I Quit! ~ Jeg giver op!

     Den 4. maj skrev jeg om at jeg havde fundet nummer 014 hos naboen og set nummer 015 - hele to gange faktisk. Lige siden har jeg ledt efter 016 uden held - altså over en måned.
     I fredags så jeg 017, 018, 019 og 020 i den rækkefølge! Så er det nok!
     Og måske ser jeg nu den bil senere i dag, så ombestemmer jeg mig nok.

-- 🚙 --

In May, May 4th actually, I wrote about seeing car 014 at a neighbour and the 015 twice. Ever since I have of course been on the lookout for 016 over a mont now, and I haven't seen it.

This Friday I went shopping and I saw 017, 018, 019 and 020 in this order! That's it. I quit!

And just maybe later today I'll see this car and re-make my mind.

Sunday Selection ~ 014 & 015 ~ Søndagsbilleder

Søndag og sol og næsten sommer ...
Månedens farve er Blomstrende lyserød. Jeg er ikke meget for lyserød, men der må vel være noget, der har den farve.

-- 🩷 --

It is Sunday, sunshine and almost summery.
The colour of May is Pretty flower pink. I'm not a pink kind of person, but I'll find something.

-- 🩷 --

I went on a photo-safari in my garden.

Så tog jeg på jagt i haven.

-- 🩷 --

014

I påskeferien så jeg flere gange en nabos bil i indkørslen, men når jeg så den, skulle vi nå bussen på vej til messe, og på vej hjem var bilen væk, eller det var mørkt, eller jeg havde glemt kameraet. Men endelig lykkedes det, bilen var hjemme, jeg havde tid og havde husket kameraet.

During the Easter holidays I noticed a car belonging to one of the villagers. We were busy, on our way to mass. When we returned it was dark, or the car was not there, or I had forgotten my camera. But finally I happened to bring the camera, find the car at home, and have time to snap a photo.

Siden har jeg mødt en 015 hele to gange uden at kunne tage et billede. Kun to længere på en smule over en måned. Øv.

     015

Since this I have met a 015 twice without the possibility of snapping a photo. Two number plates in a bit more than a month - sad.

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It was a tough Wordle again today.
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Sunday Selections :: Driftwood Art and More

 Yesterday we were eating out with a good friend to celebrate her birthday. While waiting for the restaurant to open, we visited a nearby shop selling imports and driftwood art.

For once heavily Photoshopped, as the imports were not so nice.

-- 🎞 --

     I går fejrede vi en af vore gode venners fødselsdag med at gå ud og spise. Mens vi ventede på at de åbnede, osede vi i en butik med importerede ting og sager og med ting fremstillet af drivtømmer og lignende.
     For en gangs skyld er billederne voldsomt redigerede. Det importerede tingel-tangel faldt ikke i min smag

A planter made of large pieces of driftwood. -- en plantekasse lavet af store stykker drivtømmer.

The very best, a starfish made from driftwood and blue sea glass. I do not think they were made in Denmark
--
Det sejeste først. Søstjerner lavet af drivtømmer og blåt drivglas. Jeg tror ikke de er lavet herhjemme.

Giant mushrooms made out of driftwood -- Kæmpe svampe lavet af drivtømmer

Havfruekugler -- Glass floats. In Danish they're called: Mermaids' baubles.

Plant pots studded with polished stones -- Potter tæt besat med blankslebne sten

A heart made from driftwood and blue sea glass -- Et hjerte af drivtømmer og blåt drivglas.

Even driftwood horses - Og endog heste lavet af drivtømmer

We ate at a seafood place - very good. Vi spiste buffet med alt godt fra havet - rigtigt godt.

013

And on our way there we met a 013, faster now, but still a slim chance of ever completing. Just one car a week makes for 1000 months ... almost 20 years.

På vej derhen så jeg en 013, det går stærkere nu, men med kun en ny om ugen, vil det tage tæt på 20 år endnu.

Poetry Monday :: Orange :: WordLit

Today I feel tired, sad and spread too thin once again.
Today I have been painting garden tools, weeding, making the hen house ready for its new occupants who will be arriving tomorrow, and taking up my red yarn from the beetroot dye. Pictures to come.

But it is Poetry Monday. The subject is Orange.

First my inspiration: 

Do you think oranges want to become juice?
Or are they pressed into it?

Then my WordLit - Think outside the box-edition.

012

And yesterday before mass I once again found a suitable car in that very same car park. Now I can expect to see 999 around my 103rd birthday, progress is happening.

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Up and coming:
March 24: Orange (today)
March 31: Turn
April 7: Road
April 14: Bring
April 21: Free
April 28: Jam

011 & Beetroot Dyeing

Today I was once again out and about. I was to a meeting - a nice one involving cake and knitting and winding of hanks of yarn for plant dyeing - just after the meeting one of the Owlets phoned me. Could I please get some medicine for him at the pharmacy? Of course I could, just a small detour, can do. Only when I arrived in town, the pharmacy near the station - and bus stops - had changed its hours and was closed less than ten minutes ago. I ran to the other one, further away, as I wanted to catch the next bus back home.

In the car park in front of the far away pharmacy I saw a car with the number 011, but I dared not stop, pull out my camera from my backpack, and get a photo. I hurried on, into the pharmacy, I was second in line, but both customers in front of me had endless problems. I had the pills and paid an exorbitant sum, and pulled out my camera. Checking my watch, I saw that I had time for a photo ... if only the car did not belong to one of the two talkative customers, and had left.

011

Nope, it was still there.

Back home again I let one of the hanks down in a pot of beetroot dye - hoping for red. Time will tell.

Sunday Selection - the Australian One & 010

This Saturday was an "Australian" day. I went shopping, and found this plant:

Lørdag stod i Australiens tegn. Først købte jeg denne her plante:

It should be able to survive in a protected corner of my garden, but till further it is in a cool room.

Den skulle oven i købet kunne overleve på en beskyttet plads i haven - den står nu indendørs indtil videre.

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And then BigBro came visiting, A work colleague had given him a gift:

Og så kom Storebror på besøg. En kollega havde efterladt denne her gave til ham:

We all tried it on toast and it was not exactly delicious, but way better than I had feared or expected. A bit like eating concentrated soup.

Vi smagte det alle sammen på ristet brød. Det smagte ikke fremragende, men meget bedre end jeg havde frygtet; nærmest som koncentreret suppe.

010

And shopping I also saw a 010. No photo as it was not parked, but drove past me. Time expectancy down to 133 years. Still not doable.

Da jeg var på indmøb så jeg også en bil med nummer 010 køre forbi, derfor ingen foto. Nu kan jeg forvente at blive færdig, går jeg fylder 133, stadig ikke spor sandsynligt!

--- 🌱 ---

Jeg fik også plantet lidt flere frø. Bordet, der tjener som plantebord, og nogle af frøposerne passer til månedens farve, Sankt Patriks-grøn.

I also planted a few more seeds. The table, used for planting (and many other thing) and some of the seed bags, sure fit my colour of the month.

Poetry Monday :: Ghost & 009

Ghost ... there is only one ghost in my mind. Reviving The Wand's Tale for Wednesday's IWSG has made me think a lot of Susan, of Unicorn Farm and the magic that was lost and found.

Percy is a ghost, we know,
but for her it is a blow,
She is just a little girl,
living in an attic space.
She likes baubles, gems and pearls
her parents left, without a trace.

Susan in the attic room
by the fire sleeping
got a fright when Percy came
Percy she was weeping.
Telling tales of mom and dad
and the awful friend they had.

Later Susan understood
Tristan was the stranger.
He was up to nothing good.
And they were in danger.
Percy's help they sought and won
but the magic was all gone.

More about Unicorn Farm - I hope - in the days or weeks to come.

 -- -- -- 👻  -- -- --

This Friday finally, after more than a month, I saw a 009. If I continue at this speed (or lack thereof), I'll see the car with 999 on my 140th birthday ... slim hope of this ever happening.

Photo-proof of the 009. I blotted out the two letters and two numbers preceding for privacy reasons.

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Up and coming:
March 10: Ghost (today)
March 17: Steam
March 24: Orange
March 31: Turn
April 7: Road
April 14: Bring
April 21: Free
April 28: Jam

Poetry Monday :: Sheep & a 008

I was at a meeting today, travelling for hours by train, and I had decided to write a poem there. seated in the train, I realized I had forgotten today's topic! Oof. And I lost one of my home knit and deliciously warm mittens as well. What a luck the meeting was a nice occasion, with nice and encouraging people and with a very good outcome. Now it's late - and sheep is a thing to count to fall asleep. But Poerty Monday needs a poem. These three small ones have to suffice.

Sheep is one of those words
That are hard to use if you think
now what is the plural ... herds?
It'll bring you right to the brink.

-- 🐑 --

Sheep is one of those words
that makes me stop up and think
of jacalopes, Boundin' and birds.
You know that a sheep can be pink!

-- 🐑 --

Sheep are a wonder indeed!
From pastures where they go and feed
they bring you whatever you need
to keep you in warm socks and tweed.

And today on my way to the meeting, walking the streets of Hillerød, (where I met the 001) I saw a car with number 008.

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Up and coming topics:
January 20: Sheep (today)
January 27: Silver
February 3: Funky
February 10: Funny
February 17: Fidgety
February 24: Fluffy

005, 006, 007

Some days ago it snowed. I went shopping. Our pedestrian streets have been remade, they are now neither pretty nor good, as they are quite slippery when wet or filled with snow. I think that whoever made this decision was not feeling very sharp that day. Even I who am not afraid of taking a fall, waddle like a penguin when snow is falling. Maybe I could survive a fall (I can) but my shopping bags, containing milk, eggs, and soft drinks in bottles ...
As I was waddling along, I noticed a car turning into our pedestrian street, people living there are allowed of course, as are delivery vans. I jumped into a snowdrift and looked - nonplussed - at the car. It was a

005

Then today on our way to mass, I saw this car in the park site near church.

I was almost late for mass, and the Owlets wondered what upheld me.

For the last week or so a 007 has been mocking me, parked where I normally go shopping - but no 006 anywhere to be seen, so now I had caught that one I though to myself that it would be nice and easy, I would just go there tomorrow and look for it ... But on our way home from mass, in that very same park site ...

Seven numbers in seven months, now I only need 83 ¼ years to complete the challenge.

-- 💛 --

Thursday our crafting guild celebrated the new year. The cake we ate, may with a bit of good will pass off as New Start Yellow:

004

Nej, jeg har ikke glemt nummerpladeudfordringen. Det tager bare virkelig lang tid for mig at finde det næste nummer ... med denne fart vil jeg nå til 999 om 1.248 måneder - det er 104 år.
I dag stod jeg og ventede på at komme over vejen, da en 000 kørte forbi, jeg kiggede en ekstra gang, så havde jeg jo set både 001, 005 (naturligvis) 003 og hele 2 af 002 i dag. Så kørte en rød bil ret hurtigt forbi, var det mon ... de to sidste tal var 04, men var det første nu 0, 9 eller måske 6? Suk, jeg skældte mig selv ud for at have haft for travlt med at kigge efter 000. Men så drejede den røde bil ind på parkeringspladsen til det supermarked, jeg var på vej over til. Jeg skyndte mig som planlagt at aflevere de tomme flasker og så hen til postbutikken i møntvaskeriet. Og der holdt den så:

004

No, I have not forgeotten my number plate challenge. I'm just woefully slow. Only today I finally met a 004. Keeping up this speed, it'll take me 1248 months to reach 999 - or around 104 years.
Today I stood waiting to cross the street, looking at the passing cars. A 000 passed me - I had seen a 003, a 005 (sigh), a 001, and 2 002's earlier.

A red car sped past in the other direction, I looked, the last two were 04 - but was the first one a 9 or a 0 or maybe a 6 - I could not see. I told myself off for looking at the 000 too closely. Then I saw the red car turn into the parking lot at  the supermarket, I was heading for. I went there, handed in the empty bottles and then I walked along the parking lot to get to the "post office" (It's in a laundromat, not a post office at all). 

And there, in the parking lot, was the red car:

Sunday Selection ~ Søndagsbilleder :: Colour2024 :: 001

Forleden dag så jeg endelig nummer 003 - og den holdt stille, så jeg kunne tage et billede af dens stengrå ynder.

~ ~ ~

Finally I found 003 - and it was parked, so that I could snap its Pebble grey curves.

Shopping while visiting my mother I found Habakuk all dressed up for Halloween. I just had to bring him home.

~ ~ ~

Da vi besøgte min mor i torsdags var vi på indkøb. Der fandt jeg altså Habakuk, der var trukket i halloween-tøjet. Han måtte bare med hjem.

Min Habakuk ~ My Habakuk

Words for Wednesday ~ the Words and a Game

The Word for Wednesday challenge started a long time ago. Now it has turned into a movable feast with Elephant's Child as our coordinator; and the Words are provided by a number of people.
The prompts for September are provided by Sean Jeating and can be found @ Elephant's Child.

The general idea of this challenge is to make us write. Poems, stories, subtitles, tales, jokes, haiku, crosswords, puns, ... you're the boss.
Use all Words, some Words, one Word, or even none of them if that makes your creative juices flow. Anything goes, only please nothing rude or vulgar.

 It is also a challenge, where the old saying "The more the merrier" holds true.

So Please, remember to follow the links, go back and read other peoples' stories. And please leave a comment after reading. Challenges like this one thrives on interaction, feedback and encouragement. And we ALL need encouragement.

- - A - - B - - C - - 

This week's prompts are:
Desert,
Dream,
Machos,
Planet,
Treatment,
      and/or
Bags,
Behind,
Four,
Infinity,
Walk

- - A - - B - - C - - 

These last few days I've been noticing far more machos than is my wont. I have been looking at cars. Explanation will follow.

Long time ago, back in 2006, Myyratohtori @ Suomalainen Päivakirja (These Finnish word means Mousedoctor @ Finnish Diary) began a game. The Finnish licence plates all have 2 letters and then 1-3 numbers. The game is to look at the plates, and first find one with the number 1, then 2, then 3 and so on to 999.  She is now at 513, so this is a game for the patient.
The Danish License plates are a bit different: two letters - two numbers - three numbers. So If  I wanted to play, I'd have to look for a 001 to begin. Like this one:

AB 24 001

For a long time I did not want to play, but then 3 months ago I began looking ... and did I ever see a 001? No! I saw lots of  002's and 003's even a 000 - that one really has to be the starting point.

Then the last Sunday in September I told The Writer and the Owlets about this game as we walked to church, and agonized a bit. On the way back to the train station, while we were waiting for the green lights a 001 went past us. Yay.

I had seen a 002 parked at our local supermarket almost every day till then, so when I went shopping the following Monday I looked closely at all the cars in the parking lot, but of course it was there no longer. Only heaps of 003's. And Tuesday I saw no less than four 001's. Then as I sat dreaming in the bus, bags of shopping at my feet, we passed a parked 002. To be sure, I looked at the behind of the car as well, and yes, there it was.

Now I'm on the lookout for a 003, which has eluded me for almost 2 weeks. It sure is a game of patience. I can furthermore tell that the chance of seeing two cars following one another with the same last three numbers is way greater than I thought, as this has happened at least four times already.

I used the words: Machos, Dream, Bag, Walk, Behind, and four.