OOPS, FORGOT TO POST YESTERDAY AND AM BOWING MY HEAD IN SHAME

 Yes, Fiorella has been working overtime on her paintings, or at least on one BIG painting that she hid away many moons ago, then forgot about. Or maybe she just hid the cumbersome thing in the garage because it was such a monumental undertaking. Whatever, since the painting has come to your girl's notice again, she hopes to make something out of it.

"What is this heavy picture of that you're teasing us about?" you ask. 

 It's a 5x4 feet by 5X4 , and is only a quarter finished, which means there are three more paintings to go-- all of them in your girl's of my close family. Fio has finished off the pictures of Husband and herself, but the kids' pictures may be hard to get, especially since one of them lives out-of-state.

At this point, the giant Persian cat leaps up on the bed to help to Fiorella by licking her hands and face and offering his condolences. OMG, if your girl could just leap around from chair to chair like he does!

 

GERMAN: How about starting out with the numbers? Ready?

1 eins......(ein) sounds like "fine" without the "f; the "s" is pronounced  like a "z."

2 zwei---(zw) is pronounced with a heavy "z" and the ei  is pronounced like "why"

3 drei----(drei) is pronounced like "dry," but it's nice if you can get a roll in

4 vier----(vier) is pronounced like "f."😔

TELLING, BUT NOT MY BEST WORK

 Your girl is still working on that giant art project that she started years ago and now is trying to finish, but, to tell the truth it, it will probably never be completed. The main characters in it are Fio's family- Son K, Son L, and Daughter, all of whom have changed a lot in forty years. But still Fiorella paints on because what else does she have to do?

Hurrah! Fio got to wear her new shoes all day! Did she tell you that they're BLUE? Not exactly like the ones in the long-ago song, but enough to make your girl happy. (The old ones, which were genuine, had worn through the soles.)

As she sits here writing, your girl hears the sounds of her granddaughter playing with her designated friend for the day, which makes her remember herself playing with Diane H. and Barbara T. when she lived on Stetler Street, and later, in Texas, with Ellen P. and Elaine H. But those days are past and your girl is sad. 

For Heaven's sake, aren't there any good art groups in Austin? Years ago, when Fio left, it was awash with them, and now that Covid it over, couldn't they start up again?  (And maybe have curb side service to boot?)

GERMAN: Today's word is easy but tricky: Bank  (which is not what you think)

Which means "bench" in German (and is pronounced like baaaaaank)

BITS AND PIECES AGAIN

 Fio's cute little bedside alarm clock--the one that doesn't utter any alarms--has now added not giving the right time to its repertoire.  GRRRRRR!

Good news: it finally dawned on your girl that she could use the painting she'd made of Son L as a child to be the model of him in the painting she's working on now! Then there are the other two kids whom she'll also have to have to repaint one way or another.....

Somehow today was a mix-up and Fio's faithful driver never appeared, but there's always tomorrow, hopefully. And speaking of tomorrow, your girl will be out on the town with Daughter in the afternoon. Yippie!  

Fio is getting tired of the same run of shows on television. Isn't it time to change them around? Or maybe somehow Fio will by some miracle make some friends. on site.....

 

 

German:     Just in case you need it, the word for "hospital" is Krankenhaus 

                   And remember that the word for "sick" is krank

                   Also remember that "a" is pronounced like "ah"

                

 

 

SWEETNESS AND HORROR, FIO WRITES THEM ALL

PLEASURE

 

 Some people are silver and some are gold

Some people are young and some are old

 Some people are shy and some are bold

Some people are warm and some are cold

 But all can be worthy, so I've been told.... 

                                             JBB, of course!!

 

HORROR

     As best the explorer could figure, he'd been lost for about a week. 

      His supplies had run out yesterday, but this morning, the explorer had found the remains of a path and, peering through the sandalwood and banyan intertwined with the snake-like lianas, he'd seen a lone round-top hut topped with a thatched roof.

       Stepping into the clearing, he called out a greeting loud clear to indicate his friendly intent....but no one answered. The jungle was still as death except for a faint whimper and a shuffling sound coming from inside the hut, like someone just waking.

        A child?

        The explorer approached the hut cautiously and pushed the woven door aside, but the hut was empty except for a gleaming white heap in the far corner.

         The explorer moved closer to the pile, then jerked back.

          Bones! Bones that, even as he watched, began to reassemble themselves...

          His heart pounding like a jumble drum, the explorer backed up and turned to escape, but before he could even reach the door, the explorer was dead and the bones were alive....

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GERMAN: If you want to say "no" to anyone, say nein, which is pronounced like the number "9"

                   If you want to say "yes," say "yah,"  pronouncing the "ah" to rhyme with "pa"         

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOT THE BEST OF SHOWS, BUT THE GERMAN IS E-A-S Y!

 From Some Oldies but Goodies from Years ago 😀

     Fiorella never believes a teacher's concern for her child is real until she gives your girl her home phone number.

      Despite the best of intentions, your girl admits she has not been a perfect mother. But then, her kids also had their lapses......

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Fio spent a whole morning today getting two moles on her cheek liquidated, and then, when she got back to the house, she glued herself to the television to keep up with the Trump scandal. Ah, if only there had been more votes for Hillary when she was running for president--although even then, Fiorella thought that Trump had pulled some shenanigan.

Dang it! Fio is running out of her favorite art colors--paint, yellow, black, white, and black--and she doesn't even know where the nearest place to buy them is!

Sorry to be so dull today, but let's move on to GERMAN, AND IT'S EASY!

   Gewinner: feminine

   Gewinnerin: male

EVERYTHING IS MESSING UP, BUT FIO WILL CONTINUE ON!

😊 Calm down, Fiorella! The whole world is not attacking you, even if your blog wasn't posted when you thought it would be, and that painting you're working on will eventually be finished, even though you're sobbing about it now.......

Okay, your girl admits it: this evening, she lost control of her paint brush and slapped bright red across the childhood face of Son on which she was trying to fix a minor problem. Hopefully, Fio can redo her blunder before Son stops by to look at his mother's progress, or, if Fiorella is REALLY lucky, Son will have a babyhood hood picture of himself that he'll let her borrow for the time being.

Fio tried to use her new Jitterbug today, but it moved too fast for her to follow the instructions. Maybe tomorrow.....or the next day.....

Son dropped our girl at the doctor's office today to make her even more beautiful than before, but (darn it!) the doctor couldn't reduce either her weight or her age! Never the less, Fiorella had a great time entertaining the other patients in his waiting room before she met her doctor and later, when she was waiting for Son to pick her up and started talking to a nice lady who didn't speak English.....why should Fio let that stop your girl?

German for Doctor: Arzt

YEAH! Fio has found her missing German book! It was lodged between the mattress and the bedstead!

 

From Trump to art to Children Doctor's Office

Your girl started to compose a nasty eulogy aimed at Trump, but then realized she couldn't think of anything new to say because now the WHOLE WORLD knows what a despicable person he is! If only Hillary had been elected--although your girl guesses that if Trump had played fair, she would have!

Fiorella spent most of the afternoon listening to the television as she worked on a four-by-five painting of her family. She's finished off half of it (husband and yours truly) and is now working with the children, which is difficult. Son L as a three- year-old has been easy to work with and will probably finish up tomorrow, but Daughter and Son K are another story.

 Said Daughter, her youngest, had red-gold hair when she was born, which is hard to paint, and elder Son forgot to leave Mom a good twelve-year-old photo when he grew up and left the nest. Ah, well, all Fio can do is stare at her canvas...and stare, stare, stare...hoping for inspiration .

Tomorrow, Fiorella will be going to a dermatologist's doctor's office to make herself even more beautiful. Cross your fingers that all will be well!

 GERMAN: Ich can nicht

                      I can not     The ICH and the NICHT rhyme and the "ich" is a strong "I"  sound

                   

ACK! FIO DIDN'T PUBLISH LAST NIGHT!