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Regenbogen:
Hello, weird!
We had a few turbulent days. Parts of Europe being flooded including southern Germany. Some of my friends and relatives had a hard time, some have been evacuated, we helped with whatever we could. Now it is calming down.
Our home is OK, only some water from the roof, but no other losses. We are grateful.
The big river stayed in it's bed on our side, no dam broke in our vicinity, mostly due to recent repairs and an important reservoir lake holding not much water before the heavy rains. So it had capacity and the river wasn't too full. But the small rivers and creeks flooded everything. There were only two villages around us that were not flooded. My husband had no way to get to his workplace, because the street was gone. It still isn't safe, but there is another way now that the water is gone.
Then there were several birthdays.
The cats are still only inside. Mini wishes to keep them in until after her birthday at the end of July. Almost all our cats died around her birthday. 😞
So we'll let them out in August. They will be 1 year old then.
The weather is still not what it's supposed to be. Still too wet and not very warm. Though the temperature for me is exactly right, if there wasn't the almost constant rain.
Maybe I'll take the bike to the river today to see how much water there still is.
Regenbogen:
Double post!!!!!!!
The river seems ok. Still a bit more water than usual and very fast flowing, but soon it will be back to normal.
@DC:
And after the coffee catastrophe, I bought a lot of coffee which will last for several months, I am sure.
Dina:
Hello there!
I am glad things are not too bad with the floodings around you, Regen. Could you remind me the approximate
area where you are?
Birthdays here too! Today is Hubby's birthday!! it is also Father's Day here, but none of us have our father with us. So, we could focus on the birthday. I "made" him a cake. The " are because I did not make it from scratch but I bought a premade dough that only need you to add 3 eggs and some milk. But I made a blueberry cream for the inside and the chocolate for covering the full cake. it looked all right and tasted better, so I think it was a success!
Among a few normal gifts I gave him 2 funny ones. The first was a Saint Seiya action figure for the Gemini Knight. The other, the piece of resistance, was a funko (you know, the figures that are everywhere) from himself! It has his name, looks more or less like him, has a remote control on his hand and the box has a picture of both of us. I love it.
Please, take care of your kitties.
Here we are still having temperatures that are a touch in the warm side, but Friday was very complicated with a lot of rain concentrated in more or less 1 hour but a while later is was mildly sunny.
I have to leave now because we have a Zoom with friends in a short while. Wish you all the best!
Regenbogen:
@Dina: Please tell your hubby a late happy birthday from me.
I'm sure the cake was very tasty and you mostly made it yourself.
@DC: there is a saying about time and age: you can see the flow if time when you look at the children.
When I was younger, I thought I understood, but now I really do understand. There are men and women today that I babysat and they are parents now. My own kids have grown so much and my first child is almost grown up. She will be 14 soon.
One of my friend's daughter has started working in my hospital as a nurse. She is born in this millennium. Very weird.
Then you look at the old ones and realise, that they have been the middle aged ones from your own youth.
Dina:
He says Thank you very much!
Yes, the cake was indeed tasty. Besides, we also had some bonbons (I am not sure the name. Small pieces of chocolate, often filled with ganache, or a cream of mint, or alcohol.) I bought a box of them so I could put a few of them above the cake and the rest were an extra gift for him.
Absolutely true about the flow of time. As I think I mentioned before, a few years ago, my students began being people born on this century. It was a serious shock. I am used to it now but i try not to think too much about it.
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