Priorities.

There are times in life when you have to make decisions because of priorities and I have made a decision this week. I am not going to buy the Canon 50D which I intended to, not that I have lost interest, no not at all. Next year we need a new car. (A good second hand one). Our car will be 11 years old coming year and it has a kilometre stand of 320000 and a bit more. We have been looking at the Mercedes “A” class, we like the design and the size of the car is ok. Last week Monday I was talking to a neighbour about cars and he told me that he had just bought a new Mercedes a “C” class. During our conversation I told him of our plans for a new car. Apparently he has good connections with a Mercedes dealer and knows the advantages both plus and negative on the “A” class. He told me to buy the “B” class instead; it would cost me four thousand Euros more than I intended to pay for the “A” class. “I wouldn’t regret it,“ he said. Also he said he could get me good conditions, all I had to do was let him know a few weeks before I intended to buy.
I then, after some thought decided not to buy the camera, there are so many reasons why I am not going to buy, the main reason is the 2 thousand Euros will go to the new car instead. I am going to buy a so-called bridge digital camera, I have picked out three that interest me. As far as the price goes there is not much difference between them, they differ from 485 to 529 Euros. The first is the new Sony Cybershot DSC-HX1 the second is the Nixon Coolpix P 90 the last one is the Canon PowerShot G10 I have been doing some reading up on all three and I tend to favour the Canon.
On Monday an old friend that used to live in Germany paid us a short visit (two hours) she now lives in England and was over here for a confirmation of her grandchild (her son lives here in Germany) It was nice to see her again after sixteen years and we had a good chat about the Good old days over coffee and cake, my wife had backed a cake for the occasion.
The rest of the week was normal, on Tuesday I was at work; it was a day of hectic because I had to do some updates on twelve machines.
Take care out there were ever you are. Tshüss
The photo album is of some very old slides taken years ago with my Canon A1.

Easter week.

After reading the exploits of my brother no1broadstreet over the last week I thought it was time I made a post, although there is nothing that can compare with my brothers activities in this part of the world.
Easter came and went like all years before only this year the weather was perfect, well most of the time anyway.
I mowed the lawn on Thursday and shuffled around in the flowerbeds, (shuffled is the word my mother used to use when my dad tided the garden up) so that every thing looked nice and neat for Easter.
My wife and I sat outside on the patio most of the Easter holidays relaxing and enjoying the fine weather we also went for a long walk or two with our dog.
I must say I needed the rest because the Sunday before Easter I did a ten Km run, which I do most Sundays. I was so shattered during the run that one would have thought that I had completed a marathon. It was more a walk then a run with stops and starts the whole ten Km. When I arrived home I said to my wife “ that my batteries needed recharging and that I shall take time out over the next two weeks”. I had done a lot of work in the gardens grounds of the houses that I look after and that had used up more of my energy than I had realised.
Wednesday morning I took our dog to be trimmed, I must say it was high time he looked more like a Lion cub then a Norfolk terrier. The lady that trims him took two and quarter hours to do the job and the pile of hair that was plucked from him was unbelievable, next time I shall take my camera with me. There was two other lady’s present in the room all in all three with the women that trimmed Toby. I can tell you, the natters from the three, which was mainly about dogs and dog shows got on my nerves and I was glad to get out of there I can tell you.
That was the Easter week, not at all exciting but very relaxing.

Take care out there were ever you are. Tshüss

The photos are as follows. The Dandelion, I always find it’s a lovely flower. The figure of the lady I took when passing a garden, they have been cut with a laser. The one of our garden Nome my wife took.

A right scare.

Last week weather wise was superb, we had a week of blue sky’s and the temperatures rose steadily as the week past by which meant we sat outside on the patio most afternoons.
On Monday I cut the lawn and applied fertiliser also tided and straightened the garden up which took up most of the day.
The evening walks with our dog; well that’s my privilege. Some times my wife goes with me but mainly I go alone.
On Monday evening my wife volunteered to take the dog for his walk because I wasn’t finished in the garden. When my wife leaves the house my last words are always “be careful” and it was the same “be careful” this time when she left with the dog. About one hour later my wife came back in a hell of a state, she had fallen and was in a bit of a shock. Apparently she had not realised that she was so near the verge on the road and slipped with her left foot causing her to fall onto the road. After she had recovered a bit we examined her knees, they were badly grazed also she had a cut above her lip and her chin was grazed. She was very lucky that she hadn’t broken any bones or broken her glasses, during the evening her knees swelled up and we had to cool them with ice. She has now on both knees a whopping big bruise the cut on her lip has healed very nicely.
Now there is a coincidence for you, I have just read the post from my brother no1broadstreet and his wife has fallen as well, glad to hear that no harm was done.
My wife was on to me about getting rid off two large ceramic tubs with boxwood shrubs in them, which we have in our garden, they are at least 15 years of age and she says she can’t stand the sight of them any longer. Now I’m a person that hates to part with things and my wife is exactly the opposite but after listening to her going on about these boxwood shrubs I decided the best thing was to get rid of them (the clever man gives in) or so they say.
I asked one of the neighbours in the street if she would like them for her garden she wanted to see them first of course; one hour later we had transferred them from our garden to hers and like I always say “ a good job done”
On Saturday morning we went into the local town Hilden, my wife wanted to look for a light jacket for spring and we had a stroll over the market before having a coffee sitting outside a small café looking on to the old market square. From there we drove to a new large D.I.T super-market that has just opened which is not to far from were we live, very handy.
Take care out there were ever you are. Tshüss.
The photo was taken in Düsseldorf Hofgarden were they had just let the Swans out for the summer.