Outside the temperature is rising

 And it really is time, to consider to wear the open shoes, short trowsers again.. Yea! The wonderful weather is there!
No idea how long, but, the most important is, that it is today :), and since today is the only day we have, we should enjoy it, before it is over again.

So, after this boost to you all, I can say that this day was a day, happy at home. Of course, the private worries, but they are private ;-), who really knows me, knows and for the rest, it will not differ too much.

Happy at home, that was the idea and it worked relatively good.  We need to make research for cookies, the ones I baked today were not  that good as usual. But we will get it sorted, we are struggling forward.

A happy day at home, sun shining in and all looks a bit better, from out of my rings. Looking to the madness in the world, save behind our doors. Yes, it is not easy, and definitely not in our country, where there is hardly someone who knows how things will get further.
As I say... We shall see!
We can not change it, we can make thoughtts, worry, yes, and with a good right. The clouds are there and they do not disappear, no matter how much sunshine there is.

In the end, thins will sort out,for sure.  The world will turn, the moon will shine (it was a bright full moon, yesterday), spring is thete and soon the hot summer will come. Enough to complain about.. I mean, enough to look forward to. 

Stay positive. Stay away from negativity, when you can. It is not very helpful, not for others, not for yourself. Be good for yourself. When the weathe is beautiful, and you not wat want to leave the house... Then do so! It is your life! :) 

The photo is from yesterday, I am slightly irritated, it is almost a good one, and there is one big error in it. I will not tell you what it is.  
:-D

Sunny ...

 And it was a very sunny day today, the temperatures came close to the 20 (C) and tomorrow they will even get over the 20 Degrees.  Wow!  I love it, but my blood pressure is struggling with it. But why should I complain?

Today I slowly started the preparations for Easter, have bought a decent portion of cheese (some of you will agree with that, I have an idea who the lovers of cheese in my circle are :-) ).

In a good tradition, the after sales were the best, the park around the Kunstpalast, at the moment you can go to sit and wait for the buds to spring open, Spring is definitely there, and no one is going to stop it. And that is a good thing!
It is time to colour the grey again.
Same goes for me, for us, let's colour away the grey.  I not mean the hair now (lol), but our toughts, our braoin.
When did you dust your brain a bit? When was the last time you put the negativity aside, so that there is space for the sun and warmth to get in?
And, if the brain is too difficlut, then why not trying the heart?

Listen to the birds. Be amazed about the chords. Try to spot them, now the trees still leave places where you can see them.U

It was a wonderful day. I coloured, and I forgot to dust the house ... Oh oh.... Well, no one takes this away from me anymore, a man need to set proiories, right?  

And, as the topping at the cake... Well, the photo reveals it, the (feathered) friends were there again. I still need to find out how I can get them more sharp, but still, you can see what it is.

Easy like sunday morning

 Time is  running, when you are having fun. And one time in a year, we just have to sleep and all the sudden miss an hour.
Dailight Saving, or, in normal German Sommerzeit, is there again. Longer evenings, earlier mornings, it all has its charms, only that the mind is not used so much in this missing hour. All the sudden the day is over, and I had so much more in mind to do. 
Lucky enough, most things can be done tomorrow as well, and so it will be.

As said, a lazy day, with a walk at my 'Hausstrecke', the usual walk through the park. I looked at the magnolia tree, it will flower this week, I am sure, the buds are ready to explode with a bit of sun.
this morning I experimented a bit with the tulips, that I bought yesterday, I love the colours and they will be my  models, the next few days.

Have a wonderful time. Make the preparations for easter, just as you want to celebrate it, in harmony and peace with yourself :) 

Slightly mad

 I think it finally happens.

Or, at least, it could happen, after days like today.
Oh dear
I'm going slightly mad...

No, not really, but my chaos is horrible again, all day I have been busy with all kind of things, and if you ask me what the result of today is?

In my shopping it went already not as expected. Our first choice to eat is cancelled (because that kind of met was soled out) and the alternative we had in mind.... As well! 

I think my face was worth to look at, besides that it is hidden behind the mask, so I had quickly to decide for a new alternative, help, I had to think all by myself :) 
Well, I can, and I did, with the result that the smell of vegetables 'chinese brand'  is in the kitchen and I am hungry already.
J still have not seriously tried to change our food scheme, but I slowly come there. We have to be careful (and I will not reveal here why), what means that there are a few things that we can not eat anymore, and I have not found the proper alternatives.  My goal for next week :) 
After that 'chaos' (and my 2nd and 3rd coffee) I went to the market, found out that I had no money and  no card with me, so, I returned home (with the market shopping done), to make a 3rd round, later, to get the rest of the things for our weekend of one day.

Traditionally I forgot one thing, pretty essential -sigh- so a quickkie to the other shop was at the program.  So, no wonder that I have the feeling that I did enough, whilst it is pretty limited :) :) 

Now the evening can start. One hour less sleep, tonight, it is weird, that we will stop the 'daylight savings'  but that the EU first has to decide when and how.
Don't get me started about that... It so quickly leads to the things that we know so well, but tht we not need to talk about...

Just wear that effing mask. Just lfollow the rules. And if you not know the rules (what is good possible), do then your normal moves. Masked, distance, and with respect for others.

I go to wash my hands. It is time for another coffee.  I lost counting. Amazing, how much structure I build between my chaos.

No new photos today, also here is a beatuy from yesterday,in Düsseldorf.


Ah yes, one thing that is worth to mention. I am soooooo very proud, when people ask me, if they may share my photos!  Of course that is fine, and it is even more wonderful, if you give me the credits for it. And in this case, someone gave me not just the credits, but a huge compliment too!  It is there for, that I do it. I will not end rich, but happy :) :)   

Feel good, feel better

 Sometimes it are the small things, that do the miracle.  You feel a bit 'meh', and something, that no one notices, transfers the meh to jay!

I read it, it is adviced, always look to the bright side, but how to do it? How can you see the bright side, when your body is in pain, when you are worried for the future...

It is definitely not easy, to cheer up every day. But should you? When you are not ready for it, why should you keep on trying  to be happy, when you can't be happy?
Let it go.
When you have an off day... Let it go
When you are feeling tired, or sad,  it is okay.. let it go
When you don't know anything anymore, let it go
It is  all right, to feel so, for a while.

When you start to accept, who you are, right now, and accept that you are this way...you might find the inner peace again. Why trying to change, when you are not ready for it? Why fighting, when you can not win, at the moment?

Maybe we should learn to look less to others.
It is important to look to ourselves.  You not need to be the clown at the job.  Just be yourself, be authentic. Show that you may be weak, now and then. It is okay!  It is part of you!
When you try to let it go... let it be... it might bring peace with yourself. Start loving you, the way you are. Why should others care for you, and not you, yourself, who are the only one who is friends with you for your entire life, from birth, until the last breath?  And afterwards, if you believe in it.

You are the most important person in your life. It is YOU, who you have to live with.  Take the blanket, pull it over your head, it is fine! And then, when you peek out again, back to the light, smile. Tell yourself, and the world, that you did it, because you can! Jay for you!

Oops!

How often do you see it, when a political leader makes a mistakes, leaves the country in disbelieve and then, a day later, she appologizes for the decision and takes it back?

Welcome in Corona Germany, it happened here.  
It is remarkable, and best, that this has no political consequences.  Meanwhile, the country is still not able to manage the pandemy, but in that our neighbour countries are not much better. Since I can not change it, I will not let it get at my nerves.

A smile each day, takes the doctor away :) 

And smiling we could. The sun shines, blue sky,and I made a small trip to  a town nearby (Kaarst).  The cherry blossoms are flowering again, and one street there is  pretty famous because of it colourful trees.

I had luck, it was not that busy and I enjoyed being there, hearing the buzzing of the bees, and enjoying the  spring weather.
Two families, mothers with little children,  wer picking branches from the trees, to take them home. I sat there and did shake my head about this (there is a lot of shaking the head about, isn't it?)  Appearantly I was noticed, one of the mothers started yelling at me, that it is not of my business, what they do.  I said, that, if I want, I could show the photos to the police, and then they can tell us, whose business it is. 
That was the end of the playtime for the kids and picking time for the ladies.

I add a hoto, the trees are not in full bloom, yet, but the weather was good today, I always can return  soon, when I feel like :) 

Be good for yourself. But not be so egoitic, to destroy things, just for a few moments (or days) of  joy. 

pull on the chain

To stop  the train

In cases of emergency

Pull on the chain ...

Penalty for inproper use 5 pounfd


That is where I was thinking about, because todays word, here in Germany is Notbremse. Emergency Break.

The wise men and people found next step to stop the virus in pulling the chain. 
The emergency break is told to stop public life. Shops will close again, and supermarkets will be  sparely open.
Wow! And that with Easter coming. And that while the planes are over filled with people who go on holidays in  Spain (Mallorca).

What has to be done, has to be done. Fact is, that the hospitals are filling rapidly with ill people. Most might recover, but that recovery lasts weeks, if not longer. And,  we know the story, when every day about 1000 beds more are needed, then there might be a lack, what is as critical as the lack of vaccination serum...

Also, it is going to be an emergency break, to get the entire economy stopped.
Sounds like a plan, uh?
Yeah.
But, not yet.  The emergency break is planned for next week. From Thursday on, there might be more silence in the city then ever.  
In the mean time, the virus will make more offers. And, I do hope that, at the time that the emergency breaks are pulled...  the train will stop withouth too much harm.
Let the courts be wise, this time. And hey, we not need to wait until then, with behaving!  Why not sta<rt now and follow the rules, that we know for a year already, but that no one cares about anymore?  We are the people! We can do it. WIth a little help from the decision makers, but that only works, if WE do what we need to do

Happy shopping.  I learned my lesson and stored plenty of coffee,to survive for at least two months. Now that is sorted, I can plan the shopping rushes.  Argh.

Sorrry for a corona blog.  I now will go to my (home) schooling. I think I finally got my tablett working, so in a minute it might be banananananana meeting again..  Or not. We never know!

For my homework I needed to draw rose-bush shells.  Wow, what a challenge that was. I tried to be Vincent, while doing it (I will show it, I promise!), but it endid like the chaotic me, as expected. They wanted it, so they get it!  And hey, it is me, so in fact it is a good drawing!!!


The photo is from a few weeks ago at the Jröne Meerke.

No time today for new ones, but I printed a few, new decoration in the house (more minions) is always a good thing!