratings for the chancellor, one had the impression that many in the party were merely biding their time until she stumbled.A more stoic political party could perhaps ignore such public opinion vagaries. Particularly given that Germany is currently suffering from a post-World Cup, post-heat wave hangover. The current nationwide disgust with all things political feels a bit like a breakfast table spat following an epic night out.

Given the mounting critique, though, Merkel -- now back from northern Italy -- has said she would like to meet with Rüttgers this week to iron out their differences. And her most-trusted aide -- and general secretary of the CDU -- Ronald Pofalla has said that "we will have to continue to work on defining the profile of the CDU as part of the governing coalition."
This week, though, it seems as though Pofalla has turned over a new leaf. His solution to rising welfare costs? Why not require people to take over financial responsibility for their unemployed parents?
The idea might need a bit of work. The devil, they say, is in the details.

By Charles Hawley

August 11/06
Did I not predict we had hard times coming?

The Awful Alternative

August 07/06

...is shown here , instead of nice Vancouver, beeing with our friends, sundowners at the deck of the yacht-club, trips inland etc. etc. Lets think positive, a total kidney failure would not have been a piece of cake on a ten hours flight, neither at a hospital in Vancouver. So its daily trips for Landfrau to Krefeld, I hate Krefeld! -
So, friends,keep your fingers crossed for my patient, that the medics make him whole again.

Bush in Stralsund: Sealed with a Kiss and a Barrel of Fish - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Bush in Stralsund: Sealed with a Kiss and a Barrel of Fish - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

......and a pic of cheering crowds!

Up ,Up And Away

just touch to enlarge!
July 11/06 3:19 p.m.

So folks, where the arrow points we will hang out from Sunday next for one week, including our" little fan" and the dog. The hotel has small family units, spartanic but nice and we have a walk of 5 min. to the beach. We are taking the bikes, our grandson will put us on the tour de Netherlands , I'm sure. It will be a sportive week for the oldies!
Hopefully the weather plays along,so whoever is reading this, keep your fingers crossed -THANKS -

CALEXICO +++ Garden Ruin +++ E-Card

CALEXICO +++ Garden Ruin +++ E-Card

July 09/06 2:36
SOME VERY NICE MUSIC........as long as it is available. Some of my linked music vanishes.Tough luck! so enjoy it for now!

Super Duper GERMANY...and the last WM-QUIZ

July09/06 9:36 a.m.

Now we have won after all,or? France and Italy should not even bother to play tonite, all the fans will have a hangover from last nite and wont be able to watch! And our little fan * must really have been satisfied this time.
Landfraus' and the dogs' favourite player you can see here and who can guess,who it is,gets a personalized (from Landfrau) picture post card....oder

wie wärs mit 3 Panini - Tütchen, Timm????

*klick it - link!

Great Advice?

Berti Vogts :Hate does not belong in the stadium. One is to realize such feelings at home together with its wife in the living room. not my translation!

July 08/06 3:19

Now, Landfrau asks: Is Berti Vogts by any chance a macho?

Two more games,and how are all the fans going to cope with the big void? Maybe some might notice, how our government has fooled up on us, our frontwoman pretending,that nothing but Fussball is occupying her mind right now. Guys and dolls, you will be back to your gloomy selfs pretty soon,sun always sets at nite and after summer there will be fall and winter.

More About FOOTBALL

July 04/06 - A great day for another flag-happy nation. - and,mark my words,did I not mention before,that we are in for a rude awakening?

(SPIEGEL-Online)
Out in the fan fests, nobody seems to be bothered by the hordes of German teens proudly partying in black, red and gold. The fact that fans from other parts of the world have been heaping praise on the Germans as friendly and helpful World Cup hosts has done much to strengthen a national self-esteem and confidence that has long been somewhat weak. The football tournament is also helping Germany to shed an image that has long plagued it -- the baseless and antiquated stereotype of goose-stepping Huns without any sense of humor. Spain's El Mundo newspaper probably said it best with this recent headline: "Germany falls in love with Germany."
So how long will the New Germany's coming out party last? And what will happen if the German team loses to the clever Argentinians in Friday's quarter-final? Will the big party turn into a hangover? Probably not. At least some World Cup euphoria should survive through the summer. But wait until fall, when the leaves turn and the skies above Berlin go gray. Even if the World Cup provides the 0.3 percent boost to the economy that economists are predicting, Germany's structural problems and depressing mass unemployment can't be kicked away by footballers. Chancellor Angela Merkel and her grand coalition government took a major risk by passing unpopular tax increases this month as the majority of Germans were totally bewitched by football mania. At some point, the masses will be in for a rude awakening.

.....of course Friday`s quarter-final is snow from yesterday. Today we kick the Italians out! Basta!!

How Crazy Can You Get!

#610 (click it, its a link!) July 30/06

Early afternoon and its hot,hot,hot! We will have bar-b-que tonite,will be even hotter. Landfrau had been to her first FOOTBALL-party (at our kids place) Friday nite (had to miss out on the first one at friends place on account of a nasty stomach-intestine virus), must say, I am not so swept off my feet by the allover enthusiasm,but facinated by watching the fans. If we win the championships,Germany will develop wings and fly away, to football heaven, or maybe to bear heaven, but that we leave up to the Bavarians. I start talking nonsense,like that silly football, hope you can listen to it, good luck!

Bruno der B?- Das Spiel

Bruno der B?- Das Spiel IT IS A LINK -play your game!

Are you a bear hunter too?

Requiem For A Bear

June 26/06 5:34 p.m.

Bear Bruno is dead, has been shot this morning in Bavaria. Well, they claim he has been a juvenile delinquent (should have been named "Billy the Kid" - and what happened to him, we all know). _ Fact is, that we are a country of "Dumkoffs" (an unvoluntary word- creation of one of my American friends,which really hits the spot,Dummkopf - jerk- and Dumpfbacke - fathead - combined),not beeing able to handle one poor ,in Europe almost extinct,creature,without beeing so triggerhappy.
Now the nation is split into bear lovers and bear haters,and the hunters,who have been wise enough to go into hiding, have been threatened with murder, so has been the Minister of Environment.- There should be a sign at our borders:
BEARS BEWARE!

Might take the steam off our soccer team,if they do not make the finals.
So folks,more about FOOTBALL the next time!

It's Never Too Late..

June 24/06
.......for an old brain to learn something new. Landfrau tries to set a hyperlink (did not know till yesterday what it means) well, here try: aussies, and? does it work, folks?

There`s more than Soccer! (THIS IS A LINK -KLICK IT)

June 21/06 7:41 p.m.

Friends, there is more to life than soccer. Might be, that whole of Germany is happy,cheerful and buddy-buddy right now, wait till the whole shennagan is over, we will be back to our normal drab selves. And listening to the debate in the "Bundestag" today, we are in for not such good times. Where are all the promises, Merkel & Co. made before the elections?? The rich wont be harmed much, the poor are poor anyway, but its the people in the middle,like us, we are being skinned. And there is nothing we can do, except turning into Michael Kohlhaas, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kohlhaas who had been drawing the asshole-card in the end anyway.

So,rather enjoy that great song "Moon River", sung by Audrey Hepburn in that charming movie BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S.

gabemac: weallspeakfootball music video

gabemac: weallspeakfootball music video just klick!

Yeah, yeah - Is Spain down the drain?

For My Faithful Blogreader!

June 15/06 2:07 p.m. - This kids' mother has "a" birthday today! Congratulations and many more healthy ones to come!

Is It In The Genes?

June 14/06 10:03

No goal yet, have a look at our Mega-Fan!

Hundstage..

June 14/06 4:33 p.m.

....thats what we call the weather we are having right now here in Germany, hot and dry, nice, although thunderstorms are predicted for tonite. Another kind of "Hundstage" (dogdays - free translation) Landfrau had last weekend. Daughter No.2 parked her dog, mad Max, with us for the weekend. So right away our dog,Shaylor, started limping, turned out, some bug must have bitten his paw or he got something in from a plant. Anyway, had to take continious walks, since one slow and one megafast dog did not match,decided to take the bike with Max, encountered a neighbour with two hysteric dachshounds, on the leash,mind you, which intrigued Max into a kickstart towards the nuisance to show them manners, almost ended up in a tangle of one neighbour,2 dachshounds, 1 bike,Max and Landfrau. Quote daughter:I always get off the bike when we encounter other dogs. Quote Landfrau: Should have told me before. - Next mad Max decided to chase a rabbit, for a while he has not been seen anymore, came back fortunately without getting onto the mainroad. Quote daughter: You have to tell him before the walk "do not chase rabbits today"! Quote Landfrau: Should have told me before. Well, otherwise everything went o.k., actually Max is a nice doggie, a little unruly ,maybe? But it has been o.k. too, when he was picked up including his -ugh-smelly blanket Sunday nite. -

Latest soccer news, Spain beat Ukraine 4:0 - Ole'- Tonite we will be at war, Germany against Poland! And we are having a houseguest till Monday morning, the MEGASOCCER-FAN there is, our grandson (9). Landfrau hopes, that by this time she will have gone back the one dress size she has aquired after quitting smoking. There is always hope!!!

The Game Is On...

June 9/06 6:50 p.m.

....... Germany rejoyces (up to now) and the woman watching Television is Landfrau.

Word of the Day: TOOOR!

Der Text in englischer Originalfassung - K�lner Stadt-Anzeiger (just klick)

...and Landfrau is already fed up with those soccer- loaden times.
Us Germans are even start to fly flags, some of them are ours,black -red-gold!
AMAZING!!!!

A Birthday Child!

You have not lost that smile!

June 05/06 12:53 p.m.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, meine "Grosse" und einen dicken Sack voll Gesundheit und nur Gutes im neuen Lebensjahr!

Photography by Rod Pasibe

Photography by Rod Pasibe

June 04/06 3:47 p.m.

Just something to enjoy!

Soccer,Soccer,Soccer-Championships -....

June 02/06 4:15 p.m.

W M !!!! There is no escaping it. Hard to find an item, not connected. Bad thing is, you start playing along,without actually wanting it. Landfrau bought toiletpaper today, each sheet printed with a quiz-question. Since we have the ultimative soccer-fan, our youngest grandson (soon 9 ys.old) in our family,we have an obligation. He will stay with us for a few days in a couple of weeks, the quiz will keep him busy (too). We are in for hard times, ole'!

Brutally Honest: "Have You Gained Weight?" - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Brutally Honest: "Have You Gained Weight?" - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News For Overseas friends only!!! (klick,this is a link) http://www.spiegel.de/international/brutally-honest-have-you-gained-weight-a-416920.html

May 27/06
Here we go,enjoy the "education "! If you are through with all the linked pages,you will have learned enough about us oddballs. Still want to come?

A Quiz!! - Again - WM-Fans -Watch Out!

May 27/06 4:54 p.m.

Friends! here we go again, another chance, another luck!

Clockwise, from above left to right: which nationalities are cheering??
- And the winner gets, as usual, one of my famous personalized picture postcards with an image of choice from all post pics up to date! -

GOOD LUCK! You can use the "comment" facility for your answer!

Around here not so many news, weatherman said this morning we are having warm rain today, yesterday it has been cold rain. So, we are in luck today, this is my LUCK-page, have you noticed?

Die Zeit - International : "Qualitativer Wandel"

Die Zeit - International : "Qualitativer Wandel" LINK- sorry,only German version!

Same issue,different countries - and where are "human" solutions?
The world is a battlefield.
And this is Landfraus' opinion at 10.47 p.m. on this cold and nasty wednesday ,24th of May 2006

No Bear - People!

May 24/06 9:52 p.m.

No comment.......... www.criesfromtheborder.net

Listen to the LINK: http://Casadecalexico.com/mp3.html ACROSS THE WIRE

Bavarian Hysterics!

May 23/06 10:22 a.m.

Poor Teddy,

first bear (brown) since 170 years in Germany, migrated from Austria,where at least 20 of them live happily. Around Bavaria the poor fellow is a MEGA Danger, he killed a few chickens and got some sheep. Now he is in for the death row and all those Bavarian hunters are out to save Bavaria and kill the beast. Is there really no other solution? Wildlife- and Animal protectors are fuming, but a Bavarian minister is the absolute law. Poor Germany!

Gartenzwerge - Garden Gnomes

May 20/06 1:34 p.m.

...arise the same feelings as Frankfurt, you love or you hate them! Here are my emotions:.......

and should you be blessed with the same shitty weather we seem to have for the weekend, here is something to read up about the little guys: http://en.wikipedia.org./wiki/Garden_gnome

Furthermore a treat for your ears, if you like guitar music, a download of 3 pieces, www.andrewhardin.com enjoy!

Rules for American Soccer Fans!

May 18/06 3:47 p.m.

Now, friends, listen carefully, here are some rules and regulations - to survive in vicious Germany during the soccer championships:

1. Never ever lean on cars, cars are sacred in Germany!

2. Never wear a bathing suit ,should you visit a sauna, Germans are freaks for
nakedness!

3. Don't be friendly!
Yep, you have been reading correctly, us Germans dont like over- friendliness, makes
us suspicious, we will think you want something from us or that you are nuts.

4. Dont expect us to be wearing Lederhosen, nor Dirndl-dresses- SORRY

Is this enough, you still want to come? Well, Landfrau did not copy this out of a German book of rules, it has been published by a guy named Barry Tomalin, expert on German behaviour.
And, yes, you are warned of extreme scenes of nakedness in German TV, so, now you ARE intrigued, eh, now you are set to come!

Well, WELLCOME!!!!

Back Home...

May 16/06

....from our little weekend trip. Have been first to Eschborn ("sleeper- city" for people working in Frankfurt) where also our older daughter and spouse "sleep", they have a nice,cozy place with a little garden, where you can see the sky-line of Frankfurt, if it's not too hazy (of cse. has been during our stay) and their two cats have surrounding fields to roam. - Frankfurt you either love or hate, there is no in- between, judge for yourselves: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt

and next day carried on to Bad Nauheim, where our granddaughter,who also works in Frankfurt, lives. Bad N. is an turn of the century spa, cute and a little bit run down,
www.jugendstil-bad-nauheim.de It's fun, browsing the pages and pics, go to the english version, for the ones, who do not like it in German!

We had a great time with our family and the dog behaved well too, with all them cats!

Noodles make you happy, or,-Honey,your sleeve is in my coffee!

May 11/06
3:54 p.m.

Folks, we are still having this MEGA , SUPER-DUPER, DREAM - WEATHER, so Landfrau decided, that we need a treat after all that garden slavery,like a nice lunch at our favoured Italian in our little village. The setting there is really in a way unique, you have three restaurants of different origin and an Italian icecream parlour, for the ones with the sweet tooth! There is a little fountain with bronze figurines, kids like to romp around there, playing in and with the water and climbing Trine, one of the figurines, who conveniently bends over (she is doing laundry,well, like in old times).All three restaurants offer good food and there is no car traffic, so it is really a place to enjoy.-

So we ordered a salad for man of my life and noodles for me, in a creamy parmesan-aspargus sauce (remember,its aspargus time around here, one of our local growths),simply deeeelicious, only, now comes the dilema, first noodle landed on my skirt,which was tiny, so I could take it off with a knife (without butter on it!), the second hit was more spectacular, a whole forkfull landed on my lap, fortunately in the meantime covered with paper napkin ( far too thin) and the galore was a "medal" on my embroidered blouse. And I topped it off putting the sleeve of my blouse into my espresso, which reminded me of a story, that this great comedian Shelley Berman www.shelleyberman.com told, about a guy really playing it up to a woman, only to be told in the end : Honey, your sleeve is in my coffee. - When we left, we had to pass the crowds sitting outside of the icecream parlor and I said to man of my life, now people will say: Look at that woman, she had noodles and coffee, poor man of hers still looks clean, maybe he only was allowed to look on. - And then I had a terrible laughing fit,which man of my life has been shaking his head about,saying, spilling food like that all over me ,would have ruined my day.-

"Ruin his day" must have been on the mind of old man horse today, definetely deciding to take the lead, about going into the river to drink, taking the shortest way home and ,at home, stomping his feet, because Landfrau was not fast enough to put him into his box.
This oldie is a scream! - love him! -

So, tonite its grill party at my daughters home, birthday of son in law - congratulations!

Popetown - Protest

The Da Vinci Code - Sakrileg Filmstarts.de

May 10/06
Headlines in today's "Rheinische Post" -EXITEMENT ABOUT VATIKAN THRILLER;-
my,my, would think there are more important issues that the statement in the -mind you - fictional book, that Jesus has not been a single. So,you Christian people, watch out that you are not taken in by esoteric thinking.
The Jesus-thriller becomes Jesus-truth? - Dont be daft, friends and let the "church sit in the village" as we say in Germany. I think Tom Hanks will represent the excitement well and money will flow into the pokets of the involved,and that's what counts, in the end!
And, do you think, the church is loosing only a single sheep on account of a thriller?

CD Baby: SID HAUSMAN & WASHTUB JERRY: Colorado Belle

CD Baby: SID HAUSMAN & WASHTUB JERRY: Colorado Belle
My South-West Buddies!
May 10/06

Nice music for your grill party tonite. Is't this weather out of this world?
Hope it will hold over the weekend, we are travelling!

some nice Music!

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Enjoy!

And - Another Quiz!

May 08/06

SUPER BRAIN meets STONE AGE BRAIN
Who is who???
And they did not meet in Europe!!!- so , no more hints!

And the winner gets, as mostly, one of my famous,personalized picture postcards with a motiv of choice out of my posts. Good luck!

Dieses Kind.....

May 08/06

....machte Landfrau vor 26 Jahren zur Oma! Schlingel,Du! - Du bist noch immer ein Geschenk!
Wir haben Dich lieb, happy Birthday! -
Weisst Du noch,wie Du mit Deinem Dreirädchen von Hessen aus Deinen Opa in Meerbusch besuchen wolltest?

A Doll's Life!

First Jordanian export cartoon promotes tolerance between East and West

May 06/06 10:34 a.m.

LETS BE DOLLS!

Molzmuehle - The 2nd.

May 03/06 6:47

Have been scolded! Sloppy blogging about www.molzmuehle.de - Sorry, was not so much in the mood last nite , wanted to try out something about links, which I have not figured out yet, damn, I can ask no one, since I am the only blogger I know. Anyway, the Molzmühle is a great place, set in a valley in the forrest,next to a brook,well, its a mill! The interieur is very old and cozy and the food is yummy! Like I said last nite, would love to go there for once without rain, hope my promise to the weathergod will work. - Today I have been very good, into garden-slavery again. Has been another dirt day. While working, I have been thinking about blogger people,have read someplace that there are about 2 million clotting upe the www. - Now I got into that stuff actually out of curiosity. Had been into a few blogs and just wanted to find out how it worked. Once I got started ,thought, I might just as well keep it up - kind of neat - but- to be honest, I think there is a danger in this metier, first of all the danger of addiction. And then, looking into some blogs I had picked out more often, had the impression, that some of the bloggers loose their touch to reality in a way, blog becomes center of life,other things range more and more secondary. Also they kind of slip into a personality, which in my opinion is not the life person anymore, but someone they want to be, they develop a split personality.
And then of course, there are the bores, who tell you no end about the shit in the pants of their offspring, or about the cute wuffs, the dog produces, or the cat's meows.

So, you see, it is an interesting field, and mind you, I am not so pretentious, to think that with my little wisdoms I am competition to professionals or gifted writers and I am pretty sure, that this "fad" will wear itself out from one day to the other. Till then.......

Hurra,hurra, the first of May...

May 01/06 11.37 a.m.

....will not continue with the, a little bit naughty, slogan(?),weather does not play along anyway and for you,who live in warmer regions right now,go ahead,have fun. Us in furcoats will cheer you on! - and, aw, don't tell me you would not know second part of the slogan, everyone does!-

Wild Dance into May

April 30/06 4:15 p.m.

Now, here I have a link for the ones of you,who want to dance smooching into May:
www.dixiechicks.com
but Landfrau will saddle her broom, it's waiting, all shiny and polished! - So, watch out!
www.serve.com/shea/germusa/walpurgi.htm

April still kickin' up Heels

April 29/06 6:42

Wow, did we have the real mixture today, rain, hail, sun,wind and cold all over. Landfrau and her little helper (man of her life) slapped each others fingers,setting up a case (with doors!) for the back garden.Gee, we managed. so much for home efficiency.- Bought first aspargus today, not from "our" field yet, but regional anyway.

For this not so intriguing Saturday weatherwise here some nice music to listen to:
www.annielennox.co.uk

My favourite is WHY in DIVA. Enjoy!

About hired Efficiency

April 28/06 5:01 p.m.

Am I better than others,or what? Remember, told you about my slaving with the waterpressure cleaner and wanting our gardener to do the "cobbles", he did, in such a way,that I had to clean all that,what I had cleaned before, again. On top of that he had thrown so much sand upon the stones,that I could have invited a complete kindergarten into our "sandbox", verry nice!! And to top it off, there was our electrician flat on his back in my kitchen,trying to fix my oven with the spare part, which had finally arrived(the grill did not work), damn stove is fairly new. Anyway, he did not repair it, but managed to un-fix the oven completely,and a long weekend coming up! All that happened, while I had been out doing the weekend shopping. - Landfrau told the electrician, that he should cook her chicken. He said,was'nt his fault,like a kid, mom, I didn't do it on purpose! Now it will have to be take-out pizza, and the 1st of May we have, fortunately, a dinner date with my brother and sister in-law. -

And, something nice for a change: my first summer flowers,like them?

DATELINE IS UP!!

THAT IS MEAN ME.......
April 27/06 7:02 p.m.

Well, folks, you really disssappoint me! No competition for my quiz, nothing, nada, null, nix! So you do not want my famous picture postcards, too bad for you! - I shall give you the solution anyway:
The three countries have been
Germany
Denmark and
USA
was'nt so difficult,or? -

And news from the tooth front,"lost" one today, hope the tooth fairy will visit me tonite.
Only I did not want to take that poor wreck along from the dentist, so I have my doubts about the fairy, since I have nothing to put under my pillow.
But man of my life is far ahead of me, he needs 6 new ones!!!!
We shall have a fortune of teeth in our mouths in a while, and then we die.
Such is life!

Living up to my Name!

April 25/06 8:27 p.m.

Yep, Landfrau has been very active today! Waterpressure cleaning garden decks, ugh, what a mess. A friend dropped in and had been so shocked by my dirty,messy sight,that his decision between buying a condominium or a house was solved in a jiffy, The condominium won! - I loved the workout, not so nerve tearing like my ride with crazy horse this morning, who decided to dislike construction- machines with flashing yellow lights on top. Dont blame him! Had the dog along too, but decided to bring him to the house on the way back. One disobedient animal was enough. -
Suppose it will be an early bed tonite,but not before congratulating my far away friend N., a 10 K run,wow, I AM IMPRESSED, Lady! And only two hours, I need a horse to do that! -Keep it up!!!!

Not crying for Anna from Ghana

April 24/06 7:30 p.m.

Anna came to us by accident, Landfrau's bike accident. With one hand in a cast I needed help and so Anna from Ghana - http://de.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana - entered our life. First Landfrau felt like Scarlett O'Hara,with friendly,eager Anna, almost as wide as high,around, but there definitely had been something wrong, after a while Anna turned into Scarlett O'Hara! - Started with the pick up at the tram station in the morning, where Anna sulked when she was not picked up with the "big" car, resenting Landfrau's little one. Then we got the strict order not to forget to get the fresh rolls for her breakfast. After arriving in the house, she played with the dog for about 20 minutes, and then said : Mama (thats what she mostly called me) ,I have to start wök, now! What did she expect, that I told her" now you rest, I will do it? " - Bending down for cleaning, she would not and cleaning corners she resented bitterly. Knocking over a very expensive lamp, almost smashing the glass table, it was our fault, we had asked her to clean corners,and space was too narrow for her behind to fit. And of course there had to be that very extensive breakfast with ham and cheese and tea, coffee she disliked.The basement cleaning was always done in about 10 minutes, there she could be very fast, because she had to catch her tram, us chauffeuring her to the station, you bet. - But she could sing! For Thanksgiving she invited us to her church,big donation was appreciated of course,and there we were placed right next to Jesus at the altar,as guests of honor, very embarassing, since the man of Landfrau's life had been the only one without tie, the whole Ghana connection wearing black suits and white shirts, and flashing pounds of gold. But we really got a kick out of Anna in her chorous gown,jumping about,shouting and singing "Hallelujah" and "Lord Jesus,"that really had something,honestly! -
Later on I finally took the courage, to end our relationship,and now every monday I pretend to be Bette Midler http://www.bettemidler.com/ who claimed that she just loves housecleaning, cant get enough of it, keeps her young and happy! -I will try to hire her,till then, ugh, SELBST IST DIE LANDFRAU

And one more Angie and a Winner

(after the pic in the SUN she now has an inquiry from the PLAYBOY)
April 20/06 7:26 p.m.

Thats really too cute, why does Playboy never ask me?? And great sports news:
"Our" Wladimir Klitschko beat the American boy Chris Boyd. Would he not have won in Mannheim, it would have been the W.K. from the Ukraine. We Germans are a peculiar bunch,aint we? - Poor Boris Becker missed the fight, his plane was late. tough!

And some news from the homefront,steak had been overcooked and green aspargus is not the real McCoy, so claims man of Landfraus' life. Doggie liked both, but to be honest, man of my life is right, nobody is perfect, my name is nobody,hihihi!!

Seeing my beloved Dentist...

(later on)

.....who incidentially is a lady, so no wrong conclusions! - Downtown always makes Landfrau turn from Mrs. Jekyll into Mrs. Hyde,I bought:

A CD - The Dixie Chicks
About one hundred "Rohlinge" ( now there you lost me for the english word) to copy music and photos etc.
A porcelain labrador , couldnt resist ( to give to daughter No.2,who has a real one - Mad Max )
Two very cute panties, which look kind'o small here at home -never mind, got two daughters and one granddaughter waiting in line,
A jar of body lotion ,SPA WISDOM, from the Body Shop (very much to be recommended)
and two big steaks from the special butcher at the market,who has the right cuts.

Have been treated to a late lunch at a Bistro type Cafe' next to the market, by the "man of my life".
Its keen to sit there at the picture window and watch the huzz and buzz of the market place,which unfortunately has received a roofing a few years ago, the open stalls have been so much more picturesque. But it also has something, to walk around with dry feet and head. Today though the weather has been gorgeous, people walking around shortsleeved, great, hope it lasts through the weekend.-
Now, coming home, the dog wanted his walk, so Landfrau is proudly presenting"Elephant feet" .

A Halfassed Story or Angela Merkel's Bum

April 20/06 6:23 p.m.

A whole nation is in uproar! The "SUN" has been showing Angie's naked behind,or, to be correct, half of it. Well, also our lady chancellor has to change, to get into a bathing suit. We want revenge, wait, you island dwellers, we will let you suffer at the Soccer World-Championships!- And, that's not enough, buddies, we want to see Mr. Blair's dick, ALL OF IT!! - So, take that!

(satire - not to be taken quite seriously) - for the slow ones among you!

Another "Germans Only"

10: 17 CLICK THE PIC! -A late hint, nicht bei
Landfrau anwenden, bitte! -(bezieht sich auf den Inhalt)!
Und für alle die,die den Artikel nicht als Pic ansehen, und jetzt nicht wissen, wie sie den Kram lesen können, schön den Artikel anklicken,und das 2 mal, dann ist er super zu lesen!

Too Difficult?

April 19/06 6:31 p.m.

Have been told that my quiz is too difficult! Alright,a few more hints, the horse has appeared in a previous post (and now I could tell you the country right off), and the waterfront picture is a country bordering Germany, but it is NOT Holland. Now, more I am NOT dishing out!

A Gallery - A Quiz

April 19/06 3:02 p.m.

O.K. here we go, the long promised quiz:
No,no not the animals, that would be too easy, haha, a horse and 2 dogs! Landfrau will make it a little harder on you, 3 countries have to be guessed,dont let it fool you , I shall give you a little hint, jumping horse is countryside, and what is countryside? Right, also A country! Winner gets one of my famous picture postcards with a motiv of choice.
I will be generous: Every correct guess wins!! So, good luck!

Cool.....

April 18/06 6:25 p.m.

Quote "THE TIMES" _Whisper it softly...Germany is coming back !

Angela Merkel - Pope Benedikt XVI - Heidi Klum and last not least:

The soccer World Championships.

The world is going to love us.

FRÜHLINGSERWACHEN!!

April 17/06 4:23 p.m.

Wow, mother nature really is kicking up her heals! have been out with "crazy horse" (no, not the big chief - www.crazyhorse.org/ - , whose monument we shall unfortunately never see finished in our lifetime) around lunchtime, trees starting to blossom, greens are so lush green,and the air is like silk, even when there is still danger along the riverside,to get your feet wet. - We enjoyed life, old horse and old me. - Now busy with family meal, chocolates are almost gone, and so are the hardboiled coloured eggs. Getting fat with a cholesterine shock ontop, didnt I put up a warning? Wasnt meant for me! Well....

Red Bull gives you Wings...

April 16/06 3:56 p.m.

...yeah,yeah,yeah, Red Bull verleiht Flügel! Sorry, friends, no cute little story about an easter egg hunt,neither a reflection about the lousy weather, no familiy memories! - Today is the day of my car! My pet is allowed to sit in the garage, because its small, the "big one" blocking the driveway in front. Now about every day Landfrau whines,beggs, screams because she cant get out. But my little car and myself have found the solution: RED BULL!!, yes, since I have my own private gasoline station, my car has wings and we zoom right over the big one! Great? -

So, and dont eat too much chocolate bunnies,will make you fat and too many easter eggs will cause a cholesterin shock!

Family - Friends -Fans

April 14 11:11 a.m.

TO ALL OF YOU:

Our Easter Bunny

April 13/06 9:53 a.m.

Had been much warmer that Easter Saturday in 1968 ,when daughter No.2 decided,that Landfrau should quit partying and sent her to the hospital. Well, the "outcome" was a bundle of energy,which she is up today. - Daugther No.one`s comment,when we took the baby home from the hospital: "Kommt "das Kind" in den Kofferraum?" (Does the kid go into the trunk?) - Well, no rivalty today! -

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! my "little one"!

Why Always Me?

April 12/06 8:41 p.m.

Landfrau coloured eggs today,a bit early,but better early than never! - And that got me to thinking,or should I say contemplating (..love that word) again. In my wonderful thirties and forties I always have been the beast of burden, Holidays it has been the kids, the parents and the in-laws. I often thought that at least I could look forward to that nice time, where I could lean back ,being served on and pampered. Must be somehow ageless, that time will not come! - Little joke, Mum loves to spoil her loved ones, of course! - And so this year we will have a quite frosty egg hunt,weatherwise! Bunny rather keeps his bun inside.-

And now I got something for the golfers among you: If NASA approves, and why shouldnt they,there is that nice smell of money, Cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, yeah, Russians first, will hit a gold-plated! golfball into orbit,hopefully not hitting the spacecraft and therewith sinking the ship. Well, at least there will be a big enough hole!

And keep your eyes open, another quiz coming up soon!

Ugly Baby

April 11/06 1:27 p.m.

Had a phone conversation yesterday with a friend of mine, who has moved to Southern Germany. Had told her about my blog and of course have been curious for a reaction ,which I got, but gee whizz! How could I think that anyone could be interested in that stuff I was writing about and how could I think that it would be interesting to her and so forth. My timid remark, that it was to let my friends far away participate a bit in my daily happenings and thoughts, and beside - it kind of keeps my brain from getting rusty,- was brushed aside with" I play bridge!!" . Well, good for you E., and two hearts might brush up your english, but it probably is : zwei Herz. - Anyway, always thought, that criticizing my blogging could not touch me, IT DOES! I felt like a mother, who is been told by someone looking into the crib: - my, this baby is ugly -!
Thank you E., I hate you! (eh, little joke), of cse. I dont, I love you and your Eastfrisian straightforwardness, too bad you will never read my praise. -

Heard my first cuckoo today, did not have my moneybag along to shake,so wont get rich,sigh,sigh.

Ugly Monday

April 10/06 12:40 p.m.

"Schweinepest" in NRW, Aviation Flu in Sachsen, Floodings in Eastern and Northern Germany and those 2 poor guys, Nitschke and Bräunlich, still kept hostage by those criminals in Irak. - And it is faar too cold! -

Singing`in my Head!

April 9/06 3:54 p.m.

I tremendously admire people who can sing, and the ones,who can play one or several instruments to boot seem out of this world to me. I can sing every song in my head, but what comes out of my mouth could empty arenas. Well, my parents had the brilliant idea,when I was about 8 to 9 years old to "gift" me with an accordeon. I got privat lessons too! Had to walk and drag that heavy thing once a week to the place of the teacher, ( half an hours walk!) while I rather would have climbed trees or gotten into other mischief. Well, that guy wasnt so bad, he put me in front of the music sheet and went to smooch with a piano pupil in the next room, I must have been his alibi pupil. Unfortunately I told my mother and from then on it was an elderly lady,and group instruction, I have not been the pet pupil,you can imagine. My Waterloo came at the X-mas performance,me ,of cse. far from having a solo, but in the group presentation. After a few chords I lost somehow the connection to the other players, but was far to embarassed to stop playing and kept pushing the chords pulling the thing open and closed, stupid me,instead of just pusing the air button. That has been the end of my musical carreer! - Which leads me to my promise about the story and the website of that brilliant coutry music girl from Texas,who now lives in Düsseldorf,(has followed the call of love, so it says) and she also is a stewardess with LTU. Go and visit her website, its great and dont fortget to play the music machine in the saloon! Its a website,you really can have fun with, and its in english too! www.missbehavin.de

P.S. for above...click the pic! -or article,right in, twice,then it will get big.

For Germans Only........

April 8/06 3:01 p.m.

...is something I am voicing occasionally. Sorry, my only english speaking friends, sometimes things just cant be translated, or maybe my translating capacity is too limited. - But in this connection our stay in South Dakota 2 years ago comes to my mind. Now for the ones of you who might be wondering -Why South Dakota? - Its been the buffaloes!And, my German friends, dont tell me now: "why travel thousands of miles to watch some WILD COWS", it has been worth it, that round up of about 2000 buffaloes, that stampede of those beasts in the early,autumn morning light has been a sight always to be remembered. But, I am getting off the track, circling now back to ,and actually it is" PARKING FOR GERMANS ONLY", a sign which had been given to us by some very nice guests from Atlanta, staying at the same B&B, Flying B Ranch,which had been our quarters for that time. They discovered it ,while touring the Black Hill area, where at some village there had been kind of German type festivities. We had a big laugh of course, all of us, and from then on we put up the sign where we parked our car, it only left about 3500 acres parking space for the remaining 2 cars!- Yes, we had a great time with Bonnie and Larry, our hosts, they have been bending over backwards to make us feel comfortable. Bonnie gave us very explicit instructions (she used to be a teacher!) every morning,what to "sightsee", and they cooked such a delicious breakfast every morning, still licking my fingers for those pancakes and the scrambled eggs with hot peppers,which made your eyes water. Well, look at the place for yourselves: www.flyingb.com/index.htm .
South Dakota has, take the Black Hill area, an European touch, but the Prairie and the Badlands are strange and fascinating to us.

So, now we have that nice sign, only we have not had any idea yet, how to use it around here,too many Germans around! Suggestions appreciated!
And now, watch out, there will be another quiz coming up soon!

The Honeymooners

April 7/06 11.25p.m.

No wrong conclusions at this rather late hour, above are Angie and Münte, our two darlings , being such great buddies and having those loving communications about almost everything, poor opposition going down the drain. And the sufferers....no comment, friends, use your brains! Good night!-

Weekend creeping up!

April 7/06 7:38 p.m.

So, for the concerned ones among you, horse is fine, did "penis-check" today!And let him run free in the round-circle, he loves it! - Song of the day is: creepin`in - Norah Jones- www.norahjones.com/index.htm ,look and listen, its worth it! - And me, I will retire into my "lazy corner" for now, see you tomorrow!!!

Nothing is Impossible

April 6/06 6:18 p.m.

Why, for heaven`s sake,does Landfrau`s horse come across with "ailments",no one has ever heard of? I am not explaining now in any way,what has happened,just so much: it has been a Penis-thing (yes, geldings have penisses too), I am still kind of shaking my head and my song of the day is that great Willie Nelson song- Mama, dont let your babies grow up to be cowboys - and speaking of cowboys, country music freaks among you will get a great link and the story to go with it, in one of my next posts! So, keep looking. - Pic of the day shows Landfrau contemplating her backyard, kind`o sorry sight up to now. But wait, till I get going, gardening-wise! - For that probably postpoorer (nice word, I just created,eh?) time, here a link to a NEWBORN post of a friend of mine (sorry, for Germans only) : http://dizzydizzy.kulando.de , then you wont miss me so much (verry pretentious, that Landfrau!), when I laze around in my favoured corner of the house after work,work ,work.

p.s. favoured corner shown above!

War - There are no Winners

April 5/06 6:12 p.m.

Nothing is just black and white!

A Great Day!

April 4/06 7:27 p. m.

Marvellous news, Myozyme has been approved!!! It is available ,starting from now, for ALL patients. We now keep all our fingers crossed,and more crossed fingers will help.

Early Bird...

April 4/06 2:03 p.m.

....catches the worm!- And the early bird this morning beeing mom and dad, having to get up "already" at 7:30 a.m., getting daddy ready for the - battle for garden chairs - at the I dioten K aufen E infach A lles (idiots simply buy everything) regional store. -
Well, as told by dad, whole parking lot jammed with cars, all the people getting out and rushing inside to grab a voucher,of cse. there was a line up ,silly question. Then lining up to pay, rushing with the receipt to a container, where busy little store helpers were unloading the parcels and putting them on carts, a small one and a big one, and of each only two - limited edition! And sneaky enough, at a completely other corner, the matresses were to be grabbed, there you only had to wave a 10 Euro bill. - and all that, for busy daughter, who has to slave in the office and therefore could not participate in the battle of the day. - Oh , and here

another gooddie (R.P. April 3/06)

or a belated april -fool thing?

An American scientist for robot-research (what a field) has written a book how to defend yourself against attacking machines and robots. COVER YOURSELVES WITH MUD. Eh, imagine running from your toaster and/or vaccuum cleaner,all covered in mud and trying to hide behind the fridge, and him (see how I personalize HIM already?)also beeing an enemy! - Great! -

Just Another Monday

April 3/06 8:49 a.m.

Woke up this morning and felt like bunny No. one, oh yes, the free translation:
Bunny one: My ass hurts
Bunny two: Cant hear!

And who is bunny No. 2? Landfrau giggles m e a n !
Give you a hint: it`s not the dog.
First "guesser" gets an intact chocolate bunny,with ass and ears!

Well, if nothing hurts in the morning, you are dead (in my age group,so dont worry,joungsters,you are still alive).
A nice day to all my fans!

A Late Walk

8:51 p.m.

Well, who has been April-fool today? - It`s 2:1 now forLandfrau. Friends of the night, that I have to share, dog took me out and the setting just had been marvellous, a sky red and blue with black clouds, chasing each other, a lonely barge still running downstream ,the shore across gleaming with lights reflecting in the water and a crescent moon; moments like this make you feel priviliged.
Now it`s for my glass of wine,music and reading, dont care much for "Wetten Dass",if it would be Bella Block (ZDF) and this adorable Simon of hers,well: Its just the character of Simon, not Rudolf Kowalski,the actor playing him, I am smitten with, that we get each others right! Right?

April - April - Aprilfool

April 1/06 2:41 p.m.

No way, not putting in an April fool -thing, like - I won a million Euros -! Strictly reserved to family- members, score is 1:1, but the day is not over yet! Wait and see.
Had a woman today bitching about a parking spot, I "took" away from her,really was on the verge of telling her "Aprilfool", an ever so cute gay fellow took my side, made my day. We ended up in the same flower-shop and together with my flower-lady we had a real good laugh. - And we are having real April showers, wanted to take a ride along the riverside (which might be flooded by now anyway), but an inner voice told me to stay on the premises. Good, that I listened. - Will have to run to the stables again later on, horse is going to be vaccinated. Would not bother to tortue "oldie" with that anymore, but its stable rules and regulations, since a lot of the horses participate in outside-competitions,and then its obligatory.
Had a funny dream last nite, woke up laughing,but its gone now (not so the jingle about Mr.Proper).