Today, 9th June,
I am celebrating…… again
10 years with you, my friends, online.
What a great 10 years Blogging. I loved every minute. It gives me smiles, happiness, joy, information, inspiration, thoughts, and love.
♥I am grateful for having such wonderful friends here and appreciate your time with me! ♥
A heartfelt thank you for being with me for all this time.
To the next 10 years !!! Cheers!
In the loft I found 40 year old records of my apprenticeship journals.
I learnt the Hotel Business.
I learnt all aspects like reception, kitchen, serving, bar, clean rooms and running a hotel.
We had to write weekly reports, had them signed by the mentor and by the big boss.
It was fun to read them all again.
Life has changed in this electronic age…..look at that 🙂
There were no computers back then.
The Hotel journal was written by hand with a carbon paper and added up in the evening.
All reservations were taken by post or telephone and recorded on a chart.
It is funny to think this life without computers.
I really enjoyed my time in the Hotel with wonderful guests and colleagues.
Sweet memories ♥♥♥
Did you enjoy your learning journey way back?
So happy Spring is officially here.
Here is the proof:
Blue sky and Cherry blossom
I love Spring and more warmth.
Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is. Enjoy Spring and watch everything come alive!
Teddy’s are usually one of the first things to give when a baby is born.
I was reminded of my Teddy through Steffi’s blogpost.
My Steiff Teddy called ‘Zotti’ is as old as me.
He had so much love, he had to be mended.
You can see the straw on his left foot. He wears now crocheted slippers.
He used to growl when I pushed his chest in,
he had lots of fur.
Zotti and me
when I was 1 1/2 years old.
Zotti has lost
lots of fur
through ♥ love ♥
Yet, he has no grey hair. 🙂
♥♥♥
He is always in good spirits and enjoys the younger generation around him.
He is loved by all my stuffed animals and is best friends with
Manny, my travelling bear (a friend of Danny from America)
and STRuppi from the Stuttgarter Airport.
Who knows what they get up to when I am not there.
Bears are for life!
Did or do you have a teddy?
Wishing all my friends a peaceful
and very happy Christmas!
This Christmas,
I just want everyone
to be happy, healthy, and loved.
Please take some of my gifts for you
We had practised for an exam before Covid happend.
Luckily we could pick up and restart when the Covid restrictions were lifted this year.
We could practice again and we did the exam.
What a wonderful way to end the year, with another trophy.
This Third Goldbar is for Street dance.
My collection is complete: Third Goldbar in Tap dance. Third Goldbar in Street dance. This means, I have completed 15 exams and 5 performances in my dancing life.
I am proud of my achievments.
I love dancing, still from now on – no more exams…. let just the fun continue ♥♥♥.
Let’s dream and dance into the new year!
It was time to say good bye to my Double Bass adventure.
It has been picked up again to travel back home.
What a great adventure and experience it was!
It is an amazing instrument and not that easy. It made me admire and respect the Bass players who so easily improvise.
I had such a great time learning it
I loved every minute of it.
I can only recommend, if you want to try something you are passionate about... go for it.... have fun, you might love it, and you will always remember it.
Here are some Blues I learnt with ‘You Tube’ backing tracks:
To finish off a riff
Hope you enjoyed the odd Blues.
I have recorded more so I can always listen and remember the time with my Double Bass fondly.
A big THANK YOU to my sister who made this adventure possible.
A cold day at Kew Gardens yet the beauty stays.
I observed so many different patterns and shapes this time.
The ‘Smilex’ with its heart shaped leaves and thorns.
Again I tried to take photos with a bokeh- effect as good as I can with my Phone Camera.
Look at those amazing patterns of 2 very different plants.
It is wonderful to have been able to share this visit with a wonderful friend.
A sweet friendship refreshes the soul. Proverbs 27.9
Thomas Bergersen is part of my favourite Group Two Steps from Hell. He composes lots of other amazing music apart from the epics for Two Steps from Hell.
In March 2020, Thomas Bergerson announced the seven part album series Humanity. Humanity is intended to be a seven part album series exploring all aspects of human emotion.
On 1 July 2020, Humanity Chapter I was released. The first chapter’s focus is on freedom, strength and unity, bringing many musical cultures together in a colorful and expressive way.
On 11 November 2020, Humanity Chapter II was added. Chapter II is about our families, children, dreams and desires, our legacy, our hardship, heroism, fate and purpose.
On 6 May 2021 Humanity – Chapter III was released. With Chapter III, Thomas wanted to take a soft approach to exploring the deepest, purest and perhaps the most fulfilling feelings we can experience as humans on this planet.
♥ Love ♥
He describes in this emotional chapter emotions of love during life as you can see from the titles: Sparks, Red, First Kiss, Butterflies, You are my home, Magic, Born to dream, Little star, Growing old together, Until the lights go out, It was a life worth living, Love suite, You, Sunshower.
The album, I dare say my favourite Humanity album, is amazing, there are no words to describe it really.
Every title is really bringing the emotions out with the orchestra.
My all time favourite from this album is Until the lights go out with piano and guitar.
This track is so peaceful, so calming; I want to hear it when I am at the end of my life, ready to go to the maker and have it played at my funeral.
I am practising it on the guitar, it is so beautiful.
In the meanwhile Chapter IV is out too; If you like it – look out for it.
Thomas has a facebook page here where you can stream his music.
It was time again to sort a bit in the attic.
I found more fun stuff from 50 years ago from my school life.
My homework Autumn 1971 – you might recognize some ???
The seasons 1971
As you can see I couldn’t draw well, so for some of the homework I asked my mum or my sister to draw for me. – Clearly July and August were done by my substitutes. 🙂
It is lovely to go down memory lane
I quite enjoyed school and was a very quiet and obedient pupil.
Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future. Arnold H. Glasow
Time to move on …..
a new year to come soon…….
new adventures to be had !
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,
and a lovely 1st Advent!
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