Sunday Selection ~ Rubber Ducks Søndagsbilleder ~ Badeænder

Back then, over 30 years ago, when I painted the bathroom for the first time, stencil painting was all the rage. I wanted to give it a go too, but stencils were ridiculously expensive. I got a couple for free from the paint shop, but they weren’t all that inspiring. So I simply made my own. Some sheets for an  overhead projector, flotsam from some failed project was perfectly good – stiff and easy to draw on. So I had a bit of fun and made some flowers for the stairs – perhaps more on that later – and a rubber duck with waves for our bathroom.
 

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Dengang for over 30 år siden, da jeg malede badeværeslet første gang, var stencilmaling det store nyt. Jeg ville også, men stencils var hammerdyre. Jeg fik et par gratis hos farvehandleren, medn de var ikke så inspirerende. Så jeg lavede simpelthen mine egne. Overhead-plastik, som vi havde fra et eller andet skibbrudent projekt, var godt og stift og til at tegne på. Så jeg legede og fabrikerede en blomsterremse til trappe - måkske mere om den senere - og en badeand med bølger til vores badeværelse.

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    Unfortunately, the stencil paint had hardened up, and unlike back then, paint is now ridiculously expensive and stencils quite cheap, so I bought ordinary paint instead. It doesn’t give quite as good a result, but it’s not too bad. Yes, I still had the old stencils. I even knew where!
    We simply have to have rubber ducks in our bathroom!

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    Stencilmalingen var desværre stivnet, og i modsætning til dengang, er maling nu hammerdyr og stencils til at betale, så jeg købte almindelig maling i stedet. Det giver ikke helt så godt et resultat, men det er til at leve med. Ja, jeg havde stadigvæk de gamle stencils, og jeg kunne endda huske, hvor de var!
    Badeænder skal der være på vores badeværelse!

Here I begin, waves, a rubber duck, waves, a rubber duck, and so on.

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Her er starten, En blå bølge, en badeand, en blå bølge, nok en and, og så videre.

And the end reaching the other side of the window. One of the ducks to the right looks not quite right

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Og her slutter jeg ved den anden side af vinduet. En af badeænderne ser vist  lidt sær ud ...

Oh, it's green, and swimming the wrong way too. This is new, I wonder what the Owlets will say, when they come home visiting ...

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Den er grøn, og så svømmer den den gale vej. Det er nyt. Gad vide hvad Ugleungerne siger til det, når de kommer på besøg.

The one on the small cupboard turned green as well. It's an opposite duck, maybe.
    If you embiggen this photo you might be able to see the shadow of two leaves and an owl; old stickers, that I peeled off after they sat there for very long. The cupboard catches the morning sun and has turned ivory over the years. Not so the parts cowered by leaves and owl.
    This happened Wednesday and Thursday.

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Den på skabet blev også en grøn på tværs-badeand.
    Hvis man forstørrer billedet, kan det være, at man kan se aftrykket af to blade og en ugle. Der har siddet nogle klistermærker i mange år. Skabet får morgensol og derfor var klistermærkerne afblegede - og skabet gulnet - med tiden.
    Det var onsdag og torsdag.

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Friday I put everything back in place, also this rubber duckling, living in the window sill.

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Fredag satte jeg alting på plads. Også denne lille grønne badeand, der bor i vindueskarmen.

And I saw why I was not fully satisfied with the look of the two green ducks ... their bill should be red, not green! Try again!

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Og jeg fandt ud af, hvorfor jeg ikke var tilfreds med de malede, grønne ænder. Deres næb skal jo være røde! På den igen!

Ducks not quite in a row, now red-billed.

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Ænder på rad og række, sådan da. Nu med røde næb.

And the one on the cupboard. I think this is the nicest of the lot.

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Og så den på skabet, det er nok den mest vellykkede af dem alle sammen.

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I think that those ducks count for the colour of the month as well.

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Mon ikke de ænder tæller for månedens farve også? Det synes jeg.

Words for Wednesday ~ July 22 ~ Wednesday Hex Still ~ Here and Now

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over as a moveable feast with many participants supplying the Words.
When Delores closed her blog forever due to other problems, Elephant's Child (Sue) took over the role of coordinator.
Now, after Sue's demise, River has taken the mantle of coordinator upon her shoulders.

No matter what, how, where or who the aim of the words is to encourage us to 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.

This month the words are given by me (Charlotte - MotherOwl) and can be found at River's blog: Drifting through Life

If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please leave a comment on River's blog, then we can come along and read it and add a few encouraging words.

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.

And for today we were given:
Spice,
Think,
Scissors,
Glue,
Numbers,
Glum
   and/or 
Patch,
Banana,
Evening,
Lamp,
Shady,
Golden

As I'm still suffering from a hex making my Wednesdays busy, it is now Thursday. Another Here and now, describing my busy Wednesday.

Wednesday I went to town early. I did not go by bike, as it was raining and windy. First on the program was an hour's PE, then shopping for spices, yoghurt, granola and a new hairclip for me. My daughter accidentally took off with  the only working one, I had. I think that working with scissors, glue, paint and cleaning solutions, climbing up and down furniture and ladders with my hair hanging down, could lead to any number of mishaps and accidents, I had to find a new one and now foresaw the glum prospect of trawling all the smart-ass shops in town. Luckily I decided to visit a second hand store and found two! hairclips small enough for my thin and slippery hair.
    After a knitting circle meeting - which was very nice, involving cake, lots of talking, new books to peruse - and naturally knitting - I returned home in the late afternoon.
    Then I downloaded a bothersome patch for some computer troubles, drank coffee with hubby, ate a banana, jumped into my "dirty clothes" put one of the new hairclips in my hair and scrubbed, rinsed off and painted our bathroom. It's not big, but I last painted it over 30 years ago, when first we moved in here. It was in need of a repaint. It was evening before I was done.
    Then we ate leftovers from yesterday, and sat a bit by lamplight drinking a cup of tea while watching the shades grow deeper and darker as the golden sun set. I installed the patch, almost swearing over the lots of bugs and unwieldy solutions. Then I went out into the semi-dark garden, closing greenhouse, garden gates, and chicken coop - it was time for bed.
    No time for writing.

Poetry Monday :: Beef

Every Monday is Poetry Monday.

Poetry Monday is a blogging challenge started by Diane @ On the Border in February 2017, and later it was picked up by Delores @ Mumblings and Jenny @ Procrastinating Donkey.
    Then Dolores took over the hosting duties; but when Dolores left the internet, Diane returned and took over hosting duty again with her and Jenny taking turns suggesting a topic.
    Now Mimi @ Messymimi's Meanderings and I have taken over, as Diane has returned home from her travels some time ago, but seems disinclined to take up Poetry Monday again.

I find this sad, because she reached many more poetry-writing bloggers than Mimi and I do.

The prompts are now taken from 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts group. This is a Facebook group with a (drawing) prompt for each day of the year, but no worries, the prompts will still be here and at Mimi's blog. And they mostly lend themselves perfectly for poeming as well. 

  I have something to ask of you: If you read this and the poetry of others via the links, would you please leave a comment.
  Half - if not more - the fun of these challenges is receiving the responses of others.

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Today's prompt is Beef

By now I think that you all know that I love limited poems, like Haiku, and Elfje. During the 2025 A-Z Challenge, I found the Epulaeryu at ladyleemanila's blog.
As always when pressed for time and energy, I recourse to these short forms. I still need some practise in Epulaeryu - strange name with a strange explanation:

The Epulaeryu poem is about delicious food (The name is, I think, a mixture of Greek and Japanese).
It consists of seven lines and thirty-three syllables.
The form is 7/5/7/5/5/3/1 syllables, and the seventh line ends with an exclamation mark.


A tempting smell is wafting
to us from the pan.
We sprinkle salt and pepper
we turn it as we can.
Serve it with taters
and veggies.
Beef!

- - - - - - -UPCOMING Prompts: - - - - - - -

July 27 -  Relief
August  3 -  Tractors
August  10  - Bluebell
August  17  - Sunny days
August  24  - Photography
August  31  - Xerophyte.

Sunday Selections ~ Søndagsbilleder July 19 Colour26

This past week ... I've been folding tiny stars.
Each star is made from nine squares cut from a tea bag wrapper or an equivalent size of gift wrapper. I know what I'm going to use them for -- or at least I have an idea.

I den forgangne uge ... har jeg foldet miniaturestjerner.
Hver af dem er foldet af ni firkanter klippet ud af tebrevsomslag. Eller af gavepapir klippet i samme størrelse. Jeg har en idé til, hvad de skal bruges til.

There's something Jade green in this star.

Der er Jadegrønne felter på denne her stjerne.

I've  hung up decorative objects on our new shed.

Jeg har hængt ting op at pynte på vores nye skur.

And eaten summer candy.

Og spist sommerslik.

And seen a snake ... or maybe not.

Og set en slange ... eller også ikke.

This last one has a partially Jade green background.

Baggrunden i det sidste billede her er også Jadegrøn.

Fredagsfrustration - eller snarere -undren Friday Frustration -- or rather Astonishment

I går løste jeg Wordle med bare grønne bogstaver, og det gav mig et badge, "Sea of Green".
I dag løste jeg Wordle med bare gule bogstaver. Hvorfor er der ikke et "Sea of Yellow" for det?

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Yesterday I solved the Wordle with only green letters, and had the badge Sea of Green to show for it.
Today I solved the Wordle with only yellow letters. Why am I not given a Sea of Yellow badge for this?

I går / Yesterday:

Wordle 1.853 3/6
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I dag / Today:

Wordle 1.854 3/6
🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜
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Gårsdagens / Yesterday's Sea of Green: